How To Be a Profitable Mushroom Farmer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ม.ค. 2020
- Mushroom farming, or starting a small scale mushroom farm has never been easier. Boutique mushroom farms have been popping up all around the world, as people satisfy desires of customers to consume locally grown gourmet mushrooms.
Farming gourmet mushrooms can be a lucrative and rewarding endeavor, and with the right attitude a, fulfilling career. These mushrooms can be grown for big profits, and even relatively small spaces can produce large amounts of mushrooms quickly.
The basic mushroom is the Oyster mushroom, which is great grown on wood pellets and soy hulls. These mushroom are easy for the beginner, and sell well at local markets.
Cultivation of mushrooms can be done anywhere in the world, so what are you waiting for?
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Want to try growing mushrooms? Start with this mushroom growing kit!
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The following literature is great to learn how to grow mushrooms
📖 Mycelium Running (best seller) - geni.us/xmQWxj ⭐Amazon⭐
📖 Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms - geni.us/VQrLXcI ⭐Amazon⭐
📖 Mushroom Cultivation: An Illustrated Guide geni.us/25r01 ⭐Amazon⭐
📖 Mushroom Cultivation geni.us/fawBBf ⭐Amazon⭐
📖 The Essential Guide to Cultivating Mushrooms - geni.us/w2tkYE ⭐Amazon⭐
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Want to Grow Mushrooms? Checkout these handy items below!
Substrate Preparation
Water flow control - geni.us/waYa4B ⭐Amazon⭐
Mushroom grow bags large - geni.us/z9kVnbM ⭐Amazon⭐
Mushroom grow bags small - geni.us/xc3ce ⭐Amazon⭐
Fruiting room essentials
Beginner Humidity controller - geni.us/DBog ⭐Amazon⭐
co2 controller - amzn.to/2ZO8ra5 ⭐Amazon⭐
10 head mister/fogger - geni.us/zwONiH ⭐Amazon⭐
6 head mister fogger - geni.us/DB5kW ⭐Amazon⭐
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Fruiting racks to fit tent - geni.us/Hc8Q ⭐Amazon⭐
Extractor fan - geni.us/NMkB9Wv ⭐Amazon⭐
Incubation/lab essentials
Temperature controller - geni.us/SAX3 ⭐Amazon⭐
Parafilm - geni.us/yg1ypw ⭐Amazon⭐
Petri dishes to clone mushrooms - geni.us/nDLW ⭐Amazon⭐
Agar - geni.us/hA1uS ⭐Amazon⭐
Bacteriological peptone - geni.us/sIWrPBt ⭐Amazon⭐
Malt extract - geni.us/b6VnP ⭐Amazon⭐
Mason jars - geni.us/cNHN ⭐Amazon⭐
Jar mixer - geni.us/HQ4nM ⭐Amazon⭐
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1 metric week to 1 imperial week that cracked me up
I often need to translate these things for my american viewers.
@@OakandSpore yes, it would be helpful and I am rather embarrassed to admit that I am 60 years old and did not know the difference between one metric week and one imperial week. For my American colleagues, a metric week is 10 days. I wouldn't wanna work that week! LOL
The more you know....
@@bloodtrail2351 The reason you have never heard of a metric week is because there is no such thing as a metric week. The metric system doesn't recognize week as a unit of time (Look up International System of Units), and no country or people use 10 days as a week. The only basis for a 10 day week were some french revolutionaries that wanted to make everything decimal. 1 week = 7 days, and the conversion seen in the video was most likely a joke :)
For real that was hilarious
I’m watching this for totally legal reasons by the way
I should hope so!
Me too 🤥
now i get why youtube is not suggesting me this
I don't get it, none of these species of mushroom are illegal. The ones that are typically are grown by a different process, so watching this wouldn't help. Really spectacular oyster mushroom grow this guy has got though! Huge fruits!
hey ,if anyone else wants to learn about grow mushrooms at home try Panlarko Grow Mushroom Planner (should be on google have a look ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my mate got amazing results with it.
I’m not lying when I say ever guy who grows mushrooms did it cause a little mushroom on a spiritual journey told them to do it one day
Yep and I'm one of them lol
It told to give them for free too.
Bruh
@@sadhu7191 true...
Not me
i couldn't stop laughing when he started whispering as if not to disturb the mycelium
The mycelium needs its sleep..
Haven’t you seen those studies where people talked or yelled or ignored plants (watered and fed, but didn’t talk to them)? Pretty amazing study. The ones that were yelled at or ignored did poorly.
