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Mushroom Growing Kit for $10 @ Bunnings (Save 60%)

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Nukkels on 21/11/2015 - 11:41 files.ozbargain.com.au (1884 clicks)

Was at my local Bunnings this morning and they had Mr Fothergills White Button Mushroom growing kits for $10, down from $25. Might be nationwide if other stores still have stock.

Since a single kit is expected to grow several kg of mushrooms and it's almost idiot proof to setup and grow them (open the box, pour the included bag of dirt on top of the base layer, then spray with water every couple of days), you should at least break even given the price of mushrooms at the stupidmarket is already $10 per kg.

They don't even take up mushroom in your shed (or whichever dark cool place you put them). You could even store them on top of a cupboard if you're stroganoff to lift it that high. So try your luck and see if you can turn dirt into food - like magic!

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  • Sage on 21/11/2015 - 11:49
    +61

    They don't even take up mushroom in your shed

    Nice.

    • Lenneth on 21/11/2015 - 11:54
      +35

      You could even store them on top of a cupboard if you're stroganoff

      I like this. :D

      • foonman on 21/11/2015 - 12:24
        +18

        Yeah, Nukkels sounds like a fun guy.

        • Mixhael on 21/11/2015 - 18:06
          +9

          I don't think many people got your joke, should have spelt it fungi. Then again its good to leave things like that in the dark.

        • foonman on 21/11/2015 - 18:52
          +5

          @Michael15286: I did wonder if it needed to be a bit more obvious, but I thought I'd leave it as my two ceps worth.

      • gooddealmate on 21/11/2015 - 12:25

        beat me to it..

  • XucCac on 21/11/2015 - 11:51
    +9

    Will this work with magic mushrooms?

    • Nukkels on 21/11/2015 - 12:03
      +14

      If you find a Bunnings selling magic ones, please let us know, because at $10 that'd be a serious bargain!

      • macrocephalic on 21/11/2015 - 13:53

        well, I'd guess you just have to find some shrooms to start with and get the spores into the kit?

      • shroomish on 21/11/2015 - 13:54

        which bunnings are the magic type?

      • Steptoe on 25/11/2015 - 13:03

        Try Bunnings Byron Bay

    • inittobinit on 21/11/2015 - 17:12
      +1

      ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°

  • strangeloops66 on 21/11/2015 - 12:11
    +11

    Would they be OK in the refrigerator? Every other fungus seems to thrive there.

    • Wraith on 23/11/2015 - 14:12

      Uh, have you seen how big the box is?

      The answer is yes - they'll grow in your fridge. But they'll take up a quarter of it in the process.

      Maybe if you had on old fridge that wasn't plugged in?

  • Cluster on 21/11/2015 - 12:32
    +2

    I purchased a similar kit from Masters a couple of months ago. Despite careful watering and keeping the right temperature, it yielded just 1kg of mushrooms. Disappointing. I even followed mushroom enthusiast web site instructions to extend the life of the kit by preparing a compost/cow manure compost to fertilise it after the first flush. Nope. Dead.

    While they do grow, the fresh mushrooms are very tasty and almost sweet in flavour.

    • try2bhelpful on 21/11/2015 - 12:51
      +2

      Yeah, my first mushroom box went really well and the next box I bought didn't produce much at all. Not sure what went wrong as I did the same thing. I think the mushrooms like it to be a bit warm rather than cool.

      "Mushrooms fruit faster at warmer temperature and slower at cooler temperatures. Mushrooms fruit at temperatures between 18-25o C. The best quality and quantity of mushrooms are grown between the temperatures of 17.5 to 20 degrees C."

    • SimbaGirl on 21/11/2015 - 12:56
      +13

      If the kits are exposed to too much heat during transport, storage or whilst on display at the retailer, this will often kill a lot of the mushroom spawn so the kit ends up producing either only a small quantity of mushrooms, or sometimes none at all. I used to work at a mushroom farm and the kits were kept in the coolroom until they were taken to the markets on a refrigerated truck. Being transported afterwards to the retailer via a normal (unrefrigerated) truck during the warmer weather did them no good at all!

      • macrocephalic on 21/11/2015 - 13:55

        So, better to buy kits in winter when they're less likely to have been fried in transport?

        • SimbaGirl on 21/11/2015 - 14:07
          +2

          Yes, definitely better to buy them in the cooler weather.

        • [Deactivated] on 29/11/2015 - 18:56

          @SimbaGirl:

          When they are full price :(

    • [Deactivated] on 22/11/2015 - 00:25

      Think yourself lucky. Bought one from Aldi - it produced - zero!

      • cameldownunder on 10/12/2015 - 15:19

        Aldi ?

        • [Deactivated] on 11/12/2015 - 04:27

          Yeah they've had them a few times.

  • hilariouspowerr on 21/11/2015 - 12:39
    +5

    Hahaha, your funs are so punny!

    • gimli on 21/11/2015 - 21:37

      Nice one so Spooner

  • JonShannow on 21/11/2015 - 13:58
    +2

    I remember many moons ago growing them in the cupboard. The inside of the cupboard ended up being black! Silly me.

  • gummibears on 21/11/2015 - 14:05

    Can someone recommend gift ideas for a vegetarian who has his own veggie garden? Max budget of around $150-$200 mark. TIA.

