Growing Mushrooms Vs Microgreens (& Why They Work Well Together) | GroCycle

[@ebenrootman9694]

Exactly what my Wife and I are doing! We have two small (150 square meter) barns and are finally going into the commercial phase 🤞🏻Growing Oyster, King Oyster, Lion's Mane and Shiitake with a mix of Microgreens...

[@GroCycleTV]

That sounds ace Eben! Exciting times ahead - best of luck with it :-)

[@seano1334]

What would you say your hourly wage is after expenses?

[@vk081064]

Eben that's great. Have you tried CO2 recycling process as he mentioned. Keep growing. Thanks

[@bunly9605]

Thankyou for a very well presented video. From Steve in Cambodia Can you help . With advise to our charity . We are looking to teach micro greens and mushrooms in rural areas . I have lived in a rural province 5yrs. Shortages thruout of water equates to mainly 1 crop of rice and thats it. As nearly all our grèens are imported. We have a desperate need to make and very shortly to fiñish a video made in khmer and english. Then go spread the word. My email [e-mail]

[@daviecrocket9160]

Pahahahhaha "small" barns... Toff

[@Naturally-Kandice]

You guys are so nice to tell everyone about these great ideas. Thank you!

[@sethleach6867]

I just discovered this channel 2 days ago at home. While sitting at work today, I looked up "top microgreens". And randomly clicked on a website. Turns out it was your website, by pure coincidence. Must be a sign.

[@jackcline6465]

I cant thank you two enough for taking the time to put all these wonderful videos together! Life changer!

[@jc-nd9vf]

Great videos! thank you. The topic of microgreen-mushroom integration is a favourite of mine. Using worm-processed-spent mushroom substrate as microgreen medium is an excellent idea. Another option is growing microgreens in a predominantly coir + vermiculite based medium and post harvest using this as substrate to grow mushrooms in. I've been practicing this successfully for awhile now. The post harvest coir is supplement with hard wood pellets, gypsum and bran. Following the mushroom flush(es) I feed it to the worms for garden compost.

[@GroCycleTV]

Sounds like a great way of doing it! I assume you sterilise this before using as substrate for mushrooms? We tend to grow our mushrooms on non sterile substrate so use it as growing medium after mushrooms rather than before, but if you are sterilising your mushroom substrate then doing it the other way round makes sense. Nice one :-)

[@sudhagupta9256]

Hi. So interesting to know your method. I would like to talk more about this methodology. May I please know the name of your mushroom & microgreens growing business?

[@ronque23]

You guys are awesome. Thanks so much for this video. I’m a few months into trying to establish my MG biz and I’m looking forward to growing mushrooms too!

[@SunSugarFarms]

EXCELLENT video! Here in the states, the biggest customers of my recyclable Sustainable Produce Containers are mushroom and microgreen growers. I started growing microgreens so I had some to take pictures of in my containers and I just got a mushroom kit from one of my mushroom customers. Wasn't sure if the two would go together but after watching this video it should work as a business but they should not ever be grown in the same room. Thank you!

[@TrungNguyen-iq5xp]

Not grown in the same room , why not ?

[@SunSugarFarms]

@@TrungNguyen-iq5xp Micro greens need humidity between 40 and 60% and mushrooms need humidity to be around 80%. If you combine the two one of them is not gonna make it or you’ll have mold problems is my guess.

[@jacquelinebrooks-addy9015]

Best video on growing mushrooms.

[@Kbd.nazrul_Islam]

Great video! nicely presented. informative. increases commercial viability. addressed greenhouse effect. influential. Big thanks.

[@happyfreeky]

Great video! Thanks for the breakdown. I’ve been looking for this comparison for months.

[@andregeorgescu4399]

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[@alexanderverlaque-napper9264]

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[@rise_up3317]

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[@sammobile5762]

Thanks for the knowledge

[@maziyarmehry9561]

Guys thank you so much for being so humble and awesome for sharing your experience and knowledge

[@jamesking-ve7lg]

Very nice video, well done and informative! Thanks, it's changed my perspective

[@Mcleod1523]

I love you guys. Thank you

[@unclearvin3718]

Thanks for your efforts.

