General Information

  • Category- Vegetable
  • Binomial Name- Agaricus bisporus
  • Common Names- Mushroom
  • Spread- 1 inches**
  • Height- 3 inches**
  • Average Production- NA
  • Days to Maturity- 35-50 days

Nutrition Values:

  • Calories: 22
  • Water: 92%
  • Protein: 3.1 grams
  • Carbohydrates: 3.3 grams
  • Fat: 0.3 grams

Vitamins

  • Vitamin D- 7 IU
  • Vitamin B1- 0.08 mg
  • Vitamin B2- 0.4 mg
  • Vitamin B3- 3.6 mg
  • Vitamin B5- 1.5 mg
  • Vitamin B6- 0.1 mg
  • Vitamin B9- 1.7 μg
  • Choline- 17.3 mg

Minerals

  • Potassium- 318 mg
  • Calcium- 3 mg
  • Iron- 0.5 mg
  • Manganese- 0.05 mg
  • Magnesium- 9 mg
  • Phosphorous- 86 mg
  • Zinc- 0.52 mg
  • Copper- 0.32 mg
  • Selenium- 9.3 μg

Environmental Requirements:

  • Soil- Mushrooms are grows in compost
  • Soil Moisture- 35%
  • Soil pH- 6.0-7.0
  • Sun Requirements- No light required
  • Best Time to Plant- Fall
  • Relative humidity- 80-90%
  • Temperature range- 12-20 Celsius

Tips to Grow Mushroom:

  1. When you’re growing mushrooms at home, a place like your basement is ideal, but a spot under the sink could also work.
  2. Use a tray about six inches deep that resemble seed flats. Fill the trays with the mushroom compost material and sprinkle spawn on top.
  3. Use a heating pad to raise the soil temperature to around 70°F for about three weeks or until you see the mycelium (white, threadlike growths). At this point, drop the temperature to 55 to 60°F. Cover the spawn with an inch or so of potting soil.
  4. Keep the media moist by spritzing it with water and covering it with a damp cloth, making sure that you keep spritzing the cloth as it dries.
  5. Button mushrooms should appear within three to four weeks. Harvest them when the caps open and the stalk can be cut with a sharp knife from the stem.
  6. Harvesting every day should result in a continuous crop for about six months.

Once you set up a mushroom growing station in your home, it’s super easy to keep them growing. Eventually, you might need to add fresh spawn to grow more mushrooms, but as long as you keep the cloth damp and harvest the mushrooms as they appear, you should have a steady supply.

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