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- Today’s video is a bit different to the ones we normally make - this time, we’re asking for YOUR help!
We’re looking at how we can connect more with our growing RUclips Community, so we’re creating a series of videos where we will answer YOUR questions on mushroom growing. Ask us anything fungi-related, whether you’re a seasoned grower, or brand new to mushroom farming!
How does this work? It’s really quite easy… post YOUR questions in the comments section below this video, we’ll collect these together over the next week, and come back in a couple of weeks time with some answers. Simple as that!
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Hi there everyone, thanks for all of the questions so far! As you'd expect, rather than answer any here, we're going to compile all of your questions and our next video will be us coming back with some answers for you! Keep the questions coming in the comments section here, and we'll see you soon!
when when??? please
@@suzannematthewsart Hi - should be Thursday 29th September all being well - might be worth you subscribing and hitting the bell, you should then be notified when it launches! 😃
@@GroCycleTV ok thank you. I guess it doesnt matter if my plugs in the fridge keep growing in there. thank you much
@@suzannematthewsart we've had so many questions to go through, it's taken a bit longer than we had hoped, but the video will be out today, 6th October at 3pm BST!
Thank you for the opportunity to ask a question.
How would you suggest a complete novice grow about 1kg of mushrooms per week all year round for personal consumption of the easiest to grow variety. I do not want a challenge, I would like a cheap simple and reliable method please.
Many thanks
Greg
Hobart Australia
How much is the going rate per kg for oyster mushrooms in the uk ?
Is it actually possible to make any money on a small scale production ?
How does one sell their mushrooms to restaurants? Do I just go up to the manager and ask if they buy them?
how do i store mushrooms once harvested to keep them fresh for markets, selling, and even home consumption? what's a good timeline to follow?
Answer - To get the best shelf life for fresh mushrooms they should be stored in a cold fridge (3-4 degrees C), in a container that prevents too much moisture loss and restricts their access to oxygen, whilst still being breathable so that they don’t become too wet from condensation. We use plastic mushroom crates (available from most veg wholesalers for free in the UK) lined and covered with brown paper. Other methods include storing in large plastic boxes that have a few holes in, or filling paper bags with smaller quantities. For home consumption they can stay good to eat for over a week, but for selling you really want to be shifting them within 5 days.
There’s a video we did for you on this too ”9 Ways To Preserve Mushrooms” link: ruclips.net/video/26igNHolUA4/видео.html
Because i fell inlove with the way you share your knowledģe, i then subcribed and liked and watch sll your videos including commercial breaks.
Hi Leonard that's great to hear!!!
Im from far east philippines! You have a fan here!
It is verry interested project,
Thanks
Thanks for doing this guys. You are both amazing. I've been following you for 3 years now!
My question: I like to grow shiitake and use pasteurized wood pellets. I sometimes have mold problems and not sure why.
Also, what amount of hydrolized lime to water for pasteurization?.
Hi there!! You've probably seen it already, but our follow up video is now live! ruclips.net/video/9LseXaPU8IQ/видео.html Head on over for the answers to some of your mushroom farming questions - we've had so many, and a BIG thank you! For anyone whose question we didn't answer directly, we're popping into the comments below ⬇ and answering those here - it's been a busy week!
To watch the video with all the answers, follow this link 🍄 ruclips.net/video/9LseXaPU8IQ/видео.html
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What is a good price per kg for Organic oyster mushrooms in the UK?
How do you dispose of your spent substrate and is it easy to sell as spent compost ?
It's not composted, so it's not mushroom compost. Maybe as a compost amendment?
Is there a low-tech way of growing Shiitake or species other than Oysters (say, without needing a lab and an autoclave but growing with dedicated space)?
I'd be interested in that too.
Hello and thanks for this project. My question is: what are the time and temp. ranges of some of the most popular types from incubaton to fruiting.
