Pink Oyster 'Plant & Grow' Mushroom Starter Block

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€26,95

Garden with mushrooms the easy way!

  • As easy as planting a tomato start
  • Plant it right next to your vegetables or herbs
  • Harvest mushrooms in as little as two weeks
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Pleurotus djamor | USDA Certified Organic

Method Skill Level: Beginner
Species Skill Level: Beginner

Add a burst of tropical color to your garden with our Pink Oyster Plant & Grow Mushroom Starter Block. This USDA Certified Organic strain produces brilliant clusters of mushrooms with pink to deep reddish caps—growing straight from your garden bed. Known for their rich umami flavor and meaty texture, Pink Oysters are a favorite among home cooks and make a delicious, plant-based alternative to meat.

Pink Oysters thrive in warm, humid conditions and are perfect for low-maintenance outdoor growing. Once planted, they need only consistent moisture and a shady spot to flourish. With minimal effort, they often produce multiple flushes over the season.

Receiving & Storage

Remove starter from the shipping box as soon as possible. Then, unfold the top of the bag, making room for air space. It's also important to check and confirm that the filter patch is not obstructed. This will help the organism breathe and continue to thrive!

Plant & Grow starters should be used within 1 week of receipt. If you don't plan to use immediately, you can refrigerate your block for up to 6 months.

How to Grow

Oyster mushrooms are vigorous, fast-growing, and perfect for new outdoor cultivators. With their dramatic colored caps and savory flavor, they bring both beauty and bounty to shaded garden spaces.

How to Initiate Fruiting Outdoors

  • Choose a shaded location: Find a cool, humid spot like under trees, beside a fence, or in a sheltered garden bed.
  • Bury your block: Remove the plastic entirely from your block. Bury the block completely and cover with about 1" of soil or mulch.
  • Maintain consistent moisture: Mist the surrounding soil or mulch regularly (1–2x daily in dry weather) to prevent the block from drying out.

When to Plant

  • Most Oysters thrive in cooler temperatures (ideally 55–65°F), and Pink Oysters like it a little warmer (ideally 70-80°F ).

Special Considerations

  • Watch for rapid growth—oysters can mature quickly and drop spores if not harvested in time.
  • Consider placing straw or leaf mulch around (not on) the block to help regulate humidity without suffocating airflow.

Harvesting

  • Pick clusters when cap edges are still curled under for best texture, flavor, and shelf life.
  • Harvest young to reduce spore production and improve storage.
  • Use both hands or a clean knife to gently remove entire clusters without damaging the substrate.

With minimal effort, oysters will often produce multiple flushes—making them one of the most rewarding mushrooms to grow in the garden.

Growth Parameters

For the best quality mushrooms, try to adhere to these general temperature and fruiting time guidelines.

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Bury. Water. Harvest.

No complicated setup, just a simple method designed for outdoor gardens.
A person wearing green and brown gardening gloves is digging into soil in a garden bed surrounded by leafy green plants and vegetables.

Pick your spot

Choose a shaded area with soil or mulch. Dig a hole about the size of the starter block, deep enough so it can be fully covered once placed. A cool, protected spot will give you the best results.
A person places a large block of mushroom spawn into a garden bed surrounded by various leafy plants and herbs, with rich dark soil visible.

Plant the block

Remove the mushroom starter from its bag and place it in the hole. Fill in the sides with soil so there are no gaps, then cover the top with a couple inches of wood chips to help retain moisture.
A cluster of pink oyster mushrooms growing in garden soil beneath leafy green plants, surrounded by mulch and other small vegetation.

Watch it grow

Water after planting and keep it lightly watered, especially on dry days. In as little as 1 to 2 weeks, mushrooms begin to appear. Harvest fresh clusters right from your garden.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Plant & Grow blocks are designed for real garden beds. If you can grow vegetables, you can grow mushrooms right alongside them — and they can help support healthier soil and stronger plants over time.

It’s as easy as planting a seedling. Just bury the block, water lightly, and let it grow. No complicated setup or special tools required.

Plant it in shaded areas, along garden edges, or right next to your vegetables and herbs. Anywhere your garden already gets consistent watering works well.

You can start harvesting in as little as two weeks, depending on the variety and conditions. It’s one of the fastest ways to harvest from your garden.

Yes. Mushrooms are resilient and grow in a wide range of climates. If your garden supports vegetables, this will work for you. Plant & Grow varieties are easy to recognize, and look-alikes are unlikely to grow in a garden setting.

