Wild Enoki Grow Block
Grow blocks are marked "Sold Out" when they are out of season or when we currently have none to spare as we only sell our excess blocks. Please contact us if you'd like to know when a particular species is available.
Our Wild Enoki strain will not fruit well in temperatures exceeding 25°C for extended periods of time and you will need to take extra care with its environment. For Enoki, it can help to initially maintain very high humidity while the pins (baby mushrooms) are forming. Then, once they begin to enlarge, they can be cared for in much the same way as an Oyster mushroom. Once these Wild Enoki mushrooms get growing, they are actually quite resistant to drying out.
We can post our extra large grow blocks Australia-wide. We cover some of the postage costs ourselves to make it an affordable option. For regular parcel post within Western Australia, there is a $15 fee per block. For postage Australia-wide outside of W.A. there is a $25 fee per block.
Enoki mushrooms love the cold, so much that they can even fruit inside a fridge at temperatures around 3-4°C. Wild Enoki is also known as "Velvet Foot" because the base of the stems become a bit furry and turn brown in maturity. This trait has been bred out of some commercial Enoki strains for the sake of aesthetics but it is perfectly natural and nothing to worry about.
We use these blocks to grow all the mushrooms on our farm. They are much larger than most other grow kits, weighing over 5kg. We blend our all-natural substrates using W.A. Eucalyptus sawdust, local grains and rain water.
We offer $3 humidity bags to help you get higher quality mushrooms and also fine mist spray bottles for $7 but these are not essential. Any clean spray bottle is fine.
2 pages of detailed instructions are included but it really is as simple as spraying twice per day with water for great results. You can read part of the instructions below:
❖ Wild Enoki mushrooms need at least a little bit of light to grow properly and develop their colour. Ambient natural light or any household light like LEDs are fine. Direct sunlight will dry the block out.
❖ The best location is usually a bathroom which is used for showers since this keeps your block humid
and also makes it easier to remember to spray twice per day. A bathroom floor or vanity works great.
❖ It's best to keep them away from rooms with air-conditioning or heating systems which decrease the
relative humidity and can dry out your mushrooms.
❖ If your mushrooms dry out and stop growing, you need to remove them and then your block will try
again if you keep it humid.
❖ While it is possible to fruit them outside in the shade during Winter or inside a greenhouse, you will
usually run into problems with fruit flies etc.