Hi guys, thank you so very much for your wonderful Videos and easy to follow information really fantastic stuff, I am a home grower in South Australia (Mediterranean climate) using buckets, I am am not sure why I am not able to get the big Pins / crops like you do? the most I get is about 5 - 10 out of maybe 2 or 3 holes. Not sure what I am doing wrong. Thank you. cheers Maria
Have you looked into how much supplementation can you get away with on hardwood pellets while still just pasteurizing? I’m guessing 2-10% maybe. Would soy pellets be your choice? Thank you
Why shouldn't you fruit in the same room as incubation ?
Hey there, thanks for your great work. I am about to start a mushroom growing project and i am eager to avoid plastic use as much as possible. Could you give a detailed description of how you guys use compostable bags with straw as a substrate?much appreciated!
What are some low cost ways to control temperature in a 4×10×8 ft fruiting room?
Any form of insulation will help keep temperatures more stable and reduce the amount of money you need to spend on heating and cooling. If you do want to cool the air, conditioning a smaller ante-chamber from which air can be piped into the larger fruiting room, is also going to save energy and money. Similarly, if you can draw in air from a naturally cooler or warmer space outside (depending on what you’re trying to achieve), this will help to bring temperatures down or up without as much energy input. Finally, choosing strains that are suited for the temperatures in your climate (eg. winter or summer strains) will mean that your fruiting room can sit closer to the air temperature outside and requires less energy intensive growing.
I've read different things about wood ash soak pasteurization, some say it doesn't work well and others say it will give the best BE. Have you had any experience with this ?
Hello and thanks for the opportunity. I would like to know 'what makes the master's mix' so effective? ' Is it an inherent property of soybean hulls or is it simply because of the increased proportion of supplementation? If it is mainly as a result of increased supplementation, can one safely conclude that similar levels of output would likely be obtained if increased supplementation - with the appropriate level of pasteurization/sterilization - was done using other supplements? e.g. rice bran or wheat bran? Thanks.
Plan to start a mushroom farm beginning with fruiting in a detached (to be insulated) garage (10’ x 10’) year round in NY. Do I need a hydroponic tent? Any advice on growing mushroom in a garage?
To what depth using Brewery Spent Grain as a substrate has been covered? It appears a no brainer to me, but so lettle report of success, so what am I missing?
Oysters are happy to grow on a variety of substrates, and it's a great way to divert waste from the landfill. My question is--how do we know what to look for re suitability? Whatever we find would need to be experimented with of course, but how do we know which ones might be suitable in the first place? Is it something that's high in carbon/carbohydrates? And are things like coffee grounds, which are nitrogen-rich, best used as substrate amendments? Thank you. 😊
I have some turkey tails in my backyard but some are older and so they have dried out. Are they ok to use? Should I freeze them before consuming as I think it would be easy just swallowing some chunks whole rather going through the process of drying and grinding. In that case, how do you know if they are free of microscopic parasites?
Hi, I’m using the non sterilization method to grow Lions Mane & Reishi. I added bran to my HWFP and now see that the bran is sprouting in the bags.
Q: what to do now?
Q: should I heat bran & HWFP in pressure cooker next time?
Thx for all you do!
whats the best method for inoculating mushroom Substrate?
is inoculating with liquid culture something i should do? or inoculate a bag of seeds and use them as spawn?
Hey! I was watching the video about growing oyster mushrooms with the stems. That would be ideal for me right now. I want to know what the next steps would be after starting the get the growth at the end of the video. He mentioned coffee grounds. But I am a beginner and have no clue what I’m doing 😂 thanks!!
How do you start selling mushrooms?
I'm at fruiting stage and I see green throughout .is it still any good
Can i use a stored coffee ground like a month old?
Once the mushrooms have finished fruiting, is all the mycelium spent or is there enough life left in them to place them in fresh substrate and they'll begin growing again?
can you move shiitake logs into a cellar to fruit in the winter?
Is it possible to let mycelium grow too long? I have some growing in rye berries and have an unexpected trip out of town and I’m concerned with another 2 weeks of growth before I can remove from my jars and into substrate tubs.