Cluster of brown-capped mushrooms with long, light-colored stems against a white background.

Crafted to the Highest Standards

Our mushroom spawn is made to mycologist-approved standards at every step of the way. Starting with USDA-Certified Organic ingredients, we mix each bax of substrate to perfect. We inoculate our products in a custom-built mushroom lab, in clean rooms that have more oxygen exchanges per hour than a hospital operating room. Every bag is carefully monitored for full colonization and the best product is hand-selected to ship to our customers.

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Andy
Easiest to grow and very tasty

Growing in SE Wisconsin in 2026, planted in spring in raised beds between peppers, basil and loofah. The pink oysters has been the easiest and most productive of the four varieties we planted. Just started pinning flush #4, each flush has yielded around 1/2 lb of beautiful pink mushrooms. Probably would have had this flush a week ago but a bunny jumped into the bed one night and dug up some early pins that were still under the soil…
Absolutely fantastic roasted with thyme and olive oil, tastes like bacon, mildly smoky flavor. Delicious and easy!

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Jason Keene
Great stuff

I love all the mushroom

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Mary

Stunning and delicious mushrooms!!

We're glad to hear you're enjoying the experience, Mary! Thanks for the great review.

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Cat L
Weeks of flushes!

Simple to plant, simple to maintain, and delicious. Been getting decent sized flushes for a few weeks and then a nice big one after heavy rainfall the other day. Definitely would buy again. I planted them in my natural soil under a garden shade cover and I water the bed whenever I water the rest of my garden. It was a little chilly when I first planted the blocks so I put a little straw around them as well and that seemed to protect them through our last few cold spring nights.

Catherine, thanks so much for sharing your growing experience with us! We are so happy to hear about your many flushes. We are here is you ever need anything!

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Anna
Amazing

I grow white Mushroom, and the red head is grow really good. It’s my first time. OMG it’s amazing. It worked I put in the pot with the avocado plant is grow. I can’t believe it.

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Delia Ingay
Good

I'm loving this kit

Really happy to hear this, Delia! If you need help with anything, please reach out.

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Priscilla

I got mushroom after just 2 weeks of planting! This is my first attempt growing it, i am thrilled!

Awesome, Priscilla! We're so happy to hear you're enjoying the experience.

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Lori N.
Delicious and really easy to grow!

I highly recommend using the Plant and Grow block. I buried mine in a back corner of a 2' X 5' raised garden bed behind tomato plants, pea plants, herbs, and flowers. Right at two weeks after planting, I harvested my first flush (about 3 pounds!) and cooked them. They were absolutely delicious!

Two weeks later, my second flush is starting to appear. I chose the Pink Oyster mushrooms as I live in growing zone 8b and we get lots of heat, rain, and humidity in the spring and summer. I'm planning to include mushrooms in my garden from now on, and may try a different variety in the Fall when it's cooler.

The only thing that could make the Plant and Grow block any better is if it was divided into 3 smaller pieces and I could succession plant them in 2 week intervals to have a pound of fresh mushrooms at a time all summer long, because eating 3 pounds of mushrooms at once is a lot!

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Lori N.
Delicious and really easy to grow!

I highly recommend using the Plant and Grow block. I buried mine in a back corner of a 2' X 5' raised garden bed behind tomato plants, pea plants, herbs, and flowers. Right at two weeks after planting, I harvested my first flush (about 3 pounds!) and cooked them. They were absolutely delicious!

Two weeks later, my second flush is starting to appear. I chose the Pink Oyster mushrooms as I live in growing zone 8b and we get lots of heat, rain, and humidity in the spring and summer. I'm planning to include mushrooms in my garden from now on, and may try a different variety in the Fall when it's cooler.

The only thing that could make the Plant and Grow block any better is if it was divided into 3 smaller pieces and I could succession plant them in 2 week intervals to have a pound of fresh mushrooms at a time all summer long, because eating 3 pounds of mushrooms at once is a lot!

Thanks for the great review, Lori! Our team is here to help if you ever need anything.

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alan mcdonald

Love the starter blocks

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Thyrza crawford
Taste like bacon

Amazing flavor! Fry up in butter and salt and taste like bacon!

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Jason Keene
Great stuff

Great mushrooms love them

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Annette

Love growing mushrooms & always get great products from NorthSpore.

Thanks so much, Annette! We really appreciate your support.