@@j.l.thurman2725 Every time I try to use coffee un sterilised, I get mad contamination, Trichea is common but sometimes some of that white bacteria that's all over humans too. I always sterilise my grain, substrates of straw + coffee and agar media, I just sterilise the lot, every time I've experimented with pasteurising, utilising a still air box sterilised and left for air to settle, I've gotton contams that grow out of control and stunt the mycellium, sometimes cutting off whole areas of substrate. Even when I do the mixing in open air, I always get contams that way.
Some clarifications please. You say that coffee grounds have already been pasteurized. But from what I gathered from other videos, they say this only applies to newly (no older than 24hours) used coffee grounds. If this is the case, can old coffee grounds still be used by pasteurizing them again?
Thanks for this video Adam! Very helpful. I'm a total fresher at this, so I have a few questions. Is water to be added to the substrate? How much? Should the bags be pierced for the fruition process? or the mushrooms just tear the bags and grow out? What kind of environment/temperature needs to be maintained throughout the process? Can button mushrooms be grown using coffee grounds?
Dear Nieha .....so it's been a whole yr now.....have you pressed forward with growing mushrooms??? Anything you'd share would be a blessing.....I don't know if it's actually worth it....seems like waaaay to much work....the thing that gets me is all the grow labs I see on these videos..... always makes me think my house isn't even that much of a controlled environment....how the heck am I gonna do that for mushrooms???
We own a coffee roaster so I’ve been wanting to do this for a while now. Would it help to grind the coffee more course? I also was wondering if mixing in the coffee chaff would work the same as straw or sawdust. Which mushrooms work best or do only oyster mushrooms work?
Thank you for this demonstration! I'm trying to practise at home currently and have a quick question. Do you pierce the bags during incubation phase, or only fruiting phase when the mycelium has taken over the substrate?
its rare that Ive been impressed however watching this certainly would make anyone say wow I need to ask - have you checked out the site called gregs mushroom grower just google for it
@@GroCycleTV yes I have seen and read about using coffee grounds to grow mushrooms 🍄 and Mushrooms 🍄 can me grown on any farm substrates I have watched a video of you talking about that all we need to do is look and following you was the best 👌 idea 💡 from 🇨🇦 #YSW I follow you 💯 from Domenico Monteleone
Hi I really like the video and the idea of using spent coffee grounds. So far I'm using them only in my vermicomposter with great success. The issue I have with them is although they are sterilized in process of making coffee, they tend to catch mold very quickly. How do you address this issue? Are there any storing methods to help this?
Yes, this is what I also noticed. I think it is not practical from the coffee grounds that come out of a single machine. He mentioned that they use the coffee ground within 24 hours. So, my guess is that they procure coffee grounds from large number of coffee shops and use it within 24 hours. Storing grounds won't help in this case.
I have a question, and it may sound stupid…..whatever. Why is there so much emphasis on “sterilization?” I gather mushrooms from the woods, and they are not grown in a sterile environment for sure, so I just need an explanation. Anybody…..Thank you.
@@kicknadeadcat really? Hmm... But, there's a problem. I would feel so guilty going in there to ask for something without buying something. And I _despise_ their coffee...
@@fusion9619 They usually don't mind at all, it's one less trip to the dumpster with a heavy bag for the employees. You can always try different coffee shops, and some places are very happy to keep their grounds out of landfills.
I'm wondering too, but assuming the straw has been pasteurized (they have a video) at least, or sterilized (which they wouldn't recommend for Oysters). So I think the straw is pasteurized in this case, but they didn't state it in the video.
Great video. A few questions. What kind of bags? How do you seal them? Where do you store them? How long does it take? Where do get 'spawn'? Thank you!
