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Our grow kit contains:
1.9kg ready-to-fruit colonised mushroom grow block (made from a natural high-yielding mix),
spray bottle
full step-by-step instructions
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Simply spray the grow kit with the mister provided and expect to harvest over 800g of Lion’s Mane over 2 - 3 flushes.
Expect your 1st harvest of mushrooms within 3-4 weeks of starting your grow kit.
For best results, we recommend starting your grow kit within 4 weeks. Store the grow kit in a cold, dark place until you start it.
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We guarantee that our grow kits will produce at least 1 flush of mushrooms, providing that the grow kit instructions have been followed sufficiently.
If your grow kit fails to produce mushrooms after following our instructions, please get in touch and we will replace it.
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Keep it simple by adding soy sauce to the Lion’s Mane with this quick 10-minute recipe - we love to serve this on toast with eggs.
Lion’s Mane mushroom is an amazing meat substitute due to its tender yet firm texture and ability to absorb a lot of flavour. We love both of these recipes:
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Estimated delivery: £3.99, 2-4 working days.
Posted via Royal Mail 48hr Tracked.
If you are shopping our mushroom grow kits for a Christmas gift, please pre-order to ensure you receive a kit that is fresh and ready-to-fruit in the new year.
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Start your mushroom as soon as possible by pulling off the front tab and cutting an ‘x’ into the grow bag.
The grow kit should be placed inside, somewhere you will see it often and where it won’t be exposed to heat or direct sunlight. We recommend a kitchen counter top, windowsill (facing inwards) or similar.
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Your grow kit needs to be sprayed with water once or twice a day to keep it moist. This will vary depending on the season and how warm it is in your house, but you don’t want the exposed grow area to be too wet or too dry.
After about 10 - 14 days, you will see tiny white bumps on the grow surface - this is your mushrooms starting to grow! Keep misting them and and enjoy watching them grow into a delicious cluster of Lion’s Mane!
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The optimum time to harvest your Lion’s Mane Mushroom is when it begins to form tiny spines. We prefer to harvest our Lion’s Mane young (when the spines have just started to show). You can also let your Lion’s Mane grow bigger until the spines are about 1cm long.
Harvest the Lion’s Mane as a cluster by gently gripping and twisting at the base of the mushroom until it pops off the grow block. You can also cut it off the block at the base.
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Once you have harvested your mushrooms, remove any remaining baby mushrooms from the growing area and begin misting again. It will likely take slightly longer for the mushrooms to start growing than the 1st time while the block re-sets itself.
Frequently Asked Questions
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For optimum mushroom yields, it is best to start the kit when you receive it. However, if you don’t wish to start the kit immediately, they can be stored in the fridge or a cold shed. We have grown kits that were stored in the fridge for 4 months with no issues, although we recommend starting them within a month for best results.
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These grow kits are designed for indoor fruiting. We recommend placing them where you will see them regularly such as a windowsill or kitchen counter top.
Avoid placing the kit where it is likely to dry out, such as above a radiator or in direct sunlight.
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Lion’s Mane mushrooms take a bit longer to grow than oyster mushrooms so you have to have some patience! The grow kit will take around 3-4 weeks to produce the first flush of mushrooms - but the wait is definitely worth it! This time can vary depending on the temperature and humidity.
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Our Lion’s Mane grow kits normally last 2 - 3 harvests.
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Ideally you would spray the mushroom grow kit twice a day (4-5 squeezes on the spray bottle each time) but there are bound to be some days where this isn’t possible. We have tested lots of the kits in our home and sometimes forget or are away for a night or two – as long as you keep spraying consistently mushrooms will grow! Yields may be reduced if the mushrooms don’t get adequate moisture but you should still get mushrooms
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Lion’s Mane mushrooms are ready to harvest when the ‘spines’ are roughly 0.5cm long. We believe Lion’s Mane is much tastier when it is harvested earlier - so the shorter the spines, the better!
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When the kit has finished, recycle the cardboard, throw away the grow bag and use the mushroom substrate material as a top layer on soil. The substrate helps improves soils and can be used on indoor potted plants or outdoors. Crumble the mushroom substrate on top of soil. It is likely more mushrooms will grow from this in the future.
