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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?
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.
Thanks. I will do this. I live in a city and it seems the easiest and best! Im cooking up a pound of coffee. I also like that you put it back into the same bag!!
@@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.
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 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.
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???
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 !💯👌🏿🙏🏿☝🏿
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
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'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.
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
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.
Great content, thank you. I’d like to know more about how you go about reaching field capacity of the grounds and straw. Meaning, how to do go about hydrating the straw to 75% and coffee to 50% before bagging?
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
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.
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.
👆 that's the Instagram handle of the legit dealer that ships mushrooms spawns and spores to me, after i was ripped off my 💰 severally by online scammers. Dude is a life saver I was scared at first but when I received my package I was so ecstatic because it was worth the $
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
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.
Hi, might not get a reply since its been many years. I've recently tried this with brown oysters (winter variant) took 44 days to fully colonise, but have been trying to pin for 20 days without luck (at temp of 10C). I have other medium (bags) in the same conditions which have fruited and harvested. Growing in 100% coffee, what type of oyster did you have success with?
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?
Has anyone tried using this method outdoors with strains chosen for the outdoor temperature parameters? I am interested in doing this in reusable 5 gal buckets to minimize plastic waste. Also curious if anyone has tried with wood chips in place of straw or a combination of the two with coffee grounds. Paul Stamets mentions that wood chips promote prolific fruiting in combination with other more finely ground substrates as they provide dense pockets of nutrition. I am also experimenting with lime pasteurization of sawdust pellets and straw. Had anyone tried this method with coffee grounds that are not optimally fresh?
I've been spending time with the help of my son researching into growing mushrooms at home then we discovered an awesome website at gregs mushroom grower (check it out on google)
here's several things worth trying pick the best type - there are lots available. grow them in the right environment - some eg oyster muchrooms like cool humid conditions and can be put outdoors (I read these and why they work on Gregs Mushroom Grower website )
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!
Great, but do you make holes in the bag or do they break through? Where do you get the bags? Do they need to be in the dark or is light fine? Can you provide where you get your supplies?
@@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.
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!
I've started growing mushrooms, and I know the owners of several local shops. I'd love to get my hands on the spent grounds and mix it with sawdust and a rye grain spawn.
Coffee shops..... Just ask coffee shops for them. They are usually happy to give them to people for free. Starbucks coffee shops in my area usually has big bags of used grounds that they put out for people to take for free. Just ask them for them if you don't see any. They're usually very happy to help. OR... You could just save your grounds whenever you make a pot of coffee, just put them in a container and place them in your freezer until you have enough grounds saved up. Then you can put them all in a large pot, add some water, and boil it. This will kill off any mold or other harmful pathogens you don't want in your grounds. I hope this helps you.
Heather Donigan One thing Heather like they said it’s better if you mix straw with coffee grounds but never throw coffee grounds because they’re good for roses and all kinds of different plants. Including the enlightened ones meaning Magic mushrooms. And don’t forget if you do and just them they turn from 37 says Celeban do your homework and it’s not something that shows up in a drug test. If you’re interested look at John Hopkins study and they’re calling it a miracle and that would be the scientists. Good luck to you all I will spread this as far as I can it’s worth 20 years of meditation because it dissolves the ego. Love you I’m Johnny Appleseed I don’t want to spread it everywhere I’m still working on my part because I can’t I’ve done it twice and I can’t seem to do it but I actually know what I did wrong this time do you have to have at least 4 inches of dirt, sterile dirt in a bucket or get Martha’s fruiting chamber. Good luck to you guys love you all
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 !!!!
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
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How long can you use a bag of substrate?
Ive never got mold at all growing with coffee grounds
But I do mix my grounds with sunflower seed hulls.
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...
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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?
I like using a coffee/cardboard mix. All the benefits of straw and can be completely recycled.
We’re going to try this for our customers of our CSA here in North Pole!
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$$
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.
Thanks. I will do this. I live in a city and it seems the easiest and best! Im cooking up a pound of coffee. I also like that you put it back into the same bag!!
I've picked some used grounds from gas stations, and Starbucks as well.
Do you think coffee+sawdust would be a good combo to use?
Hi,I really do enjoy your videos, find them very instructive, add to it the good energy you transmit with it, thank you...
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.
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 🙏
just discovered this channel, amazing!!!
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?
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???
@@davidschmidt270 it’s nowhere near as complex as it seems. full on morons can do it in their dirty basement in a tent.
was the coffee grounds moist or do the mushroom spores not need the coffee to be moist? thanks
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 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
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.
I’ve tried many times to grow on coffee grounds, with zero success.... but I’ll try again
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
Where do you buy the Bags? Has to be Brand new and don't need to Sterilize these Bags?
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.
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.
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
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 😊
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.
What type of the bag do you use?
Thank you so much for all the videos from you, they all are very helpful for a people like myself
Awesome videos! Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge. Is the 600g of straw damp or dry straw?
Great content, thank you. I’d like to know more about how you go about reaching field capacity of the grounds and straw. Meaning, how to do go about hydrating the straw to 75% and coffee to 50% before bagging?
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
Thank you so much!! I don't have access to logs so this is a great alternative. Good luck with all of your work!!
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?
Could I use coco coir instead of the straw?
How much water should be added to the bag mix?
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!
How do you pasteurize the straw that you use in the substrate?
Can I use a dried coffee ground for mushroom cultivation? (Dried under the sun, packed, and shelf life = 6 months)
Can you please explain why do I need to use the substrate with the coffee ground?
