This is exactly what I was looking for when I started searching ways of growing mushrooms, rather than the very scientific sterile and controlled environment. Thanks!
I love the production quality of this! And the simple straightforward presentation. No waffling, no messing around, just info and practical demonstrations with eyecatching editing. Superbe work
You're all cool. Like you're the hippies of your generation. How cool is that! Good choice of music too. Really insightful and friggin fun video. Thank you.
@@NorthSpore I do have a question : I live in zone 7b (about) so when would be the best time to start a new Mushroom patch? my last frost date is April 15th, can I build my bed before that date?
@North Spore I haven't grasped the sun requirements and heat tolerance of growing fungi. I'm in southern California, zone 10b I believe. The summers can be brutal. But I do have growing space which sees only indirect sunlight year round. I'd love to become one of your customers.
You people just made a new convert. I found all the growing mushroom indoors intimidating (I did not quite "get" why I had to disinfect everything when Mushrooms have been growing in messy nature for many millions of years.) So growing in the garden is right up my alley. And y'all did a great job of explaining it all.Thank you.
I can explain. Mushrooms let off billions of spores. The mushrooms play the odds that the spore will find a place where they can out compete bacteria and other fungi. In your house you want mushrooms to colonize the substrate everytime. When you already have a lot nice healthy mycelium contamination is less likely and your mushrooms can take over.
Such an underrated video. So simple and to the point, plus it shows you how to just throw some spawn around and let nature do the rest! Absolutely love it. Thank you x
I have been harvesting wild mushrooms for quite a few years, medicinal & edible. Love them so much. This year, I 've just started growing mushrooms, plus taking an online mushroom growing course, doing a lot of reading & watching of videos. I was already excited, but after watching this video, I'm super stoked. This is most definitely going to turn into a community business in the small area I live in, as well as provide me with food while doing something I absolutely love. Thanks so much for the video. I am starting with wood chips but will be buying straw bales next week. Can't wait to get all the different growing mediums going at once! Love the laundry basket idea as well. Super cheap & available at the dollar store!
Thank you! This is the video that led me to giving mushrooms in the garden a try. Right now every one of my tomato plants has a bunch of Almond Agaricus growing under them. They really popped up after our recent rain. Fingers are still crossed for the Wine Caps and the Shiitake. Never thought this would work in El Paso Texas.
That is so great to hear! Growing mushrooms in the garden is the best! You have the climate for those heat loving almonds, when weather cools a bit, you should expect to see some growth from your wine caps and shiitakes!
I used newspaper and cardboard underneath wood chips and compost for years, but within a couple years of gardening as a business, I found that the layers of paper either were quickly eaten by worms, or in the absence of worms they did not decompose easily and stopped water and roots from penetrating the soil. 2 inches or more of mulch will stop all but large seeds. 6 inches or more of compost or a foot of leaves will grow monster vegetables. Wood chips on paths are slow to decompose and stop smaller-seeded weeds until they do.
I appreciate you telling us the full story. Well you know, newbies like me need to see a start-to-finish video or elses I get confused about the details.
@@taxigirl5637 taxi girl! Good one man, never would have crossed my mind, 😔 it's so sad what this world is doing to its self, America is the best country in the world, we need to fix our food and health practices big time
Also, an interesting side note is that if you put the cut mushrooms in the sun with the gill side up for a day that they will load up full of Vitamin D. It is a different version than D3 and the body doesn't use it quite as well they say, but none the less...hopefully you found it an interesting fact.
Sí, cert jo tampoc ho hauria associat, però es una idea meravellosa, i els botets fets al sol com vosté diu, son molt rics en vitamina D, una reravellosa idea per portar a l'hort la propera primavera.
I've ordered from yourselves and several other local spawn providers in the US, all great; but your informationals are top of the food chain. Thanks for the infotainment!
Today I decided to go and grow mushrooms in our gardenplot. I knew some information already but after seeing this amazing video, I'm even more exited about doing so! Love the video!
I never thought of mixing mushrooms with vegs, always wanted to try growing mushrooms but don't have space for it... Now I do! TYVM guys for this awesome vid 🖖
@@NorthSpore thanks for asking. My family and I life in Nelspruit Mpumalanga South Africa 🇿🇦 I started with a no dig no till urban farm in June of this year, this was the beginning of our winter. I managed to set up 47 compost bed with woodchip walkways. Next is mushrooms and layer hens.
@@NorthSpore yes there is spore suppliers in our country and I am wanting to get some wine caps from them. Just one question, we are going into our second month of spring, would it be okay to put out spores now?
