My university has a freight farm (vertical column structure) and they get student volunteers from the earth club to help with running it and one uni employee to overlook it all. it grows leafy greens that get sold in a salad bar in one of the university's restaurants. they broke up the work into three parts, seeding, transplanting, and harvesting. it was incredibly easy to learn and the training was only an hour long. I'm short and not very strong and I worked my shift with another girl of the same stature and we managed to get everything we needed to do done within our time frame. we even got to listen to music through a iPad and speaker set up in the container lol. i think it was a super cool experience and that more schools should look into getting one.
Extremely useful information. I don't even know how many channels about mushroom growing that I'm subscribed to, but this one is very quickly becoming my favorite, and I just found it less than one day ago. *lol*
hello there am an agriculture engineer i started my small mushroom farm since 2016 and am so happy to see your tutoring videos actually i was wounding about the bag dimensions you are using, my name is Labeeb and am from Syria glad to find you 😊
When I told my friends about living in renovated abandoned CONTAINERS they laughed at me. In fact my next lab for spawn production will be in a container
Fantastic content as usual! I can't remember where I saw it, but in Paris they use unused dead spaces, specifically underground car park spaces to grow mushrooms and greens. In London and the rest of the UK there will be tons of spaces that are just sitting empty where someone can create such an operation. Like disused underground tunnels.
I expect to start growing in two 40 foot containers. microgreen spices and salad in one. mushrooms in one with two rooms. on the roof I thought I had a cultivation tunnel for cucumbers and tomatoes. is it possible to take advantage of co2
Great job sir...you can also do as I have thought of which is a wood frame covered in chicken wire and then cover it in clay and straw to the thickness you need for your climate...you can build 50 of these for the price of one container...then redirect funds to instrumentaion and controls for total automatic growing. You are a great instructor...
That’s good! I’m trying to do something similar in my country how much exactly do you produce a month and which mushroom exactly do you produce 20 to 30 pounds a week?
$10/lb seems like a lot. Here in the grocery stores king oysters, black oysters, and shitake all go for around $3.75/lb. That is retail. Loblaws. To make that kind of money I would have to sell rare strains that are more challenging to cultivate I would imagine.
For future reference, use less water and control temperature in shipping containers with solars for off grid on harsh continents. Make more shipping containers/establish indoor farming system. Food will be scarce!
What is the best system for controlling the temps in shipping containers? Especially since I have hot summer months, and cold winters.. what would be the best way to control the temps?
Hi , did i here you right had mushrooms let off co2 and if plants need it wouldn't be a good idea to feed the air from one that needs to get rid of and the other counter needs it happy days, cheers.justin
Do the mushrooms themselves bplst the co2? If so to what levels? Is it emitted during both lights on and off or one or the other. Kinda makes sense to port put this co2 duced up air to some sort of leafy crops.
It occurs to me it would be beneficial to find a combination of mushroom and plant that require similar growing conditions so each could benefit from the oxygen/co2 of the other
there are people that mix mushroom with microgreens but you have to take the differences in humidity into affect. I personaly saw that jst in larger scale plantations
Great idea. How much does it cost in USA dollarz.....where can you get one? If not applied to mushrooms, it would also make good storage and whatnot work shed for hobbies and such. I've seen people turn them into living quarters and such.
Hello, Have you thought about using a 6inch x 7ft PVP pipe.. put holes throughout and have rubber caps? or covers and take them off and hang vertically. .. Much thinner on real estate than a bucket.. and very sturdy.
Hello, at minute 6:06 of the video, do you have any plans of the fruiting chamber? Do you have an explanation of how the products you have on the ceiling are installed?
They cost £1500 each 10 years ago. I can't remember exactly where we got them from now, but there are a few companies out there that sell used shipping containers, and ebay is a good place to look as well.
A video interviewing Kimbal Musk, co-founder of Squared Roots, says that a 40 ft container can produce the same amount of yield as that of a 2-acre farm.
Hello there great video thanks a lot but I was wondering what you would need permit wise in the UK to put shipping containers in a farm that has no buildings just a land and how hard to get those permits thanks a lot
You would need to speak with your local council about 'permitted developments' on farm land. Structures like barns and shipping containers are usually permitted if part of the agricultural activity of the land, but sometimes there are conditions placed on the size, colour and aesthetics. It is possible though, we have seen other people place containers on farm land for mushroom growing. Ask a the planning department of your local council for full advice.
Sure, different people have been growing food in shipping containers for the last 10 years or so, but it has become more and more widespread over the last 2-3 years
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My university has a freight farm (vertical column structure) and they get student volunteers from the earth club to help with running it and one uni employee to overlook it all. it grows leafy greens that get sold in a salad bar in one of the university's restaurants. they broke up the work into three parts, seeding, transplanting, and harvesting. it was incredibly easy to learn and the training was only an hour long. I'm short and not very strong and I worked my shift with another girl of the same stature and we managed to get everything we needed to do done within our time frame. we even got to listen to music through a iPad and speaker set up in the container lol. i think it was a super cool experience and that more schools should look into getting one.
Extremely useful information. I don't even know how many channels about mushroom growing that I'm subscribed to, but this one is very quickly becoming my favorite, and I just found it less than one day ago. *lol*
hello there am an agriculture engineer i started my small mushroom farm since 2016 and am so happy to see your tutoring videos actually i was wounding about the bag dimensions you are using, my name is Labeeb and am from Syria glad to find you 😊
When I told my friends about living in renovated abandoned CONTAINERS they laughed at me.
