Mushroom Growing Kit

Goodne

Hi, I bought a mushroom growing kit in Aldi today & just wanted to know if anyone had any advice on growing mushrooms?

wreckless

picked some up too. couldnt go wrong for that price. and another veg to try the hand at. instructions seem pretty straight forward, but if anyone has tried it before, please give us some advice.

Thanos

They sound like a great idea, mind me asking how much they were?

ericl

Thanos wrote: »

They sound like a great idea, mind me asking how much they were?

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_15967.htm

€4.49 each in Aldi.

I bought two yesterday in Santry they had loads if anybodys interested.

Goodne

wreckless wrote: »

picked some up too. couldnt go wrong for that price. and another veg to try the hand at. instructions seem pretty straight forward, but if anyone has tried it before, please give us some advice.

yeah, the instructions are fairly straight forward but I was wondering about putting them somewhere for the first 3 days at 22c; would the hotpress suit?

wreckless

i put mine in there and its a bit white, reckon ill put the compost on tomorrow and see what happens. supervalu have some also, 4 varieties.

wreckless

is anyone growing these? mine have started to form a white velvety cover on top of the soil!!

Goodne

a few mushrooms starting to appear on mine - so exciting will report back if I get a crop

Ilyushin76

Did anybody get any mushrooms ? and are you supposed to water them?

Goodne

I got about 10 & then I watered it & got no more after. Think maybe it wasn't warm enough (was on worktop in kitchen) & that they didn't need watering

wreckless

supervalu were crap, should have brought it back for a refund

Aldi, garden line, very nice indeed.

Hauk

Lovely stuff wreckless!

Zuiderzee

Must take a spin up to Clifden to pick up one of those Mushroom kits, I feel a building plan coming on - hmmm, black plastic bags and birch branch offcuts - a dangerous combination

dermot1979

Goodne wrote: »

Hi, I bought a mushroom growing kit in Aldi today & just wanted to know if anyone had any advice on growing mushrooms?

dont do it if you value your life, i unleashed a killer.

i took the following to make sure i had a healthy crop

1) humid warm temp : i put it in the kitchen, faraway from any direct light, similiar to a a mushroom tunnel you see on farms, dry, warm heat
2) followed the instructions to the letter, the initial closed period, set my reminder for the lifting period. (used my phone reminder to be sure)
3) i even left it an extra few days to let it harvest....

what i got back was this IMAG0768.jpg

like something from The black lagoon!!! (im sure spat at me when i disturbed it!!

ian_m

wreckless wrote: »

supervalu were crap, should have brought it back for a refund

Aldi, garden line, very nice indeed.

Any tips there please? They are doing the rounds again. Just bought a box from Aldi today.

Marjam

I got one lonely mushroom out of the Aldi Gardenline Kit

Stressica

thats so random there's a thread on this as i just got a kit the other day like you guys, i got mine from a garden centre, it was €8, only 3 days in so fingers crossed! My neighbour said they tried it last year and got one lonley fella out of all their efforts and they fried it and divided it between the 5 of them xD