OMG... You have sparked my interest for my little home garden project. I am in the process of planting trees and other things. Now you have me wanting to make mulch beds with much rooms under my 3 weeping willows.
This is excellent. Very easy to follow, I know how to identify oyster, wine caps here in natural NZ, the oyster pop up on dead cabbage trees, but now I can have these in my garden! Much aroha from NZ XXX
well I have to work my ass off in a non fulfilling, low paying job just to pay my bills and for a couple years I think of nothing else but one day quiting that soul sucking job and having a warehouse for growing mushrooms indoor and supplying the hotels and restaurants in my area. hopefully one day.
Fantastic content - thank you. I'm just about to start growing King Stopheria on a patch of waste land at the side of my house. I've had help from a mushroom growing group on FB - a great community to be part of.
Olive oil + garlic sautéed mushrooms - can't ever grow tired of that. I will now learn about foraging the spawning stuff in the bag. Thanks very much for the video. I have full on mojo going, baby, yeah!
I love these ideas. Im trying to establish a food forest and that means a lot of mulching. Ive always wondered if you could grow mushrooms in that mulch. So cool! Until then i think its too hot and dry in my region.
They'll grow UNDER your veggies especially with drip line watering. I have woodchips in my walkways and have wild mushrooms come in and grow on the edges under my brussel sprouts. No idea what kind of mushroom but they're there. And it's been high 70s to mid 90s all summer.
I am very impressed with innovative methods to produce foods. Young people often show their talents in many field, very innovative and I am very graceful for the contributions. Thank you.
Hi. I paint. While I do it there's is so much the I can learn just by listening to you guys. Love to see young people so intelligent and hard working. Keep it up and thanks for sharing
Great video! I purchased wine caps from you 2 years ago. They are so tasty. We had a flush of them about 2 wks ago when it rained last here in NH. Hoping for rain this week. *rain dances*
sometimes first fruiting takes some years i guess i wonder about the ROI, and harvest amount in kg per kg straw if just spreading on the garden bed or like on the clip
My dad raised a 10 acre garden in the deep rural country of Arkansas in the early 70's ..i was a teenager then.. I'm 60 now and tired of the city time to retire . I've waited and waited for years to garden again . 1st thing I noticed on your video was how good a dirt you got. Felt for sure y'all knew your stuff.. Great tips and little things I noticed ..how hard you packed the straw... Crumbling the spawn.. Made me think as a kid broadcasting purplehulls ... Thanks I'm gonna enjoy your channel
I used a couple of rotten logs scraped some of it, add micelius and then add again the scraped rotten wood and some leaves from my trees you thing that will work. On some I add a little bit of soil also.
Excellent explanation on how to get started for growing mushrooms! Very well explained and hands on visuals to show the process. Simple yet very effective. I subscribed to your channel and I can’t wait to start growing mushrooms in my garden! 😊
Thank you so much for this information!! Growing indoors in a sterile environment is really not something that I can do easily for a number of reasons, I am so happy to know about these other options. Love your channel, I am subscribed!!! 😊
Great video! A lot of details for rookies like me. I always thought mushrooms need to be in super controlled environment. Never thought it could be grown like that outside. Definitely going to try it next spring!
Ideal conditions still need to be achieved but nature is very forgiving when it comes to that unless you are in a particularly specific climate. Even then, a little extra effort usually yields most easy to grow species no problem.
RUclips just suggested me this now out of nowhere. Ive only ever ate white button mushroom but really love it. The video made me want to grow these things now its so easy. Im already a vegetable gardener & love plants. Today, RUclips did good ;)
Excellent overview. Best I have seen so far, coming from aspiring mushroom gardener in the Pacific NW, but professional microbiologist who studied Mycology, Botany and more as an Undergrad, Industrial Microbiology in Masters, PhD in Mol Bio and lifetime career of cancer biology.
