GROWING GUIDES
Handy guides to help you along the way
CHESTNUT MUSHROOM KITS
- CheckHigh Quality Mushroom Compost
- CheckBag of Casing Soil
- CheckSimple care instructions included
Growing Tips
The growing process will start when you remove the lid and activate with the top soil. The kits can be stored chilled for several weeks before use. Just sprinkle the enclosed bag of top soil onto your kit once rehydrated with water and put lid loosely back on for 8 days. Check whiteness each day and remove lid before the whiteness grows over the surface.
Chestnut Mushroom Kit Information
Contains Pre spawned compost and a sealed Casing Bag and full instructions. These kits are ideal for gifts, remove the lid to activate and begin to grow mushrooms which are very low in calories and full of nutrients, this variety is the most widely consumed mushroom in the world.
Cooking Tips
Chestnut Mushrooms can be enjoyed cooked or raw and are a versatile ingredient, adding flavour and nutrition to so many dishes. Fantastic in salads, stir fries, risottos and many other tasty recipes.
Gifting Tips
These Grow your own mushroom kits come with a shelf life and are designed to be started in the home, which makes them perfect gifts!
CHESTNUT MUSHROOM KITS
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PINK OYSTER MUSHROOM KITS
- CheckFresh High Quality Mushroom Compost
- CheckSimple care instructions included
Growing Tips
These Pink Oyster mushroom cultivation kits come with three growing holes. They are ready growing and all you have to do is keep indoors and spray into each hole. Mushrooms will sprout in clumps from all holes, although not always at the same time. Keep spraying until ready to pick. Then slice whole clump to remove. Keep spraying and then a week or two later you will get more growth. Ideal temperature 18-19°C
Pink Oyster Kit Information
Pink Oyster Mushrooms - Pleurotus Djamor. A delicate and tender mushroom used in Japanese, Korean and Chinese cooking. Vibrant in colour and taste
Cooking Tips
Their quick cooking makes them ideal for quick meals vibrant stir fries and simple soups. They are delicious in tempura batter, ravioli, stir fried with soy sauce or added to pasta.
Gifting Tips
Ready Growing Product which will have it's first crop within a few days, Please bear in mind if intended for a gift. Do NOT Leave within the postal box and if wrapping as a gift, to avoid suffocation, please wrap at the latest possible opportunity.
PINK OYSTER MUSHROOM KITS
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WHITE MUSHROOM KITS
- CheckHigh Quality mushroom compost
- CheckBag of Casing Soil
- CheckSimple care instructions included
Growing Tips
The growing process will start when you remove the lid and activate with the top soil. They kits can be stored chilled for several weeks before use. Just sprinkle the enclosed bag of top soil onto your kit once rehydrated with water and put lid loosely back on for 8 days. Check whiteness each day and remove lid before the whiteness grows over the surface.
White Mushroom Kit Information
Contains Pre spawned compost and a sealed Casing Bag and full instructions. These kits are ideal for gifts, remove the lid to activate and begin to grow mushrooms which are very low in calories and full of nutrients, this variety is the most widely consumed mushroom in the world.
Cooking Tips
White Mushrooms can be enjoyed cooked or raw and are a versatile ingredient, adding flavour and nutrition to so many dishes. Fantastic in salads, stir fries, risottos and many other tasty recipes.
Gifting Tips
These kits come with a shelf life and are designed to be started in the home, which makes them perfect gifts!
WHITE MUSHROOM KITS
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YELLOW OYSTER MUSHROOMS
- CheckFresh High Quality Mushroom Compost
- CheckSimple care instructions included
Growing Tips
These kits come with lids with three holes. They are ready growing and all you have to do is keep indoors and spray into each hole Mushrooms will sprout in clumps from all holes, although not always at the same time. Keep spraying until ready to pick. Then slice whole clump to remove. Keep spraying and then a week or two later you will get more growth. Ideal temperature 18-19°C
Yellow Oyster Kit Information
Yellow Oyster Mushrooms - Pleurotus Citrinopileatus. A delicate and tender mushroom used in Japanese, Korean and Chinese cooking. Vibrant in colour and taste
Cooking Tips
Their quick cooking makes them ideal for quick meals vibrant stir fries and simple soups. They are delicious in tempura batter, ravioli, stir fried with soy sauce or added to pasta.
Gifting Tips
Ready Growing Product which will have its first crop within a few days. Please bear in mind if intended for a gift, do NOT Leave within the postal box, and if wrapping as a gift, to avoid suffocation, please wrap at the latest possible opportunity.
YELLOW OYSTER MUSHROOMS
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SHIITAKE MUSHROOM KITS
- CheckOrganic mushroom Compost Log
- CheckHumidity Bag
- CheckSimple care instructions included
Growing Tips
These Shiitake Logs come in an outer protective wrapper, which needs to be removed soon after delivery. Simply cut and remove the bag entirely, then place the kit into the humditiy bag provided raised high but open at the top, whilst standing on a dish or plate. Spray the log and inside of the bag whilst the mushrooms develop and within a few days your shiitake log will be fully covered with fresh mushrooms. Ideal Temperature 17-19°C
Shiitake Mushroom Kit Information
This Shiitake Kit comes ready growing (Don't leave it within the postal box) and its growth when in crop is really spectacular. Your log is already growing so your first crop in days rather than years, so it's a much faster yielding kit than the other, Outdoor Shiitake Logs. Shiitake Mushrooms have a rich texture and smoky flavour and is considered to be a Medicinal Mushroom in some forms of traditional medicine. Offering anti viral, cholesterol lowering properties, helping to control blood sugar levels and reduce inflammation.
