GROWING GUIDE
In your box you will find a bag of colonised substrate which was lovingly prepared for you in our farm in Somerset, these instructions, and a mister. The white stuff in the bag is mycelium. Mycelium produces mushrooms (the fruiting body) at the end of its life cycle, when conditions are right. Growing times can vary between kits and different species, but we guarantee every kit.
STEP ONE
Remove the contents of the box and carefully remove the perforated window. You will probably need a sharp knife to cut along the perforations.​​
STEP 3
Put your box on a surface (e.g. bookshelf or work surface) in a lit room, but avoiding very bright, direct sunlight.​​
STEP 2
Put the bag back in the box, close the top, and then cut a cross (about 5 cm x 5 cm) in the bag where it shows through the opened window. Your mushrooms will start growing from where the bag has been cut.​​
STEP 4
After a while (between a few days to a couple of weeks) you will see your mushrooms starting to 'pin'. When you see this, using the supplied bottle filled with tap water, start misting them lightly 2 or 3 times a day.​
GROWING CONDITIONS
All our kits will grow at normal room temperatures. Pink and yellow do a bit better in warmer conditions and blues do better in cooler conditions. They are all robust and easy to grow but if you want to be geeky you can follow the temperature recommendations below:
15-25 °C
LION'S MANE
21-32 °C
PINK
8-21 °C
BLUE
17-28 °C
YELLOW
13-29 °C
PEARL