Brown Mushroom Grow Kit

Fresh brown mushrooms grown by you taste extraordinary and cost less than constant supermarket trips. This neat 3 litre kit brings reliable, repeat pickings to a windowsill, worktop or utility shelf, and it is genuinely easy.

Inside the box you get everything you need. The growing medium is already spawned, so there's no faff with specialist gear. Follow the clear steps and keep conditions moist. The first tiny pins appear, then grow into generous, meaty caps with richer flavour than standard white mushrooms. Brown mushrooms bring that lovely savoury depth cooks love.

One kit usually gives at least three pickings, so you enjoy fresh harvests across several weeks. That is quick, easy, and brilliant for family meals. It is also a great gift. Gardeners enjoy a new crop without a garden, food lovers relish the taste, and children are captivated as the tray transforms.

For the price of a few punnets, you get multiple homegrown pickings and the pleasure of saying, 'I grew these.'

How to use:

• Take the bag containing cover compost from the base tray and store it in a cool place.
• Place the base tray with the plastic lid on top at 20-25C for 4 or more days until the substrate turns white with mycelium.
• Punch ten holes in each side of the cover compost bag, soak it in 0.5 litres of water for 20 minutes, then spread the compost evenly and loosely over the substrate.
• Replace the lid and leave for 5-8 days at 20-25C until white mycelium shows on the surface, then move the tray to a cooler position at 15-18C.
• Keep the surface damp with regular misting.
• When baby mushrooms appear, water gently if needed. Harvest as they develop, first around the edges, then the centre.