How To Grow Mushrooms At Home (EASIEST Low Tech Method)| GroCycle

A lot of people think growing mushrooms is a complicated process. It is something that can seem a bit daunting but it needn't be. There are simple ways of growing mushrooms in the comfort of your own home! Mushroom kits are probably the easiest way to get started, but in this video we'll provide you with a step by step guide to doing the whole process yourself of growing mushrooms at home.
You'll learn:
- The easiest ways of growing mushrooms at home
- The conditions you need to create to grow mushrooms at home
- How and when to harvest your home grown mushrooms
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[@tomar3]

Though I'd add this for anyone with questions regarding sterility: Sterility is important during the stage of creating spawn. Once at the stage where this video starts sterility is not as important. That said, he did mention pasturisation of the substrate - for straw/wood pellet substrate this is done during their manufacture process. For a species of mushroom that prefer coco coir as a growing substrate, this still needs to be done. You can do this yourself by cooking the coir once appropriately hydrated at 70-80 degrees Celsius in your oven for a couple of hours. Alternatively you can do it using the bucket technique where you add your dry substrate mix (normally coir or coir mixed with vermiculite and gypsum) to a bucket with a sealable lid and adding the correct amount of fresh off the boil water and leaving it for a number of hours until cool. I'd recommend insulating the bucket with a sleeping bag to get a better result of pasturisation. Just Google bucket tek for more information. Worth noting is that different species grow on different mediums in the wild. My understanding (basic) is that oysters enjoy growing on wood and straw. Do research on the species you intend to grow and adjust your substrate accordingly. TLDR: Sterility is important when making mushroom spawn which he has already done prior to this video. Once you have healthy spawn, you only need to worry about correctly choosing the substrate to add it to for your species and that the substrate is pasturised. Hope this is helpful to anyone reading.

[@mayn90s19]

Brilliant comment. Personally, I pour hot (boiling) water into a large tub with aspen shavings, let them soak and sit for 24 hours. The next day I squeeze them out and mix with spawn in 5 gallon buckets.

[@mrscpc1918]

I am so pleased to find you. This looks like next year I will finally achieve a lifelong goal of growing my own mushrooms after 60 years of growing only organic veg and fruit. Thrilled to find you.

[@sweanna1]

Fantastic video! So glad I found your channel!

[@annawilliams7046]

So great! I've learnt so much from you, thanks a million!

[@sunriseboy6435]

An excellent resource of insruction. Thank you.

[@enigma1487]

Absolutely fantastic video! Thank you so much! ❤️ I'm going to try to grow some hericium coralloides 😊

[@ryanhackett9680]

What a useful video. Thank you.

[@sarahnamazzi8855]

Very useful. Will try it soon.

[@kristensgarden5462]

Great videos! thank you

[@huckleberrypeen8025]

Thanks for sharing.

[@truyennam]

Awesome, engaging video

[@karlpoppe7192]

Thanks!

[@bluaaahhhh]

I just had my process with a couple of mushroom kits this year and I am so excited to try this method now, it is cheaper too Hope it works for me

[@omerfsen]

Great video and very simple technique with straw pellets..

[@sam55244]

Easiest video to understand BY FAR

[@debbyshapiro2125]

Like your teaching style

[@Blue1Sapphire]

Well done.

[@alejandrotaudil3689]

Thanks!!

[@littleshopintheshed]

Thank you for making these videos, it has really grown my interest in mushroom farming. Is there a ratio you use for holes in the bag? 1 hole /5lbs of growing medium?

[@milododds1]

This video is useful because it covers what it takes to get to the mushroom grow kit stage in terms of getting the sub-straight inoculated. I'm trying a slightly different approach by using ceramic bonsai planters (yeah because they just look really cool) and a thin layer of plastic wrap for now. Ideally I want to come up with a lid and air filter for these ceramic planters so I can reduce the amount of plastic waste, eventually only having to replace a small filter. I'm not trying to productionalize things, but instead wanting to grow mushrooms with a little more finesse than using cardboard and plastic. Watching your mushrooms grow is part of the experience, so why wouldn't you treat them as well as you treat your house plants let alone the vegetables in your garden. If I just wanted to eat mushrooms then I would just buy them, you grow your own mushroom because you want to participate in the process. You want to watch them grow and form. It's as much about the fascination and wonder as it is about the consumption or at least for the amateur grower.

[@susanrowland4303]

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[@MalinaImport]

love mushrooms, love growing them, HATE the amount of single plastic bag use in the industry. like you said yourself dear Adam, there are alternatives like buckets that perform just as well but are re-usable. If visibility is a must, get a see-through plastic bucket? :) No reason to grow oysters in plastic bags, they are the least fussy about growing conditions ime.

