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  • Mushrooms, my fourth year :/

    So for the past 3 years I've tried growing mushrooms to no avail.

    Im trying again this year, previously I have tried the straw in a bag method, the shop bought method and the dowel method.

    This year I will be using manure with impregnated saw dust inside a polystyrene box...

    Does anyone else have problems with mushrooms or am I just doing something wrong..

    We eat mushrooms daily so this would really help us save a bit money, any hints and tips would help.

    Thanks guys x
    If you want to view paradise
    Simply look around and view it.

  • #2
    I've failed a few times with ready to go boxes. Sometimes start a couple but they die soon enough.

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    • #3
      Got my spawn, straw, compost and polystyrene box going to give it a go again. Must remember to sterilise straw think that is what has been messing up my attempts previous.

      Fingers crossed I'll have button mushrooms in a month or so
      If you want to view paradise
      Simply look around and view it.

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      • #4
        Only ever used the ready to go boxes. Got decent enough results but not convinced it's any cheaper than just buying. Would be interested in a system with more longevity. Like the look of this pre-impregnated logs you can buy, but they're a bit pricey...
        Another happy Nutter...

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        • #5
          I've tried boxes, dowels drilled into oak logs, spawn sown into manure/woodchip and whatever else was recommended - none of it has been successful.
          I eat lots of mushrooms too but I'm not going to waste any more money on trying to grow them.
          Hope you succeed, Evans.

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          • #6
            I bought some spent mushroom compost years ago and used it to improve the soil in a greenhouse. With out trying I had an amazing crop of mushrooms and they were huge.
            Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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            • #7
              I've tried various methods and none have worked. I leant to identify wild ones instead and harvest those instead. Much easier

              Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

              Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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