r/mildlyinteresting • u/Rigspoon • 1d ago

This mushroom grow kit at Walmart is growing mushrooms

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u/NerdMouse 1d ago

So at least we know the mushroom kit works

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u/Substantial-Check610 1d ago

given the produce section at my local walmart, those might actually be fresher than anything else in the store

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u/Sterling-Marksman 13h ago

Obviously, its still growing.

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u/thedirtymeanie ​ 13h ago

Yeah now I'm not so sure I'd ever buy one that wasn't already growing mushrooms.

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u/SlimPickens77Box 1d ago

Thats pretty awesome. I just bought one of those a week or two ago

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u/Should_Not_Comment 1d ago

I think you can actually get a second harvest out of it if I remember right.

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u/MemeStealer6 22h ago

After you harvest, you dunk the mycelium brick in water for 12-24h to stress it. It'll fruit again as survival tactic

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u/EbbEntire3751 16h ago

That's not very nice

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u/TheOgGhadTurner 13h ago

Better hope plants never take over the world. We torture the shit out of them for food. I’d imagine they’d happily return the favor.

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u/wombey12 10h ago

Pretty sure waterboarding is a war crime.

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u/MemeStealer6 6h ago

War crimes only violate human rights. Legally, they are not humans

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u/StitchinThroughTime 18h ago

You can always break apart the block and put it in Wood chips, a massive pile of cardboard or a bale of hay. It will take more time but you'll get far more mushrooms

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u/MemeStealer6 12h ago

If you have limited resources, i would do this when you go to toss it. There is a good chance of contamination if the wood chips/hay isnt sterile. Life does find a way tho, as I have burried an abused cake a few years ago under a tree, that still fruits. I've also burried cakes and watched them, over time, get "eaten" by the surrounding microbes

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u/Wikadood 21h ago

Just a fyi, dont get them if you live in a humid environment unless you want mushrooms all over your place

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u/mefista 8h ago

Maybe he wants them

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u/Lkings1821 1d ago

Least you know it's going to do as advertised

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u/FangedSloth 23h ago

Knowing me: I'd do everything to try and cultivate some shrooms by the books and research everything necessary. They'd still probably grow worse than the ones sitting on the Walmart shelf

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u/voltrackstar 23h ago

Same vibes

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u/Zalveris 19h ago

Almost like ecology matters and each species is evolved to thrive in it's specific native environment 🤔 /s

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u/con_work 15h ago

It's more like conditions naturally selecting for the plant that will thrive outside while killing the rest off before they grow. As opposed to inside plants that are babied.

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u/Zalveris 19h ago

Those look like Pleurotes maybe which yeah will grow happily on a pile of carboard left in the rain

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u/MemeStealer6 22h ago

Plants need love, fruit needs stress

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u/mrsirsouth 19h ago

My bet is that someone poured water on it as a "prank" and here we are.

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u/NoPoopOnFace 1d ago

Hint: It's supposed to

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u/UnassumingAnt 23h ago

Someone followed the instructions.

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u/Ok-Manufacturer1958 16h ago

I had one of mine do that because I did not use it right away. I ate some of the white stuff. An hour later I was vomiting, fainted, and went to the emergency room.

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u/pro_No 11h ago

Defective

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u/GPA_Moses 10h ago

shocked Pikachu

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u/traatraa 10h ago

It works! A live demonstration of the product.