Growing Mushrooms In The Tropics With A 5 Gallon Bucket

[@MahlomolaTlali]

Iyoo yoo, this is great staff. I will just go over it a few more times and start to do it myself. A big thank you.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Great! Enjoy the mushroom growing journey!

[@Arnigonzales85225]

Aloha! Very informative brother so thank you for sharing your expertise. God Bless

[@ourcozygarden]

This is great! I’ve been thinking about doing this with kids. Definitely trying it out soon.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

You should. My kids loved it

[@thisoldditty]

Thank you.

[@soundsofmicronesia2587]

WOW! I'd like to try that.

[@m.s682]

So awesome!!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Mahalo

[@mybubblyheartshay8428]

Thanks for sharing!! 🍄❤️

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Thanks for watching

[@mybubblyheartshay8428]

@@HomesteadinHawaii I have wanted to move to Hawaii for over 25 years... it was supposed to happen this year when my son graduated. I’d like to think it’s still possible to live off grid self sustainability and giving back~ as you’ve so graciously stated.

[@imeldavillarminosausal8727]

The best information for me! Thanks a lot and more power to you!!!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Mahalo. My coffee ground bin started going off a month after the straw bucket. I am definitely going to keep growing my own.

[@chili.Hawaii]

This was sick!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Mahalo

[@ylchannels9533]

Awesome ! Can shiitake do the same method with straw & coffee ground in 5 gallon buckets ? Thanks !

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Shiitake need a different substrate. They don't do so well on straw. More like oak wood chips. And would probably be better in a mushroom grow bag instead of bucket

[@themancave1980]

It's pretty impossible using this method in the SW as the air is just too dry. I had success putting my bucket in larger container and putting a layer of water in the bottom for moisture.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Good tip. Thanks

[@freedcorporateslave]

Phew! When I saw you growing mushrooms out of a Home Depot bucket I feared you used HUMANURE!!!! Well done, what an exciting project to try!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Haha! Brand new bucket. I promise.

[@MariannaK94]

I spend summers in a village in Russia, where humanure was an ordinary thing. Waist was collected in a buckets and taken to the garden, mixed with soil and leafs. In Russia summer is short wet and cool and cherries are sour. Remember cherries near this pile were the sweetest and much bigger. Only now I am putting 2 and 2 together. But memories of childhood are still sweet.

[@macrumpton]

@@MariannaK94 After a few billion years, everything we eat and drink has been through the digestive system of hundreds of animals. We all eat Dinosaur poop.

[@claudettef8271]

Greetings, how many regrowth of spores did you get? ie. How many mushrooms would that one bag of spores yield?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I got 3 flushes of this project

[@claudettef8271]

Okay, thank you for your reply.

[@ingridgualberto789]

In a tropical country, what's the ideal place the buckets will be stored? Thanks

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I live in the tropics, in the video I stored it in a cool place with indirect light

[@stevegreenfield6631]

Great video. How many crops can you get? When do you know you're done?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I got two good flushes. It peters out so you know

[@homesteadfarms5315]

Nice. Is it possible to produce your own mushroom starter so u dont have to keep buying it from someone else?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

It is but that's a subject of a whole other video.

[@zacheriasbarnaby4447]

@@HomesteadinHawaii like agar and monocultures? Then putting them to sterilized grain

[@chesirecatful]

Hi Sean Thank you for showing us how to grow mushrooms. Awesome! I am excited to try it. Would you mind elaborating on what the ideal lighting levels are? Did you add more water? I know it’s really humid and rainy where you are.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Indirect light is best. I did not add any extra water at all. Plenty humid where we live but a mist from a spray bottle would be good as you see fruiting happen.

[@henrynyabuto4892]

@@HomesteadinHawaii ,Would the mist be directed to the oysters directly?

[@ronelpalilio6707]

Hello brother, where can I purchase the Florida oyster mushroom? Thank very much , hope for your response immediately...

[@pizzamad3334]

4 months later 😂

[@DRiceArizona]

Where do you set them aside? Dark place? Out in the food forest under other plants? Great information. I never did mushrooms because the log methods I have seen look like the need too much maintenance and it is very dry here where I live. This might work by me.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I put them in a spot with indirect light. In the food forest, side of the house or now they are by my garden beds.

[@juliapulles697]

Glad you asked

[@rizlife]

Hi Sean... I want to grow mushroom in Dubai.. the temperatue here is 36 .. and I want to grow in sun... Becaz 2 reasons : 1.I don't have plance 2. I want to have observation can mushrooms grow in sun..

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Mushrooms can grow in the sun, but they also need constant moisture. Good luck

[@rizlife]

@@HomesteadinHawaii how much... Great to know it can be grown

[@chefkrisskofi1073]

You think I can grow these mushrooms in a very humid place like jamaica???

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I live in Hawaii, it should do well there

[@jessetrott2549]

will you get additional fruiting bodies from a harvested hole?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

It is possible. I had repeat fruiting from some but not from all. Then this cold snap hit. It gets down to 59 now at night so it seems to be going dormant. Best temps are 68 to 85. Mycelium looks really healthy and should resume fruiting as soon as I warm it up.

[@Rubibi-saltwaterjim]

Hi from NW Western Australia, we are coming into our hot and dry time of the year 40degrees, I think thats 105F, and I want to grow in my garage hanging the buckets from the mezzanine. I'm assuming they'll need water input? will they tolerate such low light?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

You might need a fluorescent grow light and an automatic mister in that environment but if they can get some indirect light they should be fine.

