Skill level
DIY Organic Mushroom Mini Farm + Mini Course
Regular price
$54.95
Sale price
$54.95
Unit price per
Intermediate
Time to set up
30 mins
Expect to grow
2-3 harvests (300-400g total)
Grow location
Indoors
Shelf life
3 months (refrigerated)
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Learn how to grow your very own gourmet oyster mushrooms from scratch with this convenient DIY Mini Farm bucket and mini course! This is the only one of its kind in Australia!
Visit the link on the instruction card inside your bucket to enrol yourself in our short step-by-step video course and learn a simple method to repeat for your personal supply of delicious home-grown mushrooms. It takes just 30 minutes to prepare and you’ll have fresh mushrooms within weeks. We’re with you all the way and can’t wait to see you get started!
Inside you’ll find everything you need to get growing including:
- Australian hardwood pellets
- Wheat bran
- Gloves
- 2 x Alcohol Wipes (for sanitising)
- Hydrated lime (pH Booster for pasteurising)
- 3 x filter patch stickers
- a spray bottle for misting your mushroom kit with water
- the Oyster Mushroom Spawn of your choice
- a pre-drilled reusable plastic bucket
- video tutorial instruction card and
- lifetime access to our in-depth instructional video mini course online.
We also offer handy Mini Farm refill packs so you can easily rinse and repeat.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
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
GROWING CONDITIONS
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.
SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
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!
HAPPY GROWERS' PROMISE
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!
SHOP YOUR VALUES
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!
SHIPPING & DELIVERY
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.
Gift messages
You can now add a gift message to your order 🎁 Simply enter your message at checkout and we’ll print it on a gorgeous card - free of charge!
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!
More on the mini course
MODULE 1: How to set up your Mini Farm
The instructional video on how to set up your Mini Farm. Mickey will take you through each step and give you helpful tips and tricks for how to get the most out of your Mini Farm mushroom bucket. (20 mins)
MODULE 2: How to build a shotgun fruiting chamber
A shotgun fruiting chamber is a low-tech, simple way to help create the ideal growing conditions for your mushrooms. We'll show you how to make one! (8 mins)
MODULE 3: Hack your bucket - create mushrooms from mushrooms
A shortcut method to growing mushrooms without mushroom spawn. (8 mins)
Grow your own mushrooms -
Mini farm quick guide
Now, team, this is just a summary to give you an idea of what’s involved. We 1000% recommend watching the mini course start to finish and playing along step-by-step in the comfort of your own home. You'll be able to watch it as many times as you like until you feel like you've mastered the technique to growing your own mushrooms. The best part is you can use the custom-made mushroom bucket again and again!
Add pH booster to bowl of water and stir.
Add wood pellets and wait for them to break down and absorb the water.
Add the wheat bran and your mushroom spawn and combine well.
Fill the bucket with the mushroom mixture and pack down firmly.
Wait 2-3 weeks for mushrooms to appear. Mist regularly once they do.
Harvest and enjoy! Follow instructions for a second flush.
Hear from our happy growers
Fantastic course
I just bought my mini kit and I was impressed with the clear instructions and explanations in the video. I'm looking forward to my first harvest!
Priya - January 2022
Easy to follow instructions!
Mickey’s DIY Mini Mushroom Farm video was so easy to follow. Great tips! Can’t wait to see my mushrooms grow! Great for all ages!
Neridah - February 2022
Excited for mushrooms
Easy step by step start up video!
Jazz - December 2021
Hear from our happy growers
Fantastic course
I just bought my mini kit and I was impressed with the clear instructions and explanations in the video. I'm looking forward to my first harvest!
Priya - January 2022
Easy to follow instructions!
Mickey’s DIY Mini Mushroom Farm video was so easy to follow. Great tips! Can’t wait to see my mushrooms grow! Great for all ages!
Neridah - February 2022
Excited for mushrooms
Easy step by step start up video!
Jazz - December 2021