[pepsi100]

Has anyone tried to grow mushrooms, not the type that grow on wood(come to them in a bit), but the 'penny bun' type ?

How difficult is it ? Where do you get decent mushroom compost ? Where did you get the 'seed' ?

Now on to the one's that grow on rotting wood........

Where does the wood have to be stored ? Does it have to be dry ? Are they difficult to start to grow ? Where do you get seeds for these ?

Any advice would be appreciated

(Ray Mears and Jamie Oliver have got a lot to answer for, my missus has been watching these two, and said, thats easy, WE should grow them, dunno where the WE came from :!: )

I just plant seeds and stand back, this looks a bit more involved, its easy having chickens, feed in one end, eggs out the other + a decent bit of manure for the top of the garden  

[gobs]

They are difficult I think as I did not have any success with them. Might be just sour grapes...

[Sally A]

I tried some in a mushroom kit once, they were button mushrooms and very flavoursome, but they did come with those dang little flies, so had to make sure there were no maggoty ones in there.

Must say, I've not seen those kits around for a while.

[DD.]

I tried some in a mushroom kit once, they were button mushrooms and very flavoursome, but they did come with those dang little flies, so had to make sure there were no maggoty ones in there.

Must say, I've not seen those kits around for a while.

They're still around, I had the same results as you, but I thought it was a fly kit that came with dang mushrooms.

[Contadino]

I've got a load on the go at the mo.  It's a kit made up of a little straw bale in a plastic bag.  When it's ready you split it in two and bury them under shallow moist soil.  The shrooms that it's produced are excellent, but they yield has been low.  It's the first time I've tried, and I'll be doing some more research before buying another kit to see if I can figure out how to get more.

I paid EUR 2 for the kit, and probably got a kilo of shrooms.  That's about the same price that I can buy them for in the market.

[gobs]

Good you are saying that, Contadino, I wanted to try them, but they are also much more expensive here.

I've only tried the log things once, which was very disappointing to me.

[pepsi100]

Do the logs have to be dry ?

What sort of temp do they have to be kept at ?

[DD.]

Do the logs have to be dry ?

What sort of temp do they have to be kept at ?

I'm no expert but would hazard a guess to say that mushrooms don't grow in dry conditions! This should help...

http://www.ragmans.co.uk/products/logcare.htm

[pepsi100]

Do the logs have to be dry ?

What sort of temp do they have to be kept at ?

I'm no expert but would hazard a guess to say that mushrooms don't grow in dry conditions! This should help...

http://www.ragmans.co.uk/products/logcare.htm

Now that is what I would have thought, but on some other website, it says to make sure the logs are dry and freshly cut and to store them 6 weeks, thats why I thought I'd ask the experts in here

[gobs]

You probably need to wait till end of festivities till someone who grows them successfully comes on, but if my memory serves me right, dry here might well refer to the logs not supposed to be very fresh, some 3 months old at least, I think. But it's all vague memories.

[WG.]

Has anyone tried to grow mushrooms, not the type that grow on wood(come to them in a bit), but the 'penny bun' type ?

How difficult is it ? Where do you get decent mushroom compost ? Where did you get the 'seed' ?

Penny Bun type ??  You mean regular white mushrooms like this?  http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200604/r79967_230279.jpg

[pepsi100]

Has anyone tried to grow mushrooms, not the type that grow on wood(come to them in a bit), but the 'penny bun' type ?

How difficult is it ? Where do you get decent mushroom compost ? Where did you get the 'seed' ?

Penny Bun type ??  You mean regular white mushrooms like this?  http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200604/r79967_230279.jpg

nope, they are button mushrooms, these are penny bun mushrooms........

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=penny+bun+mushroom&cr=countryUK%7CcountryGB&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

[WG.]

ceps only grow wild as far as I am aware.  We get loads of them around this area

[pepsi100]

ceps only grow wild as far as I am aware.  We get loads of them around this area

That's good news, next time your out walking, taking the dog/kids/missus, collect a few and send some down  

[WG.]

ceps only grow wild as far as I am aware.  We get loads of them around this area

That's good news, next time your out walking, taking the dog/kids/missus, collect a few and send some down  

Some folks earn a lot of dosh by gathering them and selling them to an wholesaler.  Ceps and chanterelles.