That is so cool. I want to do this. I got emotional when I saw people buy your mushrooms because of trust and the community. It was a beautiful thing to see from start to finish.
Thanks for the support! The community definitely does love the fresh locally grown produce:D
Oak and Spore Mushroom Farm I want to do what you do and I am overwhelmed with so many things I don’t know. I don’t know where to begin
@@evanbland2079 Bruh, errbody and their brother have been trying to jump on this trend for a couple of years now. It's super-trrendy.
Maximum trend!
@@OakandSpore Can I get you direct email ?
the guys is a bit of a legend, teaching us all of this for free and so transparent with everything
1 metric week = 1 imperial week. I almost died….😂😂😂1.5gr of Thai pink buffalo I just harvested made this one of the most helpful videos I have watched!! thank you for putting your time into spreading the love and knowledge. I love your setup. Good form brother!!
I'm here in the states, and I found that I have an extreme interest in mycelium, and mushrooms. So with the support of my fiance, I'm gonna be transforming my shed and garage into a small scale mushroom operation.
You're information has been great man, and extremely helpful with helping me understand where to begin. So I appreciate you taking the time to make all these videos. It's really been invaluable.
No worries dude, good luck with your grow operation!
Hello my man with the mushroom operation, i need to ask you thus bc im not from the us, in what state is legal to grow mushrooms?
How’s it going so far?
Right now I only sell mushrooms to my local Applebee's and subway, I'm hoping to venture out to farmers markets and boutique restaurants for some better income.
Updates?
What do u grow that subway will want
I'm so sick of my job and I've been wondering what I can do and mushroom growing has always been an interest of mine. I currently have some jars almost ready to fruit and I could definitely see myself doing this as a living it's so much fun. Thank you for this video!
Best of luck!
@@OakandSpore thanks! 👊🏼
Hi NuGs I realize this reply is a year old but better late than never! What area of the country do you want to grow mushrooms in? I live in WA and have been thinking about this for quite some time also. Would love to get together with you to hear about your experience so far.
How much dollar in 1 kg dry oyster mushroom now please
Excellent information and fun man to watch. Respect
Glad you enjoyed it!
A fun guy and his fungi?
Lol! Thats a new one!
@@OakandSpore How long do you take to grow each batch of mushrooms? 2 weeks? So you go to to the market with the batch you just showed, every 2 weeks? Or do you cycle them, so you always have a batch already done? Great video!
It's not many times i am surprized however watching this really caused me to think I need to ask - have you looked at the website called Gregs Mushroom Grower just google for it
Hey man, I just wanted to say thank you for being so open, with a desire to help inspire others! I love how you were no BS - heres the info, especially with sharing your earnings from the Farmer's Markets. Congrats to you and your journey! I will follow and look forward to seeing more.
Thanks for the feedback! The original youtube muhsroom growers helped me out so much, so TH-cam is kinda my way to give back to the community, and continue on sharing the knowledge.
The coolest mushroom farmer ever✊ The music choices are so tight!! Learning about mushroom farming has never sounded so hip. And the whispering! lol. You're awesome. Thanks dude.
Make sure you go check out the Smash Bros on spottily, they really make some good tunes! Thanks for the support.
Just got your channel recommend, watched the video and instantly subscribed. Absolutely love it. Energy, explanation, editing, music, everything. Absolutely nailed it mate!
please do another video on the construction of your serializer and use like water temp
yes please!
I would really enjoy seeing a complete guided tour of your mushroom farm. A walk threw of each room and the process used in each room.. also a video of your work schedule and how you maintain a consistent supply of mushrooms each week
Good video ideas, I will see what I can do!
Nice I am looking forward of buy lots of land and start a Huge farm. this video helped a lot since I have other means of income via forex market, real estate, I
would need something to keep me busy since I just retire
This is so awesome! Thanks for sharing, bruv. I really want to get a mushroom business going - in fact, I’m going to start my first oyster kit today!
I'm 17 and I randomly have the urge to start a mushroom farm
you played too much Minecraft xD
I'm 15 w the exact same urge
I have watched this video a lot. It makes me laugh and keeps me learning every time. I share it with everyone who is interested.
I have almost all of the equipment and I am ready for the adventure. Thanks so much! -Danimal
Thanks putting all of this together, i really appreciated the insight into how you go about things and i really respect the ingenuity that you have used with some of your apparatuses 👍
Thanks Liam :)
Yeah those shelves within your fruiting chamber were a great example of this. Bloody brilliant
Top quality video man! As an aspiring grower yours is the best channel I've found so far
The last part seeing such fresh mushrooms at the market is so satisfying. What a great way to end a video on this topic. The freshest gourmet shrooms makes for happy people 🍄🧋🙏
Glad you enjoyed it!
