Customer Reviews

Shiitake Mushroom Kit

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

This kit is well worth the money! I've harvested tons of really great tasting mushrooms, and they just look so cool... I've recommended it to many friends who've asked about it. Easy to use, fun, and so inexpensive for what you get. Just as good as more expensive kits I've used before. Thanks!

This is a great kit. It is so interesting to watch the little buds appear and then grow into full-blown mushrooms.. They grow amazingly fast also. There was more than once I had a tiny little mushroom in the morning and a huge ready to eat mushroom when I got home in the evening.. Very easy to grow.. We got three harvests from our kit.

Be aware that nowhere on the website does it say that this item must be opened and used within 30 days. However, that information was printed on the box so when I received it I called the company to determine if that 30 days is simply a "recommended to be used by" date (I wanted to give it as a Christmas gift). They informed me that while there could possibly be a 5-7 day "grace" period, the 30-day limit is pretty firm. The company will not refund or exchange this item. I'm sure this is a good product but be sure you are planning to open and start it growing immediately.

I bought this kit several months ago. It was a lot of bother, and took about 2 months before it produced any mushrooms at all. Then I got about 9 nice mushrooms--that's it. Hardly 2-3 lb. as advertised. It hasn't produced anything since, even though I've carefully followed all the directions. A good mushroom kit should produce lots of mushrooms and also be easy and fun. This kit is a dud. Please don't even bother.

This kit has been amazing! We're getting big meaty shiitakes just a week after starting. The instructions include photos and are very thorough. I highly recommend it.

So a few years ago someone gave me a mushroom kit, and I loved it. I got this thing and it had a fairly nice first flush, followed the instructions to the letter, and now nothing. It's turning black, no sign of new 'shrooms, pretty disappointed.

Of six shitake kits we purchased as gifts, only one gift recipient had a good growing experience. The other kits have had very low mushroom production. Purchasing experience was good and the product was shipped promptly.

Followed all instructions. Only one mushroom grew in the first round and then the whole log turned moldy before we could try for a second round

Nice product, I had success with the first crop following the directions.

But the directions arew waaaay too lengthy, complicated and redundant. Need to be simplified and organized somehow...

I actually purchased this some months ago, and followed the directions for about 1-2 months, misting it constantly even putting it in the fridge to try and encourage growth. I got absolutely nothing. So I gave up hope and let it sit in it's open bag and didn't mist it, and when I was ready to throw it out, after leaving it alone for about a month, I noticed it had tiny mushrooms. In total I have about six mushrooms, both on the sides of the log.