If you are interested how we forecast our profit, head over here and sign up, we will be releasing some good stuff shortly! www.oakandspore.com/farmforprofit
Just a heads up. The solenoid pressure release valve is "normally closed", so if it's at temp or above 100C and you disconnect it form power (or have a power outage) it will cause a big vaccum as it cools that can damage the sensors and maybe the pressure vessel (and make it impossible to open). Beware. If it gets turned off (for ANY reason) while 100C to 135C be sure to pry it open at like 100C or 98C. If you let it cool to 50C or lower you're in for a nightmare. Also, the welds rust and will eventually fail (iron in cheap welding rods). Don't run it to death for the manufacturer's suggested full life expectancy (7 years) and expect no issues. Get the pressure vessel x-rayed at some point to check the welds. Also, don't over pack it with bags (8 x 5 lbs bags at most!). They need to breathe to allow air to escape from the centre of each bags (3-4 seconds open, 2 minutes closed cycle - at a minimum) and thus prevent this dense air from insulating the core of the bags from the hot steam getting into the center of each bag. Otherwise, contams will be your friend and you won't even see it! lol Do an online autoclave course from a government or university. 99% of people learning about mushrooms from youtube do not have ANY formal training in mycology/autoclaves/etc Learn from professionals before teaching others, please.
That's some solid information! I let the autoclave cool completely on its own before I turn the power off. There's never a vacuum when I open it. Do you have a recommended course to take? I found venting too much air was causing the bags to explode. It was a mess.
@@OakandSpore Maybe research some Universities on your time zone (or nearly so) and pay the ~$400-$700 to "Audit" a course on Lab techniques/equipment, etc (no official credit, but you'll get the education). Some governments (like Canada) offer FREE, federally recognized, on-line, courses in Lab Safety, etc as modules you can do at you're own pace and time.
such an inspiration.. saving up to create a setup similar here in melbourne, will take years tho. will continue to watch your vids so i can be prepared! keep it up!
I have enjoyed your information tremendously and how you have shown your transition in growth. Unfortunately your farm is moving large scale and for a regular guy like myself is a few years away. What I'm saying is your sense of humor and more creative videos I enjoyed tremendously. Informative and entertaining. I get it, I'm high maintenance, I suspect I'm not the only one. Your journey is inspiring. Thank you. Can we get your starting small and transition to farming journey? Pretty pls
I'm happy to see your phase 2 operation going well. Your approach to starting a mushroom farm inspired me to get an operation going in my garage. Good to see you back making some videos. Best of luck and we all look forward to more videos. Thanks Tom!
Off topic question, how long does your substrate blocks take to colonise? I'm in Australia and also experimenting with softwood masters mix , seems to be taking a while to colonise, wondering if it's a trait of the softwood or a different variable, temp, spawn ratio etc.
400 kilos a week!!! Good LORD.....I imagine 3ish pounds per block harvest....damn dude you are killing it! What vendors buy from you? I have about 25 years experience in mycology, but never sold one fruit body, but a grocery store recently approached me to stock 3 of their locations, so I am growing my new business now.
You have inspired me to get growing in my own garage. looks like you have really scaled up. I'd be interested to know how you financed, if you borrowed money etc, and how much you spent-
Hi Tom thanks for sharing all the information! Love oysters Mushrooms . I grow them in my bolier room for fun. ( tired of paying 10NZD per 100G in my farmers market) Glad to see someone have all the knowledge and tech. May I know where is ur farm at please?
Your builds are far above anyone elses, in term of quality and thoughtfulness. Question: Do you filter your intake air (HEPA or otherwise)? I know you precondition it, but is it filtered to keep out the baddies, or is doing so unecessary for a grow room?
No filtration into my frutiing rooms. I've never seen an insect get through the maze that is my HVAC system and into the frutiign room. They sometimes get in when I leave the door open.
Hoping to start up here in north louisiana usa soon! your videos/information has been a sweet treat my friend! Learning a lot! Thank you for your energy here in the youtube land brother!
I was just wondering if you recommending painting timber with water sealant instead of plastic sheeting. Is there is any reasons that you would see why painting is nt commonly done, yacht is another option for me as the timber room is built with in and out vents and everything.
