1000sq/ft Oyster Mushroom Farm Growing 300lbs a week!
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A tour of my one of my students Oyster mushroom farm near Boston. Brad built this small but efficient gourmet mushroom farm in only 1000 sq/ft. He is growing Oyster mushrooms, Lions Mane, and King oysters.
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Props to how you've automated alot of the process.
This is pretty badass. I wonder how cost effective this type of setup is?
Seems like the return on investment could be extraordinary depending on rent, labor, etc. Amazing to see such a well laid out commercial setup in a small space. Well played!
🍄💕 nice work guys!
Big bucks to start I'm sure!
My name is Miguel A. Chavez used to grow oyster mushroom St GGM. with the auto bottling systems,it is much more efficient whenever you can afford it, you should by it!
Awesome set up
Nice video!👌 Looking forward to see an update.
Is there any information on the steamer used to pasteurize the bags? And is that a non functional proofer that was repurposed? Thank you!
nice set up man, i just picked up a contract with a local brewery to get their SBG, pretty exciting stuff
How's that working out?
Sweet set up!
Lots of money in this setup. Nice quality production
Wow that's some serious investment.
This definitely ain't your backyard grow
Probably a bad investment to be honest-it’s clear there’s no real business plan or any clear path to real bottom line success.
This is dope, I love how everything moves around on the rolling carts. great video.
biggest fault in this op is not having fruiting racks portable
Good looking set up. Keep moving along and looking to see some follow up.
this operation is moving into a much larger custom built from the ground up operation. Should be up and running in a year or two. Check out my newest videos for my new operation thats bigger than this one.
@@MyersMushroomsFarms so are you still farming mushrooms
Bro... legend status for real. I’m beyond impressed
Solid Gold! Salute
Great video, looking at getting a Pack mixer after this. Does Brad have the 3 or 5HP motor option?
Shane im a sales rep for Pack. Shoot me an email at Myersmushrooms@gmail.com
I'd love to know more about how that steamer/proofer process. Is the Bubba Barrel creating the steam which is being pumped into the proofer?
Super good work ! , question : those ceiling fans are pointing up or down ?
yes
Down
My dream grow
Hey Eric, tank you for your videos. If i got it right, he's pumping steam from the b.barrel to the old fridge?
Tanks in advance
Yes
Is there a drip pan under the proofer pasturizer to catch condensate?
Get miles on I need to take your class I need to learn all I
Eric your videos are back!
Brenda @Goldenwood Mushrooms yes all re uploaded on this new channel
Fabulous. I messaged Jewell earlier.
Brenda @Goldenwood Mushrooms she is brads classmate for my class.
Yes, she and I video conference on some Fridays with Caitlin Hollow
Is that a commercial freezer that you converted into a sterilizer
Would love to see the cost breakdown of a set up like this. Seems like there is over 50k in set up costs. Maybe more. What were the costs in money and time?
Same here, even as rugged as it looks that's still a lot of money. I wonder what the electricity bill is. I'll get there one day!
Advance Disposal Inc. - Dumpster Rental yes it's just above $50k he is growing 200-300lbs of mushrooms solo and the power is not too bad. He is only running the steamer once a week and then it's just some fans and lights with a 2 ton window ac unit.
You should do this with all your friends. Hello friends
Did you help him set up this grow room?
I have a question- Why would someone use smaller bags vs larger vertical hanging bags? Wouldnt the larger elongated bags give you more mushrooms and higher profitability? Thanks
This is something I have been wondering myself. From what I can gather the answer would be yes. Greater yields. However the process becomes more labour intensive, therefore smaller bags can be turned over faster and with less manpower.
handling the bags at 12 lbs each is already labor intensive, yes 30 lb bags might be less proccessing but when its all manual it wears you down. European farms grow on 30+ lb plastic wrapped bales but the block production is automated.
@@MyersMushroomsFarms What about the Big growers using bottles. the largest growers here us bottles 60,000 sq feet
@@londonpaintball They use around $500k+ in automation to process those bottles.
@@MyersMushroomsFarms Where can i get more info about how they handle the 30lbs+ bales?
Where is the exhaust for his fruiting room?
In front of the rooms on your way in
how much co2 cencentration reqiuered for oyster and calocybe indica
Where you buy the wall covers
What's the temperature in the fruiting chamber?
Can u give machine details sir,
Hello how to you control humidity and temperature?
Is there still a contact for Brad? Website link doesn't work. I am interested in speaking with him professionally, or if things did not work out purchasing some of the equipment. Please let me know, serious inquiry.a
Company shut down and sold off everything a few years ago sadly. If you need equipment check out my website.
@@MyersMushroomsFarms Took a look through equipment on website, am interested in some of the larger items if you can discuss different pricing with me. Not new to this :P
What was the initial cost for the set up
I read his business closed due to a fire; did he have insurance to replace his losses and ever reopen?
I wonder if I can quit my job to do this It looks interesting? what is the Net income for this type operation?
I wouldn't recommend quitting your day job and diving in. Yes you can make a good living off it but it also requires infrastructure, knowledge, equipment, and most importantly a market.
