When drilling into thin plastic, it's best to run the drill backwards. This avoids the plastic cracking and splitting on the drill's teeth, instead using friction heat to melt through where contact is made.
I was severely traumatized years ago as a teenage. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Spent my whole life fighting cptsd. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
YES very sure of Predroavaro. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
Ive done shrooms last month. It taught me how severely traumatized I was from alcohol. I healed from many mental traumas from my past and was able to forgive, let go. Shrooms to me is a natrual healer. I even felt more refreshed the morning after. So no hangovers. No depression mood for days. No anxiety. I now have a more calm mind.
@@folkfungi if you grow lions mane, you´ll probaply also eat them?! Studys say, that only the mycelium is containing erinacines. And that erinacines are responsible for the NGF. You probaply haven´t eaten only the mycelium over a time? Do you just eat the fruiting body?Because in this vido there was no myclium. Have you had any effects from the intake of the fruting body?
proven very effective in the treatment of various mental health issues aside from other health benefits. Helped me get out of years of depression and excessive alcohol use.
@@bizffatar5824 Yes of course. He delivers anywhere and also discreet..he has been my supplier for over years now and I enjoy doing business with him 💯.. if you're scared about thatO
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My man! This video is my Bible right now. Thank you for making it, you've really taken the bite out of taking my first steps into cultivation. My spawn is on the way, and my buckets are ready to rock, you're the best!
I think you probably could grow anything in buckets at this inoculation ratio. It's basically taking a grow mix type ratio (40/60) and separating out it's high and low nutrient parts, and colonizing the high nutrient in sterile conditions, and then you don't need to bother with sanitation for the low nutrient part. I'm surprised there doesn't seem to be too much of a yield penalty here. It would be interesting to see masters mix separated out this way, colonize the soy hulls under sterile tech, then dump it in a bucket of sawdust.
thanks for doing the video, im going to try it but I have a tip for you, when you drill holes in plastic with a hole saw put the drill in reverse, drill at high speed but a little bit of pressure on the drill, its a lot easier and makes the edges of the hole a lot smother
Edit - Found the answers to how many times you can harvest and reusing grain spawn: 1) ~2 - 5 harvests (each subsequent harvest/"flushes", less fruiting). 2) Sadly no you unfortunately can't add more pellets to keep it going :( Thanks again Spenser for all the videos, just subscribed! :)
Thank you, this was extremely helpful for my research! I really appreciated the measurements for the pellets vs water and substrate vs spawn. I have been struggling with those ratios.
Spencer, this was so helpful! So informative! I have a few questions: 1. Do you ever remove the lid? 2. How long can you grow from that bucket before contents need to be disposed? 3. What is too much moisture? I see you spraying but how to prevent over moisturizing?
Until it stops giving or contaminates. Eventually will start running low on nutrients and keep putting out less and less until it's not worth it anymore.
Thank you for the video! I am looking to grow my first mushrooms from a balcony. Figured I’d start with oyster or lions mane! Your video has made it clear and concise on what all it entails. Thanks again! Peace and blissings 💜🙏💪🏼
Thanks so much! I plan to create more videos on different mushrooms. I'm just in the process of moving, but will post more videos in the coming weeks and months.
Thank you, I love that it is stress free! Can you do one for Oyster Mushrooms? I like that you provided the measurements which takes the guesswork out of the equation for me😆.
"shouldn't take more then 1 week or 2" - "3 weeks later" - 😆 i chuckled along with you. can't wait to try this method, or Lion's mane in general, syringe is on the way. i'm planning on doing LC with it too.
I'm trying a slight variation on this method now! I didn't have enough grain spawn to do a 40% mixture, so I pasteurized aspen shavings meant for bunny bedding and used a spent Lion's Mane sawdust block to innoculate. I just broke it apart and sprinkled it over every handful of soaked aspen I put in the bucket. Hopefully it goes well and thanks for the inspiration!