We make these column bags ourselves from layflat plastic tubing and seal them with zip zies. Check out these articles on our site for more info about growing conditions: grocycle.com/how-to-grow-oyster-mushrooms/ or grocycle.com/growing-mushrooms-in-coffee-grounds/ or grocycle.com/how-to-set-up-a-low-tech-mushroom-farm/
I have been studying for a year and how to grow mushrooms I think the best thing to do is get a closet Martha I believe closet I tried both on my own time it gets contaminated lots of alcohol and a warm old-fashioned steam also I do believe that you do need it’s a monitor and a humidifier gauge if you use a bucket you need to put a holes in them with filters you need to use sterile water. They did great this time except for the last phase the fruiting phrase you have to be extremely careful not to use any kind of water that has bacteria in it. Also you have to make sure that you have the proper light the proper heat in the proper humility is very difficult to grow mushrooms but I swear it’s worth it. DM me if you need more information 248-807-4607 enlightenment abound
I am new to growing mushrooms. This is my second attempt and I’m growing it in the tub is taking so long the fruits I see no mushrooms growing I see them Iceland it’s been two weeks how long should it take to start growing mushrooms. I mix sterilize dirt with my spawn was completely colonized. I do see one black fuzz growing in one of my pockets is that what I should cut out of a hydrogen peroxide on it is that a sign that it’s contaminated? Thank you so much for your RUclips channel is teaching me a lot thank you thank you thank you
I would say your technique using coffee ground is awesome.. Have a question - While closing the incubated plastic bag , do you let air inside the bag before securing it or do you puncture them for natural air to pass through for mycelium to grow and formation of mushroom pins? 2) 20 % mixture of straw is definitely a great idea , can we use any other form of substrate? Have you experimented on any other type of straw or similar stuff 3) Can you send me a link of your app or something..love to follow you guys..
1) the bag at the end has a 2 to 5 micron filter patch. This is where fresh air exchange takes place. The long bag that are hanging would need to have some small one-inch x’s cut into it for air exchange and for a place to pin. 2) oyster mushroom are aggressive eaters. You could mix in pasteurized peanut shells, Aspen chips, cardboard, that doesn’t have a glossy surface or colored ink, and other carbon rich materials.
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I'm trying to start out growing my own mushrooms for food.... I'm super broke but I have a lot of imagination and a pretty big lot in the backyard so this video was the first one that makes me feel like I actually got my foot in the door on how to do this cheaply and semi proficient.....can anybody please point me towards some more videos like this one in terms of step by step/ strategies/ do's and don'ts pleeeeeeees????? Thank you for any help in advance!!! Mother nature is free and should not be monopolized !!!!
Love the experiments/experience here. One question? Have you ever tried to inoculate a coffee/straw substrate bag with a spore syringe? Skipping the grain spawn all together.
Eric and Adam, thanks so much for the generous and informative materials you put out about your process. I’m unclear about whether your substrate mix is homogenous with spawn mixed throughout, like the mix that’s made at the end of the video, or whether the spawn is added in layers. Your bags in incubation, as photographed, seem to have layers of spawn that have been added, at evenly spaced intervals throughout the bags. Or is that just the spawn growing out in a layered sort of way within the homo mix? Greetings and thanks from NYC. We’re experimenting growing mushrooms in NYC, on coffee fermented with EM/bokashi.
if the coffe is moist for too long you can get get some unwanted mold! you can dry and store it until it's time to use it, and then pasteurize it again
Thank you for your video! I have a question that might be obvious, but I just want to know for sure: How do you cut your growbag to allow the fruiting bodies to grow out of them?
Nice channel. So happy I've found you. I was thinking, you said that coffee ground would actually develop competing mold if it's old than 24hours, so I was wondering, can I deep freeze the coffee ground until I have bigger quantities? So that way I shouldn't have competing molds in it? What do you think? Thanks!
If all goes to plan your coffee will be fully colonized, this you could use as spawn for a new batch. I think the rule of thumb is to add to your total substrate mix 10% of spawn. So if you have a fully colonized bag that has fruited several times, just take out 80/90% of the bag and mix the remaining spawn with fresh substrate, I think that should work.
Super! I'm living in Vietnam but am from Canada. I have been gifted boxes of these at home to grow on the kitchen counter. Super awesome! What I am wanting to do is show a young struggling family here during covid, how to make some extra money by making these as they have a tiny coffee shop. I thought what a great idea. As it's very difficult times for the average vietnamese person right now. Question ❓ where would I get the straw from? Or is any straw good? They have really strange mounds all over the country side whee they produce mushrooms for markets but I thought this guy could do it for gifting like in the west. Cheers great video 🙏
I know this is a dumb question, but after filling the bag do you poke holes in it? If so, how big for the bag size that the gentleman with gloves filled? I thank you in advance for your advice.
