I don't think I shared any photos of our new rat babies, and we've got mushroom babies again now too!

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Mushroom kit update: the mushrooms in the first kit are growing rapidly, and the second kit is finally developing primordia.

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One of my mushroom kits now has tiny mushrooms appearing where the primordia were. The other one hasn't done anything exciting yet. Hopefully it'll catch up soon.

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Primordia are starting to appear on my mushroom kits, these will turn into mushrooms. They're not very easy to photograph well though.

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Realise there is a lot of dreadful stuff going on in the world.. but I just spent the day in Manchester with a bunch of inspiring people doing fantastic projects around #permaculture #SocialPrescribing #TherapeuticGardening #wildflowers #CommunityComposting #CommunityOrchard #MushroomGrowing and more... hosted by the folk from #Mud #ManchesterUrbanDiggers in Platt Fields Market Garden https://www.wearemud.org/
MUD - A Better Food System

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I didn't realize that when you order a liquid culture of mushroom spores online that they will mail you a literal syringe 😅

My compost piles have now been inoculated with Almond mushroom (Agaricus blazei) and Wine Caps (Stropharia rugosoannulata)!

They won't fruit until the fall, but I'll check in a couple of weeks for mycellium growth to see if my dreams of Mushroom Composting are coming true

[CW non-medical syringe]

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Just ordered some gourmet mushroom cultures!

I got Almond Mushrooms (Agaricus blazei) and Wine Caps (Stropharia rugosoannulata)

I'm going to dip my toes into mushroom composting ... to goal is to get both species to naturalize in my piles 🤞

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I would like to include some mushroom logs or woodchips to amend the soil environment in my urban garden. I’m in growing zone 5, with relatively good humidity. I don’t mind too much about the culinary properties since I’m more interested in the beneficial properties for the garden itself. Any suggestions of which spawn to use? Does it matter? Should I just pick whatever I like best? Is diversity helpful?
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