Organic Piopino Mushroom Grow Kit Fruiting Block

The variety: Pioppino

Our ready-to-grow culture blocks allow you to grow your own Pioppino mushrooms at home.

Characteristics of the growing substrates:

• Harvest: Between 0.7 and 1 kg of fresh mushrooms over 2-3 harvests.
• Composition : Water, wood shavings, cereals, lime, mycelium. Net weight of the Fruiting Block: +-5 kg. 
• Dimensions: 25 x 20 x 20 cm (L x W x H)
• Origin : Belgium (Mycosphere)

The Pioppino is an excellent edible mushroom with a crunchy texture and a slightly sweet taste reminiscent of hazelnut. The caps (3-5 cm) are dark brown at first, lightening gradually to cream-beige as they mature. The stems remain crunchy when cooked if picked young.

Notes: Harvest indications are estimates based on our experience but are not guaranteed. Productivity depends on growing conditions and the producer's experience.

(*) Our Grow Kit Fruiting Blocks are certified organic "BE-BIO-01" by Certisys (Belgium).

Usage

If you cannot use the block immediately, store it in the fridge for about 2 weeks.

This variety likes warmth (20-27°C) but can also be grown at cooler temperatures down to 12°C. Harvest the mushrooms young, just before the caps open, for better preservation and a more tender texture. Be careful, mushroom growth is very rapid.

There are two fruiting methods:

• Open the top of the bag leaving 15-20 cm of plastic above the substrate, wait for the appearance of primordia (mushroom buds), then gradually lower the plastic to the substrate level.
• Make a cut on the side of the block at the substrate level and push the air out of the bag through this opening. This technique takes a bit more time and tends to produce a little less, but promotes the development of caps more than stems, resulting in mushrooms slightly different in taste and texture.

Maintain humidity at 80 to 90% during mushroom growth. Use our minispray or our professional misters to keep optimal humidity.

Fruiting Parameters

Where to grow it?

Grow indoors (kitchen, garage, cellar). Pioppinos need a bit of light to grow. Prefer indirect sunlight and avoid anything that could dry out the block: drafts, heaters, direct sun. Pioppinos like humidity but do not like to be constantly soaked.

Tips

To encourage the growth and productivity of the second and third harvests:

• Re-moisten the bags by soaking them overnight in water, then drain and put them back into cultivation.
• Give a thermal shock by placing the log in a cool place overnight (fridge or outside). This simulates the arrival of winter and encourages mushroom reproduction.