This video is exactly what I needed, I'm piecing together a home lab and have tons of questions and this video helped with so many of them! Thank you!!!!
Hey Tony, I have been watching your videos a lot, it inspired me to start growing mushrooms for the kitchen at home. You are awesome at making things clear and easy to follow. Thank you.
What makes you say the presto will need replacing? As a chef, I've several old pressure cookers, including an older model of the presto one - if you aren't abusing them, the only thing that should ever need replacing is the seal, and sometimes but rarely the safety pressure release valve. There isn't really even anything else to wear out...
As someone who cans and does tattoos( an autoclave is absolutely mandatory in tattooistry) both types of pressure vessel have a limited valve life and perform the same task. We really only need the medical grade one because of its size and ease of use; besides that they both provide ample pressure and life-time-use.
@@justinlangley9529 yeah... I did acknowledge that "the only thing that should need replacing is the seal" - ie: the gasket IS the seal when a gasket is used.
Hey mentioned it in a reply to someone on here. He said that the they are both good and that you could replace the seal on the presto and that the only reason he had to replace / upgrade his was because he let it run out of water a few times and eventually the 2 he did have warped over time due to letting it run out of water on accident.
You can get reusable glass Petri dishes and lids. The parafilm won't leave an adhesive residue and is easier to mold to shape. Have you tried using a bacterial inoculation loop tool for the samples to be cloned, instead of the scalpel? Thin wire loops and easy to get red hot in flame. Bunsen Burners?
I wish I can post my lab video, I followed all your steps and list and build my lap. thank you so much for all the info... everyone complements it. I build the flow hood hepa as well from your technical drawing and works like a charm. no one thought as am female I can accomplish this but I guess I use my computer engineering skills to get this done!
@@tech1media842 Im saying that you could upload your videos (to your channel or somewhere else) and show what you're doing, its the best part of the mushroom community, it doesn't matter if some people somehow believed that you couldn't. you already proved them wrong, the videos are just the nails to their coffins. I'm Starting a urban farm from 0, so far I just got tons of written research some lions mane and oyster liquid culture on the fridge, and im waiting for my all american to arrive, ill start expanding mycelium in liquid culture and then I hope to upload some content about the workflow in the farm and that kind of things, just another drop in the bucket of knowledge
Open air will work If your clean and in a area that has still air around you. Only need an expensive hood if your going to make a living out of it. You must have a Pressure cooker!
Your videos are so incredibly helpful! You're articulate and get to the point quickly, which I appreciate as an educator myself haha. I'm in the process of slowly getting the things I need for my new hobby but one thing I'm really struggling with is the use of so many single-use plastics. Would you consider making a video on how the casual/hobby grower might be able to cut down on the use of plastics while still advancing in the hobby? Thanks!
As far as petri dishes go you can purchase autoclavable plastic dishes which can be used many times over. Instead of polystyrene go for polypropylene or polycarbonate, these handle much higher heats as the cheap disposables melt in the autoclave. You can also try borosilicate glass dishes, but then you have to worry about them breaking, and they don't often fit together as nicely. Instead of plastic mushroom grow bags you could always go with the bottle method and reuse large glass mason jars. Hope this helps!
its not very often I'm impressed but this video really caused me to say wow I need to ask - have you checked out the website called gregs mushroom grower look for it on google
Great primer! Im wanting to get started growing lions mane. I've got a small location purchased but it needs remodeling before i can get started.. I think i probably ought to practice at home while i remod the building. More videos like this are exactly what I need as I begin...
I have a gota bot of a hack for that home grower having trouble battling contams in the still air box tek realm. Get a 4'x6' table and a kiddie tent. Top it, insert still air box, Lysol that like it holds the plague and zip your torso up in the tent as it sets on the table. Makes double secure. Its no airflow hood but its only 20 bucks for about 90% better conditions in a micro enviornment that is highly mobile.
