If you love mushrooms or want to enjoy a protein-rich meal, growing mushrooms at home can provide you with a regular supply of fresh picks. Several organic fruit and vegetable growers and suppliers offer easy to handle mushroom growing kits that can continuously supply these unique and edible fungi.
What is a growing kit?
A kit for growing mushroom is a block of supplemented sawdust sterilised and injected with a live mycelium culture in lab conditions. It’s usually effortless to use and perfect for those looking to learn about mushroom growing and maintaining excellent fruiting conditions. From a home-growing perspective, mushrooms are very simple to grow.
A growing kit to meet your needs
Mushrooms of different varieties can be quickly grown in seasonally available kits that are carefully prepared for home-growers. The kits contain a wide variety suited to the particular time of year you are looking for cultivating your favourite variant. You will also find a temperature range stamped on the pack of the mushroom growing kit. Once you get the kit home, it’s merely a case of following the step-by-step instructions and then in just a few weeks you’ll be harvesting your first crop.
When is the kit ready?
When growing kits are first inoculated, they look like loose, damp sawdust. After that, the mycelium will expand and cover the block during the next 7 to 21 days. The mycelium requires fresh air exchange for a healthy and even growth. It is essential to unbox your growing kit upon arrival and allow it to rest upright, undisturbed and away from direct sunlight.
The process of growth of the mushrooms
The micron filter patch will facilitate sufficient fresh air exchange. Sometimes the block of the substrate may break down as a result of vibrations caused during transit. During the next few days, the mycelium will regenerate. The growing kit can be opened only once the mycelium has covered the entire block.
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