I get my mushroom compost bags for $3 each from the Fort Drummond Mushroom Farm in Mt St Thomas .....you need to ring ahead to pick them up, and I was recommended Thursdays for pick up......
There details are:
Fort Drummond Mushroom Farm
Television Avenue,
Mt St Thomas NSW 2500, Australlia
(02) 4228 5403I would also recommend that you tell them you are planning to use the compost bags for the garden, and possibly gather a few a few mushrooms before hand if any pop up. Of course when you water them lightly twice a day, and store them in a cool, dark place like under the house.....You will reap a few harvests of lovely fresh mushrooms like I have.
I have had three good harvests so far from this lot...and there is still more to come....when you see little tiny pin-head mushrooms coming through, its important to remember to water them, as they are vulnerable to drying out and not growing on to huge mushrooms.
Also when you think there are no more mushrooms coming up, keep watering them twice a day for anything up to 10 days or more, and you will find more little pin-heads poking through the soil, ......just when you think there are no more mushroom spores.....you get more.
I drool over these photos
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| My good friend Sonia told me that if you sprinkle broken mushrooms in a garden bed and cover with soil, that you will get mushrooms to grow. I have a little experiment going in the new Berries garden bed....I covered the mushroom bits....and keep the soil moist.....I just have to wait now.... Thanks Sonia,, for the great tip....If I get mushrooms come up, I will post about it. |
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| 21 April.....First harvest |
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| 25 April......Second harvest |
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| 28 April........Third harvest...Wow!!! |
Sonia, I hope your bags of mushroom compost are producing for you as well.
I use a lot of mushrooms, must give this method a try, they look so good...YUM!
ReplyDeleteTania
this is so much cheaper, the packaged Mushroom Farm in a box, seems to be so unreliable....but this way, I don't seem to have any problems...unless I forget to water them. The flavour of freshly picked mushies is incomparable to those shop ones.
ReplyDeletethanks for reading my blog Tania, I appreciate and welcome new followers.
i agree about those Mushroom Farm in a box i have known a few people that have bought them very poor result it would have beencheaper if they had just bought the mushrooms
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