He has put a lot of resources into this
Its too bad the website doesn’t work
Is he still in business
Your comment got me curious so I began looking into it.
According to MassFoodAndWine Brad's location was ruined just five months after this video was posted after a fire broke out going on to say "While the actual fire ... did not cause significant damage, the resulting water [from the sprinkler system] devastated the entire inventory of mushrooms, which the board of health required to be disposed of. The damage to the lab and mill space was bad enough that Brad will need to tear out his entire operations and look for a new home."
I then found an article on Telegram dated August of 2019 that said "Wildwood Mushrooms ... has purchased land on T Hall Road for $30,000, and plans to build a mushroom growing facility." and "Brad Allain said he expects the facility, which will not be open to the public, to open in the spring [of 2020]."
And according to LinkedIn a man is showing as a "Corporate Development Business - Advisor" for Wildwood Mushroom and has held that title since 2018 through Present day.
The mushroom farm in this video burnt down.
@@sueycuomo8673 no way really? Source?
What is invested in building equipment and setup
sir, is that a cold fogger or what?
I have some problem with my mushroom where can i ask someone for it or give me email that i can ask for my problems?
In order to be profitable you really need to grow a lot of shrooms before you get payback on investment and if you’re buying inoculated anything ,substrates etc... it’s a never ending story. You definitely need to do everything in order to be profitable as well as selling at least 5000k wkly or your goods.
Peace
Sir, my name is Shiba Saha. I have a small mushroom farm. With very basic infrastructur . I want to visit your farm. And learn how to modify or improve my farm.
with just the one fruiting chamber and small op is he doing just one flush and then getting fresh blocks on the rack? 300lbs a week is my goal and im hoping to do it in about the same size area. hoping for a little bigger.
1 or 2 flushes is always a good policy. Later flushes lead to disease and waste valuable space. Let me know if you want any guidance with your grow.
@@MyersMushroomsFarms hey man! Can I get some help too?
@@holyglitch1126 sure i offer consulting if you need it. hit me up on my website
Ive just looked up wildwood mushrooms and google says it is permanently closed. Any idea what caused them to need to close down? I dont need any specific personal details but im curious if it closed because of a small market for his products or some other reason. I currently have access to rent a 2400 square foot facility and am seriously considering starting a mushroom farm business, and am wondering what obstacles i may have to overcome that i havent thought of.
Fire Marshall came in and said it needed a 20k fire suppression system coupled with neighboring tenants repeatedly complaining of substrate cooking smell leaving them to only sterilize on weekends.
What temp is the fruiting chamber
Hi Eric, how does he dispose of his spent blocks?
I wish there was an alternative to unicorn bags. The plastic waste from a mushroom operation is insane. The spent blocks can be used as fertilizer.
He composts them off site. And yes there is a lot of plastic waste sadly.
Juan Rosales There is an alternative as a matter of fact, some smaller scale growers who dont mind the extra work grow in 5 gal buckets with holes. Can pick them up for free at many fast food chain(:
Any link where I can watch the process ? Also how can I contact you ,thanks
Myersmushrooms@gmail.com is our email and we also have a website
looks like hepa positive air pressure unit running into cabinet steamer...is that the set up? why?
Force hepa cooldown
What are you using for lights?
check out my kit site in the description I have it under LED trials.
He has some $$ tied up for sure!!
Yea but you know they say it takes money to make money. Starting a farm of any scale is never cheap. You can be cheap with equipment and pay in labor or pay for good equipment and save in labor.
Myers Mushrooms Farms absolutely! Not a lot of $ my way so I'm trying to compensate with resource efficiency..lol
Myers Mushrooms Farms ballpark: how much does that setup cost?
@@rossh8293 Im wondering the same thing. I suppose if you do a little market research in the area you plan to cover, you might be able to figure it out. Unless you are talk straight tools and hardware .
This whole setup is around 50k thats including the rent during buildup, and all equipment, electrical, plumbing. The batch mixer alone was $12k.
How much dry osyter masroom price America & England .
15-19 usd per pound (~450 grams)
Oy, super uncomfortable watching this from a business standpoint.
Now two years later how effective and profitable is this business actually? I hope well, but I see lots of red flags. I say this from the standpoint that it looks like someone is just trying to throw money into equipment and one-on-one consulting and hoping that’s enough. I’ve watched enough people get excited about a business, then buy all new equipment and tech-automation at high cost and rent warehouse space, only to close a couple years later and sell all equipment at wholesale cheap prices to another, often more financially savvy, mushroom farmer. An innovative mushroom cultivator can produce the same amount of bags this person references in the video per week (about 120) without renting commercial space or buying tons of expensive equipment new-speaking from very real experience . . . experience failing at and being profitable with gourmet and medicinal fungi over my career.
Some of the hardest parts of being a mushroom farmer have nothing to do with daily work flow and automation and have everything to do with market fit, bookkeeping, and entrepreneurial creativity.
His business closed due to a fire, not sure if he had insurance or ever reopened.
How much $ you making a moth approx if you don't mind me asking?
