The Chinampas blog
We write about mushroom growing, aquaponics, equipment, and the work of building a small farm in Southwest Colorado.
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Latest postHow We Built Our Mushroom Fruiting TentFrom Chinampas
These are the complete articles from our current website, with their original dates, photos, and links.
A Practical Look at Our Humidity, Airflow, and Exhaust System A fruiting tent gives you a controlled space for mushrooms without the cost of building a full grow room. To make it work, you need stable humidity, steady airflow, and reliable exhaust. This walkthrough shows how we built our system, why it works, and what […]
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A broad overview of the lessons we’ve learned farming mushrooms. We started out buying colonized blocks from a popular mushroom distribution company online. Our intention was to grow in a Martha Tent (I linked to GroCycle’s page, they’re a great resource for growing mushrooms in general). This gave us a small space to control humidity […]
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Growing Mushrooms, Aquaponic Produce, and running a Website Hosting and Development operation We are starting a blog! We have learned a lot over the past 10 or so years establishing ourselves and our business. There are a lot of obstacles we run into on a day to day basis that might give context or inspiration […]
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