Thanks for the informative video, i did not have interest in mushroom farming at all, but aim starting to like mushroom farming since it seems to be profitable when your doing it well. Aim working with one of the biggest mushroom farm in Israel of marina which is really beautiful farm but very automated. when i see the operation process that are going on with are very advanced technology aim even giving up to start a mushroom business farm. but since i started following your videos i feel like its possible to start it but the issue is what a starting capital should you have though i understand always varies according to the location. but i think you need to make some video that can show , the simple cost outlay for small scale farmers and also the various building options that we can opt for. once again thanks for your great ideas aim really impressed
Hey Tony! Thanks for all of the information and for putting these videos together. Where did you get that little metal stand that you use in front of your flow hood?
Cheers for this, I been tryin to find out about "pics mushroom cultivation" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Heenyan Mushroom Organifiction - (just google it ) ? Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my friend got cool results with it.
@@jesusrojassi I personally have found that reading books pigeon holds your capabilities into only doing it one way which is not quite a good thing to do if you experiment try things outside of the box you'll find that a lot of the mycology books out there scare you into believing that if you don't do everything 100% sterile you will not be successful I can tell you 100% fact that that is not true
@@jesusrojassi did you study a particular type or were you just studying broadly and did you do it on your own or was it done through University the only reason I'm asking is I'm curious
Use 70%. There are many studies from WHO and others showing 70% is better at disinfecting because the extra water in the solution is able to penetrate the cell walls of the bacteria allowing the alcohol a way into the cell. 90% can't get in the cell as well as the diluted 70%. Of course if you can only get 90, use that or dilute it yourself.
It's rare that i am surprized but this video certainly made me say wow I need to ask - have you looked at the resource called gregs mushroom grower just google for it
Tony I put 8 cakes in an expensive fruiting chamber I bought recently. The humidity remains between 90 and 99 and the temperature remains at about 73 degrees. The lights are on twelve hours a day and they sit on the top rack of my fruiting chamber with an ionizer mist above them. On the floor there is a heater with lava rock above it and water to add humidity. I put these cakes in 15 days ago and although they have pinned and are free of contams they have not sent out any fruit. I can't post photos here but they look good. Is there anything I can do besides wait? Thanks for any suggestions you may be able to offer. Much appreciated. Love all your videos.
Does anyone know where you get that lifted metal tray stand that sits in front of the laminar flow hood? I'm going to build a flow hood and would love to have something that elevates my material to ensure it has the proper clean air flow around it.
I’m planning to build a lab within the next month or so that i hope to one day turn into a business. I have money set aside but not enough to get the best of everything all at once. I’m wondering if you’d recommend saving by getting a standard pressure cooker to start and then the electric all American later, or getting a smaller bonsai hood to start and upsizing later. I don’t have tools or DIY skill so building one is out. Whichever will reduce pain points in the fledgling lab will be what I go with. Any insight or advice will be appreciated!
the all american vs a presto is no difference other than brand. both will fit 9 jars both do the same job. yes one is cleaner more rigid and the perk of electric may be enticing to some for the all american.. but the presto will do you just fine. you can start with a SAB and it works fine but it is hard to keep up when having alot of production G2G is a pain in a SAB and grain to bulk is a pain as well but it does get the job done. your looking to about 1000$ for a complete flow hood brand new. if your not able to DIY your best bet is to look for auctions/lab liquidators and even schools. i would recommend starting with a 23qt presto and a SAB and see how much you like the hobby you will get contamination at first but once you hone in your skills it will work just as good as a flow hood. it took me personally a few months to not get contamination in any of my transfers. PS dont fall for the short cuts there is alot of misinformation in this hobby use a SAB or a real laminar flow hood don't waste your time with speculated theory like "box fan flow hoods" understand the principles of why the SAB and laminar flow hood work and you will be able to debunk the BS cheap corner cutters that waste money
They will leak a little bit, you can always replaced the seal, but eventually they will get deformed a little bit. the first two I had to replace got warped because they ran out of water- that was my fault haha
Is that the only pressure cooker you use at a time? The 6 5lb electric one? I thought you were using some kind of larger drum sterilizer for like 30 to 40 bags at a time ..if so how many bags do you typically make a day? As far as sawdust bags . love your videos man:)
Yup! Just that sterilizer- we aren't growing fresh mushrooms commercially right now, just doing it for fun/content/experimentation ect. we work with other amazing growers for the mushrooms in our extracts.