Can we add vermi compost as supplement with sawdust substrate for oyster? Also will the result be same if we use a grain from the spawn in petri dish, instead of using a tissue from the mushroom😎? Thank You.
If we grow our mushrooms in big plastic bags (i think it's called the bale method), how do we cut the bags and how many cuts will be needed?
Hi Guys! How has it been going with the plastic bucket production you tried with oyster mushrooms?
Dear Adam and Eric, I wonder what sort of substrate you used to produce your substrate bags you started this year. The ones I received from you this summer is quite disappointing in producing fruiting mushrooms (oysters i meant, the shiitake and lion mane are fine). Alfafa? if I guess it right, or read from your website. I have been doing my own substrate bags using the spawn you produced and they produce make me happy days. In future will you return to produce spawns also to varietify your products? I very much hope you will
I am sorry to read that the substrate was disappointing and I hope you got in touch with the team so we could sort it out with you. The heatwave in the UK was definitely a challenging time unfortunately, but overall we have received very good feedback about yields from our Oyster bales, so it sounds like something may have been out of the ordinary with yours. There are no immediate plans to stock spawn again.
Can I resterilze my Brown Rice Flour and vermiculite substrate I have not inoculated it yet??
I understand there will be so much nuance here, but what is an achievable revenue vs profit ratio one (person) could expect once all equipment has been paid off?
You’re right that there’s so much nuance here and this makes it extremely hard to give you a sensible answer. What I would suggest is that you look at this video on “Economics Of Mushroom Production” and the try and relate this to your specific situation.
Link: ruclips.net/video/18oNt5j5z3s/видео.html
Also, check out the last part of our workshop video where we address this questions:
ruclips.net/video/icKeO-kyiGk/видео.html
How can I move from plastic bags to bucket using sawdust as substrate
Hi, I'm starting a mushroom organic farm in France. I want to start by producing Oyster mushroom. I'm very interested in low-tech way to produce that's why hydrated lime pasteurization was a good solution for me. But as I was searching if this method would be autorized in UE organic reglementation, it seems that it's not legal...For the moment the only autorized use of hydrated lime in UE organic rules is for fruit trees treatment. My question : is hydrated lime pasteurization autorised under UK organic rules?
Hello Adam... I'm still a bit confused if you explain let say the yields are 50 kg/week. This means we will get a yield of 50 kg per week (150kg/3weeks) or 50 kg per batch (as you have explained that the fruiting period for each batch is 3 weeks). Can you explain about this?
when growing oysters, what is the best substrate recipe to follow for low cost high yield?
also what are the things you wish you knew when first building a fruiting room. currently about to convert a room so Any tips appreciated 🙏if you could provide links to equipment like fans, humidifiers or parts to build one etc
thanks!!
The question about substrate recipes really depends on what is available in your area and for what cost. We’ve found that straw supplemented with 10-20% of alfalfa or coffee grounds still holds up as one of the least expensive and reliable mixes for us in our situation, namely because it can be done using lime pasteurisation.
Re: fruiting room build - I wish we hadn’t built our first fruiting room too big! We built a massive fruiting room before we were ready to grow at scale, and it cost a lot to run considering it was only ¼ full. Better to size appropriately and build extra capacity later on when you are ready for it.
There’s a lot of different factors to consider witha fruiting room and equipment choices, too much to cover here in a YT comment. Check out our guide on fruiting chambers here:
grocycle.com/how-to-build-a-mushroom-fruiting-chamber/
Or consider joining our online course for more in-depth info:
grocyclecourses.com/go/
Yay thank you.
we purchased plugs for logs. Did a few of them. Nothing seemst to have happened with them yet. We live in Florida a warm climate now.
The rest of the plugs have been in the fridge in the small bags they came in.
they are spreading the mycleium and fruiting! we have snow oyster and lions mane. What can we do?
do we mix them with substrate? into a large ziplock bag plus and or plastic containter???
we have been saving coffee grounds, but since they are in a plastic bag little at a time do i need to sterylize them agian?? or not worry about it as the Not sterilize method.
