On Transforming My Growing Mushrooms Hobby Into A Business
I am Bob Fischer, founder of Lacuna Mushrooms. I officially started the company in 2022, but my work began long before that with an interest in growing indoor mushrooms borne out of the global pandemic. I started out selling fresh mushrooms and, over the course of a year, moved toward products that would allow people to grow their own in their gardens.
Wine caps, Blewits, Oyster Mushrooms – all are underappreciated and underutilized companions to a garden space.
In 2022, I focused my efforts on getting my products into garden centers. I found a great deal of interest while traveling Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio meeting mom-and-pop store owners.
Our flagship product is Myco-Spikes. These are inoculated and specially supplemented wooden dowel pegs that can be used like a seed to “plant” mushrooms in woody garden spaces. Myco-Balls, an innovation in growing Blewits in compost material, followed.
Concerning our retail operation, we are currently supplying six different garden centers with Myco-Spikes. Our total revenue for these products was close to $2,000 for the 2023 season, which ended in September. We have made arrangements to supply eleven more next year stemming from drop in visits and will begin taking orders in...