Man, you might have just given me all I need to try this as a business, you give really good info, thanks so much for sharing!
Fantastic video! Thanks for going into so much detail, Just out of curiousity, those bags you were harvesting from, do you get many more flushes from them and also do you need to cut a new hole or will they just continuously come from the single hole you made?
Thanks
Love your setup. Would Love to see how you make your sterilizers!!
same very interesting setup.
Best video on TH-cam man! Love watching you get all that done! Great work brother ❤️❤️❤️
Haha thanks mate!
The shelving is brilliant, excellent video. Thanks for clearing my question about Imperial weeks.
you’re a MUSHROOM GANSTA!…LOVE YA!
Nice to see local and small company growing mushrooms !
Thanks bro!
Thankyou for sharing this informative, open and honest information, all the best to you!
One of the best videos ever for mushroom knowledge and inspiration for growing myself
Love the video!
Thanks!
love the video, the mood of the guy. Very inspiring! I'm trying growing oyster mushrooms now. Just finished setting up my clean room. Sadly in my country you can't make good money with it :(
Thank you for taking us along the process. Also appreciate your sense of humor 🍄
I hope some people do :D
Best video on the subject. I’ve been looking for this thank you!!
No sweat!
Brilliant ! And admiring your sense of humour as well. Very inspiring !
I love all of the mushrooms!🥰👍
Informative and fun to watch at the same time. You have not just mastered the art of Mushroom farming but Video creation as well.
Thanks! I like making videos to help people :)
This was the coolest video I’ve ever seen about mushroom cultivation.
Thanks for the effort in bringing this information to everyone.
I hope one day I will be able to grow mushrooms too.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks man. Looking to start a small farm. Need to go check out some local markets first. When I'm in christchurch again I'll come say Hi!
Really well done! I appreciate the minimalist homebrew equipment. And, I can actually say "nice rack" without getting sued....
I do like a good firm rack...
Great video and very informative. how do you control the parameters of the fruiting chamber/grow room. and what are the conditions for the innoculation rooms besides temperature like do you also need to control humidity and light?
This is one of the best videos I have seen. Thank you. 👍🏼🇺🇸
Man you are AWESOME!!! I really like the way how you showed it up!!!! Thanks
Thanks mate!
Thanks for the video! Newbie here. What if I’ve grown them in storage containers, can I cut it up once it’s colonised? Or straight into smaller containers and no transferring? Really love the rack you made! Appreciate the video. Many thanks
one of the most interesting vids i've seen for ages! 👏 I wondered if the racked bags keep producing after you first harvest from them or are they done?
I would like to know this as well, but my guess is no. Probably because the mycelium has no more food inside the bag to produce fruiting bodies.
Thanks for this video, love your garage shroom production
Entertaining video and I enjoyed the music 😄 thank you for the thorough walk through!
Interested in how much profit a mushroom farm makes? Check out my upcoming course here! www.oakandspore.com/farmforprofit
Can we discuss further where to contact you?
you shouldn't be talking in that room... indeed you should keep wearing a mask for your own health in that fruiting chamber
Can I get your direct email?
Is the course over? Link does not work.
@@akhileshgupta8878 @mycopeter
Really awesome job on this video, very clear descriptions. Literally the only criticism is the music is much louder than your speech so i keep having to toggle the volume haha!
Thanks for the feedback! I will adjust the music next time.
@@OakandSpore I actually really enjoyed the music and volume, especially at 1.5x
Must be a personal setup thing. I could hear the speech clearly over the music. Just my observation, nothing personal Eric V
Yep. Same thing for me. Plus, this music isn't friendly to female ears as we hear different frequencies. It was literally painful to me and I had to mute it between your discussion. You likely lost a lot of female views due to this.
Might be a mobile thing, im having to do that on mobile with no headphones on. Im sure it will be much better with headphones
Great straight to the point educational video 👌🏽 thank you
Really interesting to watch! Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm and skill.
Subbed!
Searched for an tutorial for my new phone - ended up learning how to be a Mushroom Farmer.
Just TH-cam algorithm things
Thank you TH-cam, for introducing me to this person and their new phone. Don't drop it now...
Excellent video! 2 questions... Can you get a second or third crop from a single mycelium block? And what do you do with the blocks when they are no longer useful?
Apparently u can get 2-4(2-3 is reasonable while 4 is pushing it) flushes from a single block.