Thanks in advance.
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?
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.
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..
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.
Beautiful sustainability!
What about if you were using spore syringes?
Awesome! Need to know the best place to buy the spawn. So appreciative:)
Sylvan
Liams_spores_
👆 that's the Instagram handle of the legit dealer that ships mushrooms spawns and spores to me, after i was ripped off my 💰 severally by online scammers. Dude is a life saver
I was scared at first but when I received my package I was so ecstatic because it was worth the $
Can you use tea leaves from tea bags as well as coffee grounds?
Really great method, thanks for sharing!
Could you also use coco coir instead of the straw?
Came here to ask this.. did you ever try it?
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?
Where do you guys get those long bags from and do you make holes in them so the mushrooms mycelium can breath?
is it possible to use bags from other material than plastic? Or is this plastic compostable?
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
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.
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.
Very useful video….
Hello one question on this….
Is there no need to pasteurize coffee waste before mixing it with the straw…
Is mould dangerous, or does it just reduce yields/cause complete failure?
Hi, might not get a reply since its been many years. I've recently tried this with brown oysters (winter variant) took 44 days to fully colonise, but have been trying to pin for 20 days without luck (at temp of 10C). I have other medium (bags) in the same conditions which have fruited and harvested. Growing in 100% coffee, what type of oyster did you have success with?
You guys are amazing .pls keep it up
Hi guys can you share size if your bags?How much they weigh with coffee spawns and straw? THANK YOU!!!
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?
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!
Has anyone tried using this method outdoors with strains chosen for the outdoor temperature parameters? I am interested in doing this in reusable 5 gal buckets to minimize plastic waste.
Also curious if anyone has tried with wood chips in place of straw or a combination of the two with coffee grounds. Paul Stamets mentions that wood chips promote prolific fruiting in combination with other more finely ground substrates as they provide dense pockets of nutrition.
I am also experimenting with lime pasteurization of sawdust pellets and straw. Had anyone tried this method with coffee grounds that are not optimally fresh?
Do you need to sterilize the straw first?
Do you not add any water to your bag mixes?
What are the dimensions of your plastic bag?
thanks for your idea．can I use the coffee for shiitake mushroom?
Can you add tea to the mix or would that taint it somehow? (like adding sugar to the tea before you take out the teabag)
Do the mushrooms eat through the plastic?
I wonder if lions mane liks dense substrate since it grows in hard wood.
Wow! Thank you! I'm so excited to try this 🙌
I've been spending time with the help of my son researching into growing mushrooms at home then we discovered an awesome website at gregs mushroom grower (check it out on google)
here's several things worth trying
pick the best type - there are lots available.
grow them in the right environment - some eg oyster muchrooms like cool humid conditions and can be put outdoors
(I read these and why they work on Gregs Mushroom Grower website )
could we use fallen leaves from the trees instead of straw?
Amazing! Which tall bags do you use? They look ideal!
Could you use coffee grounds instead of agar?
Could you use vermiculite with the coffe to help it be less compact.
Would it be detrimental to mix several types of substrate?? any experience doing it that way (more than two types of substrate)
What kind of bags are they using?
Why that plastic bag has a stiker (a white one)? I can not do it in a normal plastic bag? Thanks for all
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 there an alternative to those plastic bags?
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.
Great video thank u can u tell me where to purchase the long bags
What about adding cardboard to the coffee instead of straw?
Can coffee husks work too as substrate?
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!
Do you have to poke holes in the bag or do they just pass through as they grow?
Great, but do you make holes in the bag or do they break through? Where do you get the bags? Do they need to be in the dark or is light fine? Can you provide where you get your supplies?
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.
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!
Do you pasteurize the straw?
I've started growing mushrooms, and I know the owners of several local shops. I'd love to get my hands on the spent grounds and mix it with sawdust and a rye grain spawn.
Coffee shops..... Just ask coffee shops for them. They are usually happy to give them to people for free. Starbucks coffee shops in my area usually has big bags of used grounds that they put out for people to take for free. Just ask them for them if you don't see any. They're usually very happy to help. OR... You could just save your grounds whenever you make a pot of coffee, just put them in a container and place them in your freezer until you have enough grounds saved up. Then you can put them all in a large pot, add some water, and boil it. This will kill off any mold or other harmful pathogens you don't want in your grounds. I hope this helps you.
Heather Donigan One thing Heather like they said it’s better if you mix straw with coffee grounds but never throw coffee grounds because they’re good for roses and all kinds of different plants. Including the enlightened ones meaning Magic mushrooms. And don’t forget if you do and just them they turn from 37 says Celeban do your homework and it’s not something that shows up in a drug test. If you’re interested look at John Hopkins study and they’re calling it a miracle and that would be the scientists. Good luck to you all I will spread this as far as I can it’s worth 20 years of meditation because it dissolves the ego. Love you I’m Johnny Appleseed I don’t want to spread it everywhere I’m still working on my part because I can’t I’ve done it twice and I can’t seem to do it but I actually know what I did wrong this time do you have to have at least 4 inches of dirt, sterile dirt in a bucket or get Martha’s fruiting chamber. Good luck to you guys love you all
how much contamination happen among the mixed bags ?
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 !!!!
Also look up 90 second mycology "uncle Bens tek" also called "broke boy brown rice" 😄
what are your thoughts on coffee and re-hydrated wood pellets mixed?
So if I find mold in the coffee the coffee is contaminated and I can't use ....correct???????
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
Where can i buy the seeds?