Farming mushrooms for Slow Food, medicine, bioremediation

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  • Опубликовано: 26 янв 2025

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  • @TomCurrell
    @TomCurrell 9 лет назад +43

    i love his attitude to his product, there's no hard sale here as he knows his product sells itself.

    • @k84u97
      @k84u97 8 лет назад +1

      +tom c hi everyone ,if anyone else wants to learn about how do i grow mushrooms try Nevolly Mushrooms Maker Nerd (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some super things about it and my colleague got cool success with it.

    • @tommynorthwood
      @tommynorthwood 8 лет назад

      +k84u Seen this comment on other chamnels

    • @tommynorthwood
      @tommynorthwood 8 лет назад

      +k84u Same exact comment

  • @joalexsg9741
    @joalexsg9741 6 лет назад +1

    This is fantastic, and, being a mushroom lover and an animalist, I´m also happy that the fact that mushrooms as ideal meat-substitute is also being promoted in the video description! Thank you so much for this!

  • @RagdollsOfLasVegas
    @RagdollsOfLasVegas 6 лет назад +10

    Love how he puts the info out there and doesn't pressure or push the medicinal. Mushrooms are pretty amazing

  • @MaicoMoon
    @MaicoMoon 13 лет назад +43

    If kids were learning about this kinda stuff in school, I bet they would take more interest in the world than just learning random ass facts.

    • @Neznisgip
      @Neznisgip 3 года назад +3

      That's the truth. I would calling it random propaganda. Cherry pick the science that promotes their ageanda.

    • @barryminor616
      @barryminor616 3 года назад

      Ding
      FUNgi education is coming TOGETHER sharing what works for US alllll

  • @AnthonyRizzo2
    @AnthonyRizzo2 12 лет назад +5

    I love his relaxed tone and demeanor.

  • @kirstendirksen
    @kirstendirksen  13 лет назад

    @StarFlower99654 Good question. I remember Ian saying that with some types of mushrooms he could get 2 "crops" from each bag. Others just 1 and a half and others just one, all depending on the type of mushroom. One type of tree oyster mushroom he had broken up the bags after 2 flushes (crops) and was growing a third on an open bed (you see him standing in front of it in the video at one point).

  • @jamesharvey9856
    @jamesharvey9856 5 лет назад +1

    ENUNCIATION .. Totally helps when conducting interviews....

  • @barryminor616
    @barryminor616 3 года назад

    Thank You allll for your contributions UPcoming 🍄⚡🍒

  • @BillWiltfong
    @BillWiltfong 13 лет назад +5

    This might be the first time I've heard someone talking about bioremediation, the medicinal value of mushrooms, pallet balance, and slow foods without sounding like a stuck-up, self-involved, empty-headed fad chaser. I bet it would be fun to hang out with that guy.

  • @hicksa1
    @hicksa1 11 лет назад +5

    Thank you for taking the time to make this!

  • @mr.timjohnston546
    @mr.timjohnston546 6 лет назад +3

    WOW! what a setup for some BEAUTIFUL FOOD

  • @kirstendirksen
    @kirstendirksen  13 лет назад +1

    @Canonpixmalogitechko Good information. How great that you were also a mushroom farmer.
    We didn't talk much about pests, though perhaps he's just fortunate due to the climate in his area. Moss Landing is in between Santa Cruz and Monterey and that whole area spends much of the year in the fog and rarely gets that hot. I would guess this wouldn't be ideal for gnats, but I have never farmed so I really have no idea.

  • @SparkyMcBiff
    @SparkyMcBiff 6 лет назад

    Interviewer was ignorant, but the grower was magnificent with his love and knowledge of the qualities of the individual mushrooms.

    • @jordanmercier3616
      @jordanmercier3616 5 лет назад

      They don't look great to me personally lol. They look oddly formed, too much c02 made them leggy and the shiitake look too dry.

  • @nicktube5860
    @nicktube5860 5 лет назад

    Most illuminating... a mushroom for every occaision & condition... Wow!

  • @polakgaming6093
    @polakgaming6093 12 лет назад +4

    He is my boss and yes, yes he is a very fun person to work with.

  • @ChoBee333
    @ChoBee333 9 лет назад +8

    This is mushroom heaven to c all different kinds of nutritious mushrooms growing.