@@folkfungi for mine, it’s been about 2 weeks in a bucket of straw layered like they normally do with grain spawn. Plus a couple days. Been out of state due to family emergency stuff, so I haven’t gotten to check. If you respond on here again in about a week, (idk how the notifications work to find this again) I’ll tell you if the mycelium is spreading or not. Ofc, mine is pink oyster mycelium
Very interesting substrate, i noticed its very common to use hardwood fuel pellets and wheat bran mixed together, but this video proves hardwood fuel pellets can be used by itself as well. Going to try your way, but im going to add one cup of wheat bran just for more nutrients. Hopefully that does not mess up the moisture content. Thank you for the video!
Let me know how it goes! Adding wheat bran without sterilization increases the chance for contamination. If your substrate becomes contaminated, try half a cup or less. But if you use a really high spawn rate, like the one used in this video, I think you can get away with using a decent amount of unsterilized wheat bran.
You can add something like gypsum safely, but since the wood pellets are mostly sterilized, any other nutrients you add will more than likely get moldy unless you sterilize the substrate mix.
Great video. Have you ever tried mixing the left over mycelium into a newly prepared bucket of pellets to try and perpetuate the process? If that would work I would have a lot more motivation to grow lions mane.
Thanks for sharing Spencer. Really interesting. Where can I get the grain spawn? Did Canadian Tire sponsor this video? If not they should 😂. Looking forward to your next video.
Thanks, Haydn! We plan to offer lion's mane grain spawn in the next month or so. In the meantime, try Googling "lion's mane grain spawn + your location" to find a supplier. And no, Canadian Tire didn't sponsor the video, but I should have asked them! 😂
Cool stuff! Mushrooms (all varieties) are certainly having their renaissance. ima give the bucket o’ manes method a try. Thank you for sharing! 🙏 🍻 🍄💕.
I recently started growing lion's mane at home for the first time, and I'm curious about a couple of things. I inoculated three jars with liquid culture in whole oats, and let the mycelium colonize the jars before splitting the grain spawn up between two buckets. I was a little concerned when I emptied the jars into the hard wood pellets I used, as the middle of the jars didn't seem to be as well colonized as the outsides. There was some really nice, thick mycelium on the outer edge of the jars, but the middle of all three jars was pretty sparse. I'd always read that you didn't want uncolonized grains in your bulk substrate, but rewatching your video it looks like the spawn you used wasn't anywhere near as colonized as mine was. Is it normal when using jars to not have the entire thing colonized like mine? Because it looks like yours worked out fine. Also, I followed the formula for how much water to use in your hard wood pellets, but it seemed like mine came out dry. I'm somewhat familiar with the term "field capacity", and my pellets didn't seem to have any excess water to squeeze out like I expected. I went ahead and pushed forward with it all anyway, but I'm worried that my hard wood pellets may not have enough water in them. Does the pellets/water ratio that you use naturally give a slightly drier substrate?
Have you grown oysters on these pellets as well? Curious how that substrate would work. Also, what is the volume expansion for the fuel pellets? Trying to figure out how many pellets would be required to fill a 5 gallon bucket.
This method works great with oyster methods. Just make sure to cut a series of small houses (1/4 inch) instead of two big ones. To translate this recipe from a 2 gallon bucket to a 5 gallon bucket, increase the water and hardwood fuel pellets by 150%.
Great job! I'm shocked that you could get a 2nd and 3rd flush from same exact holes? The instructions that came with my fruiting block (in a unicorn bag) stated to tape the hole after first harvest is pulled, and then cut slots/ holes in different areas of the block for the next flushes...?
A great video! I've been growing Lion's Mane and Oysters indoors for a couple of years, and am looking forward to trying the bucket method. I know Oysters can be grown on straw in buckets, and the spent spawn can be used to inoculate a new bucket. Can the same be done with Lion's Mane?
Thanks for the video. A couple of questions, how many flushes would you usually get? And is there a disadvantage of not sterilising the substrate, e.g would it produce for flushes if it was sterilised?
You can get anywhere from 2 to 5 flushes! After the first flush, the following flushes will yield less as nutrients in the substrate become gradually depleted. The disadvantage of not sterilizing is that you increase contamination risk. However, by using a high spawn rate, it greatly reduces contamination risk. I've never experienced contamination with this method.