This video made my day! I know what im doing with my footpaths in my garden now! My beds are homemade compost/cardboard/straw and im about to plant them. Im definitely gonna use your method for the footpaths in between. Do you sell spawn for this? Also I'd greatly appreciate it if you made a video on how to innoculate compost piles. It is something I've been wanting to learn for a while now and cant find content on the matter. A tip for gardeners: you can pre soak the cardboard before you lay it down with plain water or compost tea works great! North spore you definitely have me as a subscriber now and I'm glad I found you! ✌&❤ from Aromas California...😊🍄
Many people in Russia directly inoculate rare mushrooms with fermenting spores in the soil of their gardens. But this video also taught us another way, which is great! Thank you, textbooks on agricultural biochemistry ang molecular biology,
This video made me feel better about your wine cap spores that my husband & I laid out late spring which haven’t really done anything yet 😅 So far we’ve harvested maybe 5 mushrooms & I was starting to worry if that was it 😓 ~ from Pennsylvania
Thank you so much for this video. Amazing ideas and I loved seeing the results. I would like to proffer an idea. I have found that when mulching young trees, especially transplants, it is best to form the mulch into a ring. Don't short the interior on depth mind you. But the ring, especially at the drip line of little trees, helps to channel and retain moisture directly over the roots. It also makes it very easy to add a weeper hose or drip line ring for easy watering in drier climates. I am so going to try your ideas out.
I'm in Louisiana and temperatures get high here. The most stable, cool temps are underground so I like to use post hole diggers and make about a 2' hole. Then I fill it with alternating wood chips, leaves, or straw and spawn. I find that the leaves and straw tend to collapse pretty quickly and you'll have to add more to top it off in comparison to the woods chips. Also, don't put it where you'll break your ankle walking through! You'll get mushrooms pinning from the top and even a few feet away in the dirt. I shade the area when I see this with whatever I have handy and keep it moist. I think it really helps put some nutrients and organic matter into the soil and it's awesome to have the extra harvest from normally wasted space
Super cool, I love what you guys are doing, love the idea, I hope I can do some of what you are doing with local stuff, or maybe import some of your spores than can handle the tropical weather to the Dominican Republic.
this is amazing. I'm building a new veggie bed and was looking into adding mushrooms to the garden. We had button mushrooms in my childhood home. So I'm excite dto try some of these.
Really excellent information here. I do have mushrooms pop up next to my organic compost, recently some big edible ones that must of came with my mushroom compost that was mixed with coffee grounds. May give this a go soon. Thanks Marty
Thank you so much. Awesome video!! I love to eat mushroom..I love your presentation.I will try that. May our good Lord bless everyone of you..God bless.😀💖🙏
Incredible video! I love how all this information is available freely online 💕 do you have any videos of tours of your gardens with established mushrooms? 🤩
Been growing Wine Caps in the garden for a couple years now. Not only do I have the added mushrooms benefiting the soil, but the wood chips I mulch with keeps the soil moisture higher. I can see a difference in the productivity of beds inoculated with the mushrooms and those that aren't.
Inoculated woodchip beds with oyster and Winecap last May (2020) - the oyster came up months later. The Winecap only came up a few weeks ago, and they came up EVERYWHERE - they were busy taking over the paths and a pile of spare woodchips. We’ve been eating and giving them away for nearly a month now!
Try to find your shadiest place, keep your mushroom substrate hydrated by watering frequently, and choose species that do well in warmer climates (pink oysters or Italian oysters are great options)
I’m also in Zone 9 and thought it would not be possible to grow mushrooms here, but this summer I noticed several varieties pop up in different shade areas. The base of a peach tree played host to a giant yellow plate-like mushroom of some kind that was as big as a dinner plate. So now I want to try to grow something I will recognize and be able to eat! Thanks, great video!
Just harvested a flush of winecaps from a patch I started with your sawdust spawn early this spring, left a couple to sporulate to keep it going next year. Delicious!
This was a great video. I believe I will be attempting some new companion planting. My first thoughts about the pathways were concern about trampling most of the fruiting spawn. How well did the paths fruit? Any future videos about cooking and preparing your harvest? You guys put together a nice video. Thanks for sharing.
The Wine Caps in the paths are still bumping. We've gotten a ton of Wine Caps from them. It seems like they choose to grow along the paths edges where they get a little more shade from the plants. The foot traffic on the paths doesn't disturb the mycelium much, but you definitely have to watch where you step when they are growing!
I’ve been told wood chips only rob the soil of nitrogen when they are mixed into the soil not when they are applied dire to the top. I use about a foot in a half on my edible garden and it does really well.
No, though there is certainly the possibility. It's why we emphasize the importance of knowing how to identify the species you're trying to cultivate. We did have some inky cap Coprinus mushrooms growing in our garden over the summer. They can be poisonous if consumed alongside alcohol, but they look nothing like any of the species we were cultivating! The same holds true with cultivating plants- there is always the potential something poisonous will become a weed and grow in your garden, but you probably won't confuse it with your cucumbers!
also! the Inky Caps aren't deadly poisonous when consumed with alcohol, but they will make you vomit! They produce the same compound used in drugs to treat alcoholism
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This is exactly what I was looking for when I started searching ways of growing mushrooms, rather than the very scientific sterile and controlled environment. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Is the sterile medium more for growing indoors or is sterility even necessary?
