Grow well-known food mushrooms with Zombie Mushrooms’ Shiitake Grain Spawn. These mushrooms have brown tops with white spots and a good firm feel. People have liked them for hundreds of years in Asian cooking, and they might help the immune system.
Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) is a good mix of being great for cooking and good for health. If you grow them for their great flavor, health benefits, or to sell where people always want them, our Shiitake spawn has genetics picked carefully. They are chosen for thick tops, rich flavor, and growing well every time. Each 3-pound bag has a type made over many years for both being good food and growing dependably.
What Is It?
This is our 3-pound Shiitake Grain Spawn bag. It has rye grain with strong mushroom growth ready to move onto logs or sawdust blocks with extra food. Shiitake mushrooms grow medium to large brown tops with a special cracked look if grown right.
This spawn is made in a lab for home growers and business growers. It has genetics picked specifically for growing thick, firm tops that taste strong. They stay firm when cooked. They also have good levels of compounds that might help your immune system, like lentinan and other beta-glucans. These have made them a main part of cooking and health for a long time.
Features
We made our Shiitake Grain Spawn very carefully. We focused on how these famous mushrooms get their flavor and how they grow. Unlike types that grow mushrooms faster, Shiitake needs the right material and patience. Our spawn is made to give you good quality if you put in the work. Here is what is good about it:
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Better flavor - Picked specifically for strong umami flavor and good smell.
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It's 3 pounds - Gives a lot of material for many growing blocks or for putting on many logs.
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Good rye grain - Has the exact food mix Shiitake likes for growing well in the bag.
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Thick tops - Comes from types that reliably grow big, firm tops that chefs like.
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Cracked look - Our type grows the special white cracked look on top when it's ready.
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Instructions - QR code links to our guide on growing Shiitake for both logs and blocks.
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Grows many times - Picked for types that give mushrooms many times over a long period.
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Injection port - Lets you add liquid without contamination risk.
Why Choose Our Shiitake Spawn?
Shiitake growing is one of the oldest and most successful ways people have worked with mushrooms. Growers have made the ways better for almost a thousand years. We used this long history and added modern science. When you choose our Shiitake spawn, you connect to this history and get the good points of modern genetics. Here is why our Shiitake spawn is good:
1. Tastes great for cooking
Our Shiitake type is picked carefully for cooking. It has the rich, savory umami flavor and firm texture that makes them a favorite around the world for chefs. If grown right, our type makes thick tops with strong flavor that gets even stronger when dried. They get the special smell like wood and garlic when they are ready. These better cooking qualities mean people who buy them are happy. It helps people growing for business sell them for more.
2. Grows a special type called "donko"
We picked our type carefully because it can grow a special kind of Shiitake called "donko." These have thicker tops with clear white cracks. They need the right temperature changes to grow.
These top mushrooms sell for much more in special markets than regular types. The thick tops and firm feel of donko are liked a lot for their strong flavor and how they look. If you care more about quality than speed, growing this type gives you big advantages in selling.
3. Uses material well
Our Shiitake type uses the growing material very well. It often turns 75 to 100% of the material into mushrooms if you use the right sawdust blocks with added food. This means you get more mushrooms from the same amount of material. It helps you get your money back faster.
This type also grows mushrooms well from the sides when in bags. This means you get an even spread of mushrooms and get the most possible from each block. For businesses, getting more from the material makes it much better for profit.
4. Grows in many temperatures
Our Shiitake type still has good quality, but it can grow mushrooms in a wide range of temperatures (50 to 75°F / 10 to 24°C). This means it can work in different seasons and growing places. Handling different temperatures means you don't need exact temperature control as much.
This makes growing easier and more dependable. This type also reacts in a way you can expect when you cool it down to make it grow mushrooms. This helps you plan when to pick them more reliably. Being able to grow in different temperatures makes our type good for growing inside with controlled weather or outside where the weather changes more.
How To Use It
Growing Shiitake is a good mix of old ways and new ideas. You need more patience than with some types, but they grow reliably and are very good quality, making them good for serious growers. If you use the right steps, you can grow food mushrooms that taste and look great.
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Grow on sawdust blocks - Mix spawn with hardwood sawdust (oak is best) that has 15 to 20% wheat bran added in bags with filters for growing indoors.
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Grow on logs - Put spawn on oak, maple, or sweetgum logs (4 to 6 inches wide). This is the old way to grow outside for many years.
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Start growing fast - Put blocks that have mushroom growth all over them in cold water for 24 hours. This helps them start making mushrooms at the same time for growing a lot.
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Change temperature - Let blocks with mushroom growth feel changes in temperature (day/night difference of 10 to 15°F). This helps grow the best "donko" types with the special cracked look.
Grow Top-Quality Food Mushrooms—Order today!
Get your Shiitake Grain Spawn now. It has a rich umami flavor, firm feel, and might help health. Our genetics grow thick tops with nice cracked patterns. They sell for more in special markets and make any dish better.
Get Top Quality Harvests
Add our hardwood substrate mix. Use our spawn with our special mix to get better results. This good mix has the exact hardwood and extra food that helps grow thick, firm tops with strong flavor. The food in the mix helps you get mushrooms many times.
It keeps the right firmness for tops to get the proper cracked look, a sign of good Shiitake. The pH is set just right for growing flavor and health compounds. Add this mix to your order to grow Shiitake like you'd get in a restaurant.
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