Thanks for this video. Mushrooms are becoming a more and more important part of our diet, but in the stores anything that's not a button mushroom is usually very expensive. Will start to experiment with growing my own outside this year. Already had good success indoors with premade kits, but the whole cellar is full of spores now ^^.
here's a few tips worth trying select the best variety - there are lots available. grow them in the right environment - some eg oyster muchrooms like cool humid areas and can be placed outdoors (I read these and why they work from Gregs Mushroom Grower site )
here's several suggestions worth trying pick the top variety - there are many available. grow them in the best environment - some such as oyster muchrooms like cool humid conditions and may be placed outdoors (I read these and the reasons they work from gregs mushroom grower website )
here's several ideas to try pick the top variety - there are many available. grow them in the right environment - some such as oyster muchrooms like cool humid conditions and may be placed outside (I discovered these and why they work on gregs mushroom grower site )
I use woodchips in my veggie garden and I have mushrooms pop up there all the time and I never water. It rains often here. Finally I have something to grow in the woods behind my garden
Can you grow more than one variety at a time in one bed? Also will they have trouble in different climates like very hot or cold winter months? Assuming you keep them moist always. Do you need to keep them moist weekly in the nongrowing season as well?
They will compete, but yes. You can grow different mushrooms in the same bed. If you want to grow them, look into what works best for your climate, as some cannot deal with hard frosts very well and some cant handle high heat. And yes, they need constant moisture even when they are not fruiting
Hi Guys, Nice! I didn't see the part you had mentioned about keeping out pests? Here in Hawaii we have loads of slugs. I have an idea to put copper tape around something like strips of Formica, then circle the clusters as soon as they appear. Also on the top of these strips of Formica I was going to add some fungus gnat/fly tape. I haven't made these yet. Always so much to do.
Yes that could help to do that. It is difficult to stop pests completely when growing outside. The best thing is to just harvest early on before the cap opens up
Every night, check the mushrooms with a flashlight and a pair of scissors (cutting the slugs in half). Keep doing that for two or three weeks to break their reproductive cycle and eradicate them from your garden. The slugs do indeed love the winecap mushrooms, which is great if you're also growing lettuce etc. Makes it very easy to exterminate them.
That's exactly what I was looking for. I just need to buy the sporus one time and then year after year give the mushroom more food, that is, wood for them.
You could use the stem butt's for paul stamets "one dowel method". Basically innoculating a whole bunch of substrate with stem butts. Wet cardboard is supposed to work great as a first start and then a box full of wood dowels under some shade in the garden.
Hey there, Really enjoy your videos! Three quick questions for you. 1) Can I create a King Strapharia bed in Fall?? Or do I need to wait until Spring? It's Oct 19th and I'm in the Seattle area. 2) What type of wood chip do you recommend? 3) Are you using water directly from the hose to wet down your bed?? Or do I need to use hose water from a barrel after the chlorine has evaporated. Thanks!
Thanks for this great video. We started a Red Wine Cap bed over at Wakelyns last spring, only 8m x .75 and harvested 50kg from it last year in 4 flushes!! I was amazed and our CSA veg share customers and local wholesale buyers loved them. I'm curious why you use the plucking harvesting method rather than cutting? Is there a reason why?
Thanks for your video. I want to try in my backyard under the tree. Is it possible to grow outdoor in Canada during the winter? I am living in Ottawa, the winter can be as cold as -30 degrees.
Hi, great information in growing mushrooms! Question - Can one use sawdust instead of woodchip? My son throws out bags of sawdust from his workshop, so it would be great if this can be used? I am new at gardening, I am a pensioner trying to create my own food here in Scotland. Many thanks!