  • @glendalizeth4552
    @glendalizeth4552 6 лет назад

    Thank you for sharing the information with us Ian Garrone and Kirsten Dirksen, very interesting, I'm looking in ways to use mushroom for bioremediation. :)

  • @raybeaulieu6187
    @raybeaulieu6187 6 лет назад

    I'm truly amazed by what you have accomplished and do everyday. I love mushrooms and I would love to see, and eat, any recipes you might have for the 40 different varieties of mushrooms you grow. I'd be in mushroom heaven.

  • @hawkeye9382
    @hawkeye9382 3 года назад

    I have always hated mushrooms. However now I put them ground into capsules to get the benefits!!

  • @ramblinBears
    @ramblinBears 13 лет назад

    This was a particularly fascinating piece. We've heard that spent brewing grain is a good mushroom substrate too, but we've never tried it.

  • @mrrrrrr3116
    @mrrrrrr3116 4 года назад

    great setup... it would be nice to find a way to get away from all the plastic waste though

  • @nancysmith9487
    @nancysmith9487 4 года назад

    Thank yous for sharing....
    Great job,information,tutorial,friendly
    Appreciate it. Your time
    Sometimes getting mad is healthy

  • @Canonpixmalogitechko
    @Canonpixmalogitechko 13 лет назад +1

    @kirstendirksen You can grow other kinds of mushrooms on the compost produced after one kind is done with it. For instance, you can grow white buttons on the compost from shittake and oysters. After the musrooms have had their turn, what is left over is great for growing vegetables in.
    I'm amazed at the lack of pests he has at that farm, What was he doing to prevent fungus gnat infestation? I used to operate a small oyster mushroom farm in New Zealand and we had constant pest problems :(

  • @BigKoolaid
    @BigKoolaid 11 лет назад

    Great people! I loved working with them!

  • @paulus650
    @paulus650 5 лет назад +2

    i propose the next level will be to grow them in a biodegradable film bag

    • @s70rk
      @s70rk 4 года назад

      I second that. Farming in general just needs substitutes for plastic, there's just too much single-use in the industry.

  • @nancysmith9487
    @nancysmith9487 4 года назад

    Great job on video,tutorial, process,explaination,and results

  • @darkapothecary4116
    @darkapothecary4116 7 лет назад +1

    that looks like a very fun job. love mushrooms.

  • @Vodafone16v
    @Vodafone16v 10 лет назад

    ... thats A LOT of sawdust... lots of trees.
    Very nice vid! Thanks.

  • @joshuathomsen
    @joshuathomsen 10 лет назад

    Neat, didn't know about the remediation. I was under the impression that the largest organism was a cypress Forrest that was all one root system.

  • @seriousearthling
    @seriousearthling 5 лет назад +1

    weird thing about youtube is that u a in a time-warp. pretty sure this company in west coast went belly up - but sooo wish I had seen it working before it shut down. If this is NOT that company, great video - charge for walk-throughs n u will be fine.

  • @TheMan1510
    @TheMan1510 9 лет назад +10

    That was fascinating!

  • @turtlejuice4u
    @turtlejuice4u 11 лет назад +1

    Are the wood shelves treated with anything? I was always under the impression that wooden shelves are never a good thing inside a greenhouse.

  • @kenmoon8040
    @kenmoon8040 6 лет назад +1

    That is far out Ian ! You are the MUSHROOM MAN

  • @SeaJay_Oceans
    @SeaJay_Oceans 5 лет назад

    Yummy - Tree Mushrooms that help you stay healthy too ! :-)

  • @wildmushroomofhumboldtcoun9212
    @wildmushroomofhumboldtcoun9212 9 лет назад +1

    I love what got going on there, I'm a big fan of mushroom but never have cultivate them. Somthing in the future for sure, keep on the good job.

    • @trailanderrorhiking
      @trailanderrorhiking 9 лет назад

      +Wild Mushroom of Humboldt County growing mushrooms is great fun if you have never tried before there is no reason not too! if you are into mushrooms, growing them takes it to the next level.

  • @mrkenlewis
    @mrkenlewis 5 лет назад +7

    Fast speaking interviewer: explain how this supports my passion for slow foods.
    Slow talking farmer: well, you know, they can be eaten slowly.
    Fast speaking interviewer: thanks for agreeing- I’ll name my video around my slow food agenda then.

  • @solarmurals314
    @solarmurals314 5 лет назад +1

    Give this man a megafactory and we can feed the hungry!

  • @장권-f2z
    @장권-f2z 10 лет назад +11

    Considering the high humidity, I wonder the wooden shelves are free from bacteria... Please help, is there any special conditions of the wooden shelves in the incubating & growing rooms?