Whay so little yeald?
@@brendareed5050 it's necessary if you're trying to start a business
@@apepanthera no its not
This is by far the most informative video on mushroom gardening.
I love the production quality of this! And the simple straightforward presentation. No waffling, no messing around, just info and practical demonstrations with eyecatching editing. Superbe work
Thanks for your support!
Agreed. Great production and sounds.
Mesmerizing production
Agreed, excellent.
I watch this video once a year because it is so peaceful and gets me excited for when I eventually own my own yard. Great content 🍄
That is awesome!
I’m feeling hopeful knowing you young people have the health of the planet in your hearts and hands.
Glad to hear it!
Some boomers do also.
You're all cool. Like you're the hippies of your generation. How cool is that! Good choice of music too. Really insightful and friggin fun video. Thank you.
Hadn't ever thought I could co-plant veggies and mushrooms. Giving me lots of ideas for the spring!!
Reach out with questions anytime!
All throughout the vid, I was thinking the same
@@NorthSpore I do have a question : I live in zone 7b (about) so when would be the best time to start a new Mushroom patch? my last frost date is April 15th, can I build my bed before that date?
@North Spore
I haven't grasped the sun requirements and heat tolerance of growing fungi.
I'm in southern California, zone 10b I believe. The summers can be brutal. But I do have growing space which sees only indirect sunlight year round.
I'd love to become one of your customers.
@North Spore I guess I can't do this because I have nothing but full sun in the front and back yard 🙃
You people just made a new convert. I found all the growing mushroom indoors intimidating (I did not quite "get" why I had to disinfect everything when Mushrooms have been growing in messy nature for many millions of years.) So growing in the garden is right up my alley. And y'all did a great job of explaining it all.Thank you.
Mush appreciated! Let us know if you have any questions!
I can explain. Mushrooms let off billions of spores. The mushrooms play the odds that the spore will find a place where they can out compete bacteria and other fungi. In your house you want mushrooms to colonize the substrate everytime. When you already have a lot nice healthy mycelium contamination is less likely and your mushrooms can take over.
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Wie, denkst du, werden die deren Brutbeutel produziert haben.
This video definitely needs a follow up of what mushrooms are growing the following year❤️
Thanks for the suggestion!
Such an underrated video. So simple and to the point, plus it shows you how to just throw some spawn around and let nature do the rest! Absolutely love it.
Thank you x
Glad you enjoyed it!
Best, easiest smartest introduction to mushroom growing outdoors (or at all) that ive ever seen. Thanks! Incredible.
Glad it was helpful!
Agreed! This was so amazing all around. The editing was AWESOME too!!! ❤️
Qui siera saber si es posible çonpra
Fuck yes 👨🏻🎨🤌🏽
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I have been harvesting wild mushrooms for quite a few years, medicinal & edible. Love them so much. This year, I 've just started growing mushrooms, plus taking an online mushroom growing course, doing a lot of reading & watching of videos.
I was already excited, but after watching this video, I'm super stoked. This is most definitely going to turn into a community business in the small area I live in, as well as provide me with food while doing something I absolutely love.
Thanks so much for the video. I am starting with wood chips but will be buying straw bales next week. Can't wait to get all the different growing mediums going at once! Love the laundry basket idea as well. Super cheap & available at the dollar store!
Thank you! This is the video that led me to giving mushrooms in the garden a try. Right now every one of my tomato plants has a bunch of Almond Agaricus growing under them. They really popped up after our recent rain. Fingers are still crossed for the Wine Caps and the Shiitake. Never thought this would work in El Paso Texas.
That is so great to hear! Growing mushrooms in the garden is the best! You have the climate for those heat loving almonds, when weather cools a bit, you should expect to see some growth from your wine caps and shiitakes!
If it is working in El Paso, then I know it will work where I am
we are growing a load of mushrooms this year, this is our 1st year and we are very excited!
Probably the most thorough yet easy to understand tutorial. Thank you!! ❤
I used newspaper and cardboard underneath wood chips and compost for years, but within a couple years of gardening as a business, I found that the layers of paper either were quickly eaten by worms, or in the absence of worms they did not decompose easily and stopped water and roots from penetrating the soil. 2 inches or more of mulch will stop all but large seeds. 6 inches or more of compost or a foot of leaves will grow monster vegetables. Wood chips on paths are slow to decompose and stop smaller-seeded weeds until they do.