Straw and sawdust are nitrogen poor and semi-selective for mushrooms. Usually, these substrates are supplemented with nitrogen to increase mushrooms yields. When nitrogen is added, however, selectivity is somewhat lost (other fungi will grow in the substrate). All depends really mate! It can work, But I would honestly use wood chippings personally mate :)
In southern hot and dry climate, when is the best time to set up the bed and when would you expect a harvest? Im in central texas and I have a few shady spots in my yard where I want to try this. If I plant in spring will the bed survive the hot summer and can I expect to harvest in fall? or should I plant in winter and harvest early summer?
you can start at anytime of year really, but late winter or early spring is best...then water it regularly during hot/dry weather through the summertime and you should expect a harvest in the late summer of early autumn
interesting points ,if anyone else wants to learn about how do you grow mushrooms at home try Panlarko Grow Mushroom Planner (just google it ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my work buddy got cool success with it.
Would this method work well when combined with growing a low shade creating plant such as strawberries instead of shade cloth, to try and maximise on yield. or do you think the bed would be too nutrient deficient with only one or two mulch and straw top ups a year? Great video thank you very much!
@@GroCycleTV How are the pumpkins are they coexisting well? Im going to assume they will, looks like its also would it be possible to put it in a large black garbage bag instead of the floor? poke a few holes in the bottom for drainage and keep it somewhere shady.
tomt637 I looked up a peer reviewed article about wine caps’ effects on soil and it found that they actually increase the organic matter and phosphorus levels because they break down the wood and eat other nutrients that plants don’t need leaving behind the good stuff and they actually recommended growing them in a farm setting, saying that could be surprisingly useful there.
Excellent video. I am due to start my first beds. I quite fancy a straw bed, and a wood chip one. That way I hope to have two varieties to choose from.
There are a few suggestions worth trying pick the top type - there are many available. grow them in the best environment - some such as oyster muchrooms like cool humid conditions and may be placed outdoors (I read these and the reasons they work on gregs mushroom grower website )
you can use either...with grain spawn you can face issues with mice digging it up, so sawdust spawn is preferable, but we've also made beds fine with grain spawn in the past as well
Does the mycelium stay stagnant over the winter or disintegrate/repopulate naturally when it warms up? What's the temp there and/or the temp range that you'd think this would be possible? Were you happy with the yield you got as well? Thanks much for the info guys, y'all are pioneers!
Like John says, the mycelium just stays dormant in colder temperatures and then starts growing again when it warms up. Ideal temperatures for growth to occur are between 10C - 30C. The yield we got from the 1st year of this bed was probably around 1kg, so yeah worth the effort and we'll keep feeding it for the years ahead.
Hi. Thanks for the video. Can we do this with regular mushrooms (ie button or chestnut mushrooms) and any recommendations for where to buy the spawn? Is it too late (end March)? Is vermiculite any good for keeping moisture in? I've been unsuccessful with a few attempts of growing them indoors
I’m trying this at the moment, having made the bed a few weeks ago. Now, reading Mycelium Running, I wonder whether the cardboard and wood chip should be watered at each layer, so the spawn doesn’t come into contact with a dry surface.
I live in Michigan will the mushooms come back ever year for me? Would I have to put on a cover of strw or leaves and a protective cover to keep anima;s out?
What kind of wood chip or from which specifically tree? Also, why here you don’t need sanitizing the area but you would if you do it in a bag or bucket? 🤔
👆 that's the IG handle of the mycologist that ships mushroom spawn to me. I was scared at first but when I received my package I was so ecstatic because it was worth the $.
I've just bought a house with a small garden, and I'm trying to work out how to make the best use of that garden for food production, and I've been wondering what to do along the southern edge in the shade of the fence. Would I be right in thinking that growing mushrooms would be a good way to make a shaded area productive? I know mushrooms don't photosynthesise, so do you think it would be a good use of shaded space? Is too much direct sunlight actually bad for mushrooms? Thanks.
