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Pleurotus ostreatus × P. eryngii · Kitchen
Plate Note - Black Pearl Grow Block
Thick stems for the skillet, same idea as king trumpet.
$33.00
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Grown for a thick stem meal
Black Pearl is a cooking mushroom grown for dense stems. You open the top, keep it cool, and sear the stems through. If king trumpet is the steak, this is the same dinner with a slightly friendlier grow.
Cool room. Open the top. Full steps on How to grow.
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No pins, no mushrooms, or contamination in 30 days. We replace it or refund you.
Living product. Start within 7 to 10 days, or keep the unopened bag in the fridge. Never the freezer.
30 day grow promise. If it does not grow, we make it right.
One kind per bag. Read the sticker before you cut. Full steps are on How to grow.
Grown for
Hearty, nourishing mains
How you use it
Sear the stems, roast, slice into coins
First harvest
10 to 20 days
Temperature
50 to 65 F
How it fruits
Fruit from the top after you open the bag
Expected yield
Often 1 to 2½ lb on a strong first crop
Flavor
Meaty, mild, stems like steak
Difficulty
Easy, prefers cool
The facts
About Black Pearl
Timeline
First harvest about 10 to 20 days after you open the top. Warm kitchens make skinny stems. Cool air is the trick.
As food
The stem is the meal. Slice it into coins and cook it through. It eats like a small steak, not a garnish.
Worth knowing
This is a hybrid grown for thick stems. Open the top of the bag. An X on the side is the wrong method.
Food and tea. Not medicine. The FDA has not reviewed this.
See how to grow this block · Not sure which mushroom? See the guide.
Why this one
Before you add it to cart
Warm houses make skinny stems. A cooler counter is what makes this worth growing.
Do not treat this as an oyster X cut.
The full steps for every species, including the ones that need an open top, a cold night, or a sealed bag, live on How to grow. Use this page to decide if you want this mushroom. Use that page when the box is on your counter.
See how to growFood and tea. Not medicine. The FDA has not reviewed this.
Harvest
Stems are the prize. Keep them long. Trim substrate at the base.
After you pick
Keep misting the same open top. A second crop can come after a 20 minute soak.
In the kitchen
Slice stems into coins, score, sear until deep brown.
Recipe
Black Pearl stem coins
1. Slice stems into thick coins and score both faces. 2. Sear 3 to 4 minutes a side until brown. 3. Garlic, lemon, parsley. Cook through.
If something looks wrong
Skinny stems
Too warm or too little air.
Pins abort
Surface dried out. Increase misting.
No pinning after two weeks
Confirm it is under 67 F. Scratch again.
