I’ve wanted to try growing my own edible mushrooms for a while now, so I bought this mushroom grow kit from MidwestGrowKits.com! It only took a few weeks, and it was a very fun experience.

As an added benefit, I got to try Pink Oyster mushrooms (For the first time!) on a delicious breakfast sandwich. This was definitely a big win in my book!

It came in a plastic wrapped block with some directions, so I just sliced open the bag to introduce some air and kick it into fruiting, and misted the bag and box heavily. You want to make sure the mushrooms have plenty of water to drink, to grow big and strong!

Mushrooms are kind of like us. They have all the food they need inside this bag, so we just need to make sure they have the right amount of air and water to grow to adulthood.

After this, I just put it back in its box, kept it wet, and put it up in my closet. I also made a “humidity dome” out of a plastic bag with holes poked in it, to ensure it didn’t dry out too quickly, but still had air to breathe.

A few days later, I came back to check on it and found these little guys growing!

Another few days;

I accidentally let them get a bit too dry, they could look better. I made sure to keep up more with misting, and here’s how they bounced back:

They came back completely! Once they looked a bit more like this;

I finally felt it was time to harvest them. They remind me of little roses!

I picked them off the block early in the morning, and wound up with almost exactly a quarter pound of fresh Pink Oyster Mushrooms, for a total of $20. Plus I had a blast learning and watching them grow!

I will totally do this again. Until then, here are the 2 meals we made using our beautiful mushrooms 🙂

We just seasoned them with salt, pepper and garlic, and threw them on some bread with avocado. It was great!

I hope this encourages someone to start their own gourmet grow! It’s incredibly simple, affordable and fun. Shout out to Midwest Grow Kits!