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What is Mella?
Made for those mad about mushrooms, Mella is a countertop appliance that automates the inputs necessary to grow delicious, edible mushrooms in the comfort of your home.
Mella: The Smart Mushroom Fruiting Chamber
Love gourmet mushrooms? Grow them at home easily with Mella! Mella provides closed-loop humidity control, lighting and fresh air exchange to create the ideal microclimate for growing all kinds of mushrooms at home.
Grow Oyster Mushrooms, Lion's Mane, Shiitake, King Trumpets, Chestnut Mushrooms, Nameko, Pioppino and more!
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How does it work?
Mella enables the ability to control lights, fresh air exchange and humidity to provide the best environment for growing gourmet mushrooms. This process makes growing and harvesting much simpler, and the conditions can be altered by moving the different dials located on the chamber.
Features
🍄 Sleek design makes the chamber easy to clean after each fruiting
🍄 Side Tank add-on to minimize time spent refilling
🍄 Fruiting Blocks available through Partnership with North Spore
Specifications
| Capacity | Multiple Fruiting Blocks can fit based on size |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 25.25 in wide x 16.5 in height x 16.5 in deep |
| Weight Empty | 25 lbs |
| Rate | Growth rate dependent on Mushroom Species |
| Warranty | 90-Day Limited Warranty |
View The Mella Mushroom YouTube Playlist
Click here to head over to YouTube to watch all 26 Mella videos – from co-creation to crowdfund and beyond!
Council of Mella
To launch Mella, the FirstBuild team built an ecosystem of mushroom enthusiasts, mycology experts and sales partners that has included professional mushroom cultivators, FirstBuild community members, and companies respected in the gourmet mushroom space.
Part of FirstBuild’s mission is to co-create with community. The team started by sharing Mella on YouTube at its earliest stages, then sold its first (and at the time, only) prototype to Tony Shields, a mushroom enthusiast and CEO of FreshCap Mushrooms.
Crowdfunding Campaign
Thanks to the fungi community, Mella was funded in under 90 minutes and raised over $550,000 on Indiegogo!
“We’re thrilled that the community of mushroom enthusiasts continues to show their support for Mella. Now, we’re gearing up FirstBuild’s microfactory for manufacturing.”
Chris Naber, FirstBuild’s Director of Product Development
FAQs
Mella grows a variety of gourmet mushrooms so you don’t have to! Use Mella to grow Blue Oysters, Golden Oysters, Pink Oysters, Lion’s Mane, Shiitake, Reishi, King Trumpet, Chestnut, Nameko, and Pioppino mushrooms.
Mella automates and controls humidity and fresh air exchange. Mella also has easy-on lights.
No, Mella cannot be stacked.
Please allow a week for Mella to ship after ordered. We are hand making each by hand here in Louisville, KY!
Mella does not control temperature.
Mella does not come with mushrooms. However, we do offer mushroom kits on FirstBuild.com that are fulfilled by our partners at North Spore.
Yes. Mella is available in the U.S. and Canada.
No. After consulting with our beta testers-experts and influencers in the mushroom industry- we integrated all of Mella’s controls into easy-access, on-unit dials. No Wi-Fi connection or app download required!
Mella can be used in the kitchen, basement, living room – anywhere there’s a 110v plug!
FirstBuild warrants Mella for 90 days post-purchase against manufacturing defects. Submit a warranty claim here.
FirstBuild also accepts unopened returns of Mella within 90 days of delivery. Please submit a return claim here; once the unopened unit is received back, a refund of the original purchase price (less shipping) will be issued.
Except for returns eligible for the warranty, returns of opened, used Mella are not eligible for a return or refund.
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