@@stratocaster1134 In total, the substrate weighs about 9 pounds, which is the size of two medium grow bags. In terms of yield, it's hard to make an exact comparison to grow bags because the preparation is a bit different. With the bucket, there's no supplementation (like wheat bran) added, which is typical for a grow bag. Not adding wheat bran makes it possible to skip sterilization, but, if you were to add wheat bran and sterilize, which is how grow bags are typically prepared, the yield would increase. At the same time, the bucket method I've outlined in the video calls for a grain spawn rate that is much higher than what you'd expect in a grow bag (40% instead of 10% to 15%), and more grain = more nutrition = higher yield. Ultimately, you'll likely get a higher yield by creating a 9-pound supplemented grow bag than you would with a 9-pound bucket with a high spawn rate, but the magic of the bucket method is that you don't need a pressure cooker or any other expensive equipment. Just a bucket and someone to buy grain spawn from!
Great video. Very informative. Out of curiosity how many kg/pounds of lions mane can you grow from one 8 litre bucket using 1440 grams of lion’s mane spawn if ideal growing conditions are met. Thanks. Also have you tried to grow lion’s mane in an outside greenhouse ?
I have 2 boxes of lions mane I bought- kits. If I can ever get them to grow, which I have gotten mixed messages on temperature and how much to spray etc I want to transfer it to a bucket. Should I mix it with pellets?
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Hi, I know from your video that pellets are partialy sterilized, but, how to get additional purity to them, without pressure cooker, or proper sterilization? Can you bath them with hydrated calcium? Or pellets on their own, even after opening a bag with them few times, keep purity?
There's a difference between sterilization and pasteurization. When the pellets are made, they use steam and pressure which makes them sterilized . The reason its PARTIALLY is because you dont know what else its been exposed to sitting on the shelf or in transit. It will be a disaster if you soak them in hydrated lime as this is more suited for straw. Anyway, I think there are a ton of videos on how to do these methods online. If you mean PURITY by sterilization, then you will need to pressure cook any of the material for 2hrs at 15psi. Your option to keep them sterilized would be to get mushroom growbags that have a filter patch. Make bulk substrate and put it into the bag. Seal the bag and sterilize in the pressure cooker. The substrate blocks that will be what you end up with will stay good for quite a while if they stay sealed. There really isnt a need to do this method though unless you are growing on a larger scale.
Very nicely done! I really appreciate this guide and learning about the hardwood pellets. I've got some Lion's mane mycelium on agar at the moment and will look forward to transferring it to grain before I ultimately pair it with a Canadian Tire bucket! Thank you.
This is so great! Will this process also work with sawdust spawn (instead of grain spawn)? I know the mushrooms won't contain gluten themselves, but we have two folks with celiac and it's just healthier for us not to have gluten-containing grains around at all to avoid cross-contamination and reactions. TY!
Awesome video...clear and actionable tips. Two questions - 1) do you measure the temperature/moisture under the bag or do you just wing it? 2) Can you do it in a room where you spend time/work...like is there a smell or excessive moisture that would be a problem? Thanks
How many harvests can we expect from a bucket? Can the old grain be used as spawn when starting a new bucket? Thanks, looking forward to getting started.
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Should we compress the sawdust into the bucket? And can we expand the bulk bucket to more buckets instead of fruiting or is the sawdust alone not enough nutriention?
hi, new to the wood loving side of mushrooms. how long does it take for Lion's mane to colonize a spawn bag. going to make and use liquid culture, so this experiement. thanks
hi! i tried following this recipe, but it's not working very well for me; it's been a month, and the fungus is making very little progress colonizing the medium I suspect the fuel pellets i got are of a wrong variety; i got a bag of pellets from a brand called Traeger, it's been available in my local hardware store and had the word 'Hardwood' on the bag, so i thought it was the right thing What exactly brand of pellets do you use?
When you say "nice and clean".. how do you keep the box, scoop and so clean? Steam? Bioling water? Rubbing alcohol? Or something else? Very nice and clear video. Thanx!
I’m new to your channel and I am equally as new to growing anything lol. Thank you for this tutorial. I’m going to try. Do you cook them? Or make a tea out of them?
Thank you so much! I never had much confidence in growing mushrooms, until watching this video! I'm looking for my supplies now and will let you know how things turn out. Thanks again for the AWESOME video!👍👍🍄
At that point, the substrate doesn't need to sit any longer and is ready to go. I just closed the lid because when I'm not actively doing something with the substrate, I like to keep the lid closed to reduce contamination risk. In theory, you could start filling the bucket up right after mixing the grain spawn in without closing the lid again. Hope this helps!