An estimation, if he sells for $10/lb that is about $3000 a week. However, have to factor in warehouse rent (in this case, maybe 1-2K a month), utilities (maybe another 1-2K a month), supply expenses (bags, substrate, spawn, etc), labor (how much is your time worth?), taxes (the government wants their cut), pay for workers if you have any (let's face it, you're not going to want to work seven days a week every week for the rest of your life), insurance if you have workers, insurance for the grow (crap happens), transportation (if you deliver as well as transport needed to bring supplies in), loss (product you can't or don't sell, product that doesn't grow), etc etc. You also have to worry about unexpected loss such as a massive infestation of a pest that might ruin an entire month or two while you deal with it and recover) Maybe 4-8K net a month with this setup if you maximize growth and sales with minimal waste, but it can vary. This is an estimation. With my planned setup, I might net $1k a month but I plan to do my setup mostly to learn. Any profit will be a bonus.
Hãy chỉ giúp tôi thiết kế nhà trồng nấm.
just thinking a person can rent a house and grow this in it
That's how I started. Then I bought so I could make some more permanent upgrades like electricity and HVAC. I now have 3000 sq ft in the back yard for growing mushrooms.
@@MyersMushroomsFarms too old to be doing this now plus have Parkinsons, got some Freeloaders in our family try to get them to do stuff like Mushrooms microgreens Kratom but they are too lazy one that does work rather work Flipping Burgers at 40 instead of doing this grew up on a small family farm still have 35 acres wish I would had known about this 50 years ago
Damn son that's like a $1,300 fogger
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How much $ ? 300lbs
@@liamgilmore1604 nice!
@@liamgilmore1604 How much space do I need for mushrooms?
@@DraGon-cg6ge you can start with a small tote or a full-on warehouse! learn on a small scale, learn about the business side of things, line up some cash through savings/loan/investment, so what makes sense for you!
@@liamgilmore1604 I want to grow in logs
this is awesome! too bad it uses so much plastic
This feels like too much lol
selling 300lbs pr week wholesale wont even pay 1 persons decent salary per month
It's an ok income, but after expenses I presume it to be fairly low (I probably make more at my day job which isn't even full-time lol). To make it work you would have to sell a lot of retail. With the right local marketing, you could build a following of customers paying retail. During downtime, with that mixer, you could probably sell blocks too. If you find the right farmer(s)/gardener(s)/marketing you could sell all your spent blocks for composting. If you automate things enough and have a good workflow layout, you can reduce the number of hours needed to run the operation. I plan to begin some small-scale shiitake growing just to learn and see what kind of market is in my area. I'm just going to use a space 16x16 room I have and see what I can get out of it. I have a lot of free time at the moment so might as well try to turn it into some money. My big problem is finding customers. Not many high-end restaurants within 50 miles of me. Driving a hundred miles to deliver ten pounds of mushrooms isn't profitable. I'm not going the industrial route like in this video, I'm just going to go cheap and primitive and not sacrifice end-product quality.
@@NotSoCrazyNinja that would be an interesting journey indeed, wish you the best of luck. I was pondering doing the same.
@@PoulJulle-wb9iu If you keep initial expenses low and opt for more labor, you can get a better idea if it is something you want to do. For example, the substrate. You "could" get literal tons of the core ingredients trucked to you for pretty cheap per pound, but, if you're just starting out, might be better to go to a feed store, farm store, or similar and just pay a little extra for smaller bags of it. Instead of spending a grand or few on a mixer, a stock watering container or other large container with a spade/shovel/hoe would work too. For a sterilizer, I plan to build my own out of mostly wood (probably cypress based on what is available and not too expensive in my area) and use electric water heating element(s) with a controller and float. For "bags", I have a crazy idea I want to try. If it works, I might can do away with disposable bags and just have to do a little more sterilizing. I estimate I can get away with a new startup for a couple hundred or so dollars. Then just work it in my free time and see what I get. Initial stages I'll probably just give away the mushrooms to people I know while I learn how best to grow them and get a better idea on timing. Once things are settled and if I want to keep doing it, then I'll begin trying to sell them. Based on the laws in my state, so long as I sell them "whole" and "fresh", there's no licensing I have to worry about if I keep sales within my state. Just have to worry about sales taxes.
@@NotSoCrazyNinja whats your crazy idea for bags, im interested to do exactly what you've just written about.bthere are many products to be created from mushrooms apart from the sale of them raw form. canned/pickled mushrooms are great. dips, soups, and even meat replacement. The beef steak mushroom could probably make alternate protein powder, building materials, etc. There is so much opportunity, I love this subject and its cool others are on the same path
That's like 130 kilogram. A kilogram does like 12 euro, max, on the Dutch market.
So, if I subtract taxes, costs, what the supermarket takes, or any trade organisation.
Then I am a champion if I keep 3 euro a kilogram in my hands, profit.
So, what's the point of this? Has to be a ten times production a week to make it interesting.
Look at all that equipment, space, work, etc..
This isnt Europe or the Netherlands. He is selling the product at farmers markets for $20 a lb and to chefs for $10-12, so more than double what your getting. The setup is designed to use minimal space and produce maximum yield. If your setup is so much better please share...
How increes hawest sir..