I have spent months researching into how to grow mushrooms and discovered a fantastic resource at gregs mushroom grower (google it if you are interested)
This channel is everything I’ve been trying to figure out for years now and because of you guys my dreams can finally come true. I had a good plan but it had many holes and bugs in it that are completely fixed by gro cycle. Thank you so much please never stop!!
Thank you for giving good info on costs. I dabbled a bit in growing some mushrooms at home a few years back, and while I found the initial process to be a lot of work with all the cleaning and sanitizing and growing your cultures, once that is out of the way it was a total joy to watch the mycelia grow every day and colonize the substrate, and its just super rewarding when you get your first pin set. A long standing dream of mine has been to start an all-encompasing farm, growing standard veggies like tomatoes and herbs and lettuce and such, but also expanding upon that and growing using aquaponics where appropriate, a section for vermiculture and composting, a section for mushrooms. The startup cost to do it all will be high, however mushrooms and vermiculture might be the perfect starting places.
That is the difference between the mushroom community and everything else, we share this knowledge because it's not only profitable but it's very medicinal aswell, and tons of many other reasons tht is the beauty about the mushroom community tho
I'm certain my daughter buys your fungi from a farm shop near Totnes. I've a space on my 14 acre holding in Cumbria, where I really want to grow both culinary and medicinal fungi for personal use, then expand the culinary side out to supply my local gastropubs and restraunts. I'm on the learning curve thanks to you guys 👍
I've seen the video of " five things I wish I knew" from whom I guessing is your business partner...you , I'm guessing, are the business end- he, the product guy....great information on both ends....SO COOL that you guys share this information....I'm thinking of starting small scale type thing myself....nearly retired homebody....seems perfect
I am in Honiton and the reason I was looking into seting up a mushroom farm was because I thought the South West did not have a large scale muchroom farm. First video I watch is a mushroom farm in the south west! guess I was wrong lol.
Thanks for the cool video. I've been looking into growing mushrooms for quite some time. And now that I have seen so many videos on TH-cam that deal with the subject, I'm sure thinking of getting into it! Anywhoo, tanx 'gain pal. Aus
Biggest importer of Mashrooms in India is PMO..! As long Chowkhidar is there you can export at the cost of Rs 80000/- per day income..? Very good & lucrative business.. today.
Wow, this video has more info and better technical methods to increase yields better than large mushroom producers are doing. Your bags utilize multiple colony sites, are bigger and looks like they get more per bag hands down.
If you're talking about fresh fruiting bodies, it's easy to see why there isn't more supply - they're not mainstream culinary mushrooms, there's simply not enough stable demand to support consistent production. Dried, powdered, or liquid extracts of species like those are far more viable from a business perspective, which is why there's actually plenty of suppliers of them, in that form.
Check out@scott_fordd on instagram.he literally grows shrooms and sell refine DMT and LSD and weed ..he gets your orders discreetly delivered to any location..
Great vid guys, On the flip side are you having problems getting coffee grounds because of the Cv19 lock down, if so what are you using as an alternative growing medium to make up the short fall.
@@prachetasnayse9709 sounds like splitting hairs. Until you've sterilize something that can handle only pasteurization and you waste weeks and money like I did 20 years ago once.
Thanks so much for the clear advice and analyses. Let me know if you’d like a “busman’s” holiday in Hawaii in 2023 to advise on a set up using old shipping containers!
Set them up like a hazmat area. Plastic sheeting, tape, one to scrub up, mask up, get your lab coat on, and plastic tunnels running between separated by heavy plastic flaps. Run a humidifier, heater, and air purifier in each. Sounds like you're 50% of the way there by having an actual structure. You'd need maybe 6, substrate storage, sterilisation, spawning, mixing, fruiting, and processing. Obviously depends on the scale, you might be able to do all your spawning on a worktop in the kitchen haha
Didn't have time to watch the whole video but I've got some seasoned ash wo during if I tilled that up with potting soil would that be a good idea c or not and I can get coffee grinds Would love an answer please
There are studies on light effects on mushrooms you can go read. Blacklight has been tested on them too. There really isn't anything you can think of that hasn't been tested with mushrooms. If your light isn't putting out Kelvin's it's useless. Stay on the blue side of the spectrum.
