Sporeless Oyster Ready-to-Fruit 3lb Block

$22.50

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Description

Pleurotus ostreatus var “Sporeless”- This is a variety of oyster mushrooms that is perfect for home cultivators. The spores of oyster mushrooms have been known to cause health issues with chronic and high concentration exposure; however, this variety does not produce spores! The lack of spores does not appear to alter performance and is highly recommend for home growers, especially those with a low tech set up that does not have the ability to exhaust spores outside.
Fruits best between 55-70°F but should fruit at ~50-75°F.

Sporeless oyster cluster grown by pleasuretek around 55°F. Verified no spore production with an 11.5 hour print attempt.
A beautiful sporeless oyster cluster grown by Coontailblue23

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This product may take up to 3 weeks to ship but most of the time will ship immediately or in 1-2 weeks. Please be aware of the lag before ordering. You will get an email with tracking 1 day before shipping, if you need to delay the order contact MMM ASAP to reschedule the order ship date.

Please see below the instructions for considerations about home grown food products and mushroom spores.

Instructions for use:

This information is specific to Sporeless Oyster.

  1. Check your block upon arrival to make sure there are no tears or signs of mold from shipping. If the block has broken into pieces during shipping, gently press the block together and let sit 4-7 days undisturbed (ideally in the dark) before moving to step 2.
  2. Slice a 1-2″ slit into the bag or a 1″ “X” into the side of the block. Be careful not to cut into the block itself and just cut the plastic.
  3. Fold down the top of the bag and deflate the block, tape the top down so that there is minimal room between the block and plastic except where the cut was made.
  4. Place the Ready-to-Fruit block in the most humid part of your home (not in direct sunlight) or in a grow chamber or grow tent. The kitchen is a good household place in lieu of a dedicated fruiting chamber. Sporeless oyster fruits best between 60-70°F but may fruit at ~55-75°F.
    Search online for easy to make fruiting chambers: monotubs, shot gun fruiting chambers (SGFCs) and tents with foggers/humidifiers are all great options and will likely increase success in fruiting and producing healthy fruits. Even a trash bag with plenty of holes can be used to increase humidity! If the Sporeless oysters produced in a fruiting chamber have large stems and small caps, more air exchange is needed.
  5. 2X daily (or more if your environment is dry) spritz the plastic with filtered/distilled water where the cut was made and look for mushroom “pins”. These are the start of mushrooms! Pins should take ~1-2 weeks to develop from the time of opening the bag.
  6. Continue to mist the fruits and plastic while they grow. Sporeless Oysters are usually ready to harvest ~3-7 days after pins form and should be harvested before the caps flatten out or become concave for tastiest results.
  7. Cut the mushroom cluster from the block and enjoy for your next meal!
  8. Soak the block in fresh, cold, distilled/filtered water for 1-6 hours while inside the bag (pour into the opening) and then drain
  9. Put block back into fruiting conditions, you should get at least 1 more “flush” of mushrooms from the block. If pins do not form at the cut site, consider opening the plastic at the site of the largest set of pins for subsequent flushes and sealing the original site with tape.

*CAUTIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS:

IF YOU PLAN ON CONSUMING YOUR HOME-GROWN MUSHROOMS MAKE SURE TO COOK THEM THOROUGHLY. IF IT IS YOUR FIRST TIME EATING THIS SPECIES, IT IS BEST TO START WITH A SMALL AMOUNT TO SEE HOW YOUR BODY RESPONDS!

MUSHROOMS PRODUCE SPORES AS THEY DEVELOP. THIS IS A NATURAL MEANS OF REPRODUCTION FOR THE FUNGUS. THEY USUALLY APPEAR AS A DUSTY SURFACE ON YOUR GROW KIT BENEATH THE MUSHROOM CAPS. PEOPLE WITH ALLERGIES OR COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS MAY WANT TO CONSIDER PUTTING FRUITING MUSHROOM KITS OUTDOORS OR IN A WELL-VENTILATED AREA AS AIRBORNE SPORES SOMETIMES CAUSE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION. SPORES MAY ALSO CAUSE IRRITATION FOR SOME NON-ALLERGIC OR IMMUNE COMPROMISED MUSHROOM GROWERS, THOUGH THIS IS RARE. HARVESTING MUSHROOMS WHILE STILL IN THEIR YOUNGER GROWTH STAGES WILL REDUCE THE OVERALL SPORE LOAD.

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Thumbs up!

Block covered in white ready to fruit + lots of extras in the order!

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Anonymous
Having a great time with our sporeless oyster mushroom ready-to-fruit block!

This was my first time ever working with gourmet oyster mushrooms in a ready-to-fruit block format. I first reached out to this vendor via PM on Reddit with some questions about which type of oyster mushroom would fruit best in the temperature and humidity I have at my house. The Mushroom Man was expedient in responding to my questions and provided all the information I needed to make an informed choice in selecting the sporeless oyster block. I really appreciate the variety of payment options and how easy the website is to use. I placed my order and as soon as the vendor got my payment I received a tracking number. It was like Christmas Day when my fully colonized block arrived at my doorstep USPS first class. Everything was clean, well-packaged, and clearly labelled. I got the instructions I needed off the website to fruit the block and as I write my review a few days out I have beautiful pins forming. The shipment came with generous freebies and stickers; I couldn't be happier with my experience. I'll be recommending to all my friends and absolutely will be a return customer. Thank you so much Mushroom Man!

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