Basic Care Of Your Kit

You've just gotten your marvelous new Mushroom kit! Here are some basic care tips to get you started.

Additional supplies: A plant mister or spay bottle. Make sure the bottle is clean and free of residues.

Non chlorinated water. If you only have chlorinated water available, you can boil for 15 minutes, then cool the water before using in your mister bottle. Alternately, you can leave the water out for 24 hours to allow the chlorine to disappate.

Find a suitable place to park your mushroom kit. Your kit will need humidity and the right temperature for it's species in order to fruit/yield your mushrooms.

Keep your kit away from heat/cooling vents, air conditioning units and direct sunlight. As the mushrooms grow, the kit will need to be misted daily, so you want the area to be waterproofed. You can set the kit on a plate to help contain the moisture.

I love setting them on the kitchen counter near my sink. Misting usually won't harm the area, plus it's easy to pour off any excess water that may build in the bottom of the kit. Usually you have enough bright, but indirect light and it's a nice place devoid of bugs and flies.

Once you find a location for your kit, cut the kit open so that 3-4" of the plastic remains above the mushroom mass. This will help it retain enough humidity.

Begin misting your kit 2 -4 times a day so it appears moist, but not saturated. You should see signs of humidity on the inside of the plastic of the kit and the surface of the mushroom kit itself. If you do not, your kit is too dry.

If your kit seems to be too dry, do not be afraid to water it like a plant.

I have added up to a quart of water when a kit has been too dried out due to direct sun or just plain very dry air. Let it soak up the water for a few hours and then pour off the excess water. If you do not have a spray bottle you can also do it this way.

Another way to grow your kit is to cut a small X on the side of your bag (about 2 inches both directions) In some ways this might be the easiest way to grow your kit but it is also rather messy unless you are setting it on something you don't mind getting wet when misting or when it releases spores

Between 3-10 days, you should begin to see primordia (baby mushroom sites) forming on your mushroom kit. The primordia will look like white bumps as they first emerge.

Once you see primordia, you should expect your mushrooms to mature in 3 to 10 days. When you chose to harvest will depend on what flavor you enjoy best. For milder flavors, pick the mushrooms when they are smaller. For larger portions or more mushroomy flavors, you pick when the mushrooms are more mature. Everyone's taste preferences and cooking needs are different.

Please note: Mushrooms will ripen quickly. You will want to harvest the cluster of mushrooms before the caps flatten out and become uplifted. If you wait too long, your mushroom will also drop spores (the mushroom version of seeds). They are harmless, and you can certainly still eat your mushroom, but it won't be at it's prime. Plus you'll need to wipe up the white 'dust' (spores) that they drop.

Harvesting: Once your mushrooms are at the age you want to cook, you can use a sharp knife or you can use cl

ean fingers and twist the cluster of mushrooms off completely from the kit.

Once you have harvested your mushrooms, you can continue to mist the kit to encourage a second flush (crop) of mushrooms. Continue to look for the primordia. If you don't see them, your kit may have reached the end of it's lifespan/food source.

Basic Care Of Your Kit

You've just gotten your marvelous new Mushroom kit! Here are some basic care tips to get you started.

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