Free Workshop: Starter Guide To Mushroom Farming | GroCycle

Join us for this in-depth workshop where we discuss how to get started growing mushrooms and setting up a mushroom farm business.
To learn more about our Low Tech Mushroom Farming Online Course, check out grocycle.com/go
In this video we discuss a wide range of topics including:
00:00 Introduction
01:00 How we started growing mushrooms
01:30 What GroCycle does (what we produce on our farm)
02:47 Projects we've worked on
04:30 Mushroom cultivation courses
05:59 Why grow mushrooms?
06:54 What is low tech mushroom farming?
09:01 Part 1: Growing your first crop (the easiest way to grow mushrooms at home)
09:39 Practical example with fuel pellets
11:55 How to know when to harvest your mushrooms
13:04 Part 2: Creating a controlled growing environment
13:55 Substrate preparation & inoculation
14:42 Incubation space
16:00 Fruiting space
17:30 Shotgun fruiting chamber
18:00 4 Tier Greenhouse (Martha fruiting chamber)
18:39 Hydroponics tent
19:39 Insulated grow rooms
20:34 Shipping container mushroom grow rooms
21:56 Part 3: Running your mushroom farm
22:25 Mushroom substrate / non sterile substrate
25:00 Can mushrooms fix nitrogen?
25:40 Pasteurising mushroom substrate (lime bath/high ph pasteurisation, soap, hot water, chlorine)
26:33 Inoculation with mushroom spawn
27:04 How to reduce your spawn rate
27:22 Why Oyster mushrooms?
27:44 Testing strains to increase yields
28:46 Do you need to use mushroom bags? Mushroom buckets
29:52 Incubating your substrate
30:20 How do you know when it's time to fruit?
31:24 How do mushrooms grow so fast?
31:52 How do you have a crop every week? Ongoing mushroom production
32:44 Part 4: Can you make a living out of this?
33:40 Examples of mushroom production costs
34:34 The demand for fresh mushrooms
35:10 Comparison of supermarket mushrooms vs our mushrooms
36:40 Mushroom Grow Kits
36:53 Educational schools program
37:00 Mushroom jerky, dried mushrooms, mushroom tinctures
37:17 Workshops & mushroom farm tours
37:52 Ready to fruit substrate supply / substrate blocks
38:07 Meat alternatives, mushroom burgers, snacks, ready meals
38:53 The Low Tech Mushroom Farming Online Course
40:32 What is included in the course?
41:32 LTMF Course Community Support Group
43:37 What does it look like inside the course?
48:42 LTMF Course vs. other educational options
54:18 The Grow Kit Masterclass
55:37 Conclusion
To learn more about our Low Tech Mushroom Farming Online Course, check out grocycle.com/go
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You are inspiring me to finally take the steps to start growing mushrooms. I would love to make a business out of it, but don’t know where to start with tight finances

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Thank you for sharing this information and your knowledge about this subject matter. I recently had to close my business and want to get back into farming and believe this could be the avenue. We have access to the manure from cattle and horses and grow crops that would be great substrate! I don’t know how I could go wrong. But you never say never 😂😂 I’ll be in touch guys thanks a million. Larry H

[@GroCycleTV]

Great stuff Larry - we look forward to hearing from you soon!!

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I've been looking for a way to grow mushrooms for a while now and have struggled. I think you might be the solution to my struggle. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@GroCycleTV]

Thanks Anja - for a more rounded view on low-tech mushroom farming, have a look at our video-workshop here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5SuloJjoN6cfc0 If you're interested in taking things further, you can look at our courses at grocycle.com/go - let us know how you get on!

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I’m in small flat but still going to attempt growing Hopefully I will succeed

[@echandler673]

Awesome info! Can King oyster mushrooms be grown in buckets? I mean aren't they pretty big and heavy? How many times so far have you been able to reuse your buckets before they break? Can you please make a video on the buckets? How to get the air out when packing, how to temporarily seal the previously precut fruiting holes and best way to sterilize the small spaces of the lids and so forth..

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Were you able to grow king mushrooms in buckets?

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Hi guys, great video. One question I have is in relation to what you do with the chemical waste such as the lime baths with high Ph. Do you reuse it for several batches of substrate or does it need to be disposed after each use? How do you dispose this? I.e. do you need to neutralise this with acid?

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Just for fun I grew some mushrooms during the covid scare. I really enjoyed it all! I want to start a farm now, not only to make $ but more so I can have access to the mushrooms I want. Lol thank you for these videos to help me get set up!

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Honestly, it was a very interesting video. Thank you for the effort and time you invested in creating this video. I was really interested to start a small business from growing mushrooms but I believe it is not feasible in Turkey. One Kilo of Mushroom in market is sold for 2 to 3 dollars depending on kind and season. If it will cost me 2 dollars per kilogram then there will be a loss because I still have to sell it to wholesale sellers who will eventually wants to sell it for end users for 2 to 3 dollars.

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Hi Chudi! If you haven't done already, subscribe to our channel to keep up to date with all of our mushroom-related content!