Yes establishing a mushroom bed could be a great use for a space like that. It won't fruit every week, but you will get at least 2-3 harvests each season, sometime more. Too mush sunlight is not desirable when growing outside as it dries the substrate and the mushrooms out, so a shaded spot is ideal
Sorry if this was already asked but - a lot of the videos I've seen all talk about disinfecting or boiling the material you are going to grow in - is this true in the method you used with the wood chips? I saw everyone walking all over the bed and it doesn't seem as important? what are the rules to this?
Thanks for the video - we have the perfect spot for this. Would it be best to wait until autumn to plant the mushrooms, or could we do it now (in SW UK)?
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I am very interested in starting some outdoor bed and am in the process of planning it out. I'd love to have a winecap or oysterbed. My question for doing the mono-culture grow, a wood bed for winecaps, does the bed eventually become compost?
What was the cardboard for? I have a garden with mulched rows can i just mix in spawn so it colonizes my rows and breaks down the mulch fertilizing my plants at the same time
@@devinwordell9544 sweet my garden is about 98% weed free they way we have it set up. How cool would it be to pick fresh mushies for the spaghetti from right next to the tomato plants we make use to make the sauce.
Can you mix different spawn in one bed? Also I live in Maine and it seems like this takes a long time to produce. Would I be able to do this in my climate? Thanks!
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Mushrooms taste really good I saw this vid since I'm gonna move to a house with alot of space and soil 😋
Thanks for this video. Mushrooms are becoming a more and more important part of our diet, but in the stores anything that's not a button mushroom is usually very expensive. Will start to experiment with growing my own outside this year. Already had good success indoors with premade kits, but the whole cellar is full of spores now ^^.
here's a few tips worth trying
select the best variety - there are lots available.
grow them in the right environment - some eg oyster muchrooms like cool humid areas and can be placed outdoors
(I read these and why they work from Gregs Mushroom Grower site )
here's several suggestions worth trying
pick the top variety - there are many available.
grow them in the best environment - some such as oyster muchrooms like cool humid conditions and may be placed outdoors
(I read these and the reasons they work from gregs mushroom grower website )
here's several ideas to try
pick the top variety - there are many available.
grow them in the right environment - some such as oyster muchrooms like cool humid conditions and may be placed outside (I discovered these and why they work on gregs mushroom grower site )
Wattyty o noooo are u serious . .so maybe I shouldn't grow much rooms in my room
Thanks for doing this video, I would rather grow mushrooms like this than other techniques....
I turned my entire garden (2000 m2) into a winecap mushroom bed. Wood chips FTW.
is it possible to buy a bag of spawns to scatter just as in this video?
@@markthornemarmaduke Yes.
i love mushrooms! theyre so weirdly cute and spongy
Very informative
Imagine it waits to loooonnnggggg to harvest the mushroom wow!
Sounds great! I was finally able to get woodchips this year, so will have to get started on this!
I use woodchips in my veggie garden and I have mushrooms pop up there all the time and I never water. It rains often here. Finally I have something to grow in the woods behind my garden
hello sir ..nice one i wish one day i taste that mushroom😉..i enjoy watching here from Philippines..
That was very educational video.
Thank you
Can you grow more than one variety at a time in one bed? Also will they have trouble in different climates like very hot or cold winter months? Assuming you keep them moist always. Do you need to keep them moist weekly in the nongrowing season as well?
They will compete, but yes. You can grow different mushrooms in the same bed. If you want to grow them, look into what works best for your climate, as some cannot deal with hard frosts very well and some cant handle high heat. And yes, they need constant moisture even when they are not fruiting
cool cool
Really helpful, thank you.
Hi Guys,
Nice! I didn't see the part you had mentioned about keeping out pests? Here in Hawaii we have loads of slugs. I have an idea to put copper tape around something like strips of Formica, then circle the clusters as soon as they appear. Also on the top of these strips of Formica I was going to add some fungus gnat/fly tape. I haven't made these yet. Always so much to do.
