Guides for your mushroom growing
Here you'll find the right guide for every Stoff'n product – with step-by-step instructions, the ideal conditions for each mushroom species and answers to the most common questions.
Growing kits
How to grow your Fresh Mushroom Box
Three steps to your own organic oyster mushrooms – right in your living room, kitchen or office. Open guide →
How to grow your Fresh Mushroom Box Golden Oyster
Three steps to golden organic oyster mushrooms – ideal for warm rooms (16–25 °C). Open guide →
How to use your Home Mushroom Growing Kit
With straw pellets, organic spawn and three filter bags you can grow your own oyster or lemon oyster mushrooms – no experience needed. Open guide →
Grow kits XXL
How to grow your Shiitake grow kit
Thank you for choosing our organic Shiitake kit from Schleedorf, Austria! Here is everything you need until your first harvest – step by step, no experience needed. Open guide →
How to grow your Lion's Mane grow kit
Welcome to Stoff'n! This guide takes you step by step through your first – and every following – harvest of Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus). Open guide →
How to grow your King Oyster grow kit
This guide takes you step by step through your first – and every following – harvest. Open guide →
Grain spawn
Oyster mushroom grain spawn: how to use it
Oyster mushrooms are robust, fast-growing and thrive on many substrates – the perfect mushroom to start with. Open guide →
Summer oyster grain spawn: how to use it
The summer oyster mushroom (Pleurotus pulmonarius, also sold as blue oyster) feels most at home in warm temperatures and needs no cold shock. Open guide →
Lemon oyster grain spawn: how to use it
Bright yellow, slightly fruity in taste and a mushroom for warm temperatures: the lemon oyster is a real eye-catcher. Open guide →
King oyster grain spawn: how to use it
King oysters are thick and meaty, reminiscent of porcini. Open guide →
Shiitake grain spawn: how to use it
Shiitake are among the most popular gourmet mushrooms worldwide. Open guide →
Plug spawn
Shiitake plug spawn: how to inoculate your logs
Growing mushrooms on logs is the oldest method in the world – and log-grown Shiitake are considered especially high quality. Open guide →
Oyster mushroom plug spawn: how to inoculate your logs
Oyster mushrooms are robust and grow on many hardwoods – the ideal mushroom for your first mushroom log in the garden. Open guide →
Lion's Mane plug spawn: how to inoculate your logs
In nature, Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus) grows on hardwood. Open guide →
Reishi plug spawn: how to inoculate your logs
Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) forms its typical glossy, reddish-brown fruiting bodies on hardwood. Open guide →
Accessories
Making mushroom substrate from straw pellets
Pellet production reaches over 70 °C – so straw pellets are practically sterile and ideal for mushroom growing. Open guide →
How to use mushroom filter bags
Filter bags are the standard tool in mushroom growing. Open guide →
How to make grow bags from tubular foil
Cut tubular foil into bags of exactly the length you need – for straw pellets, soaked straw or mushroom columns. Open guide →
No growth, or only weak growth?
Have a look at our FAQ or get in touch via our contact form – ideally with a photo. We are happy to help.
