Q&A for How to Grow White Button Mushrooms

You can propagate the Mycelium on wet shredded cardboard in a container with holes at the bottom. Seed it with the area around each mushroom root and keep it moist and dark for 1-2 months until you see the white growth on the pieces of cardboard. Use the cardboard bits to start a new tray of mushrooms.

In order to grow mature white button mushrooms, you have to first cultivate mycelium, which will take about 3-4 weeks to start sprouting tiny mushrooms. Then, it'll take about another 1-2 weeks for the mushrooms to grow large enough for you to harvest them. Once the mycelium starts sprouting mushrooms, if the conditions are right, you can continue to harvest mushrooms for up to 6 months.

White button mushrooms naturally grow in fertile and damp soil, which is why they were first cultivated in fields with horse manure. You can grow them at home by making a mixture of equal parts compost and manure and filling a tray with it. Then, add spores over the surface and wait for the mycelium to form, which is a network of filaments that the mushrooms sprout from. After a few weeks, you'll see tiny white button mushrooms growing.

It's possible to regrow mushrooms if you have the stems, but it can be difficult. Take the stems and place them either in moist soil or in a mixture of equal parts manure and compost. After a few days, the stems will either start to sprout new growth, or they'll simply rot. If they do grow, within a few weeks you may have small sprouts of mushrooms.

Put the seeds in an eggshell and give it water once a day when small. The plant will grow up, then put it into a vase.

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Yes. (Use hardwood sawdust.)

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It's typically a good idea to cover mycelium with potting soil or compost soil once you start to see spindly mushrooms growing, which is usually a sign that the mycelium has developed a strong network. After about two weeks, this is an appropriate time to gently cover the mycelium to support the mushrooms' growth. Be sure the soil is loose and well-aerated to promote healthy mushroom development.