Yes that could help to do that. It is difficult to stop pests completely when growing outside. The best thing is to just harvest early on before the cap opens up
Every night, check the mushrooms with a flashlight and a pair of scissors (cutting the slugs in half). Keep doing that for two or three weeks to break their reproductive cycle and eradicate them from your garden.
The slugs do indeed love the winecap mushrooms, which is great if you're also growing lettuce etc. Makes it very easy to exterminate them.
That's exactly what I was looking for. I just need to buy the sporus one time and then year after year give the mushroom more food, that is, wood for them.
excellent....
im stoked to start growing!!!!
Good luck with it!
Planted my first wine caps yesterday 👍
I just did it in mid March. I am not sure if it was not too early.
You could use the stem butt's for paul stamets "one dowel method". Basically innoculating a whole bunch of substrate with stem butts. Wet cardboard is supposed to work great as a first start and then a box full of wood dowels under some shade in the garden.
I will be doing this in my new house next year..
..will update with my results ;)
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Oh wow. Thankyou for this valuable info. I will be trying this
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Great video content!
Hey there, Really enjoy your videos! Three quick questions for you. 1) Can I create a King Strapharia bed in Fall?? Or do I need to wait until Spring? It's Oct 19th and I'm in the Seattle area. 2) What type of wood chip do you recommend? 3) Are you using water directly from the hose to wet down your bed?? Or do I need to use hose water from a barrel after the chlorine has evaporated. Thanks!
Do You sterilize the wood-chips/substrate before adding the spores?
Wonderful vid!
Did you pasteurize the wood chips and/or straw?
Cool stuff !
Great idea! Nice setup
Thanks for this great video. We started a Red Wine Cap bed over at Wakelyns last spring, only 8m x .75 and harvested 50kg from it last year in 4 flushes!! I was amazed and our CSA veg share customers and local wholesale buyers loved them.
I'm curious why you use the plucking harvesting method rather than cutting? Is there a reason why?
Thanks for your video. I want to try in my backyard under the tree. Is it possible to grow outdoor in Canada during the winter? I am living in Ottawa, the winter can be as cold as -30 degrees.
Hi, great information in growing mushrooms! Question - Can one use sawdust instead of woodchip? My son throws out bags of sawdust from his workshop, so it would be great if this can be used? I am new at gardening, I am a pensioner trying to create my own food here in Scotland. Many thanks!
Straw and sawdust are nitrogen poor and semi-selective for mushrooms. Usually, these substrates are supplemented with nitrogen to increase mushrooms yields. When nitrogen is added, however, selectivity is somewhat lost (other fungi will grow in the substrate). All depends really mate! It can work, But I would honestly use wood chippings personally mate :)
Give it a try! Research what species likes woodchips best. Mushrooms are crafty and will grow if you let them!
Yes you can grow on just sawdust. Just make sure its only hardwood.
Wood chip from cedar will grow nothing because is very oily and this kill the mushrooms 🍄 🔪
@@lewisf9858 how is sawdust nitrogen poor but woodchips not?? they are the same thing except in different sizes!
here, oyster mushroom and ear mushroom grow wildly, as long as there wood and wet. also we grow mushroom with corncob
In southern hot and dry climate, when is the best time to set up the bed and when would you expect a harvest?
Im in central texas and I have a few shady spots in my yard where I want to try this. If I plant in spring will the bed survive the hot summer and can I expect to harvest in fall? or should I plant in winter and harvest early summer?
you can start at anytime of year really, but late winter or early spring is best...then water it regularly during hot/dry weather through the summertime and you should expect a harvest in the late summer of early autumn
interesting points ,if anyone else wants to learn about how do you grow mushrooms at home try Panlarko Grow Mushroom Planner (just google it ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my work buddy got cool success with it.
Will it survive in the winter?
Thank You! What if we have mainly softwoods around here? Are there some mushroom varieties that would do well?
Another lovely video. Whats the size of yield can one expect from that size of a garden?
fantastic video! curious did you treat/pasteurised the wood chips?