We also have pine and oak wood chips. They are 1 month old out side for mulch they were fresh cut 1 month ago as we got them from a tree service company with at arborist. 15 yards oh my lol
Please help! We need easy lol
Thank you
1) Logs can take up to 18 months to fully colonise and start fruiting depending on the species of tree and the environmental conditions. Make sure you keep them damp (but not waterlogged) and out of direct sunlight and wind and they should continue to grow! Once you see mycelium growing at the cut ends of the log you can try shocking them to induce fruiting by submerging them in water for 24 hours. Check out our video about growing mushrooms on logs here:
ruclips.net/video/oOPjCM_Z-Eo/видео.html
2) Yes you could try mixing the plugs with substrate, you could either use plastic buckets (instructions here ), or plastic bags but they will need holes making in them to allow the mycelium to breath whilst it is growing (instructions here ). Lions Mane is a bit more tricky to grow than oyster mushrooms and the substrate does usually require sterilising before inoculation. Here’s an article all about growing Lions Mane in bags: grocycle.com/growing-lions-mane/ .
3) if you have been storing the fresh coffee grounds in a freezer then they will be fine to just defrost but if they are fresh then you need to use them within 24 hours or they will start to grow mould.
4) It depends what you want to use them for. If you want to make outdoor mushroom beds then they will be fine, but using them in buckets for indoor growing you really want to use chips that have been stored somewhere dry.
@@GroCycleTV Ok so..... If I go to starbucks and get the morenings coffee grounds then use them right away, will that work? Does it need something like straw? Or I have rice grains.
I would like to start an outside bed made of hardwood chips and straw, when is a good time to start my bed? Also, if i keep feeding by bed with straw and wood chips of often do i have to renew/readd spawn?
Early spring is a great time to start an outdoor mushroom bed. The mycelium will benefit from the rising temperatures and there should still be plenty of moisture (depending on your climate) for it to get a good headstart. If you put a layer of straw as a mulch over the top this will help protect the bed from any late frosts, or spells of very hot dry weather. The bed should fruit productively for at least 3 years, and if you add fresh straw or wood chips every year perhaps for longer, without adding any more spawn. Check out our video about making mushroom beds for more info:
ruclips.net/video/PIYWzfVW-ws/видео.html
Im using the PF Tek, is it possible to use too many layers of micro-pore tape over my inoculation holes after injection
Yes, if you add too many layers you are going to massively reduce air exchange through the micro-pores as they begin to overlap each other. One or two layers should be sufficient.
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Could you tell as if you tried to grow mushrooms by pasteurizing hard pellets with vinegar?
If you have done it, could you share your experience and recommendations ¡¡¡¡.
Greetings from Patagonia!
Thank you very much for your energy and work!
We have tried pasteurising hardwood briquettes with vinegar but not hardwood pellets as they are not a readily available product in the UK. The briquette experiments had mixed results, and need some more work to figure out. We do know of several other growers who have had success using vinegar pasteurisation though using distilled white vinegar at a rate of about 2% in the hydration water.
We have a video that you might like on “How to Pasteurise Mushroom Substrate (5 Easiest Methods)”
Link: ruclips.net/video/fVlJ3zND3PQ/видео.html
Hi I have a question I posted in your previous video on biodegradable plastic. It is in relation to lions mane substrate bags, do you manage to also grow these in bio degradable plastic bags with low tech methods (without pasteurisation)? If so are there any adaptions you have needed to make to the process and how does this affect the yield?
Hi guys, any response please?
