Mushroom grow-kit help
Mushroom Grow Kit Brands: Find Your Instructions
Start with the name on your box. Opening, soaking and daily care can differ between makers, even when they grow the same mushroom.
Start with your kit’s instructions
Find your maker, follow the care routine and check your mushrooms as they grow.
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Choose the maker of your kit
Have a Nature Lion kit? Our instructions are below. For another brand, we’ll point you to its own care resources so you can follow the right routine.
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Can’t find a name on it?
Look for a label, instruction leaflet, QR code or order confirmation. Ask the seller which mushroom and format you have before soaking, cutting or removing its bag.
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A Nature Lion kit example
These boxes are from Nature Lion. Other makers’ boxes and growing instructions will differ.
Keep a photo diary with Dr. MycoTek
Want to remember how your mushrooms grew?
A few photos on your phone are a good start. If you’d like to keep dates and photos together, you can use Dr. MycoTek. It’s optional—everything you need to follow this guide is on this page.
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Set up your kit
Open the box, cut the X and give your kit its first mist.
See the growing stages
Know what you are waiting for and what comes next.
My kit isn’t growing
Check the timing, moisture and location before changing anything.
Know when to harvest
Learn what to look for and how to pick your mushrooms.
Nature Lion opening and care instructions apply to our boxed kits. For another maker’s kit, follow the instructions supplied with that product. Growth photos show individual examples; timing and results vary.