Tonight I harvested my first of my mushrooms that I planted a month ago - 9 gorgeous looking specimens! They are ready when the veil over the gills begins to tear, and you can leave them to fully open or pick them with closed caps as I did. The veil can be seen in the picture below:
The other 'ripe' mushrooms in the box (with my curious kitty Nutmeg in the background!):
All 9 mushrooms, which weighed in at 341g in total:
The next flush should be ready in about 10 days or so. Bring them on!
Oh my gosh how cute.
ReplyDeleteand herro to Nutmeg!
Aren't they great? I'm so proud!
ReplyDeleteMushrooms are so exciting to grow - I love that they require almost no effort :-P
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