Do you have a good recommended site to buy mushroom spores?
I got mine from the best dealer and she delivered it to my address
She's on In⭐gram
@ tagshanno
Would this method work well when combined with growing a low shade creating plant such as strawberries instead of shade cloth, to try and maximise on yield. or do you think the bed would be too nutrient deficient with only one or two mulch and straw top ups a year?
Great video thank you very much!
I think is is a great idea and we have put this into practice with squash & pumpkins instead of strawberries
@@GroCycleTV How are the pumpkins are they coexisting well? Im going to assume they will, looks like its also would it be possible to put it in a large black garbage bag instead of the floor? poke a few holes in the bottom for drainage and keep it somewhere shady.
tomt637 I looked up a peer reviewed article about wine caps’ effects on soil and it found that they actually increase the organic matter and phosphorus levels because they break down the wood and eat other nutrients that plants don’t need leaving behind the good stuff and they actually recommended growing them in a farm setting, saying that could be surprisingly useful there.
What of the wood chip good to grow mushroom?
Excellent video. I am due to start my first beds. I quite fancy a straw bed, and a wood chip one. That way I hope to have two varieties to choose from.
Can you start this any time of year?
There are a few suggestions worth trying
pick the top type - there are many available.
grow them in the best environment - some such as oyster muchrooms like cool humid conditions and may be placed outdoors
(I read these and the reasons they work on gregs mushroom grower website )
Very informative. Should i ause or avoid any particular woodchip, eg conifer, fresh vs old chipps etc?
Good day. Great video. Can I use any kind of wood chips in my beds or do I need a special kind of wood chips
Great vid, doable for little outlay or trial, love the out take with the rake. Blueberrybob
Should I use grain spawn or sawdust spawn? Thanks for the vid btw ✌️
you can use either...with grain spawn you can face issues with mice digging it up, so sawdust spawn is preferable, but we've also made beds fine with grain spawn in the past as well
Does the mycelium stay stagnant over the winter or disintegrate/repopulate naturally when it warms up? What's the temp there and/or the temp range that you'd think this would be possible? Were you happy with the yield you got as well? Thanks much for the info guys, y'all are pioneers!
Stays stagnate, and will freeze/recover.
Like John says, the mycelium just stays dormant in colder temperatures and then starts growing again when it warms up. Ideal temperatures for growth to occur are between 10C - 30C. The yield we got from the 1st year of this bed was probably around 1kg, so yeah worth the effort and we'll keep feeding it for the years ahead.
Hi. Thanks for the video. Can we do this with regular mushrooms (ie button or chestnut mushrooms) and any recommendations for where to buy the spawn? Is it too late (end March)? Is vermiculite any good for keeping moisture in? I've been unsuccessful with a few attempts of growing them indoors
Can I grow mushrooms outside during winter? It's November in northern California. Never snows. 50s-60s during the day and high 30s at night. Thanks.
I’m trying this at the moment, having made the bed a few weeks ago. Now, reading Mycelium Running, I wonder whether the cardboard and wood chip should be watered at each layer, so the spawn doesn’t come into contact with a dry surface.
Did you guys sterilise or pasteurise the wood chips or straw?
I live in Michigan will the mushooms come back ever year for me? Would I have to put on a cover of strw or leaves and a protective cover to keep anima;s out?
What kind of wood chip or from which specifically tree? Also, why here you don’t need sanitizing the area but you would if you do it in a bag or bucket? 🤔
Hi what type of wood chip and straw? Thinking of growing as pesticide free as possible. Thanks 😊
I bought some from a drugstore online
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Do we need to ferment the wood chips and straws before?
Where do you get the spawn from?
We order it in. Have a google and you'll find spawn.
Where can I purchase mushroom spawn?
Liams_spores_
👆 that's the IG handle of the mycologist that ships mushroom spawn to me.
I was scared at first but when I received my package I was so ecstatic because it was worth the $.