@@FreshCapMushrooms oh ok.i thought you were growing more ..not necessarily commercial but like enough to sell at farmers markets n have money on the side. You should definitely make a vid on cheap steamed drum sterilizers. I find that bubbas barresl are too expensive although they are awesome.but out of many peoples price range ..there is cheaper ways I found they do in india and Africa.its awesome .
Hey i was just wondering how do i make my lab postive pressure in a 3 metre by 3 metre green house ? If its outside will there be more airborn contams if i was to have a fan blowing in fresh air whith vent for exhaust please somebody reply
I do not, the filter was from AAF Flanders, they do the sell them online. The sterilizer came from Balkoswitch enterprises... Not sure if you can get them on Amazon or not.
I use a graniteware canning pot with a canning rack instead of a pressure cooker and I find it works just as well. The only differences are with a canning pot you have to double the time of sterilization. So for example for a fruiting block it will take 5 hours instead of 2-1/2 hours with a pressure cooker. Another difference is the size of the fruiting block has to be smaller in a canning pot in order to sterilize effectively. For example with a canning pot 1/2 a pound fruiting block is the most I would recommend. Whereas a pressure cooker can sterilize 5 pound blocks but I find a 1/2 pound block still produces 1 pound per a flush with my recipe. And the last difference is the cost I got 2 graniteware canning pots with racks included with both for only $68 with shipping.
I have just common presure coker without manometer ... is ok ? If yes how much time should be used to sterilize my agar mixture and grains for micelium incoculation?
Why can't you reuse petri dishes? Isn't it possible to just clean, sterilize & reuse... ...wait, let me guess, to sterilize means to pressure cook for which plastic doesn't has the necessary heat resistance
Hey Tony, thanks for the awesome videos. I need your help. In the UK we cannot easily get a pressure canner to pasteurise grain for making grain spawn. Any alternative ways to make pasteurise grain in bottles without using a pressure canner? Cheers James
Pressurizing just decreases the time requirement - no normal bacteria can survive prolonged boiling. If you use a large pot with a rack in the bottom to lift your jars/bottles off of the surface and boil continuously for 90 minutes you will sterilize the contents. Here is a link to a reputable source (a university-based center focused on home food preservation) that discusses sterilizing empty jars or jelly/jam filled jars with boiling water alone in 10 minutes. Grain is not going to transfer heat nearly that well and is both dirtier and a friendlier environment than high sugar/high acid jam, so it needs longer to be sure. nchfp.uga.edu/publications/nchfp/factsheets/sterilizing.html
@@joatmon8954 anything that could ever be remotely considered unsafe is illegal there. Pocket knives, dado stacks on table saws, fireworks, carrying tools in your vehicle without a licence, etc.
@@shreygupta4113 Might be a strain issue. I literally just cut a slice across the bag and it friuts right across. I might have a video on the process soon!
If you can, get parafilm. It's easier to work with, adheres better to moist surfaces, doesn't leave a sticky mess when you take it off, and won't get soaked and wick possibly contaminated moisture into the dish. But if you can't get any easily, or you're on a very tight budget - yes, micropore tape can absolutely work.
Thank you Tony for your Professional way about explaining and setting a Example for The people such as myself! When I am trying to find a way to Feed myself, Lord Willing couple children and Turn that ever present PROFILE of a lost really lost Soul! Only Looked at as a SHADOW of ways,gone for Ten Years Truth be Told..... Are the profit margins there not to be rich by no means But be the Honest Productive Member of the Community ,My area South Eastern United States of America the small Growers are at Farmers Markets once a week, But I got to work like the Amazing Mycelium and let it clean My Name Never killed any one. But not be thought of as that Beloved and Super Talented Sub Culture that Thanks to them and For Utub Gave me the Blessed things to Better myself and turn this spot seen by every one into something I'm self and Family can be Proud off! Its just that time to forget the Bros , And Be the Man in my area , Don't Forget the Mark of The Green Star That's been A Logo I've Always Wanted To let it do what it Wii do Leave the Mark Of the Man , We all got to get a plan and Try! That Stare In my Dream It Will Not let Me Down Thank you Ser!!