    • @JungleScene
      @JungleScene 6 лет назад +3

      bacteria is everywhere. these fungi are particularly good at cultivating the bacteria around them to be ideal for their own growing situation.

    • @denaredford6701
      @denaredford6701 6 лет назад +1

      Hey the mushrooms love the wooden shelves . Don’t try and sterilize the crap out of everything !

  • @treesagreen4191
    @treesagreen4191 6 лет назад +1

    Fascinating! I'd love to grow my own mushrooms. The only thing that bothers me is the amount of plastic used to grow them. 🙁

    • @chancehosler1503
      @chancehosler1503 5 лет назад

      Hey I know this comment is a little old, but it's a possible to grow tree mushrooms on logs w very little plastic involved. Most dumps have logs cut down bc of danger to power lines etc, and you just drill holes and plug the spawn in!

  • @Disco_Larry
    @Disco_Larry 10 лет назад +27

    8:55 "Mario is now opening the bag." hahahaaa

    • @sathancat
      @sathancat 9 лет назад +1

      glad I wasn't the only one laughing at that :D

    • @erikig
      @erikig 6 лет назад

      He knew what he was getting at...

    • @jordanmercier3616
      @jordanmercier3616 5 лет назад

      Lol I read ur comment as I heard that, so weird man.

    • @seanaldrich5024
      @seanaldrich5024 5 лет назад

      Wheres Luigi?

    • @seanaldrich5024
      @seanaldrich5024 5 лет назад +1

      How funny would it be if all the sudden Mario just started growing

  • @711LOVE1
    @711LOVE1 4 года назад

    You are doing an amazing job. Love all your video. Best wishes. Thank you. Would love to work together

  • @ironcomposter7579
    @ironcomposter7579 9 лет назад +11

    Ian seems to be a fun guy.

  • @ash778
    @ash778 6 лет назад +6

    🤣🤣🤣🤣the workers aggressively smashing the blocks in the bin while old dude pets his shrooms...

  • @MaicoMoon
    @MaicoMoon 13 лет назад

    I always thought mushrooms were dirty, but those portobello ones are tasty.

  • @StarFlower99654
    @StarFlower99654 13 лет назад

    How many harvests do you get from those bags? I would think they are resusable, but perhaps they dont have enough nutrients to produce more than one harvest? Very interesting video, Thanks Kirsten!

  • @ClownWhisper
    @ClownWhisper 6 лет назад +1

    I must be doing something right because a 10-pound block only takes me about 12 days to completely propagate itself through the block not a month. I actually usually get pinning before the two-week. I don't keep him in the dark enough environment so that's kind of my own fault

    • @jordanmercier3616
      @jordanmercier3616 5 лет назад

      Lol I've ran into you on other vids, yeah I was thinking the same though. Seems like they don't mix up the sub after inoculating with grains just dump in the grains and let it grow top down lol, old style of growing I guess? Most people don't colonize in the dark anymore.

    • @ClownWhisper
      @ClownWhisper 5 лет назад +1

      @@jordanmercier3616 the only thing that really needs dark is white button in Portobello that I know of everything else benefits from a little bit of indirect light

  • @johannahreed5545
    @johannahreed5545 10 лет назад +9

    This was such an informative video. Thank You Ian Garrone for sharing this with us! This is something I'm contemplating doing here in the midwest. Is there anything you can recommend for me to study up on, to see how I can become a fungi Farm/Company? Thanks

  • @drrota
    @drrota 6 лет назад

    music in the background on part of this video - do they grow better with music? :) - Mythbusters proved that plants grow better with Rock & Roll - very loud R&R. Have you ever tested that?

  • @johnswitzer2199
    @johnswitzer2199 6 лет назад

    Finally he told her to look it up on the internet in a polite way lol. Geese. Maybe as a few questions but let the guy do his speech.

  • @MANILABOSTON
    @MANILABOSTON 9 лет назад +1

    Hats off to you sir!

  • @kewyah1
    @kewyah1 12 лет назад

    Question,
    Isn't it unlikely to have those mushrooms sold if their stalks are taller than the caps?
    Usually, the stalks/ stems are just cut off.

  • @justangvano
    @justangvano 13 лет назад

    There is a mushroom farm in my city. I wonder if they grow anything other than white and brown mushrooms?

  • @MildredEscol
    @MildredEscol 7 лет назад

    What is the ratio with the subtrate mades of sawdust and gypson? Thank you

  • @JDMaya
    @JDMaya 6 лет назад

    GOD BLESS ALWAYS BLESS YOU IAN GARRONE.

