Growing mushrooms in New Zealand

Mushroom Growing in New Zealand

Check whether your chosen room stays within the kit supplier’s temperature range overnight. An unheated shed may need a different seasonal plan from a lived-in room.

Choose your next step

Find the method or question that matches your grow below.

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Choose your growing method

Have a boxed kit? Start with its maker’s instructions. Preparing your own bucket or log takes extra work before mushrooms can appear. Choose the guide that matches your project.

Grow-kit help

Open your kit, care for it daily and know when to pick.

Grow at home

Choose between kits, buckets, bags and outdoor logs.

Commercial growing

Plan batches, costs, harvests and sales.

Check your growing space

For outdoor logs, choose shade and check moisture during dry weather. If buying spawn or kits from overseas, check the current import requirements before ordering.

Write down the mushroom variety and measure the temperature where it will sit. Compare that with the range supplied by the kit or spawn maker.

MetService

Check local conditions and the forecast for an outdoor grow.

Mushroom growing temperatures

Understand the difference between growing the block and producing mushrooms.

Before buying a kit or spawn

Ask the supplier what stage the product arrives at, which temperature range it needs and where to find its care instructions. Check delivery coverage, delivery timing and support for the exact product before ordering.

Find kit instructions by maker

Nature Lion and links to other makers’ care resources.

If your kit is not growing

Count from the day you opened it, check its care routine and take a clear photo. Contact the kit’s maker with the variety, start date and room temperature. Avoid repeatedly cutting or soaking it without their advice.

Nature Lion kit not growing?

Check our kit timing, opening and misting routine.

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.

Take or upload a grow photo

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