Hi. As always I find your videos extremely informative and this one is no exception. I would just like to know the weight of the bags and the number of such bags that you fit into the autoclave that you bought from China. Also, and this is only if it is not a trade secret, could you tell me the name of the Chinese company that you bought it off of as I am very interested in buying one and more so now after your recommendations.
if you use ratchet straps on your steamer tank you wont need to use those huge weights on top you can also put 90 degree angle pieces of aluminium on the side corners of your tank & wrap 2 straps around it to help keep as much steam in as possible. (the 90 degree angle pieces will keep the foam board from crushing)
Awesome mate glad to see it all coming together. I am starting the first gourmet mushroom farm in my country (Zimbabwe) and it's really pricey to use unicorn bags. It's $2 per grow bag. Could you share some light on the Chinese suppliers you use for grow bags?
Great video mate hope to see another one soon 👍👍 I am just about to start fruiting my first bags, I have 8 different strains do you think that is to many or is good for a sale stand point I have a few friends and family that will buy around 10kgs a week so far there happy with only a few different types what are you thoughts on it I also got a cheap pressure canner and hated it lol so now I have a all american so much better but costly to get in australia Keep up the great work its awesome to watch as I want to be where you are one day 👍👍
Wow! I just caught your early videos a week ago and they were very inspiring. But seeing you scale this business up like this is even more inspiring! Congrats on how it's going. Thanks for the knowledge you share.
Another great video... really appreciate the knowledge. I'm having a hard time finding info regarding PLCs running single phase fan motors at different speeds. Is your setup 3-phase power with PLC to VFD to fan motor? I'm looking for a cost efficient solution without 3-phase power, but not finding anything. Thanks for all you do!
Your build is GENIUS, you inspired me to build a mushroom farm been working on learning and planning for a couple of months. I don't know if your an engineer or a genius but i was wondering if you could help me with the automation part and chinese suppliers?
A few questions. When you first started how did you keep fruiting room and incubation room in correct temps? My tent and incubation will be in a barn building. Without heating inside. How did you find your customers? Like wholesale and restaurants. For me the hardest part I feel like would be delivering these large amount of mushrooms. Say hypo technically. You get 20 restaurants buying 5 pounds of mushrooms for 40€. That’s 800 a week right. But delivering to 20 a week is very very labor intensive. I don’t know myself well enough to know if that’s sustainable. What’s your advice for a solution to this. Am I targeting the wrong demographic and because of that making my life harder? Also how does a typical flush cycle look. Like how do you make sure that you get to the amount of production you need per week. Like when do you prepare new incubation bags. When do you put in fruiting to maintain say a production of 30kg per week how does something like that look in terms of workflow. And execution.
Hello, love your videos I’m a huge fan, to control CO2 do you use an extractor to pull out the CO2? Or a fan and a vent to push the CO2 out pushing in fresh air?
To add onto this, I’m getting a hydroponics tent to grow my own for home use and I’m concerned about how to get the CO2 out of the tent while allowing fresh air in
If you are interested how we forecast our profit, head over here and sign up, we will be releasing some good stuff shortly! www.oakandspore.com/farmforprofit
Just a heads up. The solenoid pressure release valve is "normally closed", so if it's at temp or above 100C and you disconnect it form power (or have a power outage) it will cause a big vaccum as it cools that can damage the sensors and maybe the pressure vessel (and make it impossible to open). Beware. If it gets turned off (for ANY reason) while 100C to 135C be sure to pry it open at like 100C or 98C. If you let it cool to 50C or lower you're in for a nightmare. Also, the welds rust and will eventually fail (iron in cheap welding rods). Don't run it to death for the manufacturer's suggested full life expectancy (7 years) and expect no issues. Get the pressure vessel x-rayed at some point to check the welds. Also, don't over pack it with bags (8 x 5 lbs bags at most!). They need to breathe to allow air to escape from the centre of each bags (3-4 seconds open, 2 minutes closed cycle - at a minimum) and thus prevent this dense air from insulating the core of the bags from the hot steam getting into the center of each bag. Otherwise, contams will be your friend and you won't even see it! lol Do an online autoclave course from a government or university. 99% of people learning about mushrooms from youtube do not have ANY formal training in mycology/autoclaves/etc Learn from professionals before teaching others, please.
That's some solid information! I let the autoclave cool completely on its own before I turn the power off. There's never a vacuum when I open it. Do you have a recommended course to take? I found venting too much air was causing the bags to explode. It was a mess.
@@OakandSpore Maybe research some Universities on your time zone (or nearly so) and pay the ~$400-$700 to "Audit" a course on Lab techniques/equipment, etc (no official credit, but you'll get the education). Some governments (like Canada) offer FREE, federally recognized, on-line, courses in Lab Safety, etc as modules you can do at you're own pace and time.