Hi lads we have a small equestrian yard in west Cork Ireland As a result we have beautiful horse manure that we use on our organic gardens so my question: Is horse manure practical to grow mushrooms? How do we start? We love Your videos they are soooooo educational. Slán. Go raibh mile maith agat (bye. thank you)
Could you please provide methods for delaying fruiting from ready to fruit straw logs (which are already vented). They tend to begin to fruit (poorly) in the incubation room if left for too long. The reason for asking is so that I can keep ready to fruit blocks in reserve should something go wrong. On a shorter timescale it would also be useful for getting all logs to fruit at the same time. At the moment fruiting from the same aged straw logs is spaced out over several days. This is likely due discrepancy in the spawn to straw ratio or variation in the quality of spawn. For blue Oyster freezing maybe an option? But also a costly one. Any advice appreciated. Thanks
It is possible to delay pinning by a combination of oxygen restriction, cold temperatures, and no light. The first can be done either by taping over the holes, putting inside a larger airtight bag or box or simply having a room that is naturally high CO2. It is important to do this well before they become over-incubated as if there is any start of pinning, these will just continue to grow but in a stunted form even in a dark, cold room high in CO2 ! We haven’t ever tried freezing incubated columns so I don’t have any advice to give you about doing that unfortunately.
@@GroCycleTV Hi Adam and Eric. Thank you for taking the time to answer. That's very useful. Have you experience with how long the logs can remain in the state you have described without impacting on yields?
Wanting to start small: Could I grow mushrooms in used water tanks (40-60 gal)? 1 tank for incubation and 1 for fruiting?
Yes this could work well if you adapted the tanks to provide the right conditions. It would work in the same kind of way as a shotgun fruiting chamber. Check out this article about how to make one >> grocycle.com/shotgun-fruiting-chamber/
I’d like to learn how to make grow kits. Does your course cover it A to Z?
Yes! There are five modules: 1) Intro, 2) Production , 3) Logistics and Dispatch and 4) Marketing and 5) E-commerce
We’re really proud of having helped so many people that in turn help others grow mushrooms often for the first time!
i bought a propagation grow tent and an led light bar but i need to get the humidity up without frying the light.i can get a heat mat but i dont know how to get the humidity to the lvl's i need.if i fruit oysters its easy really as they adapt to almost any conditions but if i wanted to fruit something like lions mane which isn't so forgiving i would the humidity up to around 80 degrees,or so a seller of the bags told me.the led might be water resistant but it isn't waterproof and i can't afford to fry it as they are not cheap.i have been wracking my brains out on how to do it but it all comes back to too much heavy water droplets clinging to the light and cooking it.i don't know i'm a newbie at this and i dont want to find out that i spent all this money just to find out all i can grow is oysters when i could have just bought a big bag of them and hung them in the garage.
When we had our LED lights up in an aquaponics tent this was never an issue really. I have also not heard of this happening to other growers either. Make sure to get fully waterproof rated lights and this shouldn’t be an issue.
Hi. Can I make supstrate from tree leaves or just grass ? Or just add in to supstrate ?
Oyster mushrooms will grow on a wide variety of substrates, but fresh green plant materials like grass or leaves have high nitrogen content which is more likely to encourage contamination by other fungi rather than growing the mycelium that you want. Oysters are a wood decomposing mushroom and therefore are better grown on wood (sawdust, logs or chips) or materials with a high carbon content like straw or sugarcane bagasse. Here’s a useful guide we made about mushroom substrates: ruclips.net/video/gmyMyfMPoTI/видео.html
What are the commercial. codes for the most cold-resistant strain(s) of blue-grey oyster mushrooms?
The different commercial spawn suppliers all use different codes for their strains so it depends where you are able to access spawn from. Mycelia in Belgium have a very high yielding and tolerant cold weather strain 2191 which can go down to 5C in the fruiting room. In our experience, most winter Oyster or blue oyster strains can grow in colder conditions than the strain info suggests, so it’s worth trailing a few varieties available to you in your area.
Is there a way to use high nutrient sterilized substrates such as master's mix without using plastic?
