Grow Your Own Mushrooms

Grow Your Own Mushrooms CROPS New Crops 26-4-30 Growing your own mushrooms is easy with these new ready-to-grow kits that take the hunt and the hassle out of finding wild mushrooms. From shitaki to morel and almond portabello to oyster, Fungi Perfecti, LLC, offers more than 20 kits for indoor and outdoor mushroom production. Fungi Perfecti also sells tools and supplies for more serious mushroom growers who may prefer to inoculate and grow their own spawn. Indoor kits are priced between $20 and $24, with some like the Turkey Tail and the Maitake, both suggested for their pharmaceutical properties, priced as high as $29 for a kit. Some kits come complete with a growing medium like sawdust. Others are used outdoors to inoculate compost, wood chips or, in some cases, stumps or logs. In the case of the Espresso Oyster mushroom, buyers are encouraged to mix the spawn with newspapers and coffee grounds for in-home recycling. The company Website offers comprehensive information about all their products. Fungi Perfecti also offers seminars for people interested in learning more about mushrooms and their many uses. Contact: FARM SHOW Follow-up, Fungi Perfecti, Box 7634, Olympia, Wash. 98507 (ph 800 780 9126; fax 360 426 9377); E-mail: mycomedia@aol.com; Website: www.fungi.com).

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