We now sell grain spawn, including lion's mane, in Canada: folkfungi.com/collections/grain-spawn
I wish I were in Canada! Thanks for these instructions! I'm getting ready to start a grow of Lions Mane using your method!
Bro, where are the Lion's Mane mushroom spores and how to make a spore syringe
Really misleading. You still need a really clean/or sterile environment to make the actual grain spawn. This isn't the whole process.
Will oyster mushrooms grow using the same method? Grain spawn and pellets
@@mizkcreations Well --- Dugh
When drilling into thin plastic, it's best to run the drill backwards. This avoids the plastic cracking and splitting on the drill's teeth, instead using friction heat to melt through where contact is made.
Thank you for sharing this tip!
Spencer, your "explaining things" mode speaking voice is kind of like an auditory hug. Very nice.
Haha. Thanks, Amy!
I was severely traumatized years ago as a teenage. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Spent my whole life fighting cptsd. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
YES very sure of Predroavaro. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
Ive done shrooms last month. It taught me how severely traumatized I was from alcohol. I healed from many mental traumas from my past and was able to forgive, let go. Shrooms to me is a natrual healer. I even felt more refreshed the morning after. So no hangovers. No depression mood for days. No anxiety. I now have a more calm mind.
How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta
Yes he's Predroavaro a good mycologist. I know few friends who overcame ptsd and anxiety with the help of shrooms.
This is the best tutorial of growing Lion's Mane I could find so far. Well done on a nicely laid out out video.
Thank you!
@@folkfungi Can I use wood shavings that is normally used for rabbit nesting. We can't get hardwood fuel pallets in my neck of the woods.
@@AndrewduToit You can but you might want to pasteriuze them with boiling water.
@@folkfungi if you grow lions mane, you´ll probaply also eat them?! Studys say, that only the mycelium is containing erinacines. And that erinacines are responsible for the NGF. You probaply haven´t eaten only the mycelium over a time? Do you just eat the fruiting body?Because in this vido there was no myclium. Have you had any effects from the intake of the fruting body?
I had wanted to ask same! If the pellets shown here were the same thing as small pet bedding, as looks the same.
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Nice job! I'm just a beginner who has gotten addicted to this mushroom growing hobby...I'll try this method for my next LM grow.
Thanks, Joe! It's definitely an addicting hobby. If you give the LM bucket method a try, let us know how it goes. 😊
Me too
How did it grow any update ????
@@anriquemosley7514 wish they would answer.
How’s the update
My man! This video is my Bible right now. Thank you for making it, you've really taken the bite out of taking my first steps into cultivation. My spawn is on the way, and my buckets are ready to rock, you're the best!
That makes me happy to hear! Let me know how things go.
Your video is super amazing. I cant wait to try! Do you think this might work for herecium coraloides? Cheers to you for sharing your expertise!❤
I haven’t seen any videos on lions mane being grown in buckets, thank you for proving it can be done! 💪🍄
I think you probably could grow anything in buckets at this inoculation ratio. It's basically taking a grow mix type ratio (40/60) and separating out it's high and low nutrient parts, and colonizing the high nutrient in sterile conditions, and then you don't need to bother with sanitation for the low nutrient part. I'm surprised there doesn't seem to be too much of a yield penalty here.
It would be interesting to see masters mix separated out this way, colonize the soy hulls under sterile tech, then dump it in a bucket of sawdust.
No problem!
thanks for doing the video, im going to try it but I have a tip for you, when you drill holes in plastic with a hole saw put the drill in reverse, drill at high speed but a little bit of pressure on the drill, its a lot easier and makes the edges of the hole a lot smother
Thanks for the tip!
Just tried this out and wow, does it work way better. Thanks for the tip!
Edit - Found the answers to how many times you can harvest and reusing grain spawn:
1) ~2 - 5 harvests (each subsequent harvest/"flushes", less fruiting).
2) Sadly no you unfortunately can't add more pellets to keep it going :(
Thanks again Spenser for all the videos, just subscribed! :)
So excited to get started with fungi. I’m sure to love the process and produce. Thanks!
