Root Mushroom Farm-Shiitake Mushroom Grow Kit-Starting Right Away Once Received

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.

About 10 years ago probably 20 years ago, my daughter gave me one of these for my birthday, and I have never seen anything like it and I told her and this is still true to this very day that this is the best present anyone ever gave me. I followed the instructions and within two days I had mushrooms popping out and within three days I had larger mushrooms, popping out, and within four days I was overwhelmed with delicious shiitake mushrooms. They were almost like eating meat, tender meat. I really enjoy this and I hope after I harvest all the mushrooms Truman, the more come back. Absolutely amazing and enjoyable.

This shipped out fast, and I received it within a few days. Then, I put it aside for a week because life happened. This grew on its own without me doing anything. I'll try a second grow soon on it. Very highly recommended.

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.

My kit was delivered on 2/11. Today is 2/18 . Fantastic crop of shiitakes growing. Could harvest a few already... very sturdy sawdust log fully colonized with gorgeous shrooms. 10 stars if I could give that rating but 5 will have to do. Will buy again.

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

We were able to get one harvest but that has been it. What we did get were big and beautiful with lovely taste. Just a bit disappointed that it has been several weeks and no new growth.

I received this on April 2nd and followed instructions to a tee. I harvested yesterday April 7th already. We had a mushroom covered log and they smell amazing. I am trying a 2nd flush on this and will update my review to see how it goes. This was fun to do at home and would keep ordering if I could get up to 4 flushes like some of the reviews, we will see. I took photos of both sides of the log. It also came broken in half but didn't effect any out put. It also said to wait 7 to 10 days to harvest but my mushrooms would have been no good by then so I went ahead and harvested early. Use your best judgement. The white stuff is good, you want that on your log. I read some reviews where ppl thought the log went bad. This would be a good value if you could get multiple flush but if it's just a one and done then it may just be an expensive for fun with the family. We also had a grow light so that may have helped speed things along.