Mushroom cultivation from the farm floor.
Southwest Mushrooms grew mushrooms commercially in Phoenix from 2017 and keeps the lab running. The methods are written down: The Mushroom Grower, the species protocols, and Ask Michael.
- Phoenix, ArizonaFamily-run since 2017
- 100% fruiting bodyNo mycelium-on-grain
- Lab testedReal protocols, in print
- Carefully packedCultures ship at 65–72°F
Ask Michael
Describe the problem. Get the protocol.
Answers come from the SOPs, The Mushroom Grower and the grow room, with sources, and the one item that would actually help.
Every product traces back to this room.
Sterile lab, pressure sterilizer, production blocks, and grow rooms that ran 35+ species. Photos are from the Phoenix facility, not stock.
The documents our farm actually ran on.
Every species we grew ran off a written SOP: lab to first harvest, fruiting and fresh-air control, quality grading, and the yield economics that tell you whether a room pays for itself. One for each species, written by Michael Crowe from this production floor. Lion's Mane, Shiitake, Oyster, King Oyster, Reishi, Maitake, Chestnut, and Turkey Tail.
Cultivation field notes, every week.
What we're running on the farm, working protocols, and unfinished SOPs we want eyes on before they ship.
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The Mushroom Grower
The full cultivation system: lab setup, grain spawn, substrate, fruiting, business operations, SOPs, and both audiobooks. Written from the production work behind the Phoenix farm.
The Crowe Logic app
Sign in with Crowe ID and put cultivation questions to models grounded in the same protocols taught in The Mushroom Grower.
The protocols behind the products.
Michael Crowe documents this farm's species protocols as commercial SOPs: substrate recipes, fruiting parameters, yield benchmarks, and the troubleshooting you only learn from thousands of production blocks. They live on his own site, alongside the flow hood build plans and The Grower's Circle membership.
Commercial spawn, cultures, and lab equipment.
Bulk grain spawn, custom liquid cultures, lab systems, and facility consulting. Tell us what you need; we send a quote within 24 hours.
Already a customer?
Repeat orders, custom species, or scaling questions go fastest through the quote form. Reference your previous order in the notes and we'll match the species and pricing.
Ordering from outside the US?
Digital library · worldwide · instant
Our digital library downloads anywhere in the world the moment you check out: The Mushroom Grower Volumes 1 and 2 in PDF and EPUB, the audiobooks, and the complete bundle. No shipping, no customs, no wait. Prices are in US dollars and your card converts automatically.
Outside the United States
Every title here is digital and delivers anywhere the moment you pay. Live cultures and spawn are no longer sold. For the written protocols behind them, see the species SOPs at Michael Crowe Mycology.