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Almost all my plants are kept in containers - any shape and size! A lot of people do prefer to garden in raised beds, the soil can keep its quality better year after year in the ground.  But I prefer to use a different container for each plant! Keep reading to hear my pros and cons for container gardening. u/Longjumping-Quit7471, u/Living-Valuable-376, u/Parking-Bit-9217, u/RaintreeJames   What is container gardening? Container gardening is keeping all your plants in pots. It's ideal for if you don't have much space, or for me it works better! For beginners it's a good way to start, you don't need to buy much.  Weeding your plants is much easier: With only the space in the container, it's easier to keep up with weeding. As I’m weeding more often, I find the roots don't get a chance to develop, and they pull out easier. I can avoid the pesky mosquitoes in the summer: Mosquitos are the devil in the summer! Where I still have some beds, over the winter I can't ...
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Most popular mushroom growing kits

Mushroom growing at home is growing in popularity, especially in aspiring homesteaders. Growing mushrooms at home can be fun and easy with growing kits!


Why should i grow mushrooms at home?

  • It is easy from grow kits - you might think that it is a difficult job as starting from scratch requires sterile conditions. But from grow kits you can go straight to fruiting!
  • It can be cheaper than buying mushrooms from supermarkets - in my bedroom I was able to get two flushes of nameko mushrooms from kit, then two more after burying it in my garden!
  • Grow more uncommon mushrooms - there are some gourmet mushrooms that you can buy as kits, but can’t in the supermarket.

What types of mushroom kits are there?

  • ‘Logs’ - they are logs of grain (or other substrate) colonised with mycelium, ready for you to start fruiting
  • Pins - logs of colonised substrate with pins, which will fully grow into mushrooms in a matter of days
  • Colonised grain - colonised grain already has the healthy mycelium growing, so all you need to do is add it to a substrate and let it grow
  • Spores - this is starting from the absolute beginning of mushroom growing. With all materials sterile and ready for use!

What are the most popular mushroom kits in the UK?


Namkeo (log), £16.15 | Yellow Oyster (pins), £14.35 | Turkey Tail (log), £25


Reishi (log), £25 | Oyster (log), £19.95 | Black Cap King Oyster (log), £14.50


Shitake (colonised grain) £18.50 | Lion’s Mane (colonised spawn), £15.99 | Wine Cap (colonised grain), £6.99 | Grow Oyster Mushrooms on a book (colonised grain), £8.95


Coral Tooth Fungus (colonised grain), £16.99 | Inject and Forget bag (all you need are spores), £14.99 | Mycobox grow kit (all you need are spores), £19.99


Liquid Culture Syringe, £9.99 | Liquid Culture Syringe, £10.99 | Cordyceps Militaris Liquid Culture, £15.95 | Reishi Mushroom Liquid Culture, £14.95


If you want to take it a step further, you can also start with mushroom spore prints, but I was unable to find any gourmet prints (only medicinal mushroom prints)


The first time i grew mushrooms was using the cardboard tek, then I used a log to grow oyster an nameko mushrooms. Next I think i will try the spiderman/Uncle Bens tek with spore syringes or liquid culture!


Have you tried growing mushrooms before? What technique did you use?

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