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ODERINGS-GROWN Bedding NEW Pansy Coastal Shades This collection of pansies offers unique and stunning colours. Large petals atop short stems face the sun. Velvety black, butterfly-shaped centres of the petals are surrounded by a deep blue, ruby red, or sunset-gold peach. A striking inclusion for your garden beds, containers, or pots. Pansy Angel Blue Another excellent addition for your garden and planters. The centre of the inner petals has dark-violet, angel-shaped wings outlined by a celestial white, which fades into a periwinkle blue. This ethereal, fragrant pansy attracts bees, butterflies, and birds. Pansy Cascade True Blue The world’s first true cascading blue pansy. Adored for this habit, it is perfect for pots, planters and baskets, where the wave of superb colour can cascade up to 45cm. Although more petite, with medium-sized mid-blue blooms, the striking colour will grab your attention. Pansy Sizzling Raspberry Frilly flowers of raspberry outer petals fade through vanilla to deep plum. This beautiful plant is a must-have in your garden from late winter into spring and is ideal for revitalising your beds, containers, and window boxes. NEW NEW NEW KEY 4 Edible Flowers Frost Hardy Full Sun/ Part Shade Well-Drained Soil Garden Pots & Planters
Easy <strong>Grow</strong>ing with Oyster Mushrooms Hobby mushroom growing at home has revolutionised in recent years and is now widespread and trendy due to documentaries such as Fantastic Fungi on Netflix. Many Kiwis are familiar with the common button mushroom sold in supermarkets nationwide, but oyster mushrooms are another type of mushroom in New Zealand which is delicious and easy to grow. Oyster mushrooms are a mushroom variety that grows fairly quickly. On average, a harvest can be ready in 2–3 weeks! Another positive is that they forgive many mistakes from most beginner mushroom growers. Mushroom growing is an activity suitable for all ages and anyone interested in cultivating or growing exciting things in their home. What are Oyster Mushrooms? Oyster mushrooms (species name being Pleurotus spp) are common edible and nutritious fungi that come in different varieties around the world. In New Zealand, you usually come across Italian, Pink, or the native Velvet Oyster. Italian Oysters are a beautiful light brown colour with a superior taste and texture to the familiar button. Pink Oysters are a gorgeous light pink colour and, according to many people, have a taste akin to bacon. Oyster mushrooms have a short shelf life, so they are not particularly suitable to sell in supermarkets, but they are effortless to grow! How to grow them? <strong>Grow</strong>ing oyster mushrooms has never been easier with an Oak & Spore Mushroom kit. These kits are designed so all the hard work is done, and no pre-sterilisation or inoculation is required. Contrary to popular belief, oyster mushrooms need light to grow, so don't leave them in a dark cupboard! Ideally, place the kit in a warm spot like the kitchen, laundry or bathroom. Then mist daily with water to ensure the kit attains ideal humidity and temperature levels. Within only days or weeks, you will begin to see mushrooms pinning from the kit, which will quickly grow into a beautiful mushroom crop (also known as flush in mushroom lingo). When to harvest? The optimal time to harvest oyster mushrooms is when the caps have fully opened and the gills underneath are visible. At this point, the mushrooms will be at their peak flavour and texture. If you wait too long to harvest, the mushrooms will start to degrade in quality and may begin to release spores, which can affect their flavour and shelf life. About Oak and Spore Mushroom Farm Tom, the founder of Oak & Spore, is a veteran of the Afghanistan conflict and an ex-police officer. He accidentally fell into the mushroom growing scene after watching some YouTube videos. He started Oak & Spore as a hobby from his garage in 2018, and it has since evolved into a commercial mushroom farm in Christchurch. Alongside his wife Nicky, they are very passionate about hobby mushroom growing and are stoked to create a product that allows others to enjoy mushroom growing at home. 5
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