In fact my next lab for spawn production will be in a container
Look at those AMAZING mushrooms in your pic. Wish you more success
Thks & a DIY reefer trailer/container is the way to go
You remind me of a young Ray Davies! Thank you so much for this great info!
I love how you say food at the start of the video 🙂
Fantastic content as usual! I can't remember where I saw it, but in Paris they use unused dead spaces, specifically underground car park spaces to grow mushrooms and greens. In London and the rest of the UK there will be tons of spaces that are just sitting empty where someone can create such an operation. Like disused underground tunnels.
They tried such a plan in London, the residents said it would cause more mould so it stopped.
I expect to start growing in two 40 foot containers. microgreen spices and salad in one. mushrooms in one with two rooms. on the roof I thought I had a cultivation tunnel for cucumbers and tomatoes. is it possible to take advantage of co2
Thanks for sharing this great episode! Cheers!
Great job sir...you can also do as I have thought of which is a wood frame covered in chicken wire and then cover it in clay and straw to the thickness you need for your climate...you can build 50 of these for the price of one container...then redirect funds to instrumentaion and controls for total automatic growing. You are a great instructor...
This is the same setup that we use. With 1 20ft container we produce 20-30 lbs a week.
That’s good! I’m trying to do something similar in my country how much exactly do you produce a month and which mushroom exactly do you produce 20 to 30 pounds a week?
Mario M we currently grow blue, yellow, and black king oysters as well as chestnut mushrooms.
@@Rickgrant1984 Those are gorgeous -
do you grow in a cooler climate? Is it true that you have to keep the fruiting room at 55F?
Is 30 lbs a week profitable?
$10/lb seems like a lot. Here in the grocery stores king oysters, black oysters, and shitake all go for around $3.75/lb. That is retail. Loblaws. To make that kind of money I would have to sell rare strains that are more challenging to cultivate I would imagine.
For future reference, use less water and control temperature in shipping containers with solars for off grid on harsh continents. Make more shipping containers/establish indoor farming system. Food will be scarce!
what are the capabilities off the reefer unit in these containers? is it suffice or would you need to install another split unit?
What is the best system for controlling the temps in shipping containers? Especially since I have hot summer months, and cold winters.. what would be the best way to control the temps?
Hi , did i here you right had mushrooms let off co2 and if plants need it wouldn't be a good idea to feed the air from one that needs to get rid of and the other counter needs it happy days, cheers.justin
Do the mushrooms themselves bplst the co2? If so to what levels? Is it emitted during both lights on and off or one or the other. Kinda makes sense to port put this co2 duced up air to some sort of leafy crops.
Awesome video! Mush love to your work!
Are there any building permits needed to place a container in a city?
It occurs to me it would be beneficial to find a combination of mushroom and plant that require similar growing conditions so each could benefit from the oxygen/co2 of the other
there are people that mix mushroom with microgreens but you have to take the differences in humidity into affect. I personaly saw that jst in larger scale plantations
I was just tinking the same thing as you
Check out The Plant in Chicago they have been doing this for years, very hard to find info online but check images.
What, like microgreens??
Love this. Please make more videos. 👍🌱🍄
Great idea. How much does it cost in USA dollarz.....where can you get one? If not applied to mushrooms, it would also make good storage and whatnot work shed for hobbies and such. I've seen people turn them into living quarters and such.
Hello, Have you thought about using a 6inch x 7ft PVP pipe.. put holes throughout and have rubber caps? or covers and take them off and hang vertically. .. Much thinner on real estate than a bucket.. and very sturdy.
(i watched your alternative growing w/o plastic video prior.. I was just thinking on that topic as I'm watching this video.
Yup I'm in a super hot tropical area... very hard to lower temperature down to 22-32 Centigrade when out side is around 38-42
Your videos are so informative and very well done. Thank You!
how are your mushroom bags off gassing during incubation. I do not see any patches
Nice vid when through the other side hope to put 2 20 footers in garden
Hello, at minute 6:06 of the video, do you have any plans of the fruiting chamber? Do you have an explanation of how the products you have on the ceiling are installed?
How much did your shipping containers cost/where did you get them from?
They cost £1500 each 10 years ago. I can't remember exactly where we got them from now, but there are a few companies out there that sell used shipping containers, and ebay is a good place to look as well.
p.S what sort of yeilds would you be think from a 20 foot and 40 foot containers, thanks justin.
A video interviewing Kimbal Musk, co-founder of Squared Roots, says that a 40 ft container can produce the same amount of yield as that of a 2-acre farm.
@@maxibix9858 would someone please link the video so i can watch it
Hello there great video thanks a lot but I was wondering what you would need permit wise in the UK to put shipping containers in a farm that has no buildings just a land and how hard to get those permits thanks a lot
You would need to speak with your local council about 'permitted developments' on farm land. Structures like barns and shipping containers are usually permitted if part of the agricultural activity of the land, but sometimes there are conditions placed on the size, colour and aesthetics. It is possible though, we have seen other people place containers on farm land for mushroom growing. Ask a the planning department of your local council for full advice.
@@GroCycleTV thanks a lot for the response we'll do👍
semi rig trailers are cheaper ans have higher roofs and are insulated already .
yeah for 130k, you can get one too, or make one for less than 400.
Aquaponics.
Isn't this an old concept?
Sure, different people have been growing food in shipping containers for the last 10 years or so, but it has become more and more widespread over the last 2-3 years
@@GroCycleTV What temps do you keep your containers at? Curious; do you have to grow in a cool climate, or perhaps cool your shipping containers?
@@annamariewhite5455 they talk about this in the video
Ancient. Is the word.....
More friggen single use plastic
Do you have e mail?