Getting Started

Seven steps, in order: account, bag type, recipe, batch, blocks, harvest, delivery.

1. Create Your Farm

Go to /onboard. It is one screen: your farm name, your email and a password, then Create my farm. We then email you a 6-digit code: type it in on the next screen and your farm is created. There is no card to enter and no plan to pick: every farm starts on the Free plan. Your account is the farm’s Owner, with full access to settings, team and billing.

Paid plans are upgrades. When you need more room, go to Settings > Billing and pick Solo, Team or Commercial there; the checkout shows the charge before you confirm. If you came from a paid plan’s button on the pricing page, Sporeline takes you straight to Settings > Billing once your farm exists, so you can pick that plan there.

Right after that, Make your first batch asks for species, strain, a bag size, a recipe name and how many blocks, and makes all of it in one go. Steps 2 to 4 below are the same thing done by hand; see Your First Batch for both.

2. Set Up Bag Types

Navigate to Bag Types in the sidebar and create at least one bag type — for example, “5lb Polypropylene”. Bag types define the container your substrate goes into and are required before you can create a recipe.

3. Create a Recipe

Go to Recipes > New Recipe. Fill in the species (e.g., Pleurotus ostreatus), strain, bag type, and your ingredient list with weights. Recipes define the substrate formula used by a batch, and yield reports are grouped by recipe.

4. Start a Batch

Go to Batches > New Batch. Select the recipe, set a block count, and optionally name the batch. Sporeline will auto-generate one block per count, each with a unique ID and QR code. Blocks start at your farm’s Entry Stage, which you set in Farm Settings. On a new farm that’s Inoculated until you change it.

5. Track Your Blocks

View blocks on the batch detail page, or browse the full block list. Use the Scan page to look up any block by QR code — useful in the grow room without navigating menus. Use Move on a block’s page, or on its row in the block list, to move it to its next stage. Only the stages your farm uses are offered.

6. Record Harvests

When a block reaches Fruiting (or Harvesting, if your farm uses that stage), open the block detail page and click Record Harvest in the card at the top to log flush weights and quality grades. Each flush is recorded separately so you can track per-flush yield over time.

7. Manage Deliveries

Add your customers under Customers > New Customer, then create a delivery under Deliveries > New Delivery. Add line items from your harvests, generate an invoice PDF, and progress the delivery through its status from planned to paid.

Need more help? Browse the Help Center for more guides.