Good evening, dear sir. All respect and appreciation to your honorable person for this video, sir. I am from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, from the Middle East, and I am a fan of mushroom cultivation. Are the courses held in your company translated into Arabic? Also, can you send me the course in PDF and also the educational videos, note? I do not speak English and I am a follower of the channel. I await your response, thank you
Would it be possible to make grow operation that doesnt require heating and cooling? I live in an ideal environment for mushrooms in south east Ecuador, the temperature rarely goes below 60 degrees and never above 90 degrees I'm 1000m high in the mountains and it's very humid
This sounds like if you just go out and buy everything retail, most of this stuff I could do with a little ingenuity and elbow grease for less than half the price that he is throwing out there.
Hello! If you're still looking for some info, maybe I can be of help? It will depend on your species, but generally rye berries are a great spawn material. Soak them for 12-24 hours (not longer if you can avoid it, might sprout them) and simmer them for like 10 minutes. If rye is too expensive you can use wheat berries for similar effect! If you can get some sort of sealable plastic bag (like a vacuum bag or something similar) put your grains in there, put some high temp silicone gasket maker (www.walmart.com/ip/Permatex-High-Temp-Red-RTV-Silicone-Gasket-Maker-75152/16879904) in a little circle and let it dry for 12-24 hours. Then put it in a pressure cooker (if you have access to one). This is the easiest way to sterilize it! It can be a bit of a barrier to entry, but you can get a cheap instant pot or any kind of pressure cooker. If you don't have bags, a mason jar works just the same! Hopefully this helps someone! :)
You guys are so inspiring! Thanks so much for another cool vid! I'm at the point where I have successfully grown some grey oysters using a low tech method. I'm now about to experiment with liquid culture to see if I can make my own grain spawn. I really need to start finding customers. Do you think door to door sales could work? (I'm in north London) or would you say approaching the local greengrocers might be a better start? I would love to know how you guys started finding customers. All the best.
Thank you very much for the video. I didn't find the book Regenerative agriculture. Can you tell me tha name of the author(s) and some details more? Thank you
There’s one extra output that you didn’t mention. Mushroom Compost. You’d almost be able to sell that for the same price as you’re substrate, thus reducing your total operating costs.
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As somebody who is seriously considering start a mushroom farm this is just gold! SO helpful You're doing something great. Thanks a lot
I have spent months researching into how to grow mushrooms and discovered a fantastic resource at gregs mushroom grower (google it if you are interested)
Where are you located?
Thank u so much. It's very informative to start a livelihood program for the Seniors Citizens in our City.
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@@obviouslytwo4u If that happens I want to be announced :))
This channel is everything I’ve been trying to figure out for years now and because of you guys my dreams can finally come true. I had a good plan but it had many holes and bugs in it that are completely fixed by gro cycle. Thank you so much please never stop!!
Same to you
Thank you for giving good info on costs. I dabbled a bit in growing some mushrooms at home a few years back, and while I found the initial process to be a lot of work with all the cleaning and sanitizing and growing your cultures, once that is out of the way it was a total joy to watch the mycelia grow every day and colonize the substrate, and its just super rewarding when you get your first pin set. A long standing dream of mine has been to start an all-encompasing farm, growing standard veggies like tomatoes and herbs and lettuce and such, but also expanding upon that and growing using aquaponics where appropriate, a section for vermiculture and composting, a section for mushrooms. The startup cost to do it all will be high, however mushrooms and vermiculture might be the perfect starting places.
Thank you for the information . With limited space how to start out is what was preventing me from getting ball rolling. I appreciate you for it.
I can't believe you are giving this for free
That is the difference between the mushroom community and everything else, we share this knowledge because it's not only profitable but it's very medicinal aswell, and tons of many other reasons tht is the beauty about the mushroom community tho
Not like it's secret information.
I was looking all around for consultants for commercial mushroom farms. Thanks looking forward to hear from you.
incredibly cut and concise material, perfectly condensed knowledge. well done!
