Description
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About this Kit
Complete Kit: Everything you need is included—just add water and follow the simple instructions.
This kit uses a special Master’s Mix—a blend of sawdust, soy pellets, and water. It’s inoculated with about 300 grams of organic rye or millet grain spawn to give your mushrooms the best start.
We keep things simple and affordable by sending you a fresh, made-to-order bag, just like real mushroom farms use. No fancy boxes, no sitting in cold storage for weeks. This helps keep your cost down by $10; we pass that saving directly to you. We call these kits ‘almost ready to fruit’.
Humidity: Maintain high ambient humidity (85–90 % RH) during fruiting to support the delicate spines. The patent suggests atmospheric moisture of ~85–90 %.
Light: Indirect light is acceptable—diffuse ambient light helps form structure, but do not use strong direct light.
Air: Good fresh-air exchange is important, but avoid strong drafts that may dry the fine spines.
Storage: Unopened kits stored in cool, dark environments can remain viable for a few weeks, though yield may gradually decline.
Coral Tooth (Hericium coralloides)
Coral Tooth is distinct from lion’s mane by its branched, coral-like structure of teeth on many small branches. It grows naturally on dead hardwood stumps or logs across temperate forests.
Because its fruiting bodies are more delicate and branched, yields tend to be lower per flush compared to Hericium erinaceus under similar conditions, but it offers an elegant aesthetic and textural difference.
Cultivation patents and grow guides suggest fruiting in the 18–25 °C range, and maintaining substrate moisture (60–67 %) and ambient humidity (85–90 %) during fruiting.
Medicinal and biochemical interest exists in Hericium species broadly (nerve growth factors, antioxidants), though coral tooth is less commonly studied than erinaceus.
Step-by-step Instructions & Post-Harvest Care
IMPORTANT- Check the fruiting temperature when you buy a kit and ensure you can provide it (for coral tooth: ~18–25 °C)
Step 1 – Let It Grow (3 Weeks)
*Take the bag out of its packaging and remove the tape holding the folded bag.
*Stand it upright so the white filter patch is unrestricted on the top, this is where the mycelium in the bag breathes from. Do not cut the bag for fruiting yet.
Please keep it away from direct sunlight, windows, fans, AC, or a wardrobe.
Let it sit like this for 3 whole weeks from the inoculation date on the label.
💡 Tip for First-Timers: Coral tooth colonisation may be slow, especially on lower-nutrient substrates or spawn rates. If full colonisation has not occurred by week 3, allow extra time until the block is densely white before initiating fruiting.
Need to Wait? If you’re not ready to start fruiting after the 3 weeks, you can store the bag in the fridge for up to a month. Do not store it in the fridge until the bag is fully colonised.
Step 2 – Time to Fruit
Once colonisation is mature, you can trigger fruiting—branching structure will begin forming on exposed or cut surfaces.
Follow these steps:
1. Cut / Expose: Make slits or open the bag’s surface where you want fruiting to begin. Branching will often originate from exposed substrate margins.
2. Humidity & Mist: Maintain high humidity (~85–90 %). Mist gently 2–3 times daily without disturbing delicate spines. Substrate moisture ~60–67 % is recommended.
3. Harvest: The coral-like branches with short spines will mature in days to weeks (depending on temperature). Harvest when spines are well-formed and bright white. Be gentle to avoid breaking delicate branches.
Common Mistakes to avoid
Starting fruiting too early: Initiating fruiting before the substrate is fully colonised may lead to weak, sparse branching or contamination. Low humidity: Because the spines are fine, they are more prone to drying or aborting if humidity drops. Poor substrate moisture: If substrate water content is too low (< ~60 %), the block may not support full fruit development. Strong airflow too soon: Excessive fresh air early can desiccate forming branches; moderate airflow is better once pinning is underway.
What to do if pins form inside the bag:
Don’t worry. Just ignore the internal pins. Gently fold the top of the bag to push out excess air, cut a small “X” in the side of the bag (where you want the mushrooms to grow), and begin misting that spot daily. Mushrooms will start fruiting from that cut. The internal pins will eventually be aborted naturally, as they don’t have space to grow.
Checkout out our fine Misting Spray Bottle to produce tiny droplets and keep humidity high. The size of droplets formed can easily be evaporated , this constant evaporation signals mycelium to pin.
Want to Learn More?
This kit introduces you to Stage 3: Fruiting, the final step in mushroom growing.
To explore all three stages (including how mushrooms grow from spores to harvest), check out our
Educational Mushroom Growing Kit.
Checkout all the Mushroom Growing kits Available in Our Spray and grow 3 Kg range.
Could not fruit the bag, or was it contaminated? Send us a photo or call us, and we will help you resolve the issue.