[@GroCycleTV]

We'll be growing in buckets again this year and a good point you make

[@domenicomonteleone3055]

@@GroCycleTV very informative person yes you are keep up all of your great work 👍

[@talonbantha]

Q

[@spleafplayzyt8078]

I have the same thoughts about all the plastic bags, plus unfortunately though the reason I believe clear plastic bags are so commonly used is to spot contamination within the substrate and mycelium or else you’d be growing bad mushrooms for who knows how long until harvest

[@alsinakiria]

There are a few reasons people use the bags. Saves on labor costs. You don't have to clean them or pay someone else to fo it and you don't risk any contaminate from a previous batch. Personally I do use buckets. Specifically I use buckets that I get from local ice cream stores. They're happy to be throwing away less plastic and I get them for free. Got 20 today. They recognize me now and if they're cleaning out one they'll get me to wait so I can take it off their hands. I also use them for my potatoes.

[@Jackel1776]

Great video and thanks for sharing. What size are those bags? Thanks again.

[@esraeloh8681]

Hah, you hope this is inspiring us to want to grow our own mushrooms at home, hahaha, you're making me want to start my own business up here, but then, I did have a slight obsession around container like hydroponics a year ago that didn't go anywhere, mushrooms just never occured to me for some reason, given how much simpler things appear to be with them.

[@redscorner8276]

Just found this channel and wanted to start growing my own mushrooms. Just finished growing my first kit and am wanting to grow my own. Where is the best place to buy spawn? And do any straw pellets work?

[@arceliabernathy339]

Thank you for explaining this so easy and clear. I've watched other videos and very unclear in the process and some even teach in a detrimental way as speaking down to you because you are trying to learn. Not helpful and unproductive style. Thank you again for sharing your wisdom.

[@Floridaisfun]

I'm just about to try this for myself!! I have been watching lots of videos but yours are the most informative..What size bags are you using in this video?

[@_-itz_cookie-_908]

How come my mushrooms in the bucket starting grow then turning in to brown and drying tried to spray with water never revive, what should I do

[@LairdWackyla]

I gotta thank you on this, I've been trying to use a mushroom kit, that I received as a gift, but the instructions were far too vague. For instance, the instructions went straight from creating a humidity trap, to spraying it with water daily, but recommending against spraying the water on the mushrooms directly. I inferred this to mean not to spray the mycelia, and to instead saturate the humidity trap. No wonder there was no sign of growth for over a week!

[@southafricanrhino]

Wonderful! Thank you. Can you incubate and grow the mushrooms from the bucket which you used to mix the medium/spawn in as well? will save on time/money to transfer into a bag or an upright bucket that you would have to drill holes in...

[@TomoyoTatar]

That's what I was thinking

[@JackClarke91]

Great video. What size bag did you use please? Thanks

[@thetravellerabroad3199]

Hi, love your video. Can I use animal pellets to grow mushrooms because I am not sure is they the same stuff.

[@irinikioupidi6818]

Will this work with any myshroom? I am trying to grow champions and I wanted to ask if it is the same technique. Thanks and keep up the good work!

[@pakmana.k.6662]

Great videos. Can we store growing kits for long times amd on what temperature?

[@greenfingers9471]

Hello, great channel, have you got a uk link to the pellets you used please ?

[@cloveiree]

Hi! I really enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work. After I harvest my first mushrooms, how long time can I growthem from the same mixture? When should I dispose it and just make a new one?

[@GroCycleTV]

leave them for 10-14 days or so. Check out these care videos for tips: grocycle.com/grocycle-kit-care/

[@angelamericigiannettasurya3280]

@@GroCycleTV Is there a certain way to dispose it?

[@rottenshrimp420]

@@angelamericigiannettasurya3280 compost

[@danielseelhofer7813]

Hi folks, Very cool simple guide. I have harvested my first oyster mushrooms and now see that there is white mould on the mushrooms. Is this normal or are the fruiting bodies contaminated?

[@robertpreston8153]

About the perelite, how much of it is needed and how much water and where do the holes go in the box for the air exchange? Thank you.

[@robinfarris5154]

Hello! Great video! Can you tell me what size bags you used? I’m interested in trying.

[@GroCycleTV]

They are Unicorn 10T bags

[@TheAwkwardturtleguy]

What temperature do you need to fruit mushroom? Can I do it outside? Thanks 👍

[@jsanders240782]

Do you have a video for growing reishi mushroom

[@westcoast8185]

How did you make the oyster grain spawn?

[@obistellar]

Heya GroCycle! I was wondering what size bag is that? I'd like to go with the guide ure providing, but I wana make sure I have the right size bag on use as ive found various sizes n i feel stuck coz of it, thanks in advance!