[@erickelley1680]

i live in PA its easy to get mushroom compost here since PA is pretty much the USA mushroom supplier. i use that compost for my gardens and grow directly into it.

[@Andrew-is3ld]

Thanks for this video guys. Really on point :)

[@rfoxyou]

Excellent video. Glad it showed up in my feed. Subscribed, liked, and notified.

[@sandradkennedy]

I realized growing them in one pot together seems to be a good idea. No mushrooms yet, but the microgreens are doing great!

[@GroCycleTV]

Great news!!

[@naveen08563]

Great video. Thank you guys ❤️

[@trigonfarm6659]

Great video, very informative. Any alternatives to grow mushrooms in something other than single use plastic?

[@GroCycleTV]

Main alternative at the moment is to grow in reusable plastic buckets which we will do for all our production next year :)

[@GustavoFM1992]

Very interesting video. I'm from Brasil (south) and there are three engineers in Sao Paulo that are growing vegetables in a vertical "greenhouse", all the system is controlled and they use LED lamps for the plants "work" 24 hour a day. The system is so well controlled that they don't use any pesticide and is 100 times more efficient than the regular growing system (field). It's a very good way to save space and produce huge amount of food. Joining this system with the two systems that you talked in the video, would be a very good ideia.

[@ivicakoren1924]

Can I learn more about it?

[@ivicakoren1924]

I got some land and I would like to start vertical greenhouse

[@tombouie]

Well-Done

[@rootbowy825]

Incredible information!!!

[@TGul-ji6zo]

Thank you xx

[@deannjohnson9004]

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[@mehranbarahouei2346]

Thanks a lot 🙏

[@sariru2338]

Really appreciate your knowledge n be safe n sound 💯

[@kingtut4752]

going to try reusing my substrate like you said

[@PeterSedesse]

So how did it work out, using the spent mushroom substrate to later grow microgreens?

[@peacal247]

I would like to know also

[@findinggreatness]

I'm wanting to do both

[@Morning_muzic]

Yeah I got mine own Mushroom, Lsd, Xanax,Dmt and other Psychedelic product 🍄💊💉

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[@Aloewells]

Opposite food growing environments, one needs humidity and one doesn't. I thought of mushrooms and started microgreens. I will grow both in future.

[@ayanramos]

will putting a kind of filter help with catching the humidity and spores so you can direct the air from the incubation room to the room where you grow the microgreens?

[@Naturally-Kandice]

I also love the idea of using the spent substrate to grow the microgreens. Now we need to figure out what to do with all those plastic bags!

[@GroCycleTV]

Hi Kandice, yes indeed - in the new year we'll be switching most of our mushroom production to growing in re-usable buckets instead to reduce the amount of plastic waste

[@Naturally-Kandice]

@@GroCycleTV YAY!!! What size buckets will you use and where will you get them from? I was thinking of using flat plastic containers like 28"long X 12" wide x 8" deep. They carry them at our local home improvement store. They would fit on the shelves of our mushroom house perfect.

[@GroCycleTV]

@@Naturally-Kandice Sounds great. Prob we'll go with 20 lt. buckets :)

[@moonturkey]

@@GroCycleTV Do you know anyone growing in fabric bags?

[@GroCycleTV]

@@moonturkey No-one I know of . It would not be a great material to use as it can harbour plenty of things which won't help the mycelium.

[@kellyarchibald5163]

Really interesting. Do you need special daylight bulbs in the strip lights to grow the microgreens?

[@helentc]

Yes, you would need grow lights specifically.

[@chrissmith2961]

Do we need a license to start growing a selling in UK?

[@pauleliot6429]

thanks

[@cja0071]

Did you use the leftover mushroom substrate for microgreens????!!!!