Thanks for sharing this! I was wondering if I could mix wood shavings from my workshop with the coffee grounds and how I would go about pasteurising them
Hi Eric & Adam do you think that instead straw that I can use grass weed what is plentiful here on the beach, to be honest it’s posedenia oceanica, a very kind off flaky material what withhold a very good water content.
Great video! I am just curious about one thing, I see when everything is mixed you get a uniform mix but when you show your bags on video with different level of spawn progression I see properly arranged layers. What do those layers consist of?
It looks like he's adding a layer of the coffee/straw substrate, then a layer of mushroom spawn (usually on grain), then repeating those layers until the bag is full.
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Can i used button mushroom that i bought from the store as my spawn to start growing mushroom i love button mushroom that's why i want to grow them for my consumption please let me know how i can grow button mushroom with ground coffee and straw thank you so much i will wait for your response 🤗🤗🤗
@@james.5768 Try to get some hardwood fuel pellets. Expand them with water and add wheat bran before sterilizing in a pressure cooker for 2 hours at 15 psi.
@@Supergn0me 185* F, for an hour or more to pasteurize. 250* for 25 min, in a pressure cooker to sterilize, let it cool naturally before decompressing. good luck.
Excited to get my mushroom farm rolling. When storing coffee grounds in preparation for making the substrate, should the coffee be dried out to prevent mold or will it be safe just stored in a jar in fridge?
They recommend using fresh coffee grinds (ideally from an espresso machine) within 24 hours after they've been used. The heat from the steam running through the coffee puck, pasteurizes the C grounds.
Hello. I have tried to find this answer and can't find it. Am I supposed to add liquid of some type to the grounds? It looks like the grounds and straw he mixed was completely dry. Thank you
Are the coffee grounds dried and then re hydrated during the inoculation process or is it still wet from being brewed? Could the coffee be dried and then later re hydrated, that way I would be able to save up a good amount of grounds before inoculation?
If you collect lots in a short amount of time, it's still damp. You can collect over time, but may need to reboil to kill off any contaminants that it may have picked up along the way... good luck!
Thanks so much! Such an inspirational video! I am gonna start growing mushrooms on a small and self consumption scale soon and, as an Italian, coffee ground is something we are never running out ... may I use one of those big yogurt boxes (1.25 kg box) with small holes instead of the plastic bag for the process? What do you reccomend? Thanks!
Yes - when you put the bags into the fruiting stage, put a hole or a slit into several places on the bag once the mycelium is white and nice and thick - the mushrooms will concentrate all of their growth at these holes/slits as they reach for the fresh air!
Yes you can mix in hydrated wood pellets instead of straw, but best to grow in smaller quantities if you do this to avoid compaction and poor air exchange (particle size is smaller with wood pellets than with straw)
@@GroCycleTV Thank you! I am about to embark on growing some indoor urban mushrooms and I was thinking coffee grounds because they are so plentiful. Ive wanted to do it for years :-)
Excuse me,,🙏 *I am form Indonesia,who is interested in this consept,may I ask? *For cultivation of mushrooms using coffe grounds,is there a mixture with other media? *How long does it take for the coffe grouds to sterilize? I am Pleace 🙏🙏
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How long can you use a bag of substrate?
I'm gonna need to drink more coffee lol
I've got 3 pounds used that I dried to store. pasteurising it now to use for my spawn. doing 4 indoor bags and the rest in the garden
You can probably go to a local coffee shop and get what they throw away
McDonalds now leave a bag of used coffee grounds on the counter for people to take.
They will gladly give stuff to you they have to pay to dispose of.
@@j.l.thurman2725 Every time I try to use coffee un sterilised, I get mad contamination, Trichea is common but sometimes some of that white bacteria that's all over humans too.
