White mushrooms grow well indoors in a mushroom box.
According to MushroomInfo.com, mushrooms are among the most unusual foods to grow, and they come many varieties. White, crimini, portabella, oyster, shitake, enoki, beech and maitake mushrooms are some of the most popular types, and, although some kinds are complicated and temperamental to grow, others are quite easy. Shitake, oyster and white button mushrooms are good varieties to grow at home. White and oyster mushrooms grow best in inside mushroom boxes, which are cheap and easy to make on your own. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Choose a medium-sized box or plastic bin to use as your mushroom box. Mushrooms don't need anything fancy; as long as it holds the growing foundation, it'll do. Fill this box with several inches of brown rice flour, which will effectively hold moisture for the fungi.
2. Obtain injectable mushroom culture from a mushroom retailer. Follow the directions on the package and inject your culture, then spray the box with water to moisten the flour for growing.
3. Put your mushroom kit in a dark closet, drawer or cabinet, with a heating pad set at 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray the box every day and give the culture three weeks to take root.
4. Spread a 1/4-inch layer of topsoil over the brown rice flour after three weeks to nurture mushrooms sprouting. Continue watering the mushrooms every day to keep the topsoil moist, but reduce the temperature of the heating pad to 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Expect mushrooms to sprout in four weeks. Harvest them when you're happy with the size, and maintain your mushroom box for a second mushroom bloom. Once a mushroom culture establishes, it may rebloom for years.
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