One of the easiest ways to grow your own fresh Oyster and Shiitake mushrooms is with our plugs. These hardwood spiral plugs are inoculated with the Shiitake, Golden Yellow Oyster or Pohu Oyster strain in our sterile lab. They come in packages of 100 in a sealed bag with a filter patch; available in multiples of 100 plugs.

You simply drill holes into a fresh cut hardwood log and tap the plugs into the holes. Place the log in the shade and water a few times a week. Log will be fruiting in 6-9 months, depending on amount of plugs used. Logs will produce for 3-4 years. You can use soft woods as well, but production will be a bit less but will fruit faster on softer woods. Use 30 - 50 plugs per 4" dia.x 5' log, No pines or cedar can be used. Pohu oyster is a beautiful brown mushroom. Grows in clumps and shelf-like. Very good flavor, and not as perishable as other oyster. Golden yellow, same shelf like clumps but a bit more perishable, great flavor! Dowels can also be used to inoculate other substrates as well, straw, grains, newspaper and of course junk mail! We ship with a detailed instruction sheet; click HERE to view it now.