I'm certain my daughter buys your fungi from a farm shop near Totnes. I've a space on my 14 acre holding in Cumbria, where I really want to grow both culinary and medicinal fungi for personal use, then expand the culinary side out to supply my local gastropubs and restraunts. I'm on the learning curve thanks to you guys 👍
Cumbria uk?
I very much wanna do this. I just started growing for myself, but I'd love to do it on a larger scale. The world needs it. It just doesn't know it.
Hey I I'll refer you to were I got mine. they're super reliable and ship directly to any location
They're on Instagram and telegram as
terry_trips11
I've seen the video of " five things I wish I knew" from whom I guessing is your business partner...you , I'm guessing, are the business end- he, the product guy....great information on both ends....SO COOL that you guys share this information....I'm thinking of starting small scale type thing myself....nearly retired homebody....seems perfect
THANK YOU! wish there was a consultancy option for smaller scale, like the 5k or 20k set up! Want grow in a small basement in Amsterdam.
I am in Honiton and the reason I was looking into seting up a mushroom farm was because I thought the South West did not have a large scale muchroom farm. First video I watch is a mushroom farm in the south west! guess I was wrong lol.
Just ordered my first batch of mushroom dowels for outdoor use. Hope to do indoor soon
These dudes are so great. I've learned so much from this Channel. Would love to have a low tech farm
thankyou GroCycle..i love planting mushroom..God bless
more subscribers to come😉 watching here again..Phillippines
musta from Olangapo
Very Informative! Your cost breakdown information was just what I needed. Thank you for this!
I think the more important question I would love to hear you answer is "who are your customers and where do you get regular customers from?"
Thanks!
That's knowledge people pay a lot money for 😉
Thanks for the cool video. I've been looking into growing mushrooms for quite some time. And now that I have seen so many videos on TH-cam that deal with the subject, I'm sure thinking of getting into it! Anywhoo, tanx 'gain pal. Aus
Hows the grow going?
FANTASTIC INFORMATION. seems like a easy set. pack of soil and mushroom seed? low cost set up- 100$-1000$ to Semi Commercial .Great !!
That's so great you promo'd Richard Perkins' book. He's amazing- what a beautiful farm he has.
Hello, please can we be friends
yall doing gods work thank you!
Hello, I'd like to know where its possible to buy a small hydroponic room?
love to start this business, but my question is where to sell. who are the buyers
in UK ?
Very inspirative, i'm in progress to build small indoor mushroom. Using small tent.
Coffe ground and cardboard is my favorite substrate
For me I just use straw. I think I will add soy hulls to my substrate after this
@@abdulhamid2369 what do you mean can you explain what media is required for growing mushrooms.
@@worldstarepic9942 straw.. with added hulls
the best video instruction so far! thank you for the info ...
This video is much appreciated sir! I subscribed for sure, that's an easy one!
Thanks for the video that was very informative and has helped me to pick up where I left with my mushroom growing
Biggest importer of Mashrooms in India is PMO..! As long Chowkhidar is there you can export at the cost of Rs 80000/- per day income..?
Very good & lucrative business.. today.
Awesome video! Grettings from Chile... 🍄
Chile en la casa
Wow, this video has more info and better technical methods to increase yields better than large mushroom producers are doing. Your bags utilize multiple colony sites, are bigger and looks like they get more per bag hands down.
Such great content, thank you so much for spreading knowledge
Great stuff . What is the sq footage and man hours per week of the 80 kilo model
yup, thanks, just what i was looking for.
Great intro. Can probably get creative to bring costs down to approx $500. Will be watching more content.
Bank you Eric jiang and partner For your interesting videos.
We could use more suppliers of lions mane, corydeceps, and reishi in many places around the world.
If you're talking about fresh fruiting bodies, it's easy to see why there isn't more supply - they're not mainstream culinary mushrooms, there's simply not enough stable demand to support consistent production. Dried, powdered, or liquid extracts of species like those are far more viable from a business perspective, which is why there's actually plenty of suppliers of them, in that form.
For lion's mane, alot of the benefits are better if from the mycelium rather the fruit
@@kaorumugen991 Id love to learn how to make extracts and stuff
awesome video, going straight to the point and excellent explanations, thank u
Thank you for the helpful information!
