mushrooms

[lindyloo]

does anyone on here grow mushrooms, and can share thier experience ? is it difficult, where have you grown them, etc. my sister and i would like to have a go- i have a damp old caravan, (of which the floor is rotting, so very damp) which is grown into the hedge with trees shading over. would that be a good place? alll suggestions and advice gratefully recieved..

[Two_Sheds]

I'm having to sit on my hands ....

[lindyloo]

(lol) not sure how to take that comment- should i start running?

[reetnproper]

I've a B&Q Grow Your Own mushroom kit, happily mouldering away. Plenty of white stuff but no mushrooms . On the point of binning it but I can't bring myself to do it ....... just in case !

Reet
x

[Alison]

We've tried to grow from the B&Q style kits and also the dowels that you bang into fresh wood. We got a few off one fo the kits (they were presents for OH as they knew he liked to pick wild mushrooms) but way less than the value of the kits and the dowels didn't produce anything at all so not worth it at all. We're not going to bother again as it's so much easier and more fun to forage your own and you get much more variety that way too.

[mattyod]

are you wanting to grow from scratch or a ready spawned compost?
ready made compost one's will develop mushrooms after about 3 weeks.

reetnproper- that white stuff are white fungal threads called Mycellium, you may need to add 2inch layer of a moist casing mixture of 2 parts peat, 1 part chalk, if you have started from scratch. if you bought ready spawned compost i'd just wait and see what happen's

hope this helps

[rana]

I've tried from from kits and followed the instructions to the letter. Like Alison there were some mushrooms produced but it's just not worth the bother or expense.

[Mick O]

I have a couple of strange mushroom type things that come up in the garden every year. Tried some last year. Never did me any harm.(that`s my opinion) don`t know what they are though. You could try getting some horse muck, sometimes get mushrooms grow in that the following year.
Willing to try anything.
Mick

[lindyloo]

thank you all! i had looked on the search engine proir to posting- it all sounded very scientific! so i wanted to hear from real gardeners. we always used to get feild mushrooms growing in the paddocks, but they havent been in evidence for several years now- weather and soil conditions, or perhaps someone is getting to them before us!!! will probably get the shop bought as it seems very hard to grow. mind you , i like the idea and look of those log stacks.

[jeanniez]

we get loads of wild ones in the graden, and lots on my horse manure heap but I've no idea whether they are safe to eat so don't. I've tried the kits sevral times and bought spawn from cataolgues - followed instructions but...nothing, not a sign of em. given up now.

[lindyloo]

we've plenty of horse muck! i think my grandfather told me that mushrooms like pasture where mares have urinated. ( mind you , thats what he likened my tea to, also!)

[DaveC]

Mushrooms

Has anyone tried growing mushrooms. We buy a pack from the supermarket each week and was wondering how easy it is to grow your own.

Has anyone had any success with them at home?

Dave

[DaveC]

Sorry guys just seen the post further down

[dincur]

HI LiNDYLOO, If you can prepare a bed in a polytunnel or outdoors with horse dung, dead leaves and straw as if you were manuring a new piece of ground, and in a bag or two of spend mushroom compost and in time, 6weeks or so you'll have a glut of mushys. The ground should be loose and kept moist- not wet and south facing. A word of warning though you got to know what you're picking as the bed can spawn toadstools too.

[SeleneMourie]

Well today we got some 'Oyster Mushroom Spawn' and were sent to the following mushroom growing guide:
http://www.epogee.co.uk/downloads/oy...structions.pdf

It all seems to be for growing indoors?

Does anybody have any advice before we start bagging up sawdust!

Thanks!