Why you all so obsess with pressure sterilisation? If you have oven, it's faster and easier... and safer (one pressure cooker blow up in my kitchen and it is grenade level of explosion - only opened windows saved our lives). You are using pressure to change boiling point of water (in this case to about 134 deg Celsius).
hello I'm from Kazakhstan, last year I made your video "cold-water pasteurization". Thank you very much !!! Will you show me the way out of the fog? I'm sorry to use my slippers, help me make a request (I do not know what to do)
@@93FilmsandMedia got very inconsistent results with pressure cooker. agar in petri dishes sterelised in pressure cooker did much worse than sterelised in bottle and then poured into dishes. also always searching for alternative ways to do things.
This video is exactly what I needed, I'm piecing together a home lab and have tons of questions and this video helped with so many of them! Thank you!!!!
Amazing guide!!
I watched this in high school not long after it came out, and I ended up growing pink oyster mushrooms! :)
Hey Tony,
I have been watching your videos a lot, it inspired me to start growing mushrooms for the kitchen at home.
You are awesome at making things clear and easy to follow.
Thank you.
I thought someone was watching me. Knew it wasn’t the drugs.
Once in chemidtry class we tried different methods for agar. One of the best was bio-gelatin
What makes you say the presto will need replacing? As a chef, I've several old pressure cookers, including an older model of the presto one - if you aren't abusing them, the only thing that should ever need replacing is the seal, and sometimes but rarely the safety pressure release valve. There isn't really even anything else to wear out...
As someone who cans and does tattoos( an autoclave is absolutely mandatory in tattooistry) both types of pressure vessel have a limited valve life and perform the same task. We really only need the medical grade one because of its size and ease of use; besides that they both provide ample pressure and life-time-use.
Gaskets are like $6 on eBay
@@93FilmsandMedia and? That literally has nothing to do with anything I said... But cool.
@@justinlangley9529 yeah... I did acknowledge that "the only thing that should need replacing is the seal" - ie: the gasket IS the seal when a gasket is used.
Hey mentioned it in a reply to someone on here. He said that the they are both good and that you could replace the seal on the presto and that the only reason he had to replace / upgrade his was because he let it run out of water a few times and eventually the 2 he did have warped over time due to letting it run out of water on accident.
Could you put some links in description for some of the things sold online. Maybe like what you recommend is best or more value, thanks for the video!
Casey Willie freshcapmushrooms.com has some links
@@dg5450 Send direct link I can''t see where on the website he discusses vendors
I need the metal rack
I liked this video very much.
Also bookmarked it for future use. After I move I'm planning to start growing my own mushrooms have a good day.
Check out a #7 scalpel handle. It's much more ergonomic than the "standard" scalpel handle you show in the video.
Awesome, will do!
You can get reusable glass Petri dishes and lids. The parafilm won't leave an adhesive residue and is easier to mold to shape.
Have you tried using a bacterial inoculation loop tool for the samples to be cloned, instead of the scalpel? Thin wire loops and easy to get red hot in flame.
Bunsen Burners?
I wish I can post my lab video, I followed all your steps and list and build my lap. thank you so much for all the info... everyone complements it. I build the flow hood hepa as well from your technical drawing and works like a charm. no one thought as am female I can accomplish this but I guess I use my computer engineering skills to get this done!
why you cant? you are a woman, you can!!!!!
@@zeratul600 are you being sarcastic? Also comments doesn’t allow video upload.
@@tech1media842 Im saying that you could upload your videos (to your channel or somewhere else) and show what you're doing, its the best part of the mushroom community, it doesn't matter if some people somehow believed that you couldn't. you already proved them wrong, the videos are just the nails to their coffins. I'm Starting a urban farm from 0, so far I just got tons of written research some lions mane and oyster liquid culture on the fridge, and im waiting for my all american to arrive, ill start expanding mycelium in liquid culture and then I hope to upload some content about the workflow in the farm and that kind of things, just another drop in the bucket of knowledge
Open air will work If your clean and in a area that has still air around you. Only need an expensive hood if your going to make a living out of it. You must have a Pressure cooker!