I love mushrooms 🍄 too guys. Thanks
I have fond memories of mushroom picking with my gran.
I think she is the reason I want to grown every kinda food. Especially mushrooms..
I appreciate you telling us the full story. Well you know, newbies like me need to see a start-to-finish video or elses I get confused about the details.
Glad it was helpful!
Totally agree, all info one needed was there ;)
Please don’t use straw unless you know for a fact it came from a field that doesn’t get sprayed
@@taxigirl5637 taxi girl! Good one man, never would have crossed my mind, 😔 it's so sad what this world is doing to its self, America is the best country in the world, we need to fix our food and health practices big time
I just hope you fools aren't releasing non-native mushrooms into the wild.
Oh I love mushrooms so much! What a beautiful planet we live in! Great video you guys!
Also, an interesting side note is that if you put the cut mushrooms in the sun with the gill side up for a day that they will load up full of Vitamin D. It is a different version than D3 and the body doesn't use it quite as well they say, but none the less...hopefully you found it an interesting fact.
Not a bad way to reuse a harvest, just leave your harvest out for the day of that morning then take them in just in time for diner. :)
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Sí, cert jo tampoc ho hauria associat, però es una idea meravellosa, i els botets fets al sol com vosté diu, son molt rics en vitamina D, una reravellosa idea per portar a l'hort la propera primavera.
Yes, I heard that this increases your vitamin D and is very good for you......even 2 hrs can help
I've ordered from yourselves and several other local spawn providers in the US, all great; but your informationals are top of the food chain. Thanks for the infotainment!
Thank you! I'm glad you like our video content. We have a lot more in the works... stay tuned!
Ka bobs
I never knew you can grow mushrooms this way. Thank you so much for the information. Great video!!!
Every video I watched from North Spore is very informative and well made!
OMG!!! Im so excited to find this whole new (to me) world of fertility in the garden!
Well I'm a wannabe mushroom farmer now! I got to add this to my garden.. blessings
Today I decided to go and grow mushrooms in our gardenplot. I knew some information already but after seeing this amazing video, I'm even more exited about doing so! Love the video!
Wonderful!
Thank you so much for this very good quality content!
I never thought of mixing mushrooms with vegs, always wanted to try growing mushrooms but don't have space for it... Now I do! TYVM guys for this awesome vid 🖖
Thanks for your support! Reach out with question anytime!
Loved this video. Oh to be young again and have this knowledge.
Straight forward. To the point. Extremely informative. NO BS! VERY WELL DONE! Thank you so much!!!
Thanks for your support!
calls 30 min vid. "straight to the point".... people these days
I do a Charles Dowding style compost in my garden because of all the sluuuuuuugs! I love straw for mulching other than that!
The most helpful Mushroom how to video ever. Thank you.
Respect from Africa 🇿🇦
Thank you for watching! Where in Africa are you and have you tried growing mushrooms there?
@@NorthSpore thanks for asking. My family and I life in Nelspruit Mpumalanga South Africa 🇿🇦
I started with a no dig no till urban farm in June of this year, this was the beginning of our winter. I managed to set up 47 compost bed with woodchip walkways.
Next is mushrooms and layer hens.
@@jeshurunfarm sounds like a good match for Wine Caps. Do you know if there are any spawn providers in S. Africa? Let us know how it goes!
@@NorthSpore yes there is spore suppliers in our country and I am wanting to get some wine caps from them. Just one question, we are going into our second month of spring, would it be okay to put out spores now?
@@jeshurunfarm definitely. Spring is a great time to start growing
My 8yr old and I found this channel today. As gardeners we were mesmerized by it. Thank you. New sub
Welcome! Check out or website! Lot's of fun and tasty mushrooms.
You and your company should be very proud. Great content and great work!
Much appreciated! Thanks for watching!
Excellent researchers .thanks
Greeting from Far East country..
God bless
Oh my GOD!
This is what I'm looking for the whole time!
Thank you for sharing ❤️
You're welcome!
OMG... You have sparked my interest for my little home garden project. I am in the process of planting trees and other things. Now you have me wanting to make mulch beds with much rooms under my 3 weeping willows.
I got some spawn from you guys just a few months ago and my blue oysters already started fruiting! They’re WILDLY tasty!
Awesome! They are super productive and grow quickly!
This is excellent. Very easy to follow, I know how to identify oyster, wine caps here in natural NZ, the oyster pop up on dead cabbage trees, but now I can have these in my garden!