[@alonmbk]

Hi guys grate channel I put my used substrate in red worms compost thy just love it and then u can use it as growing media fore the microgreans Thank agen

[@GroCycleTV]

Nice! Yes we have a load of red worms eating their way through our spent substrate compost too. Do you sterilise it before use for microgreens?

[@alonmbk]

@@GroCycleTV im yosing it ase a growing media fore my seeds but haven't tried it fore microgreans

[@kth5077]

Alon Lahav ... Compost is not a good media for microgreens, as it has a high nutrient content. The microgreens grow perfectly on coco coir which do not contain much, if any nutrients. That is because the seedlings rely on the nutrition provided by the seed for the initial grow. If you want to grow the plants to maturity, then of course they will need added nutrients, but microgreens are usually harvested before. Use your worm compost in the garden instead 😉

[@HydrixCooper]

@@kth5077 Yeah exactly. But I wonder if the spent mushroom compost would work, if is hasn't been sitting around too long. Maybe the nutrients aren't yet available, unlike after it's been digested by the worms

[@richardbottslotsandmore5696]

Very interesting..I was kinda thinking about growing these for a side hustle...Thanks for the great content..

[@sarcasmo57]

I live in a very small flat so I only grow nano-greens and foot fungus.

[@freddonovan2978]

I've heard so many wonderful things about magic mushrooms but I can't easily get some, Is there any realiable source I can purchase from??

[@evelynbecker4916]

I'm so interested in the experience but am terrified of having a bad trip

[@fluffypineapples8852]

(doctor_spores) Got psych's*

[@evelynbecker4916]

This whole thing is pretty new to me, can I try 3grams?

[@fluffypineapples8852]

@Ryan Comman Yeah, he's got magic mushrooms, LSD, dmt etc

[@freddonovan2978]

@@fluffypineapples8852 alright, I'll reach out to him immediately to get some

[@grahaml8838]

did you try growing the micros on the used mushroom substrate in the end?

[@FireStoic]

@GroCycle How has using mushroom compost as the fertilizer for microgreens gone? Is there any mixture that works/works best?

[@cs-yn9vb]

What's your substrate mix? straw and what else?

[@markus_selloi]

Did you use the leftover mycelium with microgreens already? :) thanks for the great video!

[@ritaking445]

Can you link the study where this came from? Thank you

[@dantedeluca978]

Hey guy, Any update on using the spent substrate for the microgreens?

[@luambomunzhedzi1920]

Been collecting coffee grounds nearby Hotel and Restaurants for Composting and after doing research came up to Grow Cycle videos and would love to Rent unused 200 square m in City to grow Mushroom and Micro greens for same Hotels ...my challenge is Making Space for incubation and fruiting...would appreciate more info

[@GroCycleTV]

Hi Luambo, sounds like a cool project, Check out our guide on how to set up a low tech mushroom farm for more info on the sorts of spaces you need to create for mushroom cultivation: grocycle.com/e-book/

[@BrandonEmery]

How did it go growing the micro greens in the spent mushroom substrate?

[@OnTheRecordOfficial]

Say I had a room growing microgreens, could I put a fruiting chamber tent in the same room?

[@diegobrown19]

Are these two things still selling during all this madness going on (pandemic)? I would imagine since restaurants aren't operating at full capacity that trying to sell to local restaurants wouldn't fare to well at the moment.

[@rondarawson6236]

co-ops and natural food stores need the mushrooms and sprouts....they are so many different kinds now....but are flying off the shelves...we need more because they are so nutritious ..still expensive....and the farmers markets will be thriving this summer....🤔

[@shawntaylor9509]

How can one use the CO2 from the mushrooms minus the high humidity for cannabis? Asking for a friend.

[@lawrencered7850]

In video it was suggested that spent shroom substrate can be taken and used for microgreens production, and that u are testing the idea, is there a follow-up that further expands on ur findings?