Your videos are so incredibly helpful! You're articulate and get to the point quickly, which I appreciate as an educator myself haha. I'm in the process of slowly getting the things I need for my new hobby but one thing I'm really struggling with is the use of so many single-use plastics. Would you consider making a video on how the casual/hobby grower might be able to cut down on the use of plastics while still advancing in the hobby? Thanks!
As far as petri dishes go you can purchase autoclavable plastic dishes which can be used many times over. Instead of polystyrene go for polypropylene or polycarbonate, these handle much higher heats as the cheap disposables melt in the autoclave. You can also try borosilicate glass dishes, but then you have to worry about them breaking, and they don't often fit together as nicely.
Instead of plastic mushroom grow bags you could always go with the bottle method and reuse large glass mason jars.
Hope this helps!
its not very often I'm impressed but this video really caused me to say wow I need to ask - have you checked out the website called gregs mushroom grower look for it on google
3 American quarters (15-18 grams) taped to the Presto Pressure cooker rocker will keep it quiet, help against evaporation and hold 17 psi. So nice
Great primer!
Im wanting to get started
growing lions mane.
I've got a small location purchased but it needs remodeling before i can get started..
I think i probably ought to practice at home while i remod the building.
More videos like this are exactly what I need as I begin...
Thank you Tony for sharing your expertise
Wow very nice video greetings from the philippines
Great video bro, very informative. Thank you very much.
I have a gota bot of a hack for that home grower having trouble battling contams in the still air box tek realm. Get a 4'x6' table and a kiddie tent. Top it, insert still air box, Lysol that like it holds the plague and zip your torso up in the tent as it sets on the table. Makes double secure. Its no airflow hood but its only 20 bucks for about 90% better conditions in a micro enviornment that is highly mobile.
Another awesome FreshCap video! Thank you, Tony!
Note: if you use a kitchen/pocket/personal knife, NEVER use a flame to clean it (unless you don't care about ruining its heat treatment)
the flame isnt hot enough to do that lol
Great, greeting from Chile 🇨🇱
Lowes sells the metal plate rack that sits in front of the flow hood for the agar plates.
This is all helpful and all, as a person thats not from the US almost everything is hard to get, i guess i’ll make do :)
You inspire me bro, just a hobbyist right now but dreams of more
Thank you for educating us!
Thanks for the informative video, i did not have interest in mushroom farming at all, but aim starting to like mushroom farming since it seems to be profitable when your doing it well. Aim working with one of the biggest mushroom farm in Israel of marina which is really beautiful farm but very automated. when i see the operation process that are going on with are very advanced technology aim even giving up to start a mushroom business farm. but since i started following your videos i feel like its possible to start it but the issue is what a starting capital should you have though i understand always varies according to the location. but i think you need to make some video that can show , the simple cost outlay for small scale farmers and also the various building options that we can opt for.
once again thanks for your great ideas aim really impressed
best channel around
Hey Tony! Thanks for all of the information and for putting these videos together. Where did you get that little metal stand that you use in front of your flow hood?
Thanks! I got that one at Walmart hahah, in the kitchen isle.
@@FreshCapMushrooms Would you mind telling me what they were called, I am not finding it easy to find?
@@johannesdoderlein6655 try even to use flat bar ,show your sample to welders near you or any workshop they will make it
Johannes Döderlein Most likely a wire shelf rack or cupboard shelf rack.
Could you make a video about storing cultures for long term
Fridge in master slants! Good idea 😁
@@FreshCapMushrooms I'm new to this so sorry if you've answered this question already, but what are master slants?
@Psilo Cybin How did you get to be so smart?
@Psilo Cybin Winning!!
I fit 9x 6 lbs bags in my aa941, thats without the basket the x75 has though.
Thanks for another great video!
And whoever is hoarding the Lysol needs to stop it's ridiculous other people need some🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🍄💕
Alcohol also..