Much aroha from NZ XXX
Great informative video. No excess waffle, just good experienced know how with easily understood applications
Thanks for your support! Reach out with questions anytime!
such a great video! So many new ideas to try!! :)
Ahhh never thought about growing mushrooms before. This video came up as a recommended one and can't be upset! Great content.
Awesome! Glad to hear we're converting folks to growing mushrooms!
well I have to work my ass off in a non fulfilling, low paying job just to pay my bills and for a couple years I think of nothing else but one day quiting that soul sucking job and having a warehouse for growing mushrooms indoor and supplying the hotels and restaurants in my area. hopefully one day.
jaime delgado Great! I hope you are successful - Song
@@jaimedelgado7529 Write a plan, dream big, find funding, make it happen. you can do it!
Fantastic content - thank you. I'm just about to start growing King Stopheria on a patch of waste land at the side of my house. I've had help from a mushroom growing group on FB - a great community to be part of.
Olive oil + garlic sautéed mushrooms - can't ever grow tired of that. I will now learn about foraging the spawning stuff in the bag. Thanks very much for the video. I have full on mojo going, baby, yeah!
We're still not tired of them either! Let us know how we can help you!
I love these ideas. Im trying to establish a food forest and that means a lot of mulching. Ive always wondered if you could grow mushrooms in that mulch. So cool! Until then i think its too hot and dry in my region.
They'll grow UNDER your veggies especially with drip line watering. I have woodchips in my walkways and have wild mushrooms come in and grow on the edges under my brussel sprouts. No idea what kind of mushroom but they're there. And it's been high 70s to mid 90s all summer.
I am very impressed with innovative methods to produce foods. Young people often show their talents in many field, very innovative and I am very graceful for the contributions. Thank you.
Thank you so much!
Can't wait to try a few of these growing techniques on our new property in Hikurangi, New Zealand. Thanks so much, really enjoyed your video.
How did it go for you? I'm thinking of growing winecaps in our food forest....in Hikurangi Northland...
Hi. I paint. While I do it there's is so much the I can learn just by listening to you guys. Love to see young people so intelligent and hard working. Keep it up and thanks for sharing
Thank you so much for your support! Glad to accompany your painting with some mushroom knowledge.
Great video! I purchased wine caps from you 2 years ago. They are so tasty. We had a flush of them about 2 wks ago when it rained last here in NH. Hoping for rain this week. *rain dances*
That is awesome! glad they are still producing for you!
sometimes first fruiting takes some years i guess
i wonder about the ROI, and harvest amount in kg per kg straw if just spreading on the garden bed or like on the clip
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My dad raised a 10 acre garden in the deep rural country of Arkansas in the early 70's ..i was a teenager then.. I'm 60 now and tired of the city time to retire . I've waited and waited for years to garden again . 1st thing I noticed on your video was how good a dirt you got. Felt for sure y'all knew your stuff.. Great tips and little things I noticed
..how hard you packed the straw... Crumbling the spawn.. Made me think as a kid broadcasting purplehulls ... Thanks I'm gonna enjoy your channel
Thank you for the kind words and for watching the video! The soil still needs a little work, but it's getting there!
I used a couple of rotten logs scraped some of it, add micelius and then add again the scraped rotten wood and some leaves from my trees you thing that will work. On some I add a little bit of soil also.
By micelium, I'm guessing you mean spawn. If that was added to a woody substrate, even if it isn't ideal, it could totally work!
I am going to give this a try and telling my gardening friends about it you're at a whole new level of food independence thank you
Spread the Spore!
Excellent explanation on how to get started for growing mushrooms! Very well explained and hands on visuals to show the process. Simple yet very effective. I subscribed to your channel and I can’t wait to start growing mushrooms in my garden! 😊
Thank you so much for this information!! Growing indoors in a sterile environment is really not something that I can do easily for a number of reasons, I am so happy to know about these other options. Love your channel, I am subscribed!!! 😊
What!!! I am so happy to find you all. The basket growing is going to happen.
We are so happy you found us! Let us know if you have any further questions!
packed everything in a short video. excellent! best seen so far.
Fuiyooo, my gardening life is now complete, I can't wait for warmer temperatures
Same!
Absolutely love North Spore the substrate is the best . I highly recommend North Spore
Really informative thank you, a great way to get the most out our garden beds and walkways
We need so many more companies that are upfront and as amazing as north spore! ❤❤❤ keep it up!
Great video! A lot of details for rookies like me. I always thought mushrooms need to be in super controlled environment. Never thought it could be grown like that outside. Definitely going to try it next spring!