I always sterilise my grain, substrates of straw + coffee and agar media, I just sterilise the lot, every time I've experimented with pasteurising, utilising a still air box sterilised and left for air to settle, I've gotton contams that grow out of control and stunt the mycellium, sometimes cutting off whole areas of substrate.
Even when I do the mixing in open air, I always get contams that way.
Some clarifications please. You say that coffee grounds have already been pasteurized. But from what I gathered from other videos, they say this only applies to newly (no older than 24hours) used coffee grounds. If this is the case, can old coffee grounds still be used by pasteurizing them again?
Ive never got mold at all growing with coffee grounds
But I do mix my grounds with sunflower seed hulls.
Thanks for this video Adam! Very helpful. I'm a total fresher at this, so I have a few questions. Is water to be added to the substrate? How much?
Should the bags be pierced for the fruition process? or the mushrooms just tear the bags and grow out?
What kind of environment/temperature needs to be maintained throughout the process?
Can button mushrooms be grown using coffee grounds?
Dear Nieha .....so it's been a whole yr now.....have you pressed forward with growing mushrooms???
Anything you'd share would be a blessing.....I don't know if it's actually worth it....seems like waaaay to much work....the thing that gets me is all the grow labs I see on these videos..... always makes me think my house isn't even that much of a controlled environment....how the heck am I gonna do that for mushrooms???
We own a coffee roaster so I’ve been wanting to do this for a while now. Would it help to grind the coffee more course? I also was wondering if mixing in the coffee chaff would work the same as straw or sawdust. Which mushrooms work best or do only oyster mushrooms work?
Yes it would. I used it when I was a roaster. Straw chaff and grounds.
Lots of talking, no mushrooms to show, 🤔🤔🤔
Humidity? , temperature? , moisture ? , darkness? Maybe Ian must do the talking......
Thank you for this demonstration! I'm trying to practise at home currently and have a quick question.
Do you pierce the bags during incubation phase, or only fruiting phase when the mycelium has taken over the substrate?
The substrate needs air so if you don't have a filter patch then you would need to pierce/ slit the bags
Thanks, I was wondering the same thing. Very helpful!
its rare that Ive been impressed however watching this certainly would make anyone say wow I need to ask - have you checked out the site called gregs mushroom grower just google for it
@@GroCycleTV yes I have seen and read about using coffee grounds to grow mushrooms 🍄 and Mushrooms 🍄 can me grown on any farm substrates I have watched a video of you talking about that all we need to do is look and following you was the best 👌 idea 💡 from 🇨🇦 #YSW I follow you 💯 from Domenico Monteleone
Hi I really like the video and the idea of using spent coffee grounds.
So far I'm using them only in my vermicomposter with great success.
The issue I have with them is although they are sterilized in process of making coffee, they tend to catch mold very quickly.
How do you address this issue?
Are there any storing methods to help this?
Yes, this is what I also noticed. I think it is not practical from the coffee grounds that come out of a single machine. He mentioned that they use the coffee ground within 24 hours. So, my guess is that they procure coffee grounds from large number of coffee shops and use it within 24 hours. Storing grounds won't help in this case.
I wonder if freezing the spent coffee grounds can deter mold some until your ready to mix to grow the mushrooms?
I have a question, and it may sound stupid…..whatever. Why is there so much emphasis on “sterilization?” I gather mushrooms from the woods, and they are not grown in a sterile environment for sure, so I just need an explanation. Anybody…..Thank you.
Seems like I'm gonna need more coffee grounds than what I produce at home...
Free grounds at all Starbucks.
@@kicknadeadcat really? Hmm... But, there's a problem. I would feel so guilty going in there to ask for something without buying something. And I _despise_ their coffee...
@@fusion9619 They usually don't mind at all, it's one less trip to the dumpster with a heavy bag for the employees. You can always try different coffee shops, and some places are very happy to keep their grounds out of landfills.
I throw the daily batch of grounds into a bag in the freezer until needed
Hi guys, great video. Quick question, do you wash or rinse the straw before mixing with the substrate?
Thanks
I'm wondering too, but assuming the straw has been pasteurized (they have a video) at least, or sterilized (which they wouldn't recommend for Oysters). So I think the straw is pasteurized in this case, but they didn't state it in the video.