I got the buckets! Lion’s mane in the membrane!
Thank you, this was extremely helpful for my research! I really appreciated the measurements for the pellets vs water and substrate vs spawn. I have been struggling with those ratios.
I'm glad the video could help!
This is a great video. Very clear and simple. Thanks so much! I can't wait to watch more of your stuff
Thank you!
You are amazing you have simplified what many others have complicated, thank you
Great work! Thanks for the effort. This is free of anxiety and really encouraging. Beautiful results.
Thanks for your kind words!
Spencer, this was so helpful! So informative! I have a few questions:
1. Do you ever remove the lid?
2. How long can you grow from that bucket before contents need to be disposed?
3. What is too much moisture? I see you spraying but how to prevent over moisturizing?
I would also love to know how many times you can harvest before replacing everything.
Until it stops giving or contaminates. Eventually will start running low on nutrients and keep putting out less and less until it's not worth it anymore.
I have all these same questions. Hope he sees this soon!
AWESOME video. Just purchased some grain spawn from your website, really excited to fire it up.
Thanks so much! I just made your grain spawn today and it should be ready in about a week. Really appreciate the support.
Thank you for the video! I am looking to grow my first mushrooms from a balcony. Figured I’d start with oyster or lions mane! Your video has made it clear and concise on what all it entails. Thanks again! Peace and blissings 💜🙏💪🏼
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
Hey Spencer, how did it go with the second flush? I'm curious 😁
Thank you! I knew there had to be a way to do it, afterall they grow in the wild where conditions are not even remotely close to sterile.
Thanks brother i had no idea Lions Mane was this easy. Im gonna give it a try this week!
You have a very relaxing and soothing voice... You should do some sleep hypnosis/ meditation videod
Maybe I will sometime! I love meditation.
I’m just getting started interested in growing lions mane. I feel like this method is a little more environmentally friendly. Nice!
Im starting my first Lions mane bucket(s) this weekend using this method. I plan to report back with my findings.
How is your grow coming along?
yes you really make us nervous keeping this a well kept secret
report back!
Nice! Can you drill more holes for more fruiting sites? Thanks
Best video out there! Would love one on other mushrooms!
Thanks so much! I plan to create more videos on different mushrooms. I'm just in the process of moving, but will post more videos in the coming weeks and months.
Cool technique from a fellow Canadian! Thanks a bucket! 🎉🎉🎉
congratulations on this beautiful growth ! mush love.
Thank you!
Nice job!! Enjoyed this to the point… not frills explanation.
Thanks so much!
Thank you, I love that it is stress free! Can you do one for Oyster Mushrooms? I like that you provided the measurements which takes the guesswork out of the equation for me😆.
Yes, I will do one for oyster mushrooms! Glad you found the video useful.
Thanks very much.
Please tell me if I can I grow oysters mushrooms the same way using the pellets?
very cool, thanks for the great info.... but to be clear you do still need sterilization to make the grain spawn, correct?
"shouldn't take more then 1 week or 2" - "3 weeks later" - 😆 i chuckled along with you. can't wait to try this method, or Lion's mane in general, syringe is on the way. i'm planning on doing LC with it too.
I'm trying a slight variation on this method now! I didn't have enough grain spawn to do a 40% mixture, so I pasteurized aspen shavings meant for bunny bedding and used a spent Lion's Mane sawdust block to innoculate. I just broke it apart and sprinkled it over every handful of soaked aspen I put in the bucket. Hopefully it goes well and thanks for the inspiration!
I’m about to be doing the same thing! In a while we may find out if the other had any success! Fun timing
Please let me know if this works! I have a ton of aspen chips from my oyster grows
Awesome. Let me know how it goes.
@@folkfungi for mine, it’s been about 2 weeks in a bucket of straw layered like they normally do with grain spawn. Plus a couple days. Been out of state due to family emergency stuff, so I haven’t gotten to check. If you respond on here again in about a week, (idk how the notifications work to find this again) I’ll tell you if the mycelium is spreading or not. Ofc, mine is pink oyster mycelium
@@DaSauceDatsBossany luck?