@@simonbionary11010 true and he would likely only do 2flushes or time vs productivity outweighs the cost
Love your enthusiasm!
Love your support :D
Awesome to see a video showing most of the process. Thank you very much.
My pleasure :)
great video , I wish you the best in your business , hi from Uruguay
Hello from New Zealand :)
This was lovely, thank you for sharing your process. Do you guys have a REKO ring locally? It’s where farmers pre-sell their produce through a private social media group (run by volunteers, usually started by a farmer), and then do a fast drop off at a central location; instead of a whole market day. You don’t end up with anything left at the end of the day (or hour) because you’re only dropping off orders rather than spending time trying to sell. Anyhoo ~ good luck, and thank you for making this!
That sounds very interesting! I have never heard of a REKO ring, but just read up about it. We dont' have them in NZ, we just have the more traditional farmers market.
Very well demonstrated and explained. Thanks
Great video. Many thanks for taking time to do this, and inspiring indeed. Currently doing my first batch of mushrooms, a small one, using the PF Tek method. Look forward to upscale and try different varieties too.
Best of luck!
Nice succinct overview and love your fruiting chamber, well-sized.
Why do you angle your shelves?
I have a video on my shelving build where I discuss the design and reasons.
Such an inspiration to all mushroom growers! Not only are these videos hilarious , they are full of knowledge for an aspiring mushroom farmer...
Could you go over the details of what the fruiting chamber environment should be (for example.. Which spectrum of light you use and how to know what the humidity, temp and co2 levels are)
Thanks in advanced , Mush love brother!
Thanks for the support. Light is 6500k, co2 below 800, humidity changes depending on stage of fruiting ideally. temps also change with the weather..
@OakandSpore how many harvests can you get from each bag ? Or do you have to throw it away after each harvest?
Great vid. Thanks for sharing. Very inspiring !
This is hilarious thank you for the smidgens of humor!! (& insight!!) It makes the video all the more likeable!!
His on Instagrams, with also telegrams with,,
Bro the "THIS IS mushroom" had me dying 😂😂😂
Haha glad I got a laugh out of you!
Hey Tom...Newbie grower here...you have quickly become my favorite Mushroom grower on You tube....I learn something new and have a good laugh on every vid you do. Question. Why the slanted shelves? what advantage does it have other than looking super cool?
A few reason, one is dirty water doesn't drip from the top down into the mushroom bodies below. But one of the main reasons is we have a lot of earthquakes, slanted shelves means I don't need as much bracing holding them up if the ground shakes.
Thank you for the excellent high level overview!
Thank you for the conversion of metric and imperial weeks.
Cool T-shirt
Dear Sir, amazing video. Very informative and interesting. I am not a specialist but would it not be possible for You to double your harvest by adjusting your shelves to horizontal position and cutting a hole on the backside as well?
The moshrooms roots grow inside and if you have 2 sides this just means that they fight over the space and in the end die faster, because the corners wouldnt get reached and the "main part" has been taken from the other side as well (this means less nutrients to grow and in the end.... it doesnt help).
No ads and fun to watch 🤓 good man
Thanks!
Been putting some serious thought and research into starting a mushroom operation and very glad I found your excellent channel. By the way, the Intro with the clip from 300 was freakin' hilarious, as well as checking your non-existent watch for the time, I really enjoy the humorous aspects you add in here.
Go for it! And thanks for the support:D
Did you ever succeed? And how much does it make a month?
Hola!! Gracias por compartir este video educativo. Estoy imprecionada por la belleza de tus cultivos en especial de las setas color rosa son hermosas. Todo me encantó!!! Desde los anaqueles en que tienes tus cultivos. Es una inpiración . Gracias y te mando un abrazo de la Ciudad de México.😚
You're going to have to translate that for me!
@@OakandSpore She said that she was very impressed by the beauty of the mushrooms and she is giving you a hug from Ciudad de Méjico (summed up)
I really loved that you showed us the selling part! I just wonder something: when you open your bags for the mushrooms to finally grow, couldn't you open all the sides rather than just one front side? So as the mycellium all around could grow? Or are they all migrating to the one front opening?