  • @Dance4Oceans
    @Dance4Oceans 13 лет назад

    What do they do with the rest (leftover organism and plastic bags)? Do they dump or recycle them?

  • @samellis5861
    @samellis5861 3 года назад

    you are the uberdude of mycoligy

  • @jwesplayinify
    @jwesplayinify 9 лет назад

    What Oil Spill was this? What year? any peer reviewed research papers or articles documenting the clean up process? Are prokaryotes involved in this process?
    Thanks ahead for any leads.

    • @jwesplayinify
      @jwesplayinify 9 лет назад

      +Jesse Reyes Is this related?
      www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Hair-and-mushrooms-create-a-recipe-for-cleaning-3301177.php

  • @isaiasxd4453
    @isaiasxd4453 6 лет назад

    Love your Chanel !!

  • @Shamri212
    @Shamri212 8 лет назад

    I have tried growing mushrooms but the bugs only kill them they get in and lay eggs so they die.

  • @katelynlehmann4060
    @katelynlehmann4060 8 лет назад

    what kind of bags are you using? ar ethey BPA free????

  • @Steveshappylittletrees
    @Steveshappylittletrees 5 лет назад +1

    I wonder how many different Psylocybes he has : )

  • @francoispienaar1256
    @francoispienaar1256 6 лет назад

    Great video!

  • @suzanneribas3746
    @suzanneribas3746 6 лет назад

    Many people are terrified of growing mushrooms because they don't have the knowledge to know the difference between a mushroom that has compounds that can make you sick or has psychedelic compounds and those that don't. How does someone know the difference????

  • @ttyaman
    @ttyaman 6 лет назад

    How are your protected from spores?

  • @alannaharnold-brown9962
    @alannaharnold-brown9962 10 лет назад

    Just incredible production! Wondering where you sell all of those mushrooms?

  • @shortcutDJ
    @shortcutDJ 6 лет назад

    i want to learn how to do scale up like that.

  • @bonsiatreesseedsandplantsf4812
    @bonsiatreesseedsandplantsf4812 6 лет назад

    Great video.can u tell me witch mushroom gives off the most c02?

  • @johnnypk1963
    @johnnypk1963 6 лет назад

    Why do commercial mushroom farms grown w a purified grow medium?

  • @bartacomuskidd775
    @bartacomuskidd775 6 лет назад

    Really dumb question.. can i use treated sawdust? I have access to sawdust, but its from 2x4's and building materials. I also have 200 pounds of Rice hull.. How can i use those 2 things, and what ever would i need. I have plugs coming, but id rather have to spend huge money on what is essentially trash products.. im on a budget. HELP!

    • @mrprosale
      @mrprosale 6 лет назад

      Bit late maybe, but don't grow shrooms in treated sawdust. Teh toxins go into the shrooms. You can get free untreated sawdust easily from timber mills or some cabinet makes have that to give away too... craigslist sometimes has people offering it.. good luck!

  • @OnlytrustinJesus
    @OnlytrustinJesus 5 лет назад

    Thank you sir and lady

  • @mushroomgods4707
    @mushroomgods4707 10 лет назад

    Lovely. I've just had a big bowl of Mushroom Soup.

  • @blackstoneovenpizza6608
    @blackstoneovenpizza6608 6 лет назад

    Appreciate your video. Kudos.

  • @lafanfafra
    @lafanfafra 12 лет назад

    Useing grop natural bags...Sir?

  • @Jrock32464
    @Jrock32464 10 лет назад +4

    why were they slamming those bags?

    • @sathancat
      @sathancat 9 лет назад +8

      To speed up growth.
      They're breaking up the mycelium and clumped sawdust to shake things up inside the bags, to promote the mycelium to grow over all the sawdust at the same time, not slowly take over.

    • @dougalexander7204
      @dougalexander7204 6 лет назад

      I thought they were slamming the bags over a waste dumpster to separate the used saw dust from the bags for disposal.

  • @flukeseawalker
    @flukeseawalker 6 лет назад +2

    Two Thumbs Up!!!

  • @jandviewer
    @jandviewer 13 лет назад

    Great topic…learned allot. Thanks.

  • @mrprosale
    @mrprosale 6 лет назад

    Great informative video. The shroom guy should be called shroom GOD, LOL

  • @sarahkuhr420
    @sarahkuhr420 7 лет назад +1

    All mushrooms are also high in vitamin D. I eat them in salads.

