Shiitake Grow Kit

Super pleased watching my shiitakes form. Even though I knew you were supposed to deal with this immediately, I still left in the box for a couple days. Then read the insert and moved it to the fridge for a few days before I finally started following the instructions. By the time I got it out of the box, it already had nice white coverage and some bitty nubbies popping up. I soaked it for a little over two hours (which was the most challenging part of this due to the engineering required). I had bought a plastic bin from a big blue and yellow box store (~$9) in preparation. We taped a brining bag to the inside of that (filled about half of the bin), then added water. Braced that with a 9x13” baking pan and a cutting board. Then needed to weight it somehow. Got a mini baking pan, put a towel on it, and then added a brick. Tried to mostly prop that on the surface (but it did turn a little sideways and get a bit wet). (Like I said, there was some engineering!) I was trying to figure out how to support the log so it wasn’t just on the bottom of the bin, and the bottom of a deck rail planter (flower pot) that I already had worked well. Our house ambient is around 65°/42% humidity. I kept the bin pretty humid (condensation formed on the underside of the lid). I tried to space the edges a bit so it could still breathe, but I’m not sure how effective that was. We have cats, and they would absolutely have tried to chew the plastic bag. By the next morning I think, I had a nice row of mushrooms popping up with some other stragglers. It’s been about a week since the fridge bath, and I think I will harvest tomorrow. Very pleased! Update: Harvested a total of 1 lb, 6-7oz (and left some smaller ones unharvested). Sadly as a novice, I’m not sure how best to promote more flushes while also taking care of the log.

Amazing. Literally grew immediately in a cute decent sized log, and the mushrooms are delish! Would buy again, and I have tried different companies. This one is great!

I have bought many other company's mushroom kits, and NEVER have I seen one grow this robustly, beautifully and quickly. It is so easy to use... just soak in cold water, set up on a tray with the bag over it, and mist twice a day. I put a bag dryer between the two logs I bought to keep the bags off of the surface of the mushrooms and look at it now! The instructions say you can probably start harvesting between 7 and 14 days, but this is only five days growth. I'm going to make a wonderful cream of mushroom soup for dinner tonight, and there is enough out of this first growth to share with friends too. I will undoubtedly be trying other kits by this company too. Hope you love yours as much as I love this one! I

I purchased this as a gift for someone else. The delivery window was about a week which doesn’t make it the best gift because it may be sitting around (and growing) for a while. I ended up keeping it for myself because timing did not work out to give as a gift. I received the log and mushrooms already fairly large in the box, to the extent where they were misshaped because there was no room to grow. I was able to harvest a good amount from the log but I feel like if I received the log without the initial growth I would have had more or larger mushrooms because they would not have been as stunted. Also, I feel that part of the fun of this is to see them start to grow from nothing (or at least grow from a small size) which I missed out on. I tried to grow a second round using the instructions and I was not successful. It does mention that the second round is not guaranteed.

I’ve been growing mushrooms for a few years now, and I have always had success. This didn’t produce even a single sprout. Nothing but mycelium that showed up quickly and then disappeared. Save your $30 and two weeks of your life.

This is the coolest! Got it for my husband for an early Christmas present, and we're both loving it! It's fun watching the mushrooms grow.

I had trouble getting these shrooms to grow - although the seller did replace the first shipment - I must have had the wrong climate - investigate fully before you buy

Great gift for my dad! It produced so many mushrooms. He loved trimming off the mushrooms and cooking em up!