Is there a video specific for the hobbyist setup? I'd like to start growing at that level.
look up uncle ben tec on reddit :)
Yes!
Its called TH-cam
Thanks for sharing your experience with us but I love to do this but all the materials is my problem I live in Nigeria
Check out@scott_fordd on instagram.he literally grows shrooms and sell refine DMT and LSD and weed ..he gets your orders discreetly delivered to any location..
Sooo what type of bags are those and how can I purchase them
The huge bags
Hit up the best dealer and get it delivered to your address
She's on In⭐gram
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How temperature sesitive is it? I live in a moderately hot climate. Any toxicity concerns? Other concerns?
How can I buy mushroom seedlings. I live in Abuja Nigeria
Great video dude!
Great vid guys,
On the flip side are you having problems getting coffee grounds because of the Cv19 lock down, if so what are you using as an alternative growing medium to make up the short fall.
Wood chips. Hay. There's a lot of other options and you can sterilize them easily.
@@prachetasnayse9709 pasteurize?
@@NihilisticHatred Same shit. The substrate needs to be sterile.
@@prachetasnayse9709 sounds like splitting hairs. Until you've sterilize something that can handle only pasteurization and you waste weeks and money like I did 20 years ago once.
@@prachetasnayse9709
No, it's not the "same shit" . That's why it's two different processes depending on which substrate you use.
Thanks so much for the clear advice and analyses. Let me know if you’d like a “busman’s” holiday in Hawaii in 2023 to advise on a set up using old shipping containers!
Set them up like a hazmat area. Plastic sheeting, tape, one to scrub up, mask up, get your lab coat on, and plastic tunnels running between separated by heavy plastic flaps. Run a humidifier, heater, and air purifier in each. Sounds like you're 50% of the way there by having an actual structure. You'd need maybe 6, substrate storage, sterilisation, spawning, mixing, fruiting, and processing. Obviously depends on the scale, you might be able to do all your spawning on a worktop in the kitchen haha
Thank you so much for all this information. I am unable to download the workshop from your link. Could you include an additional link. Thank you!
Are there any legal requirements? Local government?
So is it best to start with semi commercial if you do want to end up at the commercial scale?
Always start small. It's better to give up on a 10k$ failure than a 100k$ one if something goes wrong.
GREAT INFO! Thank you thank you thank you
i have a daily produce of 30-40 kg pe day!!! And it cost me about 9 lakh Indian Ruppee.
you must have many nice toilets
Could you give details. Is it profitable?
Yes. 30-40 kgs a day is a huge amount
How much is that in us$
@@mithu59 Was profitable untill hit by Corona!! Need a tremendous amount of dedication. Its like taking care of a baby..!!
what is the equipment needed to set up a commercial unit and where would I get all of it?
do you have any spawn manufactures you would like to recommend?
Didn't have time to watch the whole video but I've got some seasoned ash wo during if I tilled that up with potting soil would that be a good idea c or not and I can get coffee grinds
Would love an answer please
what's the source video for the commercial scale farm?
Thx for the huge amount of information. The big scale is from John isn't it?
Good information on the mushroom stuff but that book you are helping promote is quite expensive for one single item.
Thanks!
4:13, what is the size of these bags. Anyone?
What are those long cylinder plastic bags called? cant find them anywere!
Poly tubing
WarPig1379 Thanks a lot :))
No problem, they definitely make life a little easier
Just don't use straw, stay away from straw, it's horrible to work with. Use sawdust/hardwood pellets.
Thanks for your video. Have you tried Blue LED Lights for mushroom fruiting room? If so, how you compare the result to day light led light?
There are studies on light effects on mushrooms you can go read. Blacklight has been tested on them too. There really isn't anything you can think of that hasn't been tested with mushrooms. If your light isn't putting out Kelvin's it's useless. Stay on the blue side of the spectrum.
Educative. Thanks.
