Topic: Mushroom kits

[Lazy Daisy]

Have been reading the thread on wild mushrooms but have decided to play safe and try again to grow my own. I have had Oyster and Shitake logs in my garden for about 2 years but they have done virtually nothing. I would like to know if it is possble to grow Chestnut and Shitake in my cellar. If so does anyone know where I can get reliable kits from.  Many thanks

[dingerbell]

There have been many threads regarding this subject. I too have tried kits with virtually zero success.
However there is an alternative. I purchased a quantity of "spent" mushroom compost from an organic grower locally. He only grows Chestnut. When I brought the compost home, small mushrooms started popping up almost immediately so I placed a quantity of the "spent" compost into a polystyrene fish box (local restaurant throws them away) and withing 10 days I had a superb crop. But that's not all, the compost that I put onto my Lottie has been producing delicious Chestnuts almost continually. Good luck....Dinger

[cleo]

I`m with you on this one Dinger. There was a similar thread over on the Beeb-kits are not that good but if anyone get get hold of unsterilised `spent` compost it`s a winner