How to Make a Shotgun Fruiting Chamber for Growing Mushrooms
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This fruiting chamber is by far the easiest most effective low cost solution for hobby growers to start growing any mushroom they want!
The plastic container should have quarter inch holes spaced 2 inches apart on all sides including the bottom.
The perlite should be soaked for 30 minutes-1 hour while making sure the water does not leak out of the bottom holes.
The water is then drained and the chamber is now ready.
The perlite will “let off” moisture into the chamber over the course of many months before needing to be be resoaked.
The many holes on the sides of the chamber will let in plenty of fresh air and can be taped off to adjust flow.
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Short and to-the-point. Everything I need to know. Thanks 👍
I am glad that I stumbled on your videos, so many great simple ideas I didn't find it anywhere else, thank you
Thanks for watching!
There’s so many different methods and opinions out there, it can be hard to find information that works for your exact situation. This is exactly what I was looking for.
One of the best mushroom content
Thanks for watching! 🙏
Really nice job! You could put the perlite in a bag and submerge the bag in the water. When you take out the bag the fabric will work as a filter.
Good idea! Here’s an updated video too:
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@@SporenSprout glad to help. I will watch the update right now 🖖
i’m thrilled I found this channel
Me too, this guy is awesome
I want to start a passion protect of growing mushrooms to sell locally at little farmers markets, on a Facebook page, etc. The thing with passion projects is start up costs need to be minimal. This is a great start up option! Thank you 😁
Ya pf tek is super easy and cheap way to go. Once u get comfortable with that then u can make the move to mono tubs if u feel like it!
I soak perlite by putting it in a 5 gal bucked with an upside down dinner plate on top. Sometimes I add some weight on top of the plate if needed.
Dude your a mycelium God 💯💪
nice and simple. JUST THE WAY I LIKE IT
Thanks for watching! Check this dub tub video out. The fruiting chamber is itself:
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Yet again, you've come in clutch! Thanks so much awesome idea!! Could you attach a humidifier to get 85-90% humidity? Or is this chamber capable of that on its own?
No problem! This chamber is capable of the necessary humidity on its own!
Great simple instructional video. Subbed
Here’s the updated video! th-cam.com/video/bLB5ZaYI3Sg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=aqPMDKVlCemL5-0e
Perlite is more of a drainage medium than it is something that soaks up moisture. I think you are thinking of vermiculite. Perlite does not swell when it is placed in water. It is added to potting mix as a light version of sand to allow water to move quickly through the soil.
But the video shows that the perlite clearly soaked up the water
no, it is to retain moisture in potting soil.
Vermiculite is also used for drainage if I’m not mistaken
Perlite absorbs a small amount of water. The terrarium design here allows for a humid atmosphere inside without the use of a humidifier. Air moves from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure, and cold air has a lower pressure than warm air. By placing a water-soaked perlite layer on the bottom of the terrarium, creating a cool area of relatively low pressure compared to the air in the chamber above. The area above the perlite is slightly warmer, due to both the respiring mycelium and the heat from the light source, and so is at a relatively higher pressure. A "pressure gradient" is created between the cool air in the perlite and the slightly warmer air above; this drives air molecules from the perlite up into the growing chamber and out of holes near the top. This serves 2 purposes:
-Water vapor in the perlite is mixed with the air and drawn upwards, humidifying the grow chamber. Misting replaces the water lost from the perlite.
-carbion dioxide gas, which prevents pinning, is drawn up and out of the terrarium, encouraging mushrooms to begin forming. 🌈 the more we know. Happy growing, everyone!
@@viscerallove792 so which is better perlite or vermiculite?
if u make one of these does that eliminate the need to fan and mist daily? how many bags of uncle ben’s rice would be happy in each tub?
thank you, I love your channel
Unfortunately you still have to fan and mist 2-3 times daily with this fruiting chamber. It’s not a big deal though! It’s an amazing and easy way to fruit any mushroom substrate 😊. I would say you could do around 8 bags of uncle bens! Thank you! I really appreciate that, I have more videos coming this week!