Came here from a Trademe Ad. Watched 7 videos so far, your passion for what you do is pretty awesome man, great to see people doing what they love.
Thanks mate! I love the grind lol
Great to see you back, tanks for the vid 👍
I see the pun!
such an inspiration.. saving up to create a setup similar here in melbourne, will take years tho. will continue to watch your vids so i can be prepared! keep it up!
You can do it!
I have enjoyed your information tremendously and how you have shown your transition in growth. Unfortunately your farm is moving large scale and for a regular guy like myself is a few years away.
What I'm saying is your sense of humor and more creative videos I enjoyed tremendously. Informative and entertaining.
I get it, I'm high maintenance, I suspect I'm not the only one.
Your journey is inspiring. Thank you.
Can we get your starting small and transition to farming journey? Pretty pls
I started small as well! Just with a grage and TH-cam. Learn and grow and you will get to where you want to be.
I'm happy to see your phase 2 operation going well. Your approach to starting a mushroom farm inspired me to get an operation going in my garage. Good to see you back making some videos. Best of luck and we all look forward to more videos. Thanks Tom!
I hope you can learn something from my endeaovurs! Good luck with you farm :D
This location its very green for Australia 🇦🇺
What company did you buy autoclave from?
Is there a built in conversion option to use pounds in the profit course vs KG ? thanks , great 10 question Q&A , thank you .
Off topic question, how long does your substrate blocks take to colonise? I'm in Australia and also experimenting with softwood masters mix , seems to be taking a while to colonise, wondering if it's a trait of the softwood or a different variable, temp, spawn ratio etc.
I can fruit them as quickly as 12 days incubation
I like your content but I didn’t like how you completely avoided the monthly profit lol
hey! what did you use to build the fruitng rooms?
Refrigeration panel.
@@OakandSpore ❤💚
How are your truffles growing?
400 kilos a week!!! Good LORD.....I imagine 3ish pounds per block harvest....damn dude you are killing it! What vendors buy from you? I have about 25 years experience in mycology, but never sold one fruit body, but a grocery store recently approached me to stock 3 of their locations, so I am growing my new business now.
You are my mentor! Thank you for all that information .
You look tired, mushrooms labor isn’t a game.
Keep your great work and keep updates us.
Thanks mate! Glad I can provide some inspiration.
You have inspired me to get growing in my own garage. looks like you have really scaled up. I'd be interested to know how you financed, if you borrowed money etc, and how much you spent-
also I wonder what your running costs are, given the increase in electricity and gas costs? I'm sure people would find that fascinating.
Our power cost hasn't really risen too much. We don't use any gas, as that's expensive here. I funded to build myself.
Hi Tom thanks for sharing all the information! Love oysters Mushrooms . I grow them in my bolier room for fun. ( tired of paying 10NZD per 100G in my farmers market) Glad to see someone have all the knowledge and tech. May I know where is ur farm at please?
I sell mine for $10 for 250g at my market. My farm is in Christchurch.
👍🏽👍🏽
What kind of walls are those?
Your builds are far above anyone elses, in term of quality and thoughtfulness.
Question: Do you filter your intake air (HEPA or otherwise)? I know you precondition it, but is it filtered to keep out the baddies, or is doing so unecessary for a grow room?
No filtration into my frutiing rooms. I've never seen an insect get through the maze that is my HVAC system and into the frutiign room. They sometimes get in when I leave the door open.
Hoping to start up here in north louisiana usa soon! your videos/information has been a sweet treat my friend! Learning a lot! Thank you for your energy here in the youtube land brother!
Thanks mate! Good luck with your farm, give it 100%!!
Cool autoclave ?
I was just wondering if you recommending painting timber with water sealant instead of plastic sheeting. Is there is any reasons that you would see why painting is nt commonly done, yacht is another option for me as the timber room is built with in and out vents and everything.
loose glass wool insulation is not good for your lungs, you may want to bag it or use rock wool
Hi. As always I find your videos extremely informative and this one is no exception. I would just like to know the weight of the bags and the number of such bags that you fit into the autoclave that you bought from China. Also, and this is only if it is not a trade secret, could you tell me the name of the Chinese company that you bought it off of as I am very interested in buying one and more so now after your recommendations.
I have been looking at the same Autoclave, great to see you recommend it. Which company did you use Alibaba is a minefield 😅
Good information, add wheels when building storage racks, got it.
I would love to see a full grow schedule with how to rotate blocks
if you use ratchet straps on your steamer tank you wont need to use those huge weights on top
you can also put 90 degree angle pieces of aluminium on the side corners of your tank & wrap 2 straps around it to help keep as much steam in as possible.
