IF YOU WANT TO TRY GROWING YOUR OWN, THE EASIEST WAY TO GET STARTED IS TO BUY A KIT ONLINE FROM A MUSHROOM COMPANY. KCRA LIKED THESE KITS FROM NORTH SPORE AND FOREST ORIGINS. THERE ARE SO MANY ...

The grow kits are cool because I’ve done most of the work for you, and you can just watch them grow. That way, you can learn about how mushrooms develop, and it’s also cost effective.

John Michelotti is an expert on fungi. He leads workshops and walks educating people on everything from foraging and identifying, to learning how to grow mushrooms, making him a "fun guy." ...

Oyster and shiitake mushrooms are some of the easiest and most productive varieties for beginners to grow ... spores or mycelium to your substrate. An affordable option is to buy spore syringes ...

Consumer Reports said the popularity of these fantastic fungi is well deserved. John Michelotti is an expert on fungi. He leads workshops and walks educating people on everything from foraging and ...

Unlike normal plants, mushrooms grow from spores so tiny they can’t be seen ... An easy way to grow mushrooms at home is to buy a mushroom kit from your local hardware store or nursery.

They require daily watering.” Most indoor-garden kits use either a self-watering or hydroponic system to grow plants. I started with a self-watering system — the Click-and-Grow model — and ...

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Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and a nose for novelty animal stories.