Not one to give up, I brought the container out of the dark and left it uncovered on the kitchen windowsill. This is what's popped up.
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There's one decent sized mushroom and you might just be able to see another tiny one behind it. It certainly won't make a risotto, it won't even cover a slice of bread for mushrooms on toast, but at least I got a mushroom to grow.
The kit only cost £1 so I think I'll definitely give it another go if I see one again in the pound shop, it's not a huge outlay but it's fun trying to get something to grow.
Well done, just when you'd give up too - pleasant surprise!
ReplyDeleteIt would have been nice to have more than one though.
DeleteIt all about getting things to grow, well done for having another go.
ReplyDeleteAt least one grew in the end, I'd like to give it another try now.
DeleteBetter than nothing, and well worth trying again. Flighty xx
ReplyDeleteDefinitely, on both counts. I'll be looking out for these kits again when I go to the pound shops.
DeleteFantastic!!! I wonder if any more will appear now the first one has come out! xx
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't look as though there's any more lurking, but we'll see.
DeleteBrilliant, well done, I love it when something like that happens just when you have given up. Fingers crossed the others decide to follow suit xcx
ReplyDeleteIt says in the instructions that you're meant to leave it in the dark, it obviously had other ideas and wanted a bit of daylight. It would be lovely if the others followed suit but I don't think it's going to happen.
DeleteThat is very much like what I got when I tried one of the kits. I think they must be quite fussy in regard to temperature, humidity, light etc.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right, though it's funny how this mushroom grew in the light when they're supposed to grow in the dark.
DeleteThat is EXCELLENT news!! It's such a thrill to see a mushroom grow, I have a feeling many more will sprout as it warms up!xxx
ReplyDeleteI'm not too sure. I'd like to find another kit so that I can start again with it now that the weathers getting a little warmer.
DeleteMaybe now it will get going in earnest,
ReplyDeletePerhaps, but I doubt it. There's no sign of any more coming at all.
DeleteI hope you enjoyed eating it!
ReplyDeleteI haven't, yet. It's hardly worth it.
DeleteGood job! Here ' the mushroom kit' is a 'box' that made from composted rice stem, and the spora have spread on it. We only spray the 'box' to keep them humid and the mushrooms grow well.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting. I bet they grow better than mine has.
DeleteI hope you don't have to share your supper! Good for you on not giving up xxx
ReplyDeleteI'm the only one in the house who eats mushrooms, it's a good job, isn't it?
DeleteExcellent, you got one! It's always fun to try something new isn't it. A friend of mine put spent mushroom compost under her hedge and got a huge row of mushrooms. Maybe there will be more to come. CJ xx
ReplyDeleteIt makes it all worthwhile now that at least one has grown. I've heard of spent mushroom compost being used and then crops of mushrooms growing in it before, you can't beat free food.
DeleteWell done - so glad they didn't beat you!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I didn't give up on them. One is better than none.
DeleteYou really aren't one to give up easily are you, Jo? Great that you photographed and posted about it, as it deserves recognition -- I would want it framed. P. x
ReplyDeleteHa ha, I do like to give it my best shot. Glad I got something for my efforts.
DeleteHow exciting Jo. I bet that you are glad that you had not given up on them completely and thrown the contents of the kit on the compost heap. I'm wondering whether the diddy one has grown any bigger since you took that photo :)
ReplyDeleteI thought it was worth giving them time, I'm glad I did. The tiny one hasn't grown any more, nor have any more mushrooms appeared, but at least I got one in the end.
DeleteI hope it was tasty........
ReplyDeleteI have to confess that it hasn't been eaten, hardly worth turning the hob on for one little mushroom.
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