You soak it for a day then boil it it clean water.
Do you think coffee+sawdust would be a good combo to use?
Am I the only one who thought of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with the talk of mushrooms and coffee?
Great video. A few questions.
What kind of bags?
How do you seal them?
Where do you store them?
How long does it take?
Where do get 'spawn'?
Thank you!
We make these column bags ourselves from layflat plastic tubing and seal them with zip zies. Check out these articles on our site for more info about growing conditions: grocycle.com/how-to-grow-oyster-mushrooms/ or grocycle.com/growing-mushrooms-in-coffee-grounds/ or grocycle.com/how-to-set-up-a-low-tech-mushroom-farm/
I have been studying for a year and how to grow mushrooms I think the best thing to do is get a closet Martha I believe closet I tried both on my own time it gets contaminated lots of alcohol and a warm old-fashioned steam also I do believe that you do need it’s a monitor and a humidifier gauge if you use a bucket you need to put a holes in them with filters you need to use sterile water. They did great this time except for the last phase the fruiting phrase you have to be extremely careful not to use any kind of water that has bacteria in it. Also you have to make sure that you have the proper light the proper heat in the proper humility is very difficult to grow mushrooms but I swear it’s worth it. DM me if you need more information 248-807-4607 enlightenment abound
Coffee grounds work really well because they hold water. But I am still learning I’m trying to increase my enlightenment.
I am new to growing mushrooms. This is my second attempt and I’m growing it in the tub is taking so long the fruits I see no mushrooms growing I see them Iceland it’s been two weeks how long should it take to start growing mushrooms. I mix sterilize dirt with my spawn was completely colonized. I do see one black fuzz growing in one of my pockets is that what I should cut out of a hydrogen peroxide on it is that a sign that it’s contaminated? Thank you so much for your RUclips channel is teaching me a lot thank you thank you thank you
I would say your technique using coffee ground is awesome.. Have a question - While closing the incubated plastic bag , do you let air inside the bag before securing it or do you puncture them for natural air to pass through for mycelium to grow and formation of mushroom pins?
2) 20 % mixture of straw is definitely a great idea , can we use any other form of substrate? Have you experimented on any other type of straw or similar stuff
3) Can you send me a link of your app or something..love to follow you guys..
1) the bag at the end has a 2 to 5 micron filter patch. This is where fresh air exchange takes place. The long bag that are hanging would need to have some small one-inch x’s cut into it for air exchange and for a place to pin.
2) oyster mushroom are aggressive eaters. You could mix in pasteurized peanut shells, Aspen chips, cardboard, that doesn’t have a glossy surface or colored ink, and other carbon rich materials.
Is there an alternative to those plastic bags?
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I'm trying to start out growing my own mushrooms for food.... I'm super broke but I have a lot of imagination and a pretty big lot in the backyard so this video was the first one that makes me feel like I actually got my foot in the door on how to do this cheaply and semi proficient.....can anybody please point me towards some more videos like this one in terms of step by step/ strategies/ do's and don'ts pleeeeeeees?????
Thank you for any help in advance!!!
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How long does coffee, or other subsrates keep after pasteurization assuming it is in an enclosed container?
@@GaryDaBussy excellent, great idea! I started collecting coffee grounds at home to try it out, but the way I'm doing it just isn't going to work
@@fusion9619 you tried to grow mushroom on dried and stored coffee ground? Still not working?
Hi Adam and Ian. Thanks for the videos. For incubation, what is the recommended moisture content during that time? Is water added?
Field capacity. This means if you squeeze it gently it would just produce a drop or two. If you squeeze it hard it runs.
I'm drinking as much coffee as I can to try this!
Lol ask Starbucks or other coffee houses for free grounds! I got a big sack from them and I’m going to go back for more 😆
Wow! U gave me an idea, thanks
“Grounds for your garden” is a program Starbucks started back in 1995 I think. There are many great uses for coffee grounds.
What do you do with the coffee and straw mix that's left over after several flushes? Can it be broken up and used as compost in a garden?