Thanks for the very helpful video. I was going to at least pasteurise, but great to know it's unnecessary... saved me a lot of trouble!
Happy Canada 🇨🇦 Day everyone. Thanks for Canadian content ❤🎉
Good to know on hardwood fuel pellets being partially sterilized. Love the ease of it!
Have you compared the yield from a 2 gallon and 5 gallon bucket? Thanks
Awesome video! I've been looking at growing mushrooms and this is where I want to start. Thank you for the video and hope you do more!
Sweet! So glad you found it useful. I have some more videos in the works.
Very interesting substrate, i noticed its very common to use hardwood fuel pellets and wheat bran mixed together, but this video proves hardwood fuel pellets can be used by itself as well. Going to try your way, but im going to add one cup of wheat bran just for more nutrients. Hopefully that does not mess up the moisture content. Thank you for the video!
Let me know how it goes! Adding wheat bran without sterilization increases the chance for contamination. If your substrate becomes contaminated, try half a cup or less. But if you use a really high spawn rate, like the one used in this video, I think you can get away with using a decent amount of unsterilized wheat bran.
You can add something like gypsum safely, but since the wood pellets are mostly sterilized, any other nutrients you add will more than likely get moldy unless you sterilize the substrate mix.
Great video. Have you ever tried mixing the left over mycelium into a newly prepared bucket of pellets to try and perpetuate the process? If that would work I would have a lot more motivation to grow lions mane.
Simple and straight to the point informative video. Thank you for sharing it. Now, I am confident that I can try this out.
What wood was the pellet Maple, Cherry, oak? I know some mushrooms like different wood for the grain, or does it matter in this application?
I hope you come out with more of this great information. I've been thinking about trying to grow this mushroom and turkey tail.
More to come!
you do look so so excited !
Thanks for sharing Spencer. Really interesting. Where can I get the grain spawn? Did Canadian Tire sponsor this video? If not they should 😂. Looking forward to your next video.
Thanks, Haydn! We plan to offer lion's mane grain spawn in the next month or so. In the meantime, try Googling "lion's mane grain spawn + your location" to find a supplier. And no, Canadian Tire didn't sponsor the video, but I should have asked them! 😂
Very well explained and simple, thank you so much
Cool stuff! Mushrooms (all varieties) are certainly having their renaissance. ima give the bucket o’ manes method a try. Thank you for sharing! 🙏 🍻 🍄💕.
No problem! Let me know how it goes!
I recently started growing lion's mane at home for the first time, and I'm curious about a couple of things. I inoculated three jars with liquid culture in whole oats, and let the mycelium colonize the jars before splitting the grain spawn up between two buckets. I was a little concerned when I emptied the jars into the hard wood pellets I used, as the middle of the jars didn't seem to be as well colonized as the outsides. There was some really nice, thick mycelium on the outer edge of the jars, but the middle of all three jars was pretty sparse. I'd always read that you didn't want uncolonized grains in your bulk substrate, but rewatching your video it looks like the spawn you used wasn't anywhere near as colonized as mine was. Is it normal when using jars to not have the entire thing colonized like mine? Because it looks like yours worked out fine.
Also, I followed the formula for how much water to use in your hard wood pellets, but it seemed like mine came out dry. I'm somewhat familiar with the term "field capacity", and my pellets didn't seem to have any excess water to squeeze out like I expected. I went ahead and pushed forward with it all anyway, but I'm worried that my hard wood pellets may not have enough water in them. Does the pellets/water ratio that you use naturally give a slightly drier substrate?
Have you grown oysters on these pellets as well? Curious how that substrate would work. Also, what is the volume expansion for the fuel pellets? Trying to figure out how many pellets would be required to fill a 5 gallon bucket.
This method works great with oyster methods. Just make sure to cut a series of small houses (1/4 inch) instead of two big ones. To translate this recipe from a 2 gallon bucket to a 5 gallon bucket, increase the water and hardwood fuel pellets by 150%.
Great job!
I'm shocked that you could get a 2nd and 3rd flush from same exact holes?
The instructions that came with my fruiting block (in a unicorn bag) stated to tape the hole after first harvest is pulled, and then cut slots/ holes in different areas of the block for the next flushes...?