Could you do this in a garden pot?
What kind of wood did you use pls, TIA!
where did you get the spawn fro. I live close by so could use the same supplier
i have the same question:)have you got the answer?
What is the best mixture for producing white mushrooms?
Thanks for this informative video. Do you need to replace the cardboard every year or so?
I've just bought a house with a small garden, and I'm trying to work out how to make the best use of that garden for food production, and I've been wondering what to do along the southern edge in the shade of the fence. Would I be right in thinking that growing mushrooms would be a good way to make a shaded area productive? I know mushrooms don't photosynthesise, so do you think it would be a good use of shaded space? Is too much direct sunlight actually bad for mushrooms? Thanks.
Yes establishing a mushroom bed could be a great use for a space like that. It won't fruit every week, but you will get at least 2-3 harvests each season, sometime more. Too mush sunlight is not desirable when growing outside as it dries the substrate and the mushrooms out, so a shaded spot is ideal
Can we grow reishi (lingzhi) like this?
Do u remove dat material after d mushroom begins to grow?
can i use new wood chip(not dry) for bedding?
Were do i get straw from?
Do the wood chips need to be made pasteurized?
Will these come back each year ? Do I need to replant spawn each year ??
they could establish well enough to show each year but no guarantees
What are the varieties best growth in the garden?
Are you located in Canada
I live in Kennesaw Georgia USA. I will be using this technique, where can I get organic safe spawn and wood chips. We do not want any chemicals.
what does IG stand for? so you have a website link?
@Michael_556.
Can you put straw over the wood chips in a few layers?
The best viedo ever
Can we do variations of this indoor? Say inside stainless steel hotel pans of shallow storage containers?
Can one plant it on October?
Sorry if this was already asked but - a lot of the videos I've seen all talk about disinfecting or boiling the material you are going to grow in - is this true in the method you used with the wood chips? I saw everyone walking all over the bed and it doesn't seem as important? what are the rules to this?
Thanks for the video - we have the perfect spot for this. Would it be best to wait until autumn to plant the mushrooms, or could we do it now (in SW UK)?
now is the perfect time to start in the northern hemisphere
Brilliant, thanks. We’ll let you know how it goes.
Can I use home made compost and coffee grounds instead of woodchips or straw ?
Does this work on any kind of mush or just this?
No not for every type
How we differentiates poisonous and non poisonous mushrooms by just looks ?
I am based in Nigeria, how can i get a copyof the book regenerative agriculture
What mushrooms can I grow late in the year and early In the year.
Can't wait to make cream of mushroom soup
Thank you for a great video. Please, share where can I buy mushroom spores? What exact website do you purchase them from?
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
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What is 'spon'? that was added in between wood chips?
Any good hearty recipe.
How can you tell if it's not the right mushroom?
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He's on Instagrams also on Telegram with..
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Can I do that with a plastic container with mushroom compost?
does anyone have a link to buy a bag of spawns please?
Tagshanno is the best dealer and she ship to any location
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@ tagshanno
I am very interested in starting some outdoor bed and am in the process of planning it out. I'd love to have a winecap or oysterbed. My question for doing the mono-culture grow, a wood bed for winecaps, does the bed eventually become compost?
Can I use cardboard instead of woodchips for oyster mushrooms?
What was the cardboard for? I have a garden with mulched rows can i just mix in spawn so it colonizes my rows and breaks down the mulch fertilizing my plants at the same time
You don't need the cardbord, he uses it to keep the Mycelium in the bed and to keep weeds out.
@@devinwordell9544 sweet my garden is about 98% weed free they way we have it set up. How cool would it be to pick fresh mushies for the spaghetti from right next to the tomato plants we make use to make the sauce.
Can you mix different spawn in one bed? Also I live in Maine and it seems like this takes a long time to produce. Would I be able to do this in my climate? Thanks!
No don't mix different spawns they will compete with each other and will reduce your yields.