Chestnut Block for Outdoor Beds

Chestnut mushrooms fruit as soon as the days are warm and nights are cool, usually in the spring and fall. 40°-65° general temperature range. If blocks are buried in spring, allow 3 weeks before seeing fruiting. Mushrooms usually appear again in late summer and often again the following spring. Harvest these as the caps begin to expand.

How to plant a chestnut block mushroom bed:

1. Select a shady location for your mushroom block
2. Remove your block from its plastic filter disc bag
3. Place your mushroom block on the ground and cover it with wood mulch, sawdust, or even soil
4. Wait for your mushroom crop! 

For more in-depth instructions, view our buried mushroom block instruction sheet.