Cheers for this, I been tryin to find out about "pics mushroom cultivation" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Heenyan Mushroom Organifiction - (just google it ) ? Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my friend got cool results with it.
I've spend a long time studying how to grow mushrooms after which we found a great website at gregs mushroom grower (google it if you're interested)
@@jesusrojassi I personally have found that reading books pigeon holds your capabilities into only doing it one way which is not quite a good thing to do if you experiment try things outside of the box you'll find that a lot of the mycology books out there scare you into believing that if you don't do everything 100% sterile you will not be successful I can tell you 100% fact that that is not true
@@jesusrojassi did you study a particular type or were you just studying broadly and did you do it on your own or was it done through University the only reason I'm asking is I'm curious
Hello! What is your wall covered with? ex. time 4:23. Is that just plastic?
Thank youu so much, now i have it all
You can use a Food Saver vacuum sealer, they have a seal function that doesn't require the vacuum pump.
Does the percent of alcohol matter? Should I go for the highest percent or is like 70% fine
Use 70%. There are many studies from WHO and others showing 70% is better at disinfecting because the extra water in the solution is able to penetrate the cell walls of the bacteria allowing the alcohol a way into the cell. 90% can't get in the cell as well as the diluted 70%.
Of course if you can only get 90, use that or dilute it yourself.
@@prestonwestenbarger7557 can one use ethanol, not isopropanol?
Hii, i really like your job
I want to ask you how about the temperature of the room how can you fix the right temperature
It's rare that i am surprized but this video certainly made me say wow I need to ask - have you looked at the resource called gregs mushroom grower just google for it
Tony I put 8 cakes in an expensive fruiting chamber I bought recently. The humidity remains between 90 and 99 and the temperature remains at about 73 degrees. The lights are on twelve hours a day and they sit on the top rack of my fruiting chamber with an ionizer mist above them. On the floor there is a heater with lava rock above it and water to add humidity. I put these cakes in 15 days ago and although they have pinned and are free of contams they have not sent out any fruit. I can't post photos here but they look good. Is there anything I can do besides wait? Thanks for any suggestions you may be able to offer. Much appreciated. Love all your videos.
how'd it work out?
That all american pressure cooker looks beautiful :)
It really is!! Runs like a dream
Excellent info, thank you.
Nice information about mashroom spown lab
Thank,,,s
Great! Thank you for this❤️
thank's for sharing the knowledge :)
No sé inglés pero hablas bien claro, se entiende por el glosario fungi
Does anyone know where you get that lifted metal tray stand that sits in front of the laminar flow hood? I'm going to build a flow hood and would love to have something that elevates my material to ensure it has the proper clean air flow around it.
Also still looking for jt
@@HolyGamesHD Try Walmarts or Bed,Bath and Beyond.
Hey Tony, do you have an amazon link for that small metal rack table?
For real
Awesome vids I been binge watching them. Can you make a vid on the set up in your fruiting chamber? Thanks
Such great content... Thank you so much
where did you buy that metal rack in front of your flow hood?
Found this yet?
Great video, very informative. Thanks a lot! :D
OMG, I can have my own laboratory and do my own experiments?!!! Sqwee! (happy dance)
Watching your videos give me breaking bad vibes 😂 🤣 🤣
but with magic mushrooms lol
I’m planning to build a lab within the next month or so that i hope to one day turn into a business. I have money set aside but not enough to get the best of everything all at once. I’m wondering if you’d recommend saving by getting a standard pressure cooker to start and then the electric all American later, or getting a smaller bonsai hood to start and upsizing later. I don’t have tools or DIY skill so building one is out. Whichever will reduce pain points in the fledgling lab will be what I go with. Any insight or advice will be appreciated!