(the 90 degree angle pieces will keep the foam board from crushing)
Rachet straps pull on the insulation and damage it. Weights are easy and simple.
@@OakandSpore understood but it does not need to be super tight, i use straps at work with light gauge metal angle to keep the corners from crushing
Awesome mate glad to see it all coming together. I am starting the first gourmet mushroom farm in my country (Zimbabwe) and it's really pricey to use unicorn bags. It's $2 per grow bag. Could you share some light on the Chinese suppliers you use for grow bags?
Satrise. Use re-usable bottles. Steeper cost up front, but you can re-use them.
Whatsup buddy, what species of mushrooms are you growing? Do you grow certain species/strains seasonally or year round?
year round. Mainly Italian oyster.
Great video mate hope to see another one soon 👍👍
I am just about to start fruiting my first bags, I have 8 different strains do you think that is to many or is good for a sale stand point
I have a few friends and family that will buy around 10kgs a week so far there happy with only a few different types what are you thoughts on it
I also got a cheap pressure canner and hated it lol so now I have a all american so much better but costly to get in australia
Keep up the great work its awesome to watch as I want to be where you are one day 👍👍
8 strains is a lot, but you will get the hang of it. I keep my selection slim, but focus on growing those species very well.
Wow! I just caught your early videos a week ago and they were very inspiring. But seeing you scale this business up like this is even more inspiring! Congrats on how it's going. Thanks for the knowledge you share.
Another great video... really appreciate the knowledge. I'm having a hard time finding info regarding PLCs running single phase fan motors at different speeds. Is your setup 3-phase power with PLC to VFD to fan motor? I'm looking for a cost efficient solution without 3-phase power, but not finding anything. Thanks for all you do!
My fans are single phase. If you use a EC fan you can easily control the speed with a 0-10v input. 10v makes fan go fast, 0v makes fan stop.
@@OakandSpore Thank you! Which patreon pledge level gives me access to your advice? I have more questions... :)
Cheers, thank you
No worries!
Your build is GENIUS, you inspired me to build a mushroom farm been working on learning and planning for a couple of months. I don't know if your an engineer or a genius but i was wondering if you could help me with the automation part and chinese suppliers?
I won't go near home made automation these days. But a controller designed for automation, it makes it a lot easier.
@@OakandSpore Thank you for the reply Tom, yes i'm talking about controllers. I was wondering if there was one place i could source everything from?
Have you ever tried to cook your grains on the super pasteurizer?
You mean sterilizer? No, its not efficient enough. It's all about thermal death time, and its simply not good enough in the sterilizer tank.
Hey! Nice to see an update and that everything is going well.
Things going very well so far!
Keep pushing Bru farms looking good!
Thanks mate!
Thanks Tom. Is the course helpful for beginners who would like to create a side hustle ?
Yes, it's targeted at beginners who want to see if a side hustle is financially viable.
@@OakandSpore Thanks mate
Love the content and excellent delivery. Keep it up.
Much appreciated!
Great video, that is alot or bags in your fruiting room there! What weight bags are you running?
5.5kg-ish.
Cheers for the reply. Running similar size. Might need to rethink how I am squeezing them in...
A few questions.
When you first started how did you keep fruiting room and incubation room in correct temps? My tent and incubation will be in a barn building. Without heating inside.
How did you find your customers? Like wholesale and restaurants. For me the hardest part I feel like would be delivering these large amount of mushrooms. Say hypo technically. You get 20 restaurants buying 5 pounds of mushrooms for 40€. That’s 800 a week right. But delivering to 20 a week is very very labor intensive. I don’t know myself well enough to know if that’s sustainable. What’s your advice for a solution to this. Am I targeting the wrong demographic and because of that making my life harder?
Also how does a typical flush cycle look. Like how do you make sure that you get to the amount of production you need per week. Like when do you prepare new incubation bags. When do you put in fruiting to maintain say a production of 30kg per week how does something like that look in terms of workflow. And execution.
Hello, love your videos I’m a huge fan, to control CO2 do you use an extractor to pull out the CO2? Or a fan and a vent to push the CO2 out pushing in fresh air?
To add onto this, I’m getting a hydroponics tent to grow my own for home use and I’m concerned about how to get the CO2 out of the tent while allowing fresh air in
I use both an extractor fan and a fan to push air in.
Thank you, any recommendations for extractor fans for a hydroponics tent?
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Thanks Tom! Cheers from the US
Thanks Noah!