[@mightyconker3903]

It will compost quickly and then the compost can be used

[@totallynotdelinquent5933]

If Psilocybin mushrooms become legal, Medicinal crop growers could use spent Psilocybe substrate as a way to grow their other plants

[@petronella1201]

Do you have an update?

[@jc6226]

today I learned CROPS!

[@USSAtheist]

Would an equal amount of mushrooms and microgreens grown in the same space maintain good co2 levels?

[@helentc]

Really helpful video. Let's do the math on the mushroom profit mentioned for 10 hours work (was that per week?) With 22 lbs of Mushrooms selling for about $220 U.S., that means Gross profit is $22/hour. Deduct overhead, the cost of the consumables to make the mushrooms, etc substrate, innoculum, electricity to run humidifiers, exhaust fans, taxes to the Gov, etc and you aren't going to be left with much. Perhaps $15 an hour if you're lucky. That's pretty disappointing. The Microgreens at 17.5 lbs, 8hours work, means $65 an hour. Certainly better, but a lot less actual take home money, once all your overhead is considered. Let's not forget time spent securing & maintaining customers, delivering product, gas costs, researching suitable packaging material, doing your bookkeeping, paying your staff, maintaining your website and all the other many things a self employed person does. Perhaps it's better to just grow for oneself. ;-)

[@blankfaces256]

what about an autoclave? getting a quote or round about price seems hard to find, any suggestions on where you got one from?

[@jonfrisk1708]

On eBay you can get an 18L for about 150€. Its not huge but sufficient for a beginning

[@ritaking445]

Can I use worm casting for my microgreens?

[@trip_lord1atinstagram890]

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[@phillipsmime]

Did you manage to use the spent mushroom substrate to grow the microgreens in the end?

[@anthonyweinersnose2583]

I'm not sure about this but I think the thing to do with the spent substrate is to plant it in an outdoor garden. The mushrooms will just keep going from what I understand. Im still researching/planning.

[@ni_kabiu_john]

CAN YOU DO A STARTUP COST ANALYSIS. TAG ME TOO HAHA.. Nice explanation broken down.. nice stuff

[@jasythomas5021]

What we can do with the spent compost

[@GroCycleTV]

use it as compost for your garden / someone elses garden / give it to a local veg farmer

[@Toskyval]

A question: 10m square produce 10kg of mushroom. This need (single person) 10 hours of work weekly?

[@ryekarlin615]

wow

[@bobofthewoods1738]

Can you combine them into one area🧐

[@sgrin2300]

I have a grow room where I grow microgreens. The temp is steady at 70 degrees Fahrenheit and the relative humidity is 50%. Could I grow some mushrooms in the same room with those levels? And what types of mushrooms could you grow?

[@seano1334]

How about introducing worms to compost the waste and reuse as soil?

[@GroCycleTV]

yes you can do this...worms love spent mushroom substrate

[@chouavang9294]

I would like to buy you fruiting bags of mushroom,,do you sale then.

[@jakeyjake505]

Could you incubate mushrooms and grow microgreens in the same space, or would it be too warm and humid? I guess if it could work it would maximise oxygen-CO2 exchange with the least infrastructure

[@GroCycleTV]

Nice thought Jake...I think the main issue would be the light that the Microgreens need to grow causing mushrooms to start pinning before you want them to....light is one of the main pinning triggers, so normally the incubation space is kept dark. Best option would be to duct the co2 rich air out of mushroom incubation and into a room next door where microgreens are growing.

[@ChristineBestdotcom]

@@GroCycleTV Would a short stint in the incubation room hurt or be helpful when the microgreens are first placed in seed trays and stacked prior to them sprouting and needing a light source? This may also depend on the seed needing light to germinate.

[@sethleach6867]

I'm actually doing this right now, strange that this video popped up.

[@pisoiorfan]

Why not try recycling leftover root mats from microgreens into mushroom substrate.

[@leog8100]

Many microgreen species can yield more than one crop. Great video though!!!

[@ChristineBestdotcom]

How have the micro greens been harvested to obtain a 2nd crop?

