WELCOME TO BENNETT RUN MUSHROOM FARM

1. Pop your block in the fridge, or outside somewhere cold overnight so the shiitakes think it’s Winter.
2. Take off the plastic surrounding your block and let the mycelium free, you can save this bag to make a humidity tent. Let your block bob in some cold water for 4-5 hours so the shiitakes think it’s Spring.
3. To get your mushrooms pinning and thriving they need lots of air and humidity, so place your block on a tray, in a tub, or on top of the bag.
4. Place the block in a humid place like next to the kitchen sink.
5. If your house isn’t very humid, use the bag from the earlier step to create a humidity tent. Just poke or cut the bag so it is basically flat, then cut a bunch of holes in the bag and drape it over top of the block. Mist it twice daily. (Be sure that air can flow through the tent or exchange. Mushrooms put out CO2 and breath in oxygen. Without proper air exchange your mushrooms will look like mutants.)
6. Once the block has little baby mushrooms popping up, you should see big ol’ mushrooms in less than a week!
7. Harvest the mushrooms before the caps turn/ curl up. Check the above photo for reference.
8. You can get a smaller second harvest off of these blocks. Just let it rest and dry out for 2 weeks and then repeat steps 2-7.

NOTE: IF YOUR BLOCK WAS DAMAGED IN TRANSIT OR CRACKED WE KNOW THIS IS A BUMMER BUT DON'T FRET JUST SMOOSH IT BACK TOGETHER AND WAIT TILL THE MYCELIUM HAS REPAIRED ITSELF AND THE BLOCK IS FULLY WHITE.