Included in the package:
 Bag with mushroom substrate

 What you need:
 About 5 minutes a day

 1. Introduction:
 Gourmet mushrooms are becoming increasingly popular, with their delicious umami taste and health benefits taking center stage.
 However, finding fresh gourmet mushrooms is not always easy, and many stores only carry common button mushrooms and portobello.
 Mushroom growing kits are a great solution because they are easy to use and allow even inexperienced growers to produce fresh gourmet mushrooms all year round. But not all mushroom growing kits are the same, so it's a good idea to do your research. We only stock biologically active cultures.

 2. What is a mushroom growing kit?
 A mushroom growing kit usually consists of a medium or mushroom substrate and is a fun and hassle-free way to grow mushrooms. Ready-made substrate kits are the easiest to use. With these kits, much of the mushroom growing process is already done for you, including sterilization, inoculation and incubation.
 All that’s left now is the fun part of the mushroom growing process, fruiting.

 How to start a mushroom growing kit?

 1. Prepare mushroom culture
 Place the mushroom culture, without removing the foil, in a room that is as humid as possible
 e.g. bathroom or basement. The room temperature should be between 10-20 °C and the humidity should ideally be 90%.

 2. Insert openings
 Now the film is cut in 3-4 places around the culture with 3-4 cm long cross-shaped slits each. Please use a knife that is as sharp and sterile as possible.

 3. Growth phase
 After about 10-14 days, the first small clusters of mushrooms will form from these openings. While the mushrooms are forming, care must be taken to ensure that the mushrooms and the mushroom culture do not dry out.
 If the mushroom clusters feel dry, water them carefully, e.g. using a shower head with fresh, cold tap water.

 timing
 Do not start a mushroom growing kit if you will not be home for the next two weeks, as the mushrooms need to be moistened regularly.

 harvest
 When the majority of the mushrooms still have the edge of the cap slightly curved inwards, all mushrooms should be harvested (it is better to harvest too early than too late).
 When harvesting the mushrooms, carefully cut them off at the substrate surface with a sharp knife.
 After harvesting, carefully remove all stem remains, as germs can form on them.

 Do mushroom growing kits grow back?
 After harvesting all mushroom clusters, the mushroom culture must recover over a period of 3-4 weeks.
 After each subsequent harvest, 1-2 additional cross-shaped openings can be added from which mushrooms can then grow. However, the film should not be completely removed from the culture so that it does not dry out.
 Old openings from which mushrooms have already grown or from which no mushroom clusters have developed can be closed again with adhesive tape.
 There are 3-4 harvest waves within a period of about 2-3 months.
 After removing the foil, used mushroom cultures can be composted as valuable organic fertilizer or disposed of in the organic waste. An alternative is to bury the block 1/3 deep in your raised bed, greenhouse or garden in a shady place and hope for more mushrooms.

 Do mushroom kits last forever?
 Mushroom kits also do not last forever if stored in the refrigerator before they bear fruit, as the dormant mycelium in the substrate loses strength over time.
 If you store your kit for more than 3 months, there is no guarantee that it will still produce mushrooms.