The left over will still have mycelium in it so you could let it produce again or you and put it in your garden for the mycelium to help your plants
Love the experiments/experience here. One question? Have you ever tried to inoculate a coffee/straw substrate bag with a spore syringe? Skipping the grain spawn all together.
Eric and Adam, thanks so much for the generous and informative materials you put out about your process.
I’m unclear about whether your substrate mix is homogenous with spawn mixed throughout, like the mix that’s made at the end of the video, or whether the spawn is added in layers. Your bags in incubation, as photographed, seem to have layers of spawn that have been added, at evenly spaced intervals throughout the bags. Or is that just the spawn growing out in a layered sort of way within the homo mix?
Greetings and thanks from NYC. We’re experimenting growing mushrooms in NYC, on coffee fermented with EM/bokashi.
with smaller bags we throughspawn (mixed throughout) and with larger column bags we tend to inoculate in layers
Can I use a dried coffee ground for mushroom cultivation? (Dried under the sun, packed, and shelf life = 6 months)
Can I freeze coffee grounds for a few weeks and use that? Will it stay pasteurized?
if the coffe is moist for too long you can get get some unwanted mold! you can dry and store it until it's time to use it, and then pasteurize it again
Awesome videos! Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge. Is the 600g of straw damp or dry straw?
Thank you for your video! I have a question that might be obvious, but I just want to know for sure: How do you cut your growbag to allow the fruiting bodies to grow out of them?
How do you pasteurize the straw that you use in the substrate?
What about if you were using spore syringes?
Nice channel. So happy I've found you. I was thinking, you said that coffee ground would actually develop competing mold if it's old than 24hours, so I was wondering, can I deep freeze the coffee ground until I have bigger quantities? So that way I shouldn't have competing molds in it? What do you think? Thanks!
yes freeze it and then when your ready thaw it and pour boiling water over it to help re sterilize it
It's obviously an art and not a science.
3kg of coffee + 600g + 300g.
This is not 70-20-10.
2.1kg coffee, 600g, + 300g.
That's 70-20-10.
i wonder how to keep a pile of coffee ground for later use. do we keep them in a freezer to prevent against molding? how is that process working?
I wondered the same thing. If I did that though I’d probably triple ziploc bag it to keep everything else in the freezer from smelling of coffee!
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Hi, thanks for this very informative video. I’d like to know if you can re use the coffee ground after you harvested your mushrooms? Thanks
If all goes to plan your coffee will be fully colonized, this you could use as spawn for a new batch. I think the rule of thumb is to add to your total substrate mix 10% of spawn. So if you have a fully colonized bag that has fruited several times, just take out 80/90% of the bag and mix the remaining spawn with fresh substrate, I think that should work.
Super! I'm living in Vietnam but am from Canada. I have been gifted boxes of these at home to grow on the kitchen counter. Super awesome! What I am wanting to do is show a young struggling family here during covid, how to make some extra money by making these as they have a tiny coffee shop. I thought what a great idea. As it's very difficult times for the average vietnamese person right now. Question ❓ where would I get the straw from? Or is any straw good? They have really strange mounds all over the country side whee they produce mushrooms for markets but I thought this guy could do it for gifting like in the west. Cheers great video 🙏
Hi guys can you share size if your bags?How much they weigh with coffee spawns and straw? THANK YOU!!!
I know this is a dumb question, but after filling the bag do you poke holes in it? If so, how big for the bag size that the gentleman with gloves filled? I thank you in advance for your advice.
best video ive seen so far.. not only steps through the process (like everyone else) but awesome incite on why to do things a certain way
Aaaag come on now! Best video my a$$
I’ve tried many times to grow on coffee grounds, with zero success.... but I’ll try again
My very first trying of growing mushroom was using coffee grounds and dry gress mix. it was just happened 3 weeks ago, and so far so good...
1. Why do you use only 10% spawn with coffee grounds?
2. Is it wise to add sawdust and do you need to pasteurise sawdust?
Thank you!
Could you also use coco coir instead of the straw?
Came here to ask this.. did you ever try it?
Can you grow mushrooms on unused coffee grounds?