Gracias muchisimas gracias
Good evening, dear sir. All respect and appreciation to your honorable person for this video, sir. I am from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, from the Middle East, and I am a fan of mushroom cultivation. Are the courses held in your company translated into Arabic? Also, can you send me the course in PDF and also the educational videos, note? I do not speak English and I am a follower of the channel. I await your response, thank you
How to buy your book in India. I want to set up on your guidance.
great video very informative
Thank you fellas
WILL THAT WORK WITH A HOP HOUSE THAT IS SHADED
Why are you not growing Button Mushroom 🍄?
Do you do consulting? Would love to ask a price on working with me on startup costs. Please let me know. Thank you.
thank you for this imformation
nicely put, thanx
Would it be possible to make grow operation that doesnt require heating and cooling? I live in an ideal environment for mushrooms in south east Ecuador, the temperature rarely goes below 60 degrees and never above 90 degrees I'm 1000m high in the mountains and it's very humid
Any tips or advise would be really appreciated
thank you so much for this video
WHERE DOES THIS GUY GET HIS PRICES FROM??!?!
His own business and experience
This sounds like if you just go out and buy everything retail, most of this stuff I could do with a little ingenuity and elbow grease for less than half the price that he is throwing out there.
I’ve done semi commercial weight for roughly 3.5k
Fascinating video. How has covid affected your trade?
Who do you sell to?
excellent
It will be great it your video had subtitles
How much squaremeters of area do you need for each level of set up?
Great video btw
so I missed the substrate information your not sterilizing your substrate? I thought grow medium needed too be pressure cooked??
With certain substrate mediums you can get by with just pasteurization
Thank you mate!
Great video mate, could you tell us what sawdust among Jarrah, Pine or Red gum works better for Shiitake ? Cheers
Any hardwood should yield results. Jarrah and red gum both should give growth
@@karterrook7373 Sure, but which one has a higher yield ?
how do you make your spawn in a low tech way?, thank you for your videos their are very very educating, new suscriber from chile =)
Hello! If you're still looking for some info, maybe I can be of help? It will depend on your species, but generally rye berries are a great spawn material. Soak them for 12-24 hours (not longer if you can avoid it, might sprout them) and simmer them for like 10 minutes. If rye is too expensive you can use wheat berries for similar effect! If you can get some sort of sealable plastic bag (like a vacuum bag or something similar) put your grains in there, put some high temp silicone gasket maker (www.walmart.com/ip/Permatex-High-Temp-Red-RTV-Silicone-Gasket-Maker-75152/16879904) in a little circle and let it dry for 12-24 hours. Then put it in a pressure cooker (if you have access to one). This is the easiest way to sterilize it! It can be a bit of a barrier to entry, but you can get a cheap instant pot or any kind of pressure cooker. If you don't have bags, a mason jar works just the same! Hopefully this helps someone! :)
You guys are so inspiring! Thanks so much for another cool vid!
I'm at the point where I have successfully grown some grey oysters using a low tech method. I'm now about to experiment with liquid culture to see if I can make my own grain spawn.
I really need to start finding customers. Do you think door to door sales could work? (I'm in north London) or would you say approaching the local greengrocers might be a better start? I would love to know how you guys started finding customers. All the best.
I think try to work with an existing delivery scheme given the current situation with Covid19. You might well get some strange responses otherwise...
Asian restaurants tend to like oyster mushrooms, at least here in the states.
very helpfull, many thanks;)
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a pressure cooker is supposed to lime and water method?
With a pressure cooker you can sterilize grain jars easily
@@BrogCanadian ........
High nutrient like grain need pressure cooker. Lower class like cardboard and straw better on lime because cheaper i think
@@mwa5704 its far more sterile youve got your answer....
both have their own place. and serve different purposes.
Thank you very much for the video. I didn't find the book Regenerative agriculture. Can you tell me tha name of the author(s) and some details more? Thank you
GREAT JOB!!
Thank u for information
There’s one extra output that you didn’t mention. Mushroom Compost. You’d almost be able to sell that for the same price as you’re substrate, thus reducing your total operating costs.
What would you guys to charge for doing a setup like that for us?
What the dude bellow said - awesome help
Can this work for psilocybin mushrooms?
Def!
Really interesting video! I'd love to operate something like this in the future! 🍄🙌✔
Wish to work with you to learn.
The extract market is still fresh