those online mushroom kits
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
Calgary, Alberta
August 29, 2011 4:25am CST
I solve those mushroom starter kits in different websites, I found it interesting to see the box that you will just water every day and within a few weeks and will have fresh mushrooms. I like the idea of growing my own vegetables and that he and the place where I live in all concrete , I also liked the idea that mushrooms can be grown indoors. I heard always the oyster mushrooms are the easiest to raise, as in the you can make them grow in wet newspaper. Some other species of mushrooms are a kind of complicated to raise. Im only hesitant to buy a starter kit because I dont know if its possible to grow them in a tropical country.
I'm really interested to portabello mushroom and burgandy mushroom. but oyster is said to be easiest.
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@I_AM_Troll (112)
• United States
29 Aug 11
Interesting... I didn't know that you could grow mushrooms indoors. I have seen kits to grow tomatoes, I think you they call them "instant tomato growing"
This remains me of the Chia pets. You grow plants in the form of a cat, you spread the seed and just water them.
I have never tried Mushrooms, my mother used to freak out everything she got near them, she said that they were bad for your health. Anyway, good luck growing them. I been thinking about growing some tomatoes inside my apartment.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Aug 11
Mushrooms grow in the dark so they were one of the most common indoor vegetables. Poisonous mushrooms exist but edible mushrooms are actually good for the health. I think I became a mushroom fan, because my nanny when I was a little kid say it is an edible small umbrella. I don't know why a kid will want to keep them a brown glove but that's what she said so I eat mushrooms. So I guess that's a good part on my nanny, she's the reason why I eat vegetables. Especially Portabello, tasted like steaks.
@I_AM_Troll (112)
• United States
29 Aug 11
I would eat anything that tastes like steaks. Do these mushrooms you are talking about look like the ones on the picture. The only reason why I am asking is because Americans tend to be stupid when it comes to vegetables.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Aug 11
yup thats portabello, as far as I know portabello is very common in the US. Carl's junior have a portabello burger.
@topffer (42156)
• France
21 Sep 11
One of my pleasure is to pick mushrooms myself -- we are allowed to pick 5 kg every day in public woods --, but I am curious about these kits. Generally mushrooms need a lot of water and I believe that growing at home portobello mushrooms would be good for your nose : they need horse manure to grow
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@topffer (42156)
• France
22 Sep 11
Rotten wood and vegetables does not smell very good too : maybe is it why they are grown in old quarries away from towns here ?
7 years outdoor for morels ? You have to love really morels and to want absolutely to produce them yourself : a truffle oak -- an oak sold with truffle mycelium in the soil -- needs only 3 or 4 years to produce truffles and with one truffle you can buy 10 kg of morels
. You need to be in a limestone area to plant a truffle oak in your garden.
. You need to be in a limestone area to plant a truffle oak in your garden.1 person likes this
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Sep 11
I already have my oyster and portabello kit, thankfully they dont stink. i grow my oysters in wet paper bags.
I love morels but waiting for 7 years sounds awful to me.
Chicken of the woods and shitake mushrooms grows on logs you have to drill the logs with holes anf fill those holes with spore plugs and water the logs by sprying water once a day.
sounds easy but it will take 7 months to grow 
but after 1st harvest mushrooms will grow monthly for 5 years. I might rather try them over morels.
gosh 7 years before you can enjoy harvesting. truffles are more expensive right?
Chicken of the woods and shitake mushrooms grows on logs you have to drill the logs with holes anf fill those holes with spore plugs and water the logs by sprying water once a day.
sounds easy but it will take 7 months to grow but after 1st harvest mushrooms will grow monthly for 5 years. I might rather try them over morels.
gosh 7 years before you can enjoy harvesting. truffles are more expensive right?1 person likes this
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Sep 11
wood saw and vegetable trimmings works, quality is not as good but I aint using manure, I'm loving oyster mushroom though, they can grow in cartons and news paper. Morels, i'm too impatient for them, I heard they need to be outdoors and they took 7 years to grow artificially.
the kits says just water them once a day.they dont stink at all.
I'm loving oyster mushroom though, they can grow in cartons and news paper. Morels, i'm too impatient for them, I heard they need to be outdoors and they took 7 years to grow artificially.
the kits says just water them once a day.they dont stink at all.1 person likes this
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
3 Sep 11
mushroom kits have mushrooms spores, if you purchase spore of a certain kind it's the only kind of kind of mushroom, of is the only type of mushroom that will grow. I found out that oyster mushroom grow in any climate. I am planning to get rid of all the insects in my house before trying to breed my own mushrooms. I just like a sustainable source of vegetables without going to the market.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
5 Sep 11
I'm currently growing some now inside my house, I chose button mushrooms and oyster mushrooms. Button mushrooms are the common mushrooms used for pizza. If you let them grow big they will turn Portobello mushroom. Garage in basements and places with no sunlight are the best place to grow them.