Thanks for sharing this! I was wondering if I could mix wood shavings from my workshop with the coffee grounds and how I would go about pasteurising them
no need to pasturize the wood shavings just soak them for about 9 hours and mix with the cofee
@@wipeoutxl21 why no need to pasteurize?
@@Marlene5018 wood chips dont easily grow mold like other substrates
@@wipeoutxl21 Thanks 😊
Hi Eric & Adam do you think that instead straw that I can use grass weed what is plentiful here on the beach, to be honest it’s posedenia oceanica, a very kind off flaky material what withhold a very good water content.
Can you please explain why do I need to use the substrate with the coffee ground?
Thanks in advance.
Great video! I am just curious about one thing, I see when everything is mixed you get a uniform mix but when you show your bags on video with different level of spawn progression I see properly arranged layers. What do those layers consist of?
white layers are spawn growing at different stages during colonizing from your left all the way to the last two on the right fruiting stages
It looks like he's adding a layer of the coffee/straw substrate, then a layer of mushroom spawn (usually on grain), then repeating those layers until the bag is full.
I really want to thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am here in the Philippines and this video is amazing. what they teach us here is different. I would love to try growing mushrooms using this technique. Thank you very much 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 I appreciate what you are doing !💯👌🏿🙏🏿☝🏿
Thanks Kasikmura, happy to hear you found it useful :-)
GroCycle Yes very helpful 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
And after what i must to do. It’s not enough clear your vidéo. So fast and incomplet
Hi,I really do enjoy your videos, find them very instructive, add to it the good energy you transmit with it, thank you...
Was that coffee filters cut up in the mix too? Can I add coffee filters to the mix? ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ
I have plenty of muslin, could I use it to make bags for growing mushrooms in coffee grounds?
I'm not a mushroom expert, but I worry that the mushroom would eat the bag if it's made of organic material.
Amazing! Which tall bags do you use? They look ideal!
Can i used button mushroom that i bought from the store as my spawn to start growing mushroom i love button mushroom that's why i want to grow them for my consumption please let me know how i can grow button mushroom with ground coffee and straw thank you so much i will wait for your response 🤗🤗🤗
My coffee grounds have 2 tbls of Mocha in it will it the grounds still be good n safe and edible mushrooms?
I think you'll be fine to use the grounds. Happy growing!
what are your thoughts on coffee and re-hydrated wood pellets mixed?
I think the hardest thing to do with all this is pasteurizing the straw. What (how) is best way to do this at ones home? Thank you!
was the coffee grounds moist or do the mushroom spores not need the coffee to be moist? thanks
I wonder...could you use coconut coir instead of straw?
No direct experience but am sure other growers have used this.
So if I find mold in the coffee the coffee is contaminated and I can't use ....correct???????
would it affect the nutrients in the coffee grounds if you were to ix it with the grain spawn that you are about to PC cook?
do you cut holes in the bags? when do you cut the holes in the bags? What temperature should they be at? in the dark?
how would one suggest collecting from coffee shops? im worried about mold growing in the coffee grounds before i get to it to turn intio substrate..
Great video. Can you grow lions mane in the same way? Thanks
It won't adapt as easily as the very versatile oyster mushroom I'm afraid
@@GroCycleTV oky doky, in your opinion what would be the best substrate for growing lions mane indoors then? Thanks
@@james.5768 Logs outside or a grow kit inside seems a safe way to go.
@@james.5768 Try to get some hardwood fuel pellets. Expand them with water and add wheat bran before sterilizing in a pressure cooker for 2 hours at 15 psi.
Why that plastic bag has a stiker (a white one)? I can not do it in a normal plastic bag? Thanks for all
Where do you buy the Bags? Has to be Brand new and don't need to Sterilize these Bags?
What are the dimensions of your plastic bag?
Great video! One question because I didn't catch it, do you need to pasteurized the straw before you add it and how?
@18 Hands Ok, so exactly how does one heat sterilize properly?
@@Supergn0me 185* F, for an hour or more to pasteurize. 250* for 25 min, in a pressure cooker to sterilize, let it cool naturally before decompressing. good luck.
Is mould dangerous, or does it just reduce yields/cause complete failure?
