Even more mushrooms...

I know I've already blogged about my mushroom succuess but I just had to share the latest and first harvest from the white mushroom box. The harvest ended up weighting a total of 750g.

The previous posts can be found: here, here and here.

I swear I didn't give it Steroids!

I've already shared  the success I've had with my swiss brown mushroom box, but I never thought I would get anything as big as this coming from it! It took about a week for the mushroom to get to this size. It's cap is 17cm in diameter and the stalk is 5cm wide!

Mushroom Progress

My mushroom box has kept me very excited over the last few weeks. I finally harvested the first 'flush' of mushrooms the other day and am now waiting for the next flush to come through. I've been so impressed by the Swiss brown mushroom box that I've bought another box from a local mushroom farmer that went along to the Mt Eliza Farmer's Market.

Mushrooms!

I was the garden shop the other day and stumbled across these mushroom boxes. There were two types too choose from: Shiitake and Swiss Brown mushrooms. The Shiitake mushrooms grown along a piece of wood which wouldn't be practical for my garage as the cats like to climb and explore over everything. The Swiss brown mushrooms grow in a box which is much more suited to my needs so i deiced to try that one out.

Above are the pictures of the Mushroom kit. When you open up the box there is a bag of brown castings which you add water to and then spread over the white web-like surface of the compost in the box. That's all there is to it. It's kept in a cool draft free spot out of the light and sprayed to keep moist. The instructions say you should get mushrooms in 2 to 3 weeks, fingers crossed and I'll keep you posted.