Root Mushroom Farm- -King Oyster Mushroom Grow Kit

Grows quickly and taste delicious! I got this for my father as a Christmas gift and he loved it! Very simple set up and little effort to maintain it.

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.

I ordered the King Oyster mushroom on January 8th and it was delivered January 16th. It was way too cold initially to start growing the mushrooms so I waited. Then a little over a week ago it warmed up so I took out the kit and followed the instructions to put it on a plate water it by misting it and the tent bag twice a day. I keep it in a dark room where it gets no sunlight, is this mistake? As of today, I have no growth not even mold. Is this fungi dead?Update: I want to take a moment to apologize for my first review. I am pleased today with my mushroom plant growth. It was my mistake because as I stated above I was keeping the plant in complete darkness and not allowing any sun. This was the reason for the lack of growth. It is now growing well and love this product. I will definitely order from this company again. Again please excuse and forgive me for jumping to a inaccurate conclusion. I will try to not do this again in the future but I am only human so I erred.

Instructions said 55 to 75 best temp. Also low humidity is a problem so if you have air or heat on you most likely will have low humidity. I had hoped I could keep it in the washroom to keep cats out of it but these mushrooms need light, but not direct sunlight and the house humidity is low. The log arrived at a time we had a lot of rain and the temp range was good for growing so I set log out on screen porch. Unfortunately, temps will soon be hitting 80 and above so it would be too hot for me to even think about ordering another. I have had to bring the log in 3 nights and put in washroom because temps dropped to below 50. In the mornings, I put it back on porch.The mushrooms are thriving but because they are so much trouble I would not order again. If you have the time and right air and light, you might enjoy the experience.

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.

My kit showed up frozen and had a split in the substrate bag. They offered to have me send it in to exchange it but I was curious if it would still fruit. It was very productive and the first flush was about a pound. The second flush pinned well and is about a week from harvesting.

I am very disappointed with the instructions that came with my king oyster mushroom, I figured out what to do based on the reviews and photos of other people, so far nothing grew for me as I wasn’t sure what to do with my mushrooms in the beginning

Ordered this to give to my cousin for xmas. Did not know it had to be in the fridge and used/opened within the week. So I put it outside my utility room in the stairwell (I live in PNW so not so cold out at Christmas, usually damp) for the week. Raccoons got to the box and did some damage to it, including destroying a corner of the instructions that were tucked into the corner of the package. I taped up the box, and gave to my cousin with instructions to open and use ASAP and apologies about the damage. She did not have to do anything! Mushrooms were already sprouting on the log and they got at least two crops of them without even trying. Between the tiny font and the missing pieces of instructions she never figured out how to inoculate the log, no worries- it was fun, lots of shrooms and very easy. Just time your purchase so you don't end up like me LOL