All Reviews

All Grow Kit Reviews

Every kit we've tested, scored, and documented. No sponsored reviews. we buy everything with our own money. Each kit is grown under the same conditions in our spare room, weighed, photographed, and scored across six categories.

Premium Oyster Growing Kit
Oyster Intermediate

Premium Oyster Growing Kit

Proper solid kit. Three good flushes of pearl oysters, well-colonised substrate out of the box, and instructions that actually made sense.

Excellent substrate colonisation
Multiple flushes guaranteed
Slightly pricey for beginners
Limited species variety
Budget Shiitake Starter Kit
Shiitake Beginner

Budget Shiitake Starter Kit

For fifteen quid you can't really complain. Yields are small but the shiitake tasted genuinely good. a cracking little intro to growing.

Exceptional value for money
Compact size suits small spaces
Smaller yields than premium kits
Instructions could be clearer
Lion’s Mane Complete Kit
Lion’s Mane Intermediate

Lion’s Mane Complete Kit

Genuinely impressive. The lion’s mane looked like something from a restaurant supply order. Best kit we’ve tested in any category.

Stunning fruiting bodies
Restaurant-quality mushrooms
Requires consistent humidity
Higher price point
King Oyster Indoor Kit
King Oyster Intermediate

King Oyster Indoor Kit

King oysters take their sweet time but the results are worth the wait. Thick, meaty stems you could slice like scallops.

Meaty, versatile mushrooms
Good value per gram of harvest
Slower colonisation time
Needs cooler temperatures
Pink Oyster Family Kit
Pink Oyster Beginner

Pink Oyster Family Kit

Our kids went absolutely mental for this one. Bright pink mushrooms bursting out within 4 days. Fastest kit we've ever tested.

Incredibly fast growth
Kids love the pink colour
Short shelf life once harvested
Warm temperatures essential
Reishi Medicinal Grow Kit
Reishi Advanced

Reishi Medicinal Grow Kit

Not one for eating, but the antler formations were genuinely beautiful. A proper fun project if you're into tinctures or teas.

Unique medicinal species
Beautiful antler formations
Very slow growing (8–12 weeks)
Not a culinary mushroom