[@prabhu844]

Very useful video.. I am from india.. could you please help me with growing micro greens..

[@silverrose7554]

What happens if there’s no seed ? No mycelium

[@Fasteddie-op6sd]

I want to do this.. just for me to eat but to become a farm n self dependent

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[@thehurricane218]

Yup thats what I am doing now. Mushrooms and sprouts. Stopped growing sprouts till I can get the shrooms perfected took me months to figure it out its not just putting seeds into water! They make it look easy on videos but there is a learning curve and lots of shysters out there trying to make $ off of selling you CRAP! I am going with hydroponic sprouts 100%. Cleaner and better. And my First inoculated grow bags w/ syringes of Oyster and Lions mane. PS Sunflowers are the hardest sprouts... but I have perfected growing them by soaking them in 1:1 bleach and water. Hydrogen Peroxide is your friend.

[@GroCycleTV]

Sounds like a great combination to grow sprouts as well, nice idea

[@ebenrootman9694]

100% our experience in South Africa too! Good luck to you!

[@unclebnembhard4554]

Do you guys accept sponsorship

[@donaldavery4667]

I am growing microgreens and mushrooms in the same space. Plants get CO2 from the mushrooms and mushrooms get oxygen and humidity from the plants. The plant area is divided and half the lights are on for 12 hours while the other half is on for the next 12 hours. Is night and day at the same time, kinda like our Mother Earth.

[@matthew.exeter7403]

Are you fine gents doing any trading courses on your farm

[@wealthymaxz]

What is the blue light? 1.29

[@GroCycleTV]

It's just a blue LED rope light. Mushrooms like the cool white or blue end of the light spectrum for growth

[@wealthymaxz]

@@GroCycleTV Thanks

[@chouavang9294]

If you sale you friuting bags of your mushroom bags then let me know and tell me the prices please...?

[@dzunglu7184]

🤔 hmmm, if I have plenty of capital, I’ll build a building here, ground floor (3 or 4 small shops). First floor grow both mushroom and micro greens. Sell them in the salad bowls shop.😋 2nd shop sell roast Peking ducks and roast pork. 3rd shop pizza shop @ Peking duck pizza!😋 4th Homemade yum cha! 👍 Ok, go see a bank! 🙄

[@NguyenTruong-dv9jo]

do you know why mushroom can grow in spent coffee grounds ???

[@GroCycleTV]

Oyster mushrooms are very good at utlitsing the lignin, cellulose, nitrogen etc in many different agricultural byproducts including straw, ricce, corn, coffee and more

[@Banzybanz]

It is food for them.

[@nielsk85]

Co2 o2 cycle

[@Aloewells]

Grow both together even if one fails other will succeed. Lol

[@jc6226]

most microgreens arent soaked so... and most microgreens take 7-14 days. and if mushies dont like light how do they go together? this is like saying if you can grow one thing you can grow another thing.

[@hayfordsomuah1134]

Hello. I have a old house for rent in Accra Ghana. Want to rent it out to anyone who wants to farm mushrooms or micro greens I want to learn more from the people

[@jackcline6465]

im moving to Ghana

[@2455-x7f]

bert and erny.

[@trickyblickfang]

i guess dark growing mushroom have less D Vitamin... littel of UV Light could propably increase Nutrients...

[@greendsnow]

sounds prone to cross contamination

[@bordercolliemama1318]

Touching food meant to be eaten raw with your bare hands is really gross.

[@susandillard1417]

Glove give people a false confidence. Freshly washed hands are cleaner than gloves that are not changed frequently. That plus all the waste we are adding to the world with all the gloves.

[@rp479]

Jennie O'Brien they wash em stupid

[@thomaswilson9254]

Get help.

[@sanjuansteve]

I like the idea of piping the CO2 rich but humid air from the mushrooms into the micro greens room but after passing through a dehydrator (and even a UV microbe killer if necessary). What do you think?

[@TheRmpost]

Thank you!

[@jolandeholder1566]

Thanks