Cooking Tips
Shiitakes enjoy gourmet status in the culinary world, Sliced and sautéed with butter and parsley, they release a tantalizing flavor unknown to other foods. Very low in calories and high in Nutrients and Vitamins. Fresh and dried Shiitake Mushrooms have many uses, served in Miso Soup and used in Japanese and Chinese cookery Your kit is an Organic Wood Shaving Log with full instructions will give you thrill of growing your own produce at home, In just a few days you will have an abundant supply of fresh mushrooms for whatever the occasion.
Gifting Tips
These kits are ready growing upon arrival, but will keep refrigerated in their wrapper for 2-3 weeks, alternatively we can adjust delivery to suit birthdays.
SHIITAKE MUSHROOM KITS
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LION'S MANE MUSHROOM KITS
- CheckHigh Yield Mushroom Compost
- CheckHumidity Bag
- CheckSimple care instructions included
Growing Tips
Our Lion's Mane Mushroom Growing Kits come with four holes which the mushrooms can grow out of, please note some of these may not fruit and serve the function of providing air to the compost and is completely normal. You will place the kit into the humidity bag provided raising it up to protect from draughts. but with an opening at the top. Spray sheets of paper towel and place inside of the humidity bag whist the mushrooms develop and grow, keeping these damp throughout the day with spraying. Ideal Temperature 15-17°C
Lion's Mane Mushroom Kit Information
This Lions Mane Kit comes ready growing (Don't leave it within the postal box) and it's growth when in crop is really spectacular, Your kit is already growing so your first crop in weeks rather than years.
Cooking Tips
A gourmet mushroom, highly prized in the culinary world. It is also rare as supermarkets rarely carry it and foraging of this species is not allowed, so these have to be grown at home more often than not
Lion's Mane tastes similar to that of seafood and is widely used as a vegan substitute, this can be pan fried in butter/olive oil/soy sauce or even shredded as a vegan "crab" cake.
Gifting Tips
These kits are ready growing upon arrival, so will need to be started immediately, alternatively we can adjust delivery to suit birthdays etc.
LION'S MANE MUSHROOM KITS
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NAMEKO MUSHROOM KITS
- CheckOrganic Mushroom Log
- CheckHumidity Bag
- CheckSimple care instructions included
Growing Tips
Our Nameko Mushroom Growing Kits come in an outer protective wrapper, which you will let the mushrooms mature within until they are a few inches tall. Once ready remove the top portion of the wrapper, 4-5 inches above the top of the mushrooms which will protect the mushrooms as they grow. Within 3-4 weeks your mushrooms will be ready to pick. Ideal Temperature 15-17°C
Nameko Mushroom Kit Information
This Nameko Kit comes ready growing (Don't leave it within the postal box) and it's growth when in crop is really spectacular, Your log is already growing so your first crop in weeks rather than years.
Cooking Tips
A gourmet Mushroom. Very popular throughout Asia where it originated with a pleasing nutty flavour and crunchy texture on cooking that compliments oriental style soups and stir fries. Naturally gelatinous these are great for thickening dishes and sauces / soups. However they are also very versatile and can be used in any way you would traditionally consume cooked mushrooms.
Gifting Tips
These kits are ready growing upon arrival, but will keep refrigerated in their wrapper for 2-3 weeks, alternatively we can adjust delivery to suit birthdays.
NAMEKO MUSHROOM KITS
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KING OYSTER MUSHROOM KITS
- CheckOrganic Mushroom Log
- CheckBag of Casing Soil
- CheckSimple care instructions included
Growing Tips
Our King Oyster Mushroom Growing Kits come in an outer protective wrapper, which needs to be trimmed soon after delivery. Simply cut and remove the top portion of the bag, then place the tospoil onto the log, whilst standing on a dish or plate. Spray the topsoil and inside of the wrapper whist the mushrooms develop and shortly your King Oyster log will be fully covered with fresh mushrooms. Ideal Temperature 17-18°C
King Oyster Mushroom Growing Kit Information
This King Oyster comes ready growing (Don't leave it within the postal box) and it's growth when in crop is really spectacular, Your log is already growing so your first crop in weeks rather than years. King Oyster may naturally contain chemicals that stimulate the immune system. Dietary intake of King Oyster may function as natural cholesterol lowering dietary agent.
Cooking Tips
A gourmet Mushroom. Very popular throughout Asia where it originated. wcan be used in all the ways you normally use mushrooms but DO NOT EAT RAW. They are firm in texture and do not shrink much when cooked. Use all the stalk by cutting into strips down the length of stem. Delicious scored and pan fried as a vegan “bacon”. They can be grilled, sautéed, or stewed to be added to soups, stews, sauces, pasta, vegetable dishes, meats, and seafood. If prepared whole, allow a longer cooking time for this meaty mushroom, cook until brown.
Gifting Tips
These kits are ready growing upon arrival, but will keep refrigerated in their wrapper for 2-3 weeks, alternatively we can adjust delivery to suit birthdays.