Have these household items on hand to assist with your mushroom bucket prep:

• 700mL water (from the tap is fine)
• Measuring jug
• Large mixing bowl
• Clean cloth
• Stirring spoon
• Scissors

Choosing the right spawn for you and your climate is key!

Your perfect match could be:

Snow White Oyster: Grows in 10°C to 24°C

The Snow White Oyster mushroom has an amazingly bright white appearance. Forming large white caps, this savoury oyster mushroom is a fantastic protein swap in meaty dishes. 

Warm White Oyster: Grows in 10°C to 30°C

The Warm White Oyster mushroom will be lighter in colour when grown at a warm temperature and a darker colour when grown at a cooler temperature. Forming dense bunches, this mushroom is a robust all-rounder.

Gold Oyster: Grows in 18°C to 30°C

Gold Oysters are beautiful and nutty. This tropical mushroom species is great tossed through a pasta or crisped up in a frying pan. Forming tight clusters of golden mushrooms, this variety will add some colour to your kitchen.

We recommend you stick to Oyster Mushrooms while using the Mushroom Mini Farm as they are best suited to this method and container. Check out our online mushroom growing workshop for how to grow other species of mushrooms.

Expect to grow: 2 harvests of mushrooms (300-400g in total)

Mushrooms are a living organism and it is very hard to predict exactly what you'll harvest! You’ll usually get two harvests, and the first crop will always be the biggest. Once the mushrooms have consumed the nutrients and water available in the substrate, it will stop producing mushrooms. It's time then to start the process again using your newly acquired knowledge and your reusable mushroom bucket!

Storage: If you're not going to start your Mini Farm straight away, store your packet of wheat bran and mushroom spawn in the fridge.

The Mini Farm is more involved than our ready-to-grow mushroom kits. It’s trickier as there’s more room for error, however the reward is knowing how to grow your own oyster mushrooms from start to finish forevermore!

We promise to get your fungi flourishing! We hand-on-heart believe everyone can grow their own mushrooms and we’re here to help with expert advice and know-how.

So don’t be shy, please get in touch with all your curly questions and we’ll get you growing mushrooms in no time!

Local

• Certified Australian Made
• Support our small (but mighty) independent business!

Ethical 

• Locally designed and printed packaging
• Organic/chemical-free and non-GMO ingredients

Sustainable

• Shipped using landfill biodegradable tape, in a recyclable cardboard box
• Mini Farm bucket is reusable
• Compost the contents of your spent mushroom bucket or use it as mulch
• Learn how to grow your own food!

We’re a little team doing big things here at Little Acre and we do our very best to get your goodies on their way to you ASAP.

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Dispatch

We ship orders Monday to Thursday. We do not ship Fridays to avoid extending delivery times. Please note this applies to all orders, including our express post shipments.  

Click & Collect orders

Pick up your order from the Little Acre warehouse in Geebung, on Brisbane’s northside. Pick up is free - simply select ‘Pick up’ at checkout.

Pick up is available Monday to Friday, between 8:00am - 3:30pm.

Tracking information

Once your order has been shipped, you’ll receive an email with your tracking link so you can stay up to date with where your order is at.

Delivery times

Delivery times are tricky to provide these days. You’ll be able to check your unique delivery estimate provided by Australia Post via the tracking link in your email with the subject “Your order has been shipped!”.

Shipping costs

Orders under $45
Standard Shipping via Australia Post - $10.20
Express Shipping via Australia Post - $14.20

Orders $45 and over 
Standard Shipping via Australia Post - flat rate $14.20*
Express Shipping via Australia Post - flat rate $18.20*

(*This does not apply to bulk growing supplies.)

Shipping destinations

Yippee! This product can be shipped Australia-wide. And we currently do not offer international shipping, sorry team!