Mushrooms my first attempt...

[dickymint]

I wanted to try Lions Mane mushrooms around Christmas time but couldn't buy any so did a bit of research and decided to grow some. Decided to cheat a little and bought 'ready to bloom' packs (one lions mane and one black oyster) online. Had them three weeks now but started them off two weeks ago. I read up and watched a load of videos but decided just to lob them on the kitchen window

Lo and behold I'm in with a shout.......I think









So that's the Black Oysters on their way but no Lions Mane yet
Think I may cut a slit at the top of the bag as there does seem to be something happening there.

Any experiences peeps?

[Ranger 6]

Looking good!!

My wife bought me a kit which had spores on wooden plugs and required a log for them to grow in - that was 4 years ago and nothing seen yet other than some random fungus growing on the bark.

[Rob.]

Funny you mention it, but I got one of these for Christmas

[roadie]

Interesting! I do like mushrooms.

Perhaps the only issue I can see is where to keep such a growing kit because it doesn't look great. Is there any smell as well?

[Acorn1]

I thought they like to grow in a dark environment?

[Silvanus]

Acorn1 said:

I thought they like to grow in a dark environment?

Far more complex than do they/don't they. Oyster mushrooms require exposure to light before they produce fruiting bodies (sporophores). Different fungi require differing levels of light throughout their life stages

Edited by Silvanus on Thursday 23 January 11:49

[andy43]

Acorn1 said:

I thought they like to grow in a dark environment?

UK windowsill in winter - perfect

[Acorn1]

Interesting.

I've been taking Lions Mane in tablet form for a while now at £17 a bottle.

How much are the grow kits?

[Portofino]

Anyone here watched ‘The Last of Us’?

[dickymint]

Acorn1 said:

Interesting.

I've been taking Lions Mane in tablet form for a while now at £17 a bottle.

How much are the grow kits?

I chose the 'ready to fruit' blocks so £16.99 ..............


https://www.meritmushrooms.co.uk/ready-to-fruit-mu...

[PushedDover]

Rob. said:

Funny you mention it, but I got one of these for Christmas

Similar.

I had a box, and it took after 7 days, but they came out leathery.
I have emailed the source and they have stopped following up on this.

I cut off / binned.

We will see if the next growth comes through.

i am dissapoint.

[dickymint]

Portofino said:

Anyone here watched ‘The Last of Us’?

[Byker28i]

What did Clarkson use. He had more than he could cope with and grew Lion's Mane mushrooms in an old converted bunker

Interesting
https://mushroomworks.co.uk/blogs/wellbeing-lab/ho...

[Condi]

It's far more interesting to grow them from spores, but not a particularly quick job.

For something which is just a fungus and lives in the wild, they can be annoyingly difficult to do well.

[netherfield]

We had a tree removed years ago, later a dry stone waller came to mend a wall, 'god will you look at that lot' seems that growing out were a large amount of mushrooms, I said he could have them because I'd no idea what they were.

When he came to mend the wall he told me they excellent as long as you knew how to cook them, he did give name but I can't remember it now.

[dickymint]

Two days later.....................

[bodhi]

Clocked on this thread expecting some magic.

I am disappoint.

[dickymint]

bodhi said:

Clocked on this thread expecting some magic.

I am disappoint.

I gave them up early 90's when in a curry house and my tandoori chicken leg got off the plate, morphed into a whole chicken and ran out of the door

[dickymint]

Harvested two clumps like this one that weighed 750 grams on Monday and Wifey knocked up a quick taster for supper...........












Really tasty and quite meaty loads left for the Friday night or the freezer ans hopefully another flush or two to follow.


Meanwhile the Lions Manes are filling out and today just started to send out their 'teeth'..........





Some yellowing that apparently could be due to low humidity?

[Rob.]

My lionvs manes are coming on!