The main way would be to use another material that can withstand the high temperature of sterilisation. Some growers use temperature resistant plastic bottles to grow on sterilised substrates. Whilst this is much more common in large scale operations, it is still possible to use bottles to grow very small scale at home. There’s a video we have that discusses bottles in more detail here: “Bags vs Bottles vs Bales & Reducing Mushroom Production Costs”
Link: ruclips.net/video/bl7kgg-zXyA/видео.html
This article from Fresh Cap is also useful: learn.freshcap.com/growing/growing-mushrooms-in-bottles/
Do you have an average per sq2 or sf2 on how much yiled a raised bed can provided for example for OYSTER , NAMEKO & WINE CAP, doing a SAWDUST inoculation ? And do you have any tips on the comercial side of this type of cultivation ? I am in the tropic by the way. Central America.
We have made a few different successful outdoor wine cap beds using wood chip but don’t have good data on the yields I’m afraid. The fruiting on outdoor beds is much less easy to time and depends more on the climate in your area, so it isn’t as reliable as growing indoors for commercial cultivation. If you make them as part of a mixed horticultural operation and can therefore just sell them at the times of year they are ready like any other vegetable then it could be possible to integrate them into a business. Alternatively, you could make them under tunnels, thereby creating a hybrid of indoor and outdoor mushroom cultivation and allowing for some control of the environmental conditions. There’s a part in the Q&A video where you can see a hoop system we built. Did you also see this video on making an outdoor bed?
How To Grow Mushrooms In Your Garden (Outdoor Mushroom Beds)
Link: ruclips.net/video/PIYWzfVW-ws/видео.html
can I purposively grow two mushroom varieties>wat are the considerations for that?
I’m not sure whether you mean in the same room or in the same container? You can grow more than one variety in the same room if they have similar environmental requirements (eg, a similar temperature and humidity range ). You shouldn’t try to grow more than one variety in the same container though as they will try to compete with each other.
Hi, can I know why Lion's mane emit 'Brownish' solution after the 1st harvest while waiting for the next one? TIA.
It’s hard to troubleshoot without seeing specific examples, but often brownish liquid on the substrate is a sign that the mycelium is under stress of some sort or fighting an infection. Brown colouration (non-liquid) is a sign that the substrate is drying out.
@@GroCycleTV Thank you for your replied.
I am about to use palm fronds as my base substrate plus some leaves. Because I am not using substrate like wheat substrate should I add some minerals to improve the effectiveness of the substrate. I am growing oysters in Florida
Maybe include information on how you're planning to inoculate--like are you using broken-up fruiting blocks, grain spawn, etc.
As far as I know, using 100% dried palm fronds is similar to using 100% straw. It can work well on it’s own if you shred the palm fronds up into smaller pieces. I’m sure it’s also possible to add supplementation with higher nitrogen materials if you find the performance of palm fronds alone unsatisfactory.
@@GroCycleTV thank you. I will keep you posted as I go along.
I just received my mushrooms in biodegradable and compostable bags. I've noticed that they have small holes. Do I have to make holes on bags or should I use them as they are? Second question is how do I keep humidity between 80-90% as described on the website. Right now the temperature is 22.8 and humidity is 73. Thank you
The small perforated holes in the bags are to allow the mycelium to breath while it is growing. You should make roughly 12 x 1inch cross holes evenly distributed over the top and sides of the block to encourage the pins to grow out of.
For your second question, 22.8 degrees C is a good temperature for your mushrooms to grow, 73 humidity is a little low for pins to start growing. If you don’t have a humidifier you could spray them manually with water more regularly until you start to see small clusters of pins forming (baby mushrooms). If you do have a humidifier, check that you’re allowing the humid air to be distributed throughout the growing chamber , you could use a small fan to do that, and perhaps have it coming on for longer to allow the humidity to build up. Another option is to buy a humidity controller which will keep the humidifier on until it reaches the desired %RH you have set it to.
@@GroCycleTV thank you
Hello I plan on email as well. So I'm just starting out. I have a good idea of what I need for equipment eventually but just don't know which order to go in. Should I have a sterile fruiting room and flow hood or? Thing is like most starting out I'm starting with barely even money and wish to know how best to get what I need without needlessly spending so I can work myself up to being a small functional indoor farm.
You guys are great Thanks
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Mycopete..