[@Bluebell2683]

Does this work for any mushroom not just oyster? I'm in Florida and interested in Laetiporus sulphureus chicken of the woods.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Chicken of the woods takes different substrate. Oak i think. Not really down in buckets but with plug spawn

[@petep.7971]

Do they require any other care after you load bucket? Do you also keep them covered with lid? Such a great video. Does this method work with all types of mushrooms? And what about the use of spores with This same method?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Some mushrooms are easier I grow than others and require a certain substrate. So this may not work for all types. Spores should work here. I keep the lid on, in the shade and spray if it’s exceptionally dry. Other than that they do their thing

[@petep.7971]

@@HomesteadinHawaii awesome thanks for info

[@JustRelaxz]

Would this work for psilocybin mushrooms as well?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

You would have to find out what they like to grow on

[@brettgrugel9735]

Howzit I’m in HPP and would like to get some of these spores,can you give me info on your source? Mahalo for all your videos my wife and I building food forest and learning a lot from you 🤙🏽

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Glad you like the videos. I’m pretty sure you can get spawn from volcano mushrooms but maybe try mushroom Mitch who could be found under that name in fb. He ships spawn from Maui.

[@brettgrugel9735]

@@HomesteadinHawaii 🤙🏽Mahalo

[@MariannaK94]

Do mushrooms prefer shade? For how long do they keep producing?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Dappled light is best and mine produced for like 4 months, if you take better care of it it could produce longer even

[@sallysallysally]

Super cool. Can't wait to try it! Did you do any kinda sterilization or treatment to the coffee grounds before you used them? Thanks for the video!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Not with the coffee. They were already sterilized at Starbucks

[@tvviewer4500]

Do oyster mushrooms even exist in Hawaii? Is it a good idea introducing super strong cultivated oyster spores to an island environment?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Good point. Hawaii State Dept of Ag actually has pretty strict controls on what mushroom spawn can be imported. Iʻm assuming they studied the matter.

[@troysantos]

Thanks :) I live in Thailand and am interested in trying this out :) I couldn't see very clearly whether or not you put the mycelium near the holes. But what do you think ... if the mycelium isn't near the holes, will they have a harder time reaching the holes? Will it result in fewer mushrooms, like in the one bucket?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

No. Just mix it in the medium and the mycelium will colonize and come out the holes on its own

[@macrumpton]

Where do you keep the buckets while it is growing? Also do you need to protect it from animals and insects?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I kept it in a backroom that is indirect light, raised off the ground on milk crates. Slugs might ho after them so watch out for that

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

And rats

[@diverseside7851]

Hi Sean straw is made from?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Wheat

[@teresitaseay9826]

Do you plant batton mushroom 🍄

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I’ve only done oyster, king straphoria and shiitake because they’re the easiest

[@quickchop1098]

Aloha brotha! I’m born and raised in hawaii and moving back. Just got into mushrooms. Where do you get your fungi from?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Fungi Mitch on Maui or volcano mushrooms. You can find them on fb.

[@freebeacher]

Aloha, Can you grow Shitake here? I am on Kauai.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Yes, but it is harder. Best grown on logs using plug spawn.

[@theeddieconnashow]

Hey Shawn,. do the mushrooms continue to keep growing out of the holes after you cut them off? Or do you need to "replant"?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

It is possible. I had repeat fruiting from some but not from all. Then this cold snap hit. It gets down to 59 now at night so it seems to be going dormant. Best temps are 68 to 85. Mycelium looks really healthy and should resume fruiting as soon as I warm it up.

[@theeddieconnashow]

@@HomesteadinHawaii Cool. Thanks for the reply. We are in Glenwood, so I'm thinking this might need to be done indoors, with a greenhouse so it stays warmer at nights...

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Or just wait till summer. Either way. Happy shrooming.

[@mateagleeye]

Hey bud, how did the straw + coffee ground go compared to only straw? It took longer but did it get a higher yield at all? Cheers!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

I'd say the straw only bucket did better. There was longer production with the coffee grounds but smaller bunches. The straw produced bigger flushes and more of them but over a short period of time.

[@ronelpalilio6707]

Hello where can I buy the Florida oyster mushroom? Thanks

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Look up mush mitch on fb. He is on Maui

[@kisuke6517]

how many times you harvested in that

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

About 4 times

[@kicknadeadcat]

No rinse.

[@nicole_syverson]

Why mixed with coffee grounds?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

We don't have local straw here in hawaii. But coffee grounds are given freely from Starbucks. It was a test to see if it would be possible to make a single bale of straw go further

[@unTLDR]

Why fuss about sterilisation of the spoon when you're digging the coffee with the straw anyway?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

It all works really. Coffee comes sterilized and the straw soaking it pasteurized that. Spoon should be clean, but I'm not the best at sterile environments

[@unTLDR]

@@HomesteadinHawaii thank you

[@kirbymcd1]

Why is sterilization so important?

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Just to ensure there are no other strains of Mycelium already present. You can do without but you should still soak the straw to ensure it is fully moist.

[@jeffcanevari3304]

Makes no sense. Sterilize spoon and bucket only to use hands anyway

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

True, I’m not the best with sterilization, but hey! It still worked