Ideal conditions still need to be achieved but nature is very forgiving when it comes to that unless you are in a particularly specific climate. Even then, a little extra effort usually yields most easy to grow species no problem.
RUclips just suggested me this now out of nowhere. Ive only ever ate white button mushroom but really love it. The video made me want to grow these things now its so easy. Im already a vegetable gardener & love plants.
Today, RUclips did good ;)
A true success story! Let us know if you need any help getting started!
Thank you so much, I've been wanting to add mushrooms to my gardening and hay bale gardens. Ty ty
Do it! Definitely a great addition to your garden. We feel that we're on the verge of a new era of mushroom gardening!
You guys are the BEST In Video (BIV).
Wow, cool. I am definitely giving this a go.
Awesome! Let us know how the techniques work for you!
Excellent overview.
Best I have seen so far, coming from aspiring mushroom gardener in the Pacific NW, but professional microbiologist who studied Mycology, Botany and more as an Undergrad, Industrial Microbiology in Masters, PhD in Mol Bio and lifetime career of cancer biology.
This video made my day! I know what im doing with my footpaths in my garden now! My beds are homemade compost/cardboard/straw and im about to plant them. Im definitely gonna use your method for the footpaths in between. Do you sell spawn for this? Also I'd greatly appreciate it if you made a video on how to innoculate compost piles. It is something I've been wanting to learn for a while now and cant find content on the matter. A tip for gardeners: you can pre soak the cardboard before you lay it down with plain water or compost tea works great! North spore you definitely have me as a subscriber now and I'm glad I found you! ✌&❤ from Aromas California...😊🍄
Glad to hear it! We sell spawn on our website www.northspore.com and you may find some more insight into outdoor growing under our Learn section.
@@NorthSpore awesome! When i finally do get some I will make a short video documenting the success. Can't wait! You guys rock! 😊🍄❤
Many people in Russia directly inoculate rare mushrooms with fermenting spores in the soil of their gardens. But this video also taught us another way, which is great! Thank you, textbooks on agricultural biochemistry ang molecular biology,
Very cool. I would love to learn more about that technique. Do you know of any English language resources on it?
This video made me feel better about your wine cap spores that my husband & I laid out late spring which haven’t really done anything yet 😅 So far we’ve harvested maybe 5 mushrooms & I was starting to worry if that was it 😓 ~ from Pennsylvania
That's a good sign! It is likely they are waiting for ideal cooler weather conditions that are starting to happen now!
Thank you so much for this video. Amazing ideas and I loved seeing the results. I would like to proffer an idea. I have found that when mulching young trees, especially transplants, it is best to form the mulch into a ring. Don't short the interior on depth mind you. But the ring, especially at the drip line of little trees, helps to channel and retain moisture directly over the roots. It also makes it very easy to add a weeper hose or drip line ring for easy watering in drier climates. I am so going to try your ideas out.
this is so amazing & complete!
do you have a video on how to improve garden soil with mushroom? Thanks
Not yet! But we will take the suggestion to make one (probably next year as we are going headfirst into winter here in Maine...)
I'm in Louisiana and temperatures get high here. The most stable, cool temps are underground so I like to use post hole diggers and make about a 2' hole. Then I fill it with alternating wood chips, leaves, or straw and spawn. I find that the leaves and straw tend to collapse pretty quickly and you'll have to add more to top it off in comparison to the woods chips. Also, don't put it where you'll break your ankle walking through!
You'll get mushrooms pinning from the top and even a few feet away in the dirt. I shade the area when I see this with whatever I have handy and keep it moist. I think it really helps put some nutrients and organic matter into the soil and it's awesome to have the extra harvest from normally wasted space
This is so cool! Thank you all so much for your creativity and advice.
Our pleasure! Thank you for watching!
Great video! I plan on growing Wine Caps and Snow Oysters this year or next.
Super cool, I love what you guys are doing, love the idea, I hope I can do some of what you are doing with local stuff, or maybe import some of your spores than can handle the tropical weather to the Dominican Republic.
this is amazing. I'm building a new veggie bed and was looking into adding mushrooms to the garden. We had button mushrooms in my childhood home. So I'm excite dto try some of these.
Really excellent information here. I do have mushrooms pop up next to my organic compost, recently some big edible ones that must of came with my mushroom compost that was mixed with coffee grounds. May give this a go soon.
Thanks
Marty
Sounds great! Let us know how it goes!