Hello sir, my question is can we grow mushrooms( oyster, shitake, button, milky mushroom) on woodchips??
2nd question is without sterilisation can we grow mushrooms by lime Pasturisation the woodchips???
Yes, many wood decomposing mushrooms like oysters and shiitake will grow on woodchips. For button mushrooms you have to grow them on compost or composted manure as they are a secondary decomposer. Milky mushrooms are usually grown on pasteurised straw. Yes, you can lime pasteurise woodchips in the same way as straw.
Thank you so much I'm Vietnamese can you help me learn your mushroom growing techniques
Hi Vuon vn! Have a look at our free workshop, it gives a great overview for anyone interested in starting out as a mushroom grower! ruclips.net/video/icKeO-kyiGk/видео.html
I am growing blue,pink oysters and lion mane in the same fruiting chamber. Is it possible to also grow king trumpet at the same temp and humidity in the same room ? Right now I'm running 65 degrees Fahrenheit and 90-93% humidity .
The high humidity could cause issues for King Oyster as they are more susceptible to blotch. Ideally you would want to have 90-93% to induce pinning, but then also bring it down to around 85% for fruiting for the other strains as well, in which case the Kings would be OK. They also prefer a slightly cooler temperature, so pinks and kings might not go so well together, Lions mane might struggle a bit, but blue oysters would be fine in a colder (around 59F) environment.
@@GroCycleTV thanks for the reply , I took your advice, moved some things around, split the room into 2 rooms with separate temp and humidity controls and grew some monster kings! Thanks again
Also the Lions mane didn't seem to mind , I'm growing in both rooms as an experiment and so far don't see any difference
What are the easiest shrooms to grow?
In our opinion, oyster mushrooms are the very easiest mushroom to grow as they are a vigorous species that grow quickly on lots of different substrates, and don’t require expensive sterilisation equipment for substrate preparation. We explain the easiest method more in the video above. Also, check out our article on the easiest mushrooms to grow here:
grocycle.com/easiest-mushrooms-to-grow/
Hi friends. I am interested on growing button mushrooms and of course growing out to Portobello's. Can you point me in the right direction. Thanks for the many fantastic videos and greetings from Texas USA.
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Hey buddy do I have to go mushrooms inside and if I want to try growing truffles can I buy spores.. I keep seeing people grind up truffles and then put nuts in the ground trying to sprout them in the trees does that work with a tough will ever grow on that I don't want to wait 10 years for nothing are there trouble spores.
We don’t have any direct experience growing truffles, but I know that it is possible and quite a few companies now offer spores and inoculated saplings to plant that already have the truffles mycelium established. From what I understand it is not 100% guaranteed and you need to have alkaline soil conditions…then be prepared for 7-10 years wait for the first harvest. Check out this company for more info: plantationsystems.com/
@@GroCycleTV thanks amigo. I see in many countries they're doing it without actually inoculating anything they just planning spores so they're kind of fake truffles they're truffles but they're not from oak trees and that takes a lot less time because you're not waiting for a tree.. I think it's only a couple of years until you have perennial fruits of your labor and they are the most expensive of all the mushrooms right so they're worth giving a shot I'll check out that site you sent me thanks for responding have a great day.
I've run out of oyster mushroom recipes and they won't stop growing! Any tips where I can find more ways to use them?
I've heard if you dehydrate them they go well on mashed potatoes
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I dehydrate mine too. Works great, and they're not a weird texture when rehydrated.
Drying mushrooms and processing them into a powder for stock, or keeping them whole to rehydrate later on is a great way to store large quantities of mushrooms long term. Mushroom jerky is a great way to transform them into a tasty snack, and there are tons of different recipes online for making it.
Should you decide to cook them there’s a video we did for you on “How To Cook Mushrooms (The Right Way!)”
link: ruclips.net/video/lDA-q54P9KU/видео.html & also check out our video on: ”9 Ways To Preserve Mushrooms” link:ruclips.net/video/26igNHolUA4/видео.html
have you started answering these questions? Where do we find them?
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