Lions Main is very tasty , I just fried it in a skillet today for the first time.
I agree. Super tasty!
A great video! I've been growing Lion's Mane and Oysters indoors for a couple of years, and am looking forward to trying the bucket method. I know Oysters can be grown on straw in buckets, and the spent spawn can be used to inoculate a new bucket. Can the same be done with Lion's Mane?
What is the temperature range this will work? Is Florida in the shade too hot? Also will this work with a larger bucket with more holes? Thanks!
Very informative video!! I look forward to more ☺️
Thank you! I have some more videos in the works.
Hello, I really appreciate the video. Great explanation! Are your products organic?
Can the hardwood pellets be the barbecue ones on Amazon
It's obvious how super excited you are.
Can i use coconut coir if i dont have hardwood pellets?
can you use pine pellets? I have some pine bedding pellets form TSC. I would love to use those
How many times do you harvest the mushrooms from this set up? What is the approximate yield from 1.5kg of spawn?
Thanks for the video. A couple of questions, how many flushes would you usually get? And is there a disadvantage of not sterilising the substrate, e.g would it produce for flushes if it was sterilised?
You can get anywhere from 2 to 5 flushes! After the first flush, the following flushes will yield less as nutrients in the substrate become gradually depleted. The disadvantage of not sterilizing is that you increase contamination risk. However, by using a high spawn rate, it greatly reduces contamination risk. I've never experienced contamination with this method.
@@folkfungi Thanks for the info! Would you say that it would produce a similar yield to the standard grow bag?
@@stratocaster1134 In total, the substrate weighs about 9 pounds, which is the size of two medium grow bags.
In terms of yield, it's hard to make an exact comparison to grow bags because the preparation is a bit different. With the bucket, there's no supplementation (like wheat bran) added, which is typical for a grow bag. Not adding wheat bran makes it possible to skip sterilization, but, if you were to add wheat bran and sterilize, which is how grow bags are typically prepared, the yield would increase.
At the same time, the bucket method I've outlined in the video calls for a grain spawn rate that is much higher than what you'd expect in a grow bag (40% instead of 10% to 15%), and more grain = more nutrition = higher yield.
Ultimately, you'll likely get a higher yield by creating a 9-pound supplemented grow bag than you would with a 9-pound bucket with a high spawn rate, but the magic of the bucket method is that you don't need a pressure cooker or any other expensive equipment. Just a bucket and someone to buy grain spawn from!
How do you clean out the container and bucket before you use them?
Can I pick up a similar plastic for the humidity tent at a hardware store?
Can you grow other mushrooms with this process? Also how do you transition from your end product to a capsule or eating form?
Well that's all I needed to know to gain the confidence to start LM. Thanks a ton!
Glad to hear that! And no problem!
Thank you. This makes me want to try growing Lion's Mane mushrooms.
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Great video. Very informative. Out of curiosity how many kg/pounds of lions mane can you grow from one 8 litre bucket using 1440 grams of lion’s mane spawn if ideal growing conditions are met. Thanks. Also have you tried to grow lion’s mane in an outside greenhouse ?
I have 2 boxes of lions mane I bought- kits. If I can ever get them to grow, which I have gotten mixed messages on temperature and how much to spray etc I want to transfer it to a bucket. Should I mix it with pellets?
Thanks for this awesome video! Can't wait to try it.
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Hey thanks man! I thought it could be done more simply and you have shown it’s possible.
No problem! Thanks for watching!
Hi, I know from your video that pellets are partialy sterilized, but, how to get additional purity to them, without pressure cooker, or proper sterilization? Can you bath them with hydrated calcium? Or pellets on their own, even after opening a bag with them few times, keep purity?
There's a difference between sterilization and pasteurization. When the pellets are made, they use steam and pressure which makes them sterilized . The reason its PARTIALLY is because you dont know what else its been exposed to sitting on the shelf or in transit. It will be a disaster if you soak them in hydrated lime as this is more suited for straw. Anyway, I think there are a ton of videos on how to do these methods online. If you mean PURITY by sterilization, then you will need to pressure cook any of the material for 2hrs at 15psi.
