Mushroom Gourmet

Traditional Field/Shop Mushrooms, with the taste and freshness you get with home grown!

Also called Agaricus, Portobello, Chestnut, Button or Field Mushrooms. Grow button or flat shape, straight from the STARTER KIT. It all depends on the stage you pick them at! Freshly picked field mushrooms are sweet, juicy and tasty. Big brown or white flat portobellos are great on the BBQ or grilled. Be surprised as each type pops up- It's a real treat to watch and eat your own naturally grown mushrooms and you also learn how to grow more at home with compost recipes and tricks for home growing included. Add valuable nutrients to your garden or pots when finished! Available all year.

Oyster Mushrooms- super flexible eating, fast, easy grow

Great for new mushroom growers. Get growing quickly with the STARTER KIT, then if you want, learn how to spread the culture into logs, straw, coffee waste and wood chips. Strains have been selected over decades for good qualities to suit NZ conditions. Watch nature in action from day 2 as the Mushroom Gourmet spawn explodes into life in front of your eyes. From the tiniest beginning to picking, you enjoy your own handiwork as Nature prepares to put food on your plate! Easy-Grow 100%NZ sawdust logs available at all times. Cut and watch- such an easy project, quick to fruit AND you can expand it out to grow more at home. Taste the Goodness! NB the kit or part of it can be used instead of dowels to inoculate logs!

Shiitake Mushrooms- Great flavour and goodness

Sought after for its great flavour, texture and health benefits. The brown cap and white flecks of our strains make attractive mushrooms. Grow from freshly cut logs of deciduous trees eg oak, poplar, birch, beech or maple. It's an easy beginner project and quick to fruit with the rapid Mushroom Gourmet spawn being a fascinating watch as it leaps into action from day 2. Expand out to grow more at home if you wish. NB you can use all or part of the kit to inoculate logs without using dowels. Ask for spawn to use with your Oyster Mushroom Starter pack

Shaggy Inkcap- A wild thing!

A garden friendly strain which fruits readily on compost and healthy organic soils from Autumn through summer. An interesting fungus to observe and a treat to eat. It can be grown indoors or set free in the garden where it can fruit from 6-26C if soil is moist. Ask for spawn to go with your Button Mushroom Starter Pack

High quality,Tough, Reliable European Spawn and Growing Bags from SacO2

Higher temperature, tougher and more even gas exchange for professional results. Use half as much plastic as cheap, small bags and save money. 320x490x100 and an amazingly thick 75 microns for no-rip reliability. Spawn will not dry out at the filter sites.

Pictures show 5 day spawn.

Packs come in 10, 50 or 100

Indoor Grow- Custom made for Mushrooms

Large mesh windows, protective drip tray, inlet and outlet ports, the ideal step up for experimenting indoors. Protect your crop from insects and your home from spores and moisture.

Long-Life Mushroom shelves

Galvanised and hot dip coated for a reliable easy clean shelf system. High quality shelves, 530x915x 1960 high- height can be reduced for low rooms and tents. Each shelf takes 12 standard bags and there are 5 shelves for high output. Each set comes with large rubber wheels with a brake on 1. Maximise your space and efficiency by moving crops in and out of work stations. Dedicate your growing room to certain flushes to maximise efficiency and quality.