Welcome to your Enoki mushroom instructions - we're super excited to get you going.
You can get growing within three days of receipt, however, if you're not wanting to grow immediately you can put your kit in your fridge for up to one month, your mushroom may begin to grow even when chilled so get started asap.
Equipment needed: A water mister.
Enoki mushrooms are top fruited.
With clean scissors cut the very top off the grow bag leaving 10cm of bag above the top line of the substrate.
Mist the top surface of the substrate - enough to keep the surface damp, making sure not to accumulate too much surface or standing water.
You will need to mist inside your kit twice a day - this is to prevent your substrate from drying out.
If water begins to pool in places, on the top, or down the side of your substrate block - pour away the standing water if it begins to smother the top of your substrate.
Ideal growing temperature parameters are 17-22 degrees. Lower temperatures can lead to slower growth and higher temps can lead to the substrate and mushrooms drying out quicker.
If you’re finding your substrate block is drying out between mists, lay a clean, damp tea towel over your block and continue to mist each day - making sure the tea towel is nice and damp too.
When fully grown, you can harvest your mushrooms from the top of the kit as they mature, when the caps turn up and the mushrooms slow in growth. Do this with a sharp knife by slicing close to the base.
It may be difficult to get a second harvest from your Enoki mushroom grow kit. You may find sign of mould begin to form on your substrate block before any new mushrooms begin to establish. However we encourage you to try.
To do this you loosely close the top of the kit with a peg or piece of tape, and leave in a cool dark cupboard for a week. After a week, open your kit and submerge the kit in clean cold water for 4 hours.
Drain any excess water. the new surface should now be misted twice per day during the growing stage and until the new fruiting bodies fully mature.
Your substrate block should continue to smell fresh and healthy and looking well, with lots of healthy white mycelium growth all over.
When you have finished growing: Remove your substrate from the plastic bag - you can recycle the plastic at any large supermarket facility.
Your fruiting block should be left to dry out then disposed of into your household waste. We do not recommend composting or putting substrates into your garden, compost or food waste.
You can read more about this HERE.
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Congratulations and we hope you enjoy your grow. If you have any questions or curiosities please do emails us at enquiries@caleybrothers.co.uk and we'll get back to you with 48 hours.
Otherwise, do feel free to take a look at other mushrooms you might enjoy growing and eating, we have a variety of options - all delicious and all just as easy to grow.
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Happy growing x
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