I thought the same too
Better quality of flushes with one open section.
i thot the same. and the reason I was told was that the bag would dry out. but then you could also inject the bag with water and let the whole thing fruit. so many videos with pinning under the plastic and low fruiting. seems really odd. but then everyone is doing it so I really dunno what to say. But i did see one place in the Uk on video and they strip the plastic all the way off and have only the substrate sitting on shelves fruiting. they have like a full facility with airlocks and so on to prevent contamination and so on. but the lady said we take the plastic off and are able to get good results. So...... kinda confusing
@@ArunRaoINDIA I guess you can strip the bags off and do multiple openings when you have a humidifier setup then (most of the pro have)
You are a joy to watch. Very informative, I appreciate you sharing your process. Exciting to hear the hard work pays off, however it is obvious mushrooms are something you are passionate about!!!!
Thanks Amanda! It's always great to see I have supporters like you :)
Nice video man! Quite entertaining and interesting.
I hit like immediately after watching the intro, that is amazing
Thanks for the support!
It will be nice if you would make a video of you selling the mushrooms in the market, the hassle you go through in the market. It sounds like fun
Thanks for the idea. I will definitely make a video of me at the market!
@@OakandSpore
Please!
Very impressed that you showed the market. Very cool.
Glad you liked it!
Absolutely Love it Thank You
thanks for your videos, very exciting work. I would like to know more about your flow controller setup you use to add water in the bag. Is it possible to show it/describe it more somehow ? I want to copy your setup. By the way, twisting the mushroom cluster when harvesting should make it easier than only pulling. I love the logs on your selling table, we do that too ;)
I can, it's a water flow controller from Amazon. Usually I do not harvest in the room like that, but I take each bag out to my stainless steel benches. I just harvested them from the wall for the purposes of the video.
Thank you for the knowledge. I love the music too!
Thanks! Go give them a listen on spotify!
It's not very often I'm surprized however watching this really would make anyone say wow but have you checked out the website called Gregs Mushroom Grower look for it on google
good video thanks for sharing all the info & tips
That was fun watching your video.
Thank you.
Absolutely love the video. I want to start my own mushroom business and I have a question about the mycelium you use to start the culture. Do you cultivate the mycelium by yourself or do you buy it pre-made? If you don't cultivate it yourself, I would love to know if you have tried it and why you concluded in the end that it was not worth it.
Kind regards from Switzerland
Look up mush_trips on Instagram. They've got mushrooms and growing kits. It think it gonna help you through too
Great video. Can you share more details about the conditions in the Fruiting Room? (Temp and humidity levels, light source) Thanks!
Well explained - Thank you!
Excellent info and really fun man to watch. Respect
SHOW ME HOW TO BUILD THE DRUM!!! Please and thank you;)
I have another video of it.
Thank you very much. Sir!
For teaching me my new career and business.
Hat off for you.
Love and respect from #Pakistan.
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much for sharing. I'm learning how to grow vegetebles at home and also want to learn how to grow mushrooms and I am very intresting have a small farm grow mushroons like you. This is really helpful for me, enjoyed watching your video until the end. $730 that very good income for one time harvets .
Thanks! I've received over $800 for every market in August.
@@OakandSpore wonderful ❤️
@@OakandSpore how many markets?
you are brilliant! It seems difficult to do this at home without all the control measures. I'm a complete beginner but this was fun to watch
Not really, you can grow mushrooms with really low tech methods. Using equipment like me just means the entire growing operation is more controllable.
Actually, you could start growing at home with maybe $50-100 invested into some jars, tubs and substrate. Fancy and expensive gear like flow hoods, PID controllers, large sterilizing barrels and ventilation/humidification systems only come into play if you're doing bulk commercial production, and even then it's more for convenience and saving time rather than a necessity.
thanks mate great video
Great video....excellent music!!
Hi there from Canada. I had a question for you. What happens if you opened the mycelium bag and spread it out in an even layer on a tray or trough? Would you end up with more fruiting bodies started? How come always just a slit in the bag?
I think he does that to control the amount of product. You can only sell so much before they go bad, and if you spread the whole thing out, you'll have all the shooms at once. Where as, after you cut the bunch off the hole in the bag, it starts all over again from the same bag. Controlling the amount of product. (but thats just my guess)
You are basically simulating a log with the bags, and when you only cut one hole you force the bags to spend all its energy on a single high quality bunch. If you take the whole thing out of the bag you end up with a thousand miniature mushroom. Shiitake are different though, they are taken completely out of the bag.
@@OakandSpore
So. I was _almost_ right.
9:08 got a contam on the red oysters on the left
..just kidding, nice content :D
S**t happens... Or should I say contam happens?
Great video! Impressive setup. At what temperature and humidity do you keep your fruiting chamber at?
Very informative! Thank you for sharing 🍄💕
Thanks for watching!
That intro quickly got you a like my friend🤣
That's what I like to hear!