@@SporenSprout Can you use just long grain brown rice on top of the perilite at that point? A scenario, I fruit once from Uncle bens bag. I have already made my shotgun chamber. Can I then boil 5 pounds of bulk brown rice, add the once fruited uncle bens bag and be off and running?
@@jackbradway4130 you don’t add anything to the perlite. You usually place colonized cakes on a circle piece of aluminum foil on top of the perlite.
I don't think soaking perlite does anything. it absorbs all the water it will absorb almost instanly. just a quick mix is all it really needs
What about contamination? I’d be afraid of anything that could get in those holes and grow something you don’t want 🤷🏻♀️
Anything you put in the chamber will be fully colonized by mycelium making it naturally resistant to contamination. Only substrate which has not been fully colonized by the mycelium can become contaminated in the chamber.
Enjoying your videos! Thanks
You have no idea how much that means to me! thank yoou! I have some awesome videos coming soon! keep a look out!
what is the next step,do you mix in the grain spawn now?
You put in your colonized cakes, spawn bags substrate cake etc. The perlite is for humidity not to spawn anything.
So you'd inoculate some bags of Uncle Ben's, and then keep them ontop of the perlite in the tub?
I have used your methods successfully so thanks for the info. Question I harvested three flush’s of GT’s from my chamber, there are many tiny mushrooms that seem to have stalled out, no growth in three days. They do look to have the fuzzy feet thing going on. Any suggestions? Thanks
Thanks for the feedback and congratulations on your success! It is normal for there to be “aborts” when the cake doesn’t have enough energy or water to disperse equal growth between all pins. There will always be a few aborted pins and they usually turn blue/black and fall off easily after developing fuzzy feet. Just pull them off before they turn black and dry them up. You can dunk the cakes for 4 hours after they dry out and try again but the immune system slowly becomes compromised so watch out for green mold at the end and dispose of it.
Super vidéo thank you so much!
Thanks for watching 🙏
If I put colonized rice from a jar in there, do I have to fan and mist before I see any pins? It is hard to get myclium from a jar to come out unless I take a spoon or fork and break it up. If i break it up, can i put it all on foil and place it in there without any destruction of the mycelium?
Thanks. Good presentation!
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not sure where you live, I'm in FL (humid), but I just put the block in the tote and nothing else...no holes, perlite etc...now the tote just sits outside on the porch and it never needs water or attention til harvest...
Oouuu, love that for you! I'm in NC and it's very humid, but surely not enough to pull your method. Still there's a part of me that begs to give it a shot in a shoe box experiment. Thanks for sharing! Happy Growing 😊
What kind of perlite should we use?
They have course, medium and fine. Does it matter?
Also, can we reuse it in different tubs after our flushes are done?
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Thanks. I just bought a bag of course perlite.
what about air filtration? Im afraid some mold will get inside through these holes.
As long as your substrate is fully colonized you should not worry about that. You will get 1-2 flushes and then your substrate will naturally contaminate.
@@SporenSprout Thanks! I will clone next week a probably try your method, it seems like the best one.
@@MekronCZ Takes up less space than a grow tent and doesn’t use electricity. These fruiting chambers are perfect for PF tek cakes specifically or you could fit a couple of 5 Lb blocks. Just make sure to fan and mist a couple times a day and everything will grow perfect, Good luck!
Do I need to use a fan
No but 1-3 times per day you should open the lid and fan them while fruiting..
Where/how should they be stored? How do you control the temp? Thank you for the guidance!
The fruiting chambers can be set up on a table in any room. If you need temp regulation use a space heater and air conditioning to keep the room at 70 F.
@@SporenSprout shouldn’t you put some kind of filter over the holes?
@@Tha_AntiChrist No, this isn’t a mono tub. There will be no substrate inside that is in the process of colonizing, only fully colonized cakes or blocks are set inside the chamber to fruit when it’s time.