the all american vs a presto is no difference other than brand. both will fit 9 jars both do the same job. yes one is cleaner more rigid and the perk of electric may be enticing to some for the all american.. but the presto will do you just fine. you can start with a SAB and it works fine but it is hard to keep up when having alot of production G2G is a pain in a SAB and grain to bulk is a pain as well but it does get the job done. your looking to about 1000$ for a complete flow hood brand new. if your not able to DIY your best bet is to look for auctions/lab liquidators and even schools. i would recommend starting with a 23qt presto and a SAB and see how much you like the hobby you will get contamination at first but once you hone in your skills it will work just as good as a flow hood. it took me personally a few months to not get contamination in any of my transfers. PS dont fall for the short cuts there is alot of misinformation in this hobby use a SAB or a real laminar flow hood don't waste your time with speculated theory like "box fan flow hoods" understand the principles of why the SAB and laminar flow hood work and you will be able to debunk the BS cheap corner cutters that waste money
Fuck it I've had three questions you've had three answers for, I think you deserve a like and sub for that
I didn't know that mushrooms production was so energy-intensive.
Far less energy intensive than of animal products
What size is the all American sterilizer? I’ve seen some 25 qt and 41.5 quarts.
Check out amazon they got the 23 quart for about 85 just recently got one
how do you know when it’s time to replace pressure cooker?
They will leak a little bit, you can always replaced the seal, but eventually they will get deformed a little bit. the first two I had to replace got warped because they ran out of water- that was my fault haha
Is that the only pressure cooker you use at a time? The 6 5lb electric one? I thought you were using some kind of larger drum sterilizer for like 30 to 40 bags at a time ..if so how many bags do you typically make a day? As far as sawdust bags . love your videos man:)
Yup! Just that sterilizer- we aren't growing fresh mushrooms commercially right now, just doing it for fun/content/experimentation ect. we work with other amazing growers for the mushrooms in our extracts.
@@FreshCapMushrooms oh ok.i thought you were growing more ..not necessarily commercial but like enough to sell at farmers markets n have money on the side. You should definitely make a vid on cheap steamed drum sterilizers. I find that bubbas barresl are too expensive although they are awesome.but out of many peoples price range ..there is cheaper ways I found they do in india and Africa.its awesome .
@@whatsgrowingon I will build one this summer possibly and do a vid
@@FreshCapMushrooms hell ya cool.
Hey Tony! What thickness plastic did you use for you clean room? Do you wish it were thicker/thinner?
I like ‘em thick.
Is it ok to have my lab in my inoculation chamber? I'm small scale and just don't have the room for two separate spaces.
Hey i was just wondering how do i make my lab postive pressure in a 3 metre by 3 metre green house ? If its outside will there be more airborn contams if i was to have a fan blowing in fresh air whith vent for exhaust please somebody reply
To make the laminar flow hood, can you use a large vacuum cleaner filter, one made of foam rubber?
Do you have a link to the pressure cooker and filter?
I do not, the filter was from AAF Flanders, they do the sell them online. The sterilizer came from Balkoswitch enterprises... Not sure if you can get them on Amazon or not.
I use a graniteware canning pot with a canning rack instead of a pressure cooker and I find it works just as well. The only differences are with a canning pot you have to double the time of sterilization. So for example for a fruiting block it will take 5 hours instead of 2-1/2 hours with a pressure cooker. Another difference is the size of the fruiting block has to be smaller in a canning pot in order to sterilize effectively. For example with a canning pot 1/2 a pound fruiting block is the most I would recommend. Whereas a pressure cooker can sterilize 5 pound blocks but I find a 1/2 pound block still produces 1 pound per a flush with my recipe. And the last difference is the cost I got 2 graniteware canning pots with racks included with both for only $68 with shipping.
@Freshcap what’s the best way to scrape mycelium for protein isolation?
what about using a candle to sterilize your inoculation needles?
Hi, Tony.
Hello!
Does it need to be a pressure cooker or does a water bath work to sterilize? Thanks!
I have just common presure coker without manometer ... is ok ? If yes how much time should be used to sterilize my agar mixture and grains for micelium incoculation?
Do you know where one could find a pressure cooker like that in europe? I only seem to find smaller ones that would not fit grain spawn...
Just search european websites for autoclaves
Hey! Doesn't the steam from the autoclave accumulate in the lab?
Why can't you reuse petri dishes?
