These mushroom blocks are designed for optimum yield, typically making them cheaper than buying gourmet mushrooms in the shops. You can expect to get ~500g of mushrooms from a first flush. Yields will be heavily affected by the conditions in which the mushroom block is grown, so be sure to pay close attention to the instructions provided in your first delivery to avoid disappointment.

You can get several flushes of mushrooms from each block, usually 3-4 harvests. The first flush will always be the biggest and fastest to grow. Subsequent flushes may take several weeks. Once the mushroom block has become lighter, and hasn't produced any mushrooms for a month, the block is spent. This means it's time to compost it or use it as mulch in your garden!

We want everyone to have a great experience growing their own mushrooms at home! To ensure you're growing consistently, the team at Little Acre selects a seasonal mix of grow blocks based on the time of year and the mushroom's ideal growing conditions. We understand not everyone will be able to control their growing conditions so we do our best to provide you with a range of mushroom species which we believe will perform best for you while also providing people with commercial strains which are not available in our smaller mushroom kits.

The species mix will change every 3 months.

Included in your first Big Block Box delivery will be a detailed instruction sheet which covers everything you need to know to grow your blocks successfully. Topics covered in the instructions include:

• the best way to open each grow block depending on species
• how long each species takes to fruit
• the ideal growing conditions for each species
• grow setups and techniques to achieve ideal growing conditions
• how to harvest each species
• how to get multiple flushes
• troubleshooting tips

To get the most out of your mushroom blocks we recommend setting up a growing system such as a shotgun fruiting chamber, small grow tent or fruiting room. Some species included in the Big Block Box are more sensitive to fluctuations in humidity and require more attention than our range of ready-to-grow mushroom kits.

The main difference between the mushroom blocks included in the Big Block Box and our Mushroom Grow Kits is size. The grow blocks weigh 2.2kg each and they don't come in any packaging - just a plain mushroom grow bag. The mushroom blocks also require more love and attention than our ready-to-grow mushroom kits.

What they have in common is the same high-yielding substrate mix of Australian hardwood sawdust and Australian-grown, non-GMO soy hulls, that is inoculated with our commercial mushroom strains.

We ship our Big Block Box Subscriptions on the first Monday of each month. So for example, if you have subscribed on the 10th of August, your mushroom grow blocks will ship on the first Monday of the following month, which in this case is September.

Please note you will be charged at the time of purchase, and on this date every month.

Yes! Simply login into your account at any time to skip an order or cancel your subscription.

Currently, subscriptions are limited to one per customer. If you're looking for larger quantities of ready-to-grow blocks please reach out to us via our Wholesale enquiry form.