About GrowMushroomKits.com
What this site is
GrowMushroomKits.com is a buyer's guide and a set of free tools for people who want to grow gourmet and medicinal mushrooms at home from a ready-made kit. It covers oyster, lion's mane, shiitake, reishi and a few other species that suit a first grow.
The kit pages put the facts a buyer needs in one table: the price, the block weight, the yield the seller states, the days to first harvest the seller states, the number of flushes, and the guarantee. Next to the table you get a short answer on who each kit suits and who should skip it.
How the numbers are checked
Every figure on a kit page comes from a named source, usually the seller's own product page, and shows the date it was checked. Prices are labeled with the date they were seen, because sellers change them. When a seller does not state a figure, the page says "Not stated by the seller" instead of filling the gap with a guess.
These pages are not test results. Yield and timing figures are the sellers' claims, and the pages say so. The site does not say it grew a kit unless a dated photo log on that page backs it up.
The free tools
Alongside the guides there are small calculators and checkers, such as a yield calculator, a grow-your-own versus store cost calculator and a contamination identifier. They run in your browser, and each one explains how it reaches its number.
How the site is funded
At launch the site has no ads and no affiliate links. Links to kit sellers go straight to the seller's page and earn nothing. If that changes, affected pages will say so and the ads and affiliate page will be updated. It is on this page so you know who is behind the recommendations and what, if anything, they get out of them.
Who runs this site
Cedrick Reese
GrowMushroomKits.com was created by Cedrick Reese, founder of ReadyUtilities.com, a retired veteran and web developer who enjoys building free, user-friendly online tools that simplify everyday tasks. My journey began in the early 2000s with affiliate marketing and niche site development, which grew into a passion for creating practical digital utilities and calculators. After retiring, I earned a Computer Systems Technician certificate from UEI College, completed Electro-Mechanical Technologies at Tulsa Welding School, and finished the Carpentry program at Florida State College at Jacksonville. Today, I combine my technical background and craftsmanship by building furniture using traditional woodworking methods, gardening, and developing helpful online tools for users worldwide.
Questions, corrections and suggestions are welcome on the contact page.