    • @denaredford6701
      @denaredford6701 6 лет назад

      sarah kuhr ,they have more nutria all value cooked . You should sauté them first .

  • @426superbee4
    @426superbee4 5 лет назад

    Interesting stuff

  • @JojoCrazyCat
    @JojoCrazyCat 6 лет назад

    My family used to have 80 acres of land.
    It grew mushrooms all over the land.
    We used to go picking the mushrooms every summer.
    My dad taught me about nature from the age of six.
    He grew up on a farm that had much nature on it.
    And his dad taught him.

  • @vincentpeppard169
    @vincentpeppard169 10 лет назад +5

    10:15, that sass

  • @DudeRevolution
    @DudeRevolution 6 лет назад +2

    This guy is a love child of noam chomsky and bill bellichik

    • @Theboomdoctor
      @Theboomdoctor 6 лет назад

      I cannot unsee that now, Thanks alot

  • @heenajk3692
    @heenajk3692 11 лет назад +1

    pls help, i want to know a mushroom which is small and orange in color has tiny dots on it and when it grow a bit large the color fades; as i have got only two of them grow in my garden and i am surprised to see that also want to know that can we have/eat it. thank you.

    • @trurkona
      @trurkona 11 лет назад +5

      sounds like amaita muscaria....a hallucinagetic mushroom steeped in mythology

  • @kaloainakaloaina
    @kaloainakaloaina 12 лет назад

    Thanks informative and down to earth.

  • @stankwho
    @stankwho 12 лет назад

    Does he pay his workers in mushrooms??

  • @MrJumboshrimp7
    @MrJumboshrimp7 13 лет назад

    Mushrooms are so pretty

  • @mbdesign8178
    @mbdesign8178 3 года назад

    hi I am from bangladesh .I am a mashroom fram .I need some help

  • @andrewhumphreysii7777
    @andrewhumphreysii7777 4 года назад

    Plant all exsessof inoculated block

  • @Ghrosted
    @Ghrosted 6 лет назад

    He opens each door as if he isn't allowed in or is hiding something inside lol

  • @CannaHeaven
    @CannaHeaven 11 лет назад +5

    Good vid, but there has to be a more sustainable way of farming those mushrooms then to use plastic throwaway bags. Also he never said what they do with all the used medium? do they compost it and reuse it?

    • @kmedcoff
      @kmedcoff 10 лет назад +4

      mushroom compost is sold and an excellent fertilizer! and there are biodegradable growing bags.

    • @sathancat
      @sathancat 9 лет назад +1

      ***** Hugelkultur perhaps (burying logs in the grounds and stacking them then covering with soil) to promote growth using inoculated (entire) logs, shocked into pinning with cold water and buried in between rows of generally acidic plants.
      Starting off hardwood logs indoors and keeping them in an inoculation room would be a sane way of getting a large amount of mushrooms naturally from the logs in any practical business sense.

    • @debramoss2267
      @debramoss2267 6 лет назад

      Are they edibly safe, do they leech? Do you know of other methods that are plastic free?

  • @mikedavino2400
    @mikedavino2400 6 лет назад

    Thank you. Very informing

  • @SouthWestIron
    @SouthWestIron 13 лет назад

    Very cool!

  • @dantinsel6057
    @dantinsel6057 5 лет назад

    That was awesome

  • @Belmesp
    @Belmesp 12 лет назад +4

    On of his employees is named Mario...ironic.

  • @erikig
    @erikig 6 лет назад +3

    3:56 - Today I learned I love to eat mycelium reproductive organs

  • @StopFear
    @StopFear 6 лет назад

    any commenters know where in SF to find magic shrooms growing? GGPark?

  • @DutchStar
    @DutchStar 6 лет назад

    Impressive

  • @jaysato
    @jaysato 13 лет назад

    i just had to laugh when he said Mario was opening the mushrooms...it made me think of the Mario Brothers and the mushroom.

  • @ooonurse33
    @ooonurse33 13 лет назад +1

    Interesting....He seems like a real fun guy...or is that fun juy?....sorry, somebody had to say it...;P

  • @geek4001
    @geek4001 12 лет назад

    how do you make your own mycelium ?

    • @ofcv1238
      @ofcv1238 5 лет назад

      If you are asking this question, you probably shouldn’t be trying to grow mushrooms. If you don’t practice aseptic technique and assure a monoculture, you could grow the wrong thing or have contamination (mixture)...which would not be good for health or life.