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Mushroom Growing Kit - Description
- Shiitake Mushroom Growing Kit
- Full Kit Includes Everything Needed For Homegrown Shiitake Mushrooms
- Type: Lentinula Edodes
- AKA Champignon Noir, Champignon Parfumé, Champignon Shiitake, Champignons Shiitake or Forest Mushroom
- Taste: Popular For Their Rich Earthy, Smokey Taste
- Used in Chinese Cuisine
- Texture: Meaty
- Time to Harvest: Up to 3 Months
- Can Harvest Multiple Times
- Subsequent Harvest: Every 2 Weeks
- Kit Contents
- Plastic Filter Bag
- Substrate of Sawdust
- White Tempex Container
- Cardboard Lid
- Growing Instructions
- Pack Size: 7.5 Litres of Substrate
Mushroom Growing Kit - Uses
- Suitable for oriental dishes
- Particularly for stir fry dishes.
- Stems are too tough to eat
- Pick mushrooms when you need them
- Shiitake mushrooms can also be dried after cultivation & can be stored this way for a long time
- High in carotene & amino acids. Said to lower cholesterol
How to Grow Mushrooms
- Shiitake is a variety of mushroom that grows on wood or bark
- These kits use a specially selected sawdust growing medium
- Can be sown indoors & harvested all year round
- Shiitake mushrooms require light so should be cultivated behind glass
- It is important to keep substrate moist at all times
- It is best to water using a mister
- Mushrooms grow best in warm & humid conditions