Excited to get my mushroom farm rolling. When storing coffee grounds in preparation for making the substrate, should the coffee be dried out to prevent mold or will it be safe just stored in a jar in fridge?
They recommend using fresh coffee grinds (ideally from an espresso machine) within 24 hours after they've been used. The heat from the steam running through the coffee puck, pasteurizes the C grounds.
thanks for your idea．can I use the coffee for shiitake mushroom?
Where do you guys get those long bags from and do you make holes in them so the mushrooms mycelium can breath?
Can you grow mushrooms in less than 1kg of coffee grounds?
Does anyone have any advice on how to store small amounts of coffee before using it as a substrate? I do not have access to huge amounts all at once.
Freezer maybe? In a sealed bag / container?
@@DH-be4ur I can't think of anything else. Worth a try!
Any location with any coffee shop or deli or restaurant nearby, will have bags of coffee grounds being disposed of daily. You only have to ask!
is it possible to use bags from other material than plastic? Or is this plastic compostable?
Hello.
I have tried to find this answer and can't find it. Am I supposed to add liquid of some type to the grounds? It looks like the grounds and straw he mixed was completely dry.
Thank you
The Coffee grounds should be so moist, that water drops down in you squeeze them in your hand, but the water should not flow out
Are the coffee grounds dried and then re hydrated during the inoculation process or is it still wet from being brewed?
Could the coffee be dried and then later re hydrated, that way I would be able to save up a good amount of grounds before inoculation?
If you collect lots in a short amount of time, it's still damp. You can collect over time, but may need to reboil to kill off any contaminants that it may have picked up along the way... good luck!
Can you use shredded cardboard or brown paper bag instead of straw.. (Urban environment)
Shredded card works really well :)
@@GroCycleTV Does the cardboard need to be pasteurized and if do, how do you do that please?
What about mixing coffee with mulch?
Great video thank u can u tell me where to purchase the long bags
Does this method apply on shiitake mushroom?
I wonder if lions mane liks dense substrate since it grows in hard wood.
Can you use tea leaves from tea bags as well as coffee grounds?
Hello how are you i live in Torbay a was wondering if o could have a link to the website you get extra long bags from . That I saw in beginning
Hi Elliot, we make those ourselves from lay flat tubing
Do you need to sterilize the straw first?
What about adding cardboard to the coffee instead of straw?
Do psilocybin mushrooms grow the same way or do they require a different procedure?
You would need to master sterile techniques for this.
Thank you, I will research this technique. I love your videos!
@@judithorr3226 coco coir & verm
LOL 😅
look for Arvin forty seven, he's a master
Thanks so much! Such an inspirational video! I am gonna start growing mushrooms on a small and self consumption scale soon and, as an Italian, coffee ground is something we are never running out ... may I use one of those big yogurt boxes (1.25 kg box) with small holes instead of the plastic bag for the process? What do you reccomend?
Thanks!
I use plastic sandwhich bread bags sometimes and just cut small holes in it.
You guys are amazing .pls keep it up
do you need to poke holes on the plastic bags? or the mushrooms will eventually pierce through the bag?
Yes - when you put the bags into the fruiting stage, put a hole or a slit into several places on the bag once the mycelium is white and nice and thick - the mushrooms will concentrate all of their growth at these holes/slits as they reach for the fresh air!
could we use fallen leaves from the trees instead of straw?
nice! can you use another mix in like wood or grains or paper?
Yes you can mix in hydrated wood pellets instead of straw, but best to grow in smaller quantities if you do this to avoid compaction and poor air exchange (particle size is smaller with wood pellets than with straw)
@@GroCycleTV Thank you! I am about to embark on growing some indoor urban mushrooms and I was thinking coffee grounds because they are so plentiful. Ive wanted to do it for years :-)
why not just put the bags horisontally?
How much water should be added to the bag mix?
Excuse me,,🙏
*I am form Indonesia,who is interested in this consept,may I ask?
*For cultivation of mushrooms using coffe grounds,is there a mixture with other media?
*How long does it take for the coffe grouds to sterilize?
I am Pleace 🙏🙏
What if we dont have Hay of rice ?
What kind of bags are they using?