Isn't it possible to just clean, sterilize & reuse...
...wait, let me guess, to sterilize means to pressure cook for which plastic doesn't has the necessary heat resistance
Hey, thanks a lot for the information! how much liters is your autoclave/steam pot and are these your biggest?
Hey Tony, thanks for the awesome videos. I need your help. In the UK we cannot easily get a pressure canner to pasteurise grain for making grain spawn. Any alternative ways to make pasteurise grain in bottles without using a pressure canner? Cheers James
Pressurizing just decreases the time requirement - no normal bacteria can survive prolonged boiling. If you use a large pot with a rack in the bottom to lift your jars/bottles off of the surface and boil continuously for 90 minutes you will sterilize the contents.
Here is a link to a reputable source (a university-based center focused on home food preservation) that discusses sterilizing empty jars or jelly/jam filled jars with boiling water alone in 10 minutes. Grain is not going to transfer heat nearly that well and is both dirtier and a friendlier environment than high sugar/high acid jam, so it needs longer to be sure. nchfp.uga.edu/publications/nchfp/factsheets/sterilizing.html
That sucks!! Why can’t you guys have pressure cookers?
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Really Great!!
That's very helpful. Do you grow Turkey Tail mushrooms too
Have some growing right now :)
@@FreshCapMushrooms wow i am having hard time fruiting them. The spawn run goes well but the bag never fruits! can you help? thanks
@@shreygupta4113 Might be a strain issue. I literally just cut a slice across the bag and it friuts right across. I might have a video on the process soon!
@@FreshCapMushrooms Do you have a write-up or something you can share, regarding Turkey Tail Cultivation. I would really appreciate that.. Thanks
Love the content. 😊👌Does anyone know if it matters if the autoclave only goes to 32psi?
Did he really put that the still air box is cumbersome.....than what is the laminar flow hood...
Did you build a new room, or are you filming this at someone else's lab?
Ye, i have my lab in my room closet...
thanks for this video . i just trying to setup a spawn laboratory , is BOD incubator needed for liquid culture growth (oyster & milky ) ?
Will a box fan with 6" of hepa filter attached to?
This is very interesting. How much all total?
Hard to say, but the major costs are the flow hood (probably ~1000) and the sterilizer (~800)
@@FreshCapMushrooms thank you.
If I just wanted to grow mushrooms from grain spawn in a bucket,
i wouldn't necessarily need any of this yet, is that correct?
Can i have the nameof the mae you use, also, do you use glucose and over?
I’m looking to buy the metal rack you have. Where can I find it?
Could i make a lab in a shed outside? Cause i dont have any room in my home
Would 3M micropore tape work in place of parafilm or masking tape?
Flashpoint yes
If you can, get parafilm. It's easier to work with, adheres better to moist surfaces, doesn't leave a sticky mess when you take it off, and won't get soaked and wick possibly contaminated moisture into the dish.
But if you can't get any easily, or you're on a very tight budget - yes, micropore tape can absolutely work.
Do a remake of this
Awesome video
Hi Tony!
what is behind you???
Laminar flow hood 😀
@@FreshCapMushrooms Tony please
Ethanol is a better sterilization agent than isopropanol- just get denatured alcohol.
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How many litres is that auto clave ??
what about incubation
Why you all so obsess with pressure sterilisation? If you have oven, it's faster and easier... and safer (one pressure cooker blow up in my kitchen and it is grenade level of explosion - only opened windows saved our lives). You are using pressure to change boiling point of water (in this case to about 134 deg Celsius).
hello I'm from Kazakhstan, last year I made your video "cold-water pasteurization". Thank you very much !!! Will you show me the way out of the fog? I'm sorry to use my slippers, help me make a request (I do not know what to do)
bro can you rephrase the question?
what about uv stertelization?
the men who draw sheep he just said to use a pressure cooker man
@@93FilmsandMedia got very inconsistent results with pressure cooker. agar in petri dishes sterelised in pressure cooker did much worse than sterelised in bottle and then poured into dishes. also always searching for alternative ways to do things.
I just use tequila to desinfect... works very well