Your option to keep them sterilized would be to get mushroom growbags that have a filter patch. Make bulk substrate and put it into the bag. Seal the bag and sterilize in the pressure cooker. The substrate blocks that will be what you end up with will stay good for quite a while if they stay sealed. There really isnt a need to do this method though unless you are growing on a larger scale.
Very nicely done! I really appreciate this guide and learning about the hardwood pellets. I've got some Lion's mane mycelium on agar at the moment and will look forward to transferring it to grain before I ultimately pair it with a Canadian Tire bucket! Thank you.
Awesome! Let me know how it goes.
Great video! Thanks for sharing! How many times can you get them to grow? And what is the total cost?
How many harvests does this bucket method yield? How long before I’ll have to replace the spawn/pellet mixture?
This is so great! Will this process also work with sawdust spawn (instead of grain spawn)? I know the mushrooms won't contain gluten themselves, but we have two folks with celiac and it's just healthier for us not to have gluten-containing grains around at all to avoid cross-contamination and reactions. TY!
Great video, any idea about teparature range ? İ wonder
,Thank you
Between 16 and 24 C works well.
Awesome video...clear and actionable tips. Two questions - 1) do you measure the temperature/moisture under the bag or do you just wing it? 2) Can you do it in a room where you spend time/work...like is there a smell or excessive moisture that would be a problem? Thanks
Hi. What if I have 5 gallon food grade pickle buckets?
How many harvests can we expect from a bucket? Can the old grain be used as spawn when starting a new bucket? Thanks, looking forward to getting started.
I do the oysters in buckets will try this soon for lions mane, and I just subbed also.
Thanks for the sub! I love doing oysters in buckets too.
thanks an this is the only video i found which tell how to grow it in the simplest way heads off to you and keep it up
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Should we compress the sawdust into the bucket? And can we expand the bulk bucket to more buckets instead of fruiting or is the sawdust alone not enough nutriention?
hi, new to the wood loving side of mushrooms. how long does it take for Lion's mane to colonize a spawn bag. going to make and use liquid culture, so this experiement. thanks
hi! i tried following this recipe, but it's not working very well for me; it's been a month, and the fungus is making very little progress colonizing the medium
I suspect the fuel pellets i got are of a wrong variety; i got a bag of pellets from a brand called Traeger, it's been available in my local hardware store and had the word 'Hardwood' on the bag, so i thought it was the right thing
What exactly brand of pellets do you use?
Can you do it in a later bucket? I can’t seem to easily find 2 gallon buckets with a lid for cheap.
Could you add more then two holes to the buckets?
When you say "nice and clean".. how do you keep the box, scoop and so clean? Steam? Bioling water? Rubbing alcohol? Or something else? Very nice and clear video. Thanx!
Thanks! I use isopropyl.
Great job, thank you. It is what a am looking for.
Is this method proper for shitake?
I've never tried growing shitake mushrooms!
I’m new to your channel and I am equally as new to growing anything lol. Thank you for this tutorial. I’m going to try. Do you cook them? Or make a tea out of them?
Thank you so much! I never had much confidence in growing mushrooms, until watching this video! I'm looking for my supplies now and will let you know how things turn out. Thanks again for the AWESOME video!👍👍🍄
This video was really helpful, thank you! Do you think that if I cut 4 holes instead of 2, It would produce more?
Did you try this out? If you did, how did it go, I want to try this out. Thank you!
Can you start a new bucket with the used substrate?
What did you use to make the spawn?
So do you just throw away the old mushroom substrate after a while? How many harvests?
hi guys, what was the temperature for growing?
This is simple. I like it. I never know you could mix the pellets without sterilizing. How come you didn’t add wheat bran?
Hi at 7:18 you closed the lid again....how long for? Unless I missed it, I don't think you said. Thank you for a useful video
At that point, the substrate doesn't need to sit any longer and is ready to go. I just closed the lid because when I'm not actively doing something with the substrate, I like to keep the lid closed to reduce contamination risk. In theory, you could start filling the bucket up right after mixing the grain spawn in without closing the lid again. Hope this helps!
I wonder if we can use a 5 gallon bucket and grow 4 or more at a time in each bucket?
How cost effective is this substrate just curious looking to do small commercial
Can you re seed the container after one's yield? Or redo the who process please and thank you
You can get multiple harvests from a bucket!