Canadian Gardening: What's happening in your neck of the woods?Chat with friend!, 1 by Bettypauze

Bettypauze wrote:
1 peat moss (put through screen so the larger pieces can be taken out)
1 portland
1 peatmoss or 1 vermiculite or you can use 1/2 and 1/2
pinch of fibermesh for strength..I could send you a bit..usually available at a ready mix cement company

strong bristle metal brush for distressing

I will make another batch early evening so it's still wet enough to distress when I get home from work tomorrow..

what you do is make as many stems as you want mushrooms ahead of time and distress..I bought 12" and 16" nails so that when stems are poured and set for about 10 minutes I could insert..because of various soils it has enough strength to secure them in the ground so they don't fall over, I found heavy wire just wasn't strong enough..

another thing I found, I used pam spray on my mold before setting the bag over or into the mold for filling the mold..i.e. vase..just make sure the vase you are using has no curves, must be straight otherwise when you go to pull the piece out it won't come out and you will have to break the vase..ask me how I know this lol