Easy Mushroom Growing: How to Make Grain Spawn from Various Grains

[@KellyS1968]

Top quality video. Loved the way you quickly faded it forward (like when boiling the water for the Rye). Keep it up, really enjoying these videos.

[@BigMush9000]

@@KellyS1968 I'm trying to improve my editing :D glad you noticed!

[@AJollyJammer]

Wow, I was very surprised with the rice. My money was on Rye. I'm definitely checking out your other video on the rice, too, I saw someone else ask for the link, and you posted it as a comment. Very nice.

[@BigMush9000]

@AJollyJammer Yeah, rice is amazing. It feeds the world and your mushrooms, it turns out :D It's also super cheap and very easily available. Doesn't give off weird smells while cooking (a consideration if you live in an apartment) and colonises very fast. I think it's the superior grain for sure! I'm currently trying out some barley as per a viewer recommendation. I'm eager to see how it compares to rice. I wanna give popcorn another go as well. I've seen people have amazing results with corn, but I don't think I reflected that so well in this video.

[@Steveshappylittletrees]

The yellow color is more than likely metabolites forming👍

[@BigMush9000]

@Steveshappylittletrees Yeah, you're probably correct! Thanks mate :D

[@depraved420]

Let's Go!!!!! I always get notifications late for your videos. Great video 🙂

[@BigMush9000]

@depraved420 Yo! What's up man? Hope that wrist is healing well

[@depraved420]

@BigMush9000 it's pretty much good. Range of motion is the only thing that hasn't really improved. I did some lab work last night everything seems good enough to get back to it. Getting ready to get some footage for a video so hopefully i can get it done soon. 🙂

[@BigMush9000]

@depraved420 glad to read you're on the mend, man. I reckon that range of motion will slowly come back! I'm stoked you're back in the lab man. I'm super keen for your look at contaminants. I lost two jars a couple of weeks ago. Filter got wet and the next morning it was full of colours and smell. Boooooooo

[@jcsingle21]

Can you link your rice video?

[@BigMush9000]

Sure thing! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIHUpJ1notOqba8si=WNmMHmDXuD812KY5 I start preparing around 4.20 into the video. Just a heads up, the rice I use is par boiled, so prep time is super short. I'm not sure what rice you have access to, but it's important to taste test. You're going for a kinda crunchy, half cooked consistency! Good luck

[@JozefienLotte]

The closeups of the mycelium look awesome in this vid

[@BigMush9000]

Thanks! I think they look nice also

[@KellyS1968]

I thought the exact same thing!

[@Steveshappylittletrees]

Brown rice will give a stronger fungus due to the presence of Tryptamine in the rice. Peace👍

[@BigMush9000]

@@Steveshappylittletrees ;) ;)

[@jeffbaker2740]

Thank you brown rice I have that in my food pantry now I just need to know how to get these mushrooms for us and to grow it and then I'm good thank you for your channel so much

[@BigMush9000]

Ah you're welcome mate. It makes me happy whenever people like yourself get something out of these videos. I'd suggest trying to get your hands on some liquid culture. It's easy to multiply culture and create a supply for yourself. Once you have culture.....you can grow many, many mushrooms without fear of mistakes or contamination. The first video on this channel shows you how to make and expand liquid culture.

[@Shakespearept]

Interesting experiment

[@BigMush9000]

@Shakespearept thanks mate! I'm glad you thought so

[@stilovite]

Video skills growing just as nice as the mycelium.

[@BigMush9000]

Very kind of you to say! I certainly hope they're growing:D

[@rustyleftnut]

I came here to say the same thing on one of his last videos, if not the last video, I pointed out that the audio wasn't very clear over the music and he commented back to let me know that he had worked on it in the next video, and the audio quality was used much better. I am excited to see how this channel grows :)

[@BigMush9000]

@@rustyleftnut Thanks so much! I'm excited to keep making and improving these videos!

[@bmoneybby]

.. Time to break and shake.

[@BigMush9000]

@bmoneybby You're not wrong, Mate. I usually shake up my myc as soon as I inoculate it. Works the same, but you don't risk smashing jar trying to break up the dense clumps! I reckon its a little gentler on the mycelium as well. I didn't do it for this video as I wanted to show the myc spreading and fanning out across the grains :D

[@skrazi]

Great video, just wanted to chime in and say not to stick the needle in as deep. Makes the flame sterilization not as effective since you can't sterilize that high up. Just stick it in enough to squirt some in and pull it out.

[@BigMush9000]

Thanks for the tip. You may have just solved the mystery of my randomly contaminating jars :D :D :D Legend!

[@skrazi]

@BigMush9000 no problem man! Keep up the dope videos. There's so much for people to learn and the more people we have spreading information the better

[@BigMush9000]

@skrazi my thoughts exactly!

[@omarledezma29]

How long did you boil the sorghum?

[@BigMush9000]

@@omarledezma29 I simmered it for an hour or so. Let me know how it works for you, mate :)

[@omarledezma29]

@@BigMush9000 I let them socked over night. Got water to a boil and droped them for 30 min. Put on PC for 2 hrs.

[@BigMush9000]

@omarledezma29 I reckon you'll have some jars full of spawn very soon mate! Any problems lemme know!.

[@robertorobertini6221]

What culture are you using to anocculate?

[@BigMush9000]

@robertorobertini6221 this is a cubensis jmf culture that I'm using. It's grown from spores. You can see how I make it in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXOXmIeMoNWLqtUsi=9Eftnt5s9w5L--z1

[@ToddBrittain1963]

You could eat those grains for breakfast😄

[@BigMush9000]

Indeed you could. A nice bowl of porridge with some sultanas and cinnamon

[@Nuclearcoffe]

Barely is slept on

[@BigMush9000]

@@Nuclearcoffe oh yeah? I've never tried it! On the list it goes

[@Nuclearcoffe]

It's honestly very similar to Sorghum. Similar size and innoculation points but i think it's easier to hydrate and for mycelium consumption. The key is Using pearled barley not whole grain. It can make it much easier for mycelium to consume it, much easier to hydrate the grains, while still having a strong outter shell to prevent bursting. I used the goya brand barley, dunked for about 18-24 hours. Left to air dry for a couple of hours. PC for about 2 hours and they're ready to use. Only 2 burst grains i can see in a 2lb bag. (This is all speculation tho so i would love to see how effective it is for other people)

[@BigMush9000]

@Nuclearcoffe Sounds D'Luxe! I'm buying a bag tomorrow :D I'm eager to see how it works. My burst popcorn grains was such a bummer hahaha I assume 2 hour pc cycle was for the whole two pounds?

[@Nuclearcoffe]

@BigMush9000 i tried another batch, i did 1 hour 45 mins on 15 psi and found it more appropriate. You don't want too much pressure so let the weight move slowly. Hope you find it as easy to use as i did.

[@BigMush9000]

@Nuclearcoffe I did 1.5 hours yesterday. The barley is looking great. It's incubating right now. I'm eager to see how it colonises and compares to the others!