Home cultivation Kits
Due to the difficulty of keeping a varied stock of kits as well as trying
to grow mushrooms commercially. We have decided that the only kits we can
supply are of the species we are growing for commercial mushroom sales. There are many potential mushroom kits possible from a variety of
species and different varieties may be found from other suppliers on the
internet.
We grow shiitake on sawdust blocks indoors year round and can generally
supply shiitake kits on a yearly basis.
For details on each kit, click on the picture or the button on the sidebar.
We are also experimenting with growing Reishi, Maitake and King Oyster
buried outdoors in beds. The blocks are produced during March & April and
will be buried in April & May. We expect fruiting in the fall. Kits of
these species will be available only during our annual production cycle --
March to April. Orders can be placed before March for delivery during
April/May.
Pricing: All kits are CDN$ 25.00 plus shipping
Availability: We ship kits in the
spring (April - June) and in the fall (September - mid December) because
kits are live organisms that are perishable and are susceptible to damage
from freezing or over heating during shipping.
We are often asked for Morel or Portobello Kits.
Morels can only be cultivated outdoors as "Habitat kits", in other
words a suitable spot must be found to approximate the natural growing
environment (more on this in our information sheets). Portobello (
Agaricus crimini ) are fully grown out Brown Button mushrooms ( a variant of
the White Button mushrooms) and are cultivated on composed straw and manure.
We currently DO NOT carry either of these kits.
For a good description of how to grow white
button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) or brown button mushrooms and Portobello
(Agaricus crimini) check out this web site:
http://www.mushroomcouncil.com/grow/sixsteps.html
Do a search on the Web for "mushrooms" and something will turn up.
