Growing instructions:

Instructions for the care of your Paris Mushroom alpaca

Receipt of the growing kit: Remove the box or bag that protected your kit during transport. Check that your kit is protected by a transparent incubation bag. If so, cut off the top of the plastic and replace it as a window to see how the mycelium spreads on the culture surface.

Instructions

• Cut the plastic along the lines marked on the bale
• Remove the cut plastic and spread the peat moss covering over the entire compost
• Water by wetting the peat, not spraying.
• Optimal temperature 20º
• Do not pour water on the mushrooms, but on the peat to wet the roots

Where to place the kit Place your kit in a clean and ventilated room. Remember that the recommended (average) temperature is 13-25 ° C with an ambient humidity of 80%. Avoid direct sunlight, garages and spaces near boilers or radiators.

How do the mushrooms come out? The mycelium develops forming a white mantle on the surface of the kit. You will be able to see its evolution thanks to the transparent window of the box. When the mushroom primordia start to appear from the mycelium, you can remove the wooden lid to see the complete development of your crop.

• Mushroom picking: Each mushroom requires a different treatment. Collect the mushroom by twisting the stem at the base while the inner cap lamellae remain pink.
• The average production of 1.5 kg of Mushroom of Paris in the period of three months.
• It makes several blooms, harvest when the mushrooms are grown and wait for new productions
• Receive keep the covering peat always wet

Watering: the kit does not usually need water until after the first production. However, if the substrate is dry, water the peat once a week (minimum). Then spray your kit once/twice a week after mushroom production. During the summer months the kit needs more humidity than the rest of the year, spray it regularly to prevent the substrate from drying out.

Fruiting conditions:

Paris mushroom ( Agaricus bisporus )

• Fruiting temperature: 16-25 ºC
• Relative humidity: 90-95%
• Illumination required: 500 lux

Characteristics Mico Box Paris Mushroom:

• Paris Mushroom mycological culture kit ( Agaricus bisporus ): greenhouse-bag containing the mycelium (mushroom seed) and the substrate suitable for the cultivation of this mycological species.
• Dimensions: plastic bag-greenhouse (45 cm x 27 cm x 15 cm) Weight: 6-7 kg
• Indicative calendar (availability of the producer kit): all year round except for the months of July and August.