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Currently trying coffee grounds fire logs. Had some success last time, trying again to get more yield. Sterile, oysters grow, but only a meagre 2nd flush last time.

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You guys have given great inspiration but I will like to have step by step videos or the ebook for those of that want to go into the business

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Very timely! I've just started my mushroom business yesterday! Greetings from the Philippines 🇵🇭🍄

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Well hello buddy! Ako din...buti 30 pieces lng muna kinuha ko + yung 11pieces nuon kasi medyo matrabaho pla ang pag-maintain sa mga fruiting bags😆..kala ko pabungahin lng sila at harvest ka ng harvest, hindi pla😄😅...learn from our mistakes! Mabuhay!

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Howsit going? I'm in Indonesia and I want to start

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It's funny how the internet works. I'm originally from Devon and I now live in Sweden. While wasting time flicking through Instagram stories this advert appeared. First of all I've grown mushrooms before in a similar manner, secondly I felt like I've seen one of the guys before in real life & then found out they are based in Exeter which is around 30 minutes from my hoe town of Torquay. Maybe the Instagram algorithm suggested it through my older photo locations (in Devon) plus my google searches for mushroom cultivation in the past. Anyway great video, loved every second of it.

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Thank you so much for the knowledge shared, how do you handle your international audience as per guiding them to succeed

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I was thinking that I might enjoy doing this and saw one of your vids being recommended. Sometimes lucky.

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I am in Las Vegas,NV I am going to join your school. I do have a ton of questions.

[@mimiassefa2230]

Hi guys,having done my market research and established a significant demand for all types of mushrooms in my area, I've been reading up and researching the practicalities by following various channels on KZbin. I love your channel and am grateful for the many useful advice and tips provided and therefore, I would be grateful if you would be kind enough to answer the following. As a keen gardener, i follow the rule of sowing my crops weekly or every other week in order to harvest regularly ; I intend on starting with oyster mushrooms and haven't come across specific advice on how often I should be starting batchs of mushrooms in order to maintain a daily harvest. In other words, as space is a consideration, should I start a 2nd batch when the 1st is at the 'pin' stage or once I've began to harvest the 1st? ( i hope it makes sense!!). Thankyou, keep up the great work!

[@GroCycleTV]

Great question - this all depends on your setup, and if you're buying in your substrate blocks, or making/inoculating your own... in the past we had a shipping container farm, and had one batch inoculating and at the same time another batch fruiting - that gave us large harvests which we would either sell, or preserve - often dehydrating/drying them. If it's at home, your idea of putting in a new batch as soon as the current one pins would work, and give you small, but regular harvests - I'd just make sure you can keep the humidity levels up, but I think your suggestion would work great!!

[@Barathos]

Concerning the CO2 that the mushrooms produce, would it also be a good idea to grow in the same room something like micro-greens? So that the micro-greens absorb the CO2, while producing the O2 that the mushrooms need?

[@lokiaverro4196]

Good video. Difference between store vs. Home grown mushrooms was a bit hard to see due to light saturation.

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True- that part could have been better...

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You two are good

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Have you guys done anything utilizing UV-c for a clean providing a cleaner environment with minimal impact?

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I meed to learn

[@shadis5162]

Hello guys, does pine fuel pellets work well? A farmer once told me that pine wood isn't good for mushroom growing

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Many water sources are chlorinated today...is this a usable source for spraying the substrate held in bags

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what about out under my very old White Oak Trees ... in Oregon ... US

[@marca5883]

Really great advice I'd love so much to join the course but way out of my price range I'm afraid 😭

[@GroCycleTV]

Sorry to hear that - it does cover a wealth of information and it can help you avoid some very costly mistakes (many of which we have made ourselves on our journey!). There are plenty of great videos on our channel that are full of advice, and if you go to our website grocycle.com, you can also sign up for our free e-book too!

[@t.angleddiary4756]

Absolutely love this!! One question I’ve always had guys is…. In the uk, do I need any sort of documentation to sell? I grow for myself at home so can I sell these and is there any thing I may need eg:- health and hygiene? My have to look in to this cause Thanks Terry

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Fair question, did you ever find an answer?

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@@LifeSizeBox I didn’t I’m afraid!!

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Hi, try directing your question to a Facebook mushroom growing group. The one I'm in is called "growing mushrooms for experts and beginners".

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Anything to do with food is pretty regulated, because if you do it wrong, people DIE.

[@DhinCardoso]

I would like to learn the whole process - from planting grass to preparing it to inoculate to harvest and sell. Will this course cover it all or it is just the part beyond buying from someone else the spawn and compost and then cultivating?

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Thanks for reaching out. I've been growing microdosing shrooms for 10yrs and with my experience and knowledge I'll recommend you get a Good growing kit and buying from someone to help you speed up the process.

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do you know if calcium carbonate sand will work for the lime bath? same chemical name.

[@kazvall8157]

Do you ever pasteurize the hardwood pellets or use them as is? Do they need to be food grade?

[@siliuksas2533]

It doesn't, fuel pellets and briquettes works too. You can just hydrate for oysters. But straw pellets works better for oysters. 👍

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