    • simprosimple on 21/11/2015 - 14:14
      +11

      As an Ozbargainer… Just save up all the seeds u got from fruit u eat… APPLE, TOMATO, GRAPE, ORANGE

      • Garagesale on 21/11/2015 - 14:26
        +3

        may not work for fruit trees as i think if the seed does grow it is single sex and you may need a different sex for propogation or grafting onto stem.

    • rippa69 on 21/11/2015 - 14:19
      +7

      15 to 20 mushroom kits?

    • jv on 21/11/2015 - 14:21
      -1

      a vegetarian who has his own veggie garden?

      here…

      90% pure high quality organic….. etc

      • Charity on 21/11/2015 - 17:37

        would vego's use blood and bone?

    • simprosimple on 21/11/2015 - 15:15
      -1

      Or get him/her a Vegetarian/Vegan Starter Kit

    • blerk on 21/11/2015 - 22:09
      +1

      Fruit salad tree - they are pricey (still within budget though) but has 5 different fruit grafted onto the one rootstock.

      • [Deactivated] on 04/12/2015 - 22:13

        After a while one fruit generally becomes dominant however planting multiple trees into the one hole will lead to more even spread of growth of the different varietals.

    • Steptoe on 25/11/2015 - 13:06

      Iron Tablets?

  • jv on 21/11/2015 - 14:19
    +11

    Mushroom Growing Kit for $10

    We get free mushrooms growing around the electricity pole on our nature strip…

    • hilariouspowerr on 21/11/2015 - 15:11

      Oh my.

    • frewer on 21/11/2015 - 16:21
      +4

      Im glad you are still alive

      • gimli on 21/11/2015 - 21:37

        I'm not. (It's jv)

        • frewer on 22/11/2015 - 04:36
          +1

          Who am I talking to then?

        • gimli on 22/11/2015 - 06:55

          @frewer:

          I meant I'm not glad

        • frewer on 22/11/2015 - 13:49

          @Gimli: Oh that's rather harsh :D. Ozbargain aint the same without JV … dont you think

    • [Deactivated] on 21/11/2015 - 16:25

      I've heard that people do that sometimes.

      They also pass away quicker :-/

  • Garagesale on 21/11/2015 - 14:26

    free red mushrooms white white spots growing in the macedon pine forests….

    • Serapis on 21/11/2015 - 14:58

      Those are Fly Amanita which are poisonous… learnt about this from Skyrim =/

    • cameldownunder on 10/12/2015 - 15:20

      For my mother in law?

  • frewer on 21/11/2015 - 15:35

    Are these mushroom ( ancient & super uber organic ) from this cave ?

  • diddy50 on 21/11/2015 - 16:08
    +1

    Mine failed. Terribly :( waste of $15

    • Spending2Much on 21/11/2015 - 19:22
      +2

      Same. Would have been cheaper to buy the half dozen crappy mushrooms that did eventually appear from local gourmet store and still come away with change

      • diddy50 on 21/11/2015 - 20:46

        Cheaper to just buy from the fruit and veg shop by the kilo…

  • danyool on 21/11/2015 - 17:34
    +1

    Anyone find these at other spores, sorry i mean other stores?

  • cleavy on 21/11/2015 - 17:37
    +2

    bring back Chia Pets, I say!

  • voiletmay on 21/11/2015 - 18:06

    Don't let the mushrooms get too big. I did this once with one of these kits and the mushrooms were so strongly flavoured I couldn't eat or even look at mushrooms again for years.

  • mduncan2 on 21/11/2015 - 18:33
    +1

    $15 at Brisbane's Cannon Hill bunnings. About 7 left. Bought it just to see what happens. Memories…. A long time ago my granddad grew them under his house in Sydney

  • mazsupilami on 21/11/2015 - 19:23
    +1

    The only mushroom kit i found costs 19.98 in Belconen ACT.

  • Paulb5 on 21/11/2015 - 20:48
    +1

    Full price at cockburn, had plenty of kits though…

  • [Deactivated] on 22/11/2015 - 12:48

    This is not such a bargain - it shows at our local Bunnings that is the normal price. Further, it is not a "growing kit" as one would expect. It is a packet of "dried grains" and nothing else, much like purchasing a packet of vegetable or flower seeds. To propagate them, suitable growing medium needs to bought with a suitable container.
    Will give it a miss. Most Fothergill's & DT Brown items are imported from UK - I have found poor results as the seeds are harvested from stock not acclimatised to Australian conditions.

  • dammit on 22/11/2015 - 14:41

    Full price at narellan nsw $25

  • bonezAU on 22/11/2015 - 18:18

    Full price at Balcatta WA

    $24.98 or something similar

  • Crownanchor on 25/11/2015 - 02:03

    Here is the ozbargainers way to grow mushrooms for very low cost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnLt0Xkm-Hs

  • JayM on 15/12/2015 - 12:41
    -1

    The true OZbargainer method.

    Step 1: Don't turn fan on whilst having shower or install ineffective fan
    Step 2: Don't clean ceiling
    Step 3: Wait for shrooms to grow from the mould on the ceiling
    Step 4: Harvest
    Step 5: Saved $15 and have home grown mushrooms!

    I noticed it in the ensuite in the sharehouse I used to live in after the person had moved out.

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