This is very timely information. We are new to mushroom growing but we are already thinking about all the possibilities. Thanks for sharing.
Happy to help! Reach out with questions anytime.
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Mush love!
I think I’m going to cry. So beautiful...
are you going to try your own mushroom garden?
Great video, thank you! Are they gonna fruit over the next seasons or is it a one-off thing?
Thank you so much. Awesome video!!
I love to eat mushroom..I love your presentation.I will try that.
May our good Lord bless everyone of you..God bless.😀💖🙏
You are so welcome!
Dude! i can't wait to do this!!! This is amazing!!! thank you for the information!
Any time! We're here to help if you have any further questions!
If your crop is applied properly, fewer people in the world would be hungry! You have the knowledge and the good will to help! Thanks!
Very true!
Excellent content & super informative. Can't wait for more of these.
More to come! Thank you for watching!
Omg! Thank you! I've been looking for a video on growing mushrooms and viola!! 😊 sooo good!
Incredible video! I love how all this information is available freely online 💕 do you have any videos of tours of your gardens with established mushrooms? 🤩
Thank you! Check out our other videos here:northspore.com/pages/videos
Awy Murray has been working
Been growing Wine Caps in the garden for a couple years now. Not only do I have the added mushrooms benefiting the soil, but the wood chips I mulch with keeps the soil moisture higher. I can see a difference in the productivity of beds inoculated with the mushrooms and those that aren't.
That's awesome. Wine Caps are definitely unsung heroes for helping veggies. Thank you for sharing
Awesome video, awesome team!
Thanks for sharing so valuable information ❤️
Glad you enjoyed it!
Inoculated woodchip beds with oyster and Winecap last May (2020) - the oyster came up months later. The Winecap only came up a few weeks ago, and they came up EVERYWHERE - they were busy taking over the paths and a pile of spare woodchips. We’ve been eating and giving them away for nearly a month now!
Love to hear it!
wow! that's what I was looking for
I wonder what I have to do so it will grow in zone 9 (other than guaranteeing proper hydration)
Try to find your shadiest place, keep your mushroom substrate hydrated by watering frequently, and choose species that do well in warmer climates (pink oysters or Italian oysters are great options)
I’m also in Zone 9 and thought it would not be possible to grow mushrooms here, but this summer I noticed several varieties pop up in different shade areas. The base of a peach tree played host to a giant yellow plate-like mushroom of some kind that was as big as a dinner plate. So now I want to try to grow something I will recognize and be able to eat! Thanks, great video!
Hi i watch the vid and got my interest in mushroom farming
Awesome, just starting my mycelium adventure!
Reach out with questions anytime!
Amazing video! Clear, straightforward. Also loved seeing how the mushrooms grown at the end.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@NorthSpore since you guys don't ship to Europe, I was wondering maybe you could recommend a good company to buy from?
What about what are called " baby bell " mushrooms ?
Do you cultivate them & what are the growing conditions ?
Just harvested a flush of winecaps from a patch I started with your sawdust spawn early this spring, left a couple to sporulate to keep it going next year. Delicious!
That is awesome! Keep us updated!
This was a great video. I believe I will be attempting some new companion planting. My first thoughts about the pathways were concern about trampling most of the fruiting spawn. How well did the paths fruit? Any future videos about cooking and preparing your harvest? You guys put together a nice video. Thanks for sharing.
The Wine Caps in the paths are still bumping. We've gotten a ton of Wine Caps from them. It seems like they choose to grow along the paths edges where they get a little more shade from the plants. The foot traffic on the paths doesn't disturb the mycelium much, but you definitely have to watch where you step when they are growing!
I’ve been told wood chips only rob the soil of nitrogen when they are mixed into the soil not when they are applied dire to the top. I use about a foot in a half on my edible garden and it does really well.
Good to know, thanks!
This is a great idea! Have you all ever notice any poisonous, look-alike shrooms growing amongst what you’ve inoculated?
No, though there is certainly the possibility. It's why we emphasize the importance of knowing how to identify the species you're trying to cultivate. We did have some inky cap Coprinus mushrooms growing in our garden over the summer. They can be poisonous if consumed alongside alcohol, but they look nothing like any of the species we were cultivating! The same holds true with cultivating plants- there is always the potential something poisonous will become a weed and grow in your garden, but you probably won't confuse it with your cucumbers!
also! the Inky Caps aren't deadly poisonous when consumed with alcohol, but they will make you vomit! They produce the same compound used in drugs to treat alcoholism
This is seriously one of the best things I've ever seen im my whole life.
Mush love!