@@SporenSprout I like this tek even more now
@@SporenSprout do you put the uncle Ben’s whole bag or just the insides in this ?
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Is there a reason to use Pearlite over Vermiculite?
People seem to confuse the two. Perlite is only used for humidification. Vermiculite is added to substrate or cakes that are placed ON TOP of the perlite to provide the humid environment. If you had a humidifier you wouldn’t need perlite.
@@SporenSproutit is wonderful for humidification. Perlite also creates a pressure gradient to force out co2 between the fanning and (and misting). Thanks for this video. I've been looking up more info about how to create holes. I'm 5'3", 110lbs. I bought new bits along with bins that seemed thinner with no luck! I think I'm gonna heat up my soldering tool tonight instead. Hopefully it gets the job done. Is it possible to leave the cakes too long in the jars? They were ready before I went on vacation but held off on this next step since I wouldn't be able to mist and fan... The mycelium is beautiful and covering the jar almost 100%. I hope they're still able to fruit.
@@viscerallove792 The fully colonized jars usually will start shrinking or pinning in-vitro after 1-2 months of being fully colonized. Should be good either way for a while, especially if the colonized cakes are moved to a colder room.
@@SporenSprout thank you for sharing your knowledge, I'm thrilled to hear it!
How do you keep it this heated in winter at proper temperature?
My house is only 65 degrees in January.
I use a small space heater in the room during the winter. 65 isn’t that bad
Thank you. I thought it had to be 75 degrees to get it pinning. I would have to put space heater real close to the tubs.
Hey @SporenSprout not sure if this is a stupid question,
But im doing the shoebox tek and intead of doing dubtubs for when it was time to fruit i placed 2 shoeboxes in a tub with a few holes for fae and some perlite on the bottom .
The dubtubs were just taking up to much space .
Am i gonna run into any problems with this setup ?
I think that will work fine!
Do you still need to put the lid on the tub or leave if off
You put the lid on and the lid also has holes in it. Thanks for asking and sorry for the confusion!
Do you have a video of this kind of chamber in action?
Could I make a smaller scaled down version in a smaller tote?
Yes that’s the beauty of it. You can you whatever you have available.
Great video thanks! Will this and the uncle bens method work for magic mushrooms?
Yeah he does videos on both and he brings up this vid in his uncle Ben’s vid
do you still put a payer of aluminum foil down on top before you put your fruiting block in?
Yes, the tinfoil should be the same size as the block
does the tub need to be elevated like in the video when it is being used to fruit? What would be good to put under it to catch fallng water droplets
You should put 4 jar lid bands under each corner while fruiting. There shouldn’t be any droplets while fruiting really.
@Blueskies you don’t need to catch any water
So once my grain or wood chips are full of mycelium do I just dump it in and put the lid on? Will this work for wood loving mushys like shitake.? Thanks.
Dont just dump it it in. You would have to initiate fruiting by cutting holes in your fruiting block and set the block inside the fruiting chamber and dont forget to mist and fan daily a few times. Yes this chamber works for all mushrooms that can be grown.
@@SporenSprout thanks for the reply. If I use uncle bens, do i empty the bag in or cut multiple holes in the bag after wiping it down with iso then place it in? Thanks again.
Peter I have a couple uncle bens bags going in one of these fruiting chambers right now. Just cut one or 2 holes in the top or side of the bag and mist that spot. Place inside chamber. No need to take it out of the bag.
Isn’t that water to contaminated to use?
No, just hydrating the perlite. It will hold the water and keep the tote humid.
Good to know
I’m having trouble pinning does there need to be a lot of fae? Thanks
@@TruthSeeker99999 You have to mist the walls of the chamber and fan the cakes 3-4 times per day. Are you using cakes? Make sure they are rolled in moist perlite to keep the cake from drying out.
@@TruthSeeker99999 Also make sure you have tinfoil circles under each cake ,cut exactly the same diameter as the cake. It will be the barrier between the cake and perlite.
im a noob.
Do you place a lid on the boxes or not?
Yes the original lid with holes