[@thesuburbanelectric]

Why is there such an emphasis on sterility in mushroom growing, when you weren't even wearing gloves or a face mask when setting up that bag. Am I correct that the need for sterility is largely when trying to grow spawn itself and not when the spawn is being used to colonize further substrate? Also, I've read that some people use only coir as the substrate when adding spawn. Since coir has no nutritional value, is that the same thing here with the straw pellets, or are straw pellets providing additional nutrients? Thank you so much for your wonderful and easy-to-understand videos! It's clear you love what you do and it really makes your videos enjoyable!

[@tom2324]

The oyster strain is so aggressive it doesn't matter as much about sterility. With other gormet mushrooms it is more important

[@tomar3]

Sterility is important during the stage of creating spawn. Once at the stage where this video starts sterility is not as important. That said, he did mention pasturisation of the substrate - for straw/wood pellet substrate this is done during their manufacture process. For a species of mushroom that prefer coco coir as a growing substrate, this still needs to be done. You can do this yourself by cooking the coir once appropriately hydrated at 70-80 degrees Celsius in your oven for a couple of hours. Alternatively you can do it using the bucket technique where you add your dry substrate mix (normally coir or coir mixed with vermiculite and gypsum) to a bucket with a sealable lid and adding the correct amount of fresh off the boil water and leaving it for a number of hours until cool. I'd recommend insulating the bucket with a sleeping bag to get a better result of pasturisation. Just Google bucket tek for more information. Worth noting is that different species grow on different mediums in the wild. My understanding (basic) is that oysters enjoy growing on wood and straw. Do research on the species you intend to grow and adjust your substrate accordingly. TLDR: Sterility is important when making mushroom spawn which he has already done prior to this video. Once you have healthy spawn, you only need to worry about correctly choosing the substrate to add it to for your species and that the substrate is pasturised. Hope this is helpful to anyone reading.

[@Naturally-Kandice]

Hey Adam, Great video, easy to do. I am interested in the straw pellets. They are so green, are they alfalfa pellets for animals? We currently use straw and it is so messy and hard to chop up with the weed wacker. We also use wood pellets, but we find we have to pasteurize them, or they will mold. Thank you for all your research and information for all of us mushroom growers everywhere.

[@GroCycleTV]

They're straw pellets, not alfalfa :)

[@Naturally-Kandice]

@@GroCycleTV In the video he says it is only straw pellets.

[@ward26102]

Alfalfa is not straw. Straw is the waste part of grain plants, (e.g wheat, barley) after harvest of grain. It has very little nutritional value for humans or animals. Very fibrous, perfect for mushrooms.

[@aled721]

Hey where do you get your bags from?

[@CRYPTO-FEVER]

Does it need to stay in the dark for the incubation phase or can it be alright with regular indirect light for the incubation phase?

[@mixy2647]

so the pellets get pasteurised in the process of making them. Will they stay that way for a long time? Or is it like coffee grounds, that you have a small time window to use them before competing organisms get there.?

[@marcuskastner861]

Great video I really appreciate all the info. I just started growing mushrooms after watching your videos and my first flush has just started! I am interested in growing more but I have a question, can I reuse the spent substrate to inoculate my next batch or do I need to use spawn?

[@GroCycleTV]

I'd use spawn as it will have higher chances of success

[@aenorist2431]

@@GroCycleTV Follow up question, is there a way to grow/multiply spawn yourself to not be dependent on continuous inputs?

[@rottenshrimp420]

@@aenorist2431 liquid culture

[@trickytricky100]

Hi have you a link to your products please

[@stevenz4474]

am I allowed to completely take the spawn out of the bag at put it in a chamber with perlite? or ill have to keep the spawn in the bag as it is and just place it in the chamber?

[@kish1865]

Was that the full crop or do they keep growing? Wondering why you would fill the whole bag with spawn then only grow from one hole?

[@MrPerryA]

Are these hardwood pellets the one you use in pellet smokers ???

[@maryamtahirih]

Can you continue to grow from the same bag after harvesting?

[@raquiti]

Thanks for the video! If I were using a liquid culture syringe, how much would I use per quantity of substrate? I don’t have grain spawn! 🍄

[@rottenshrimp420]

30 g vs 30 ml per 5 lbs substrate i think

[@foxybuddy]

I experienced twice with the oyster mushrooms kit, after harvest once they don't seem growing again. Some said need to soak in water, some said need to put into refrigerator overnight. Doesn't seem help so far, not sure what's going on. I am now making my own grain spawns, will see what's happening.

[@mayn90s19]

Do you not worry about chlorine contaminating your pellets?? Thanks for the video

[@pranavus7916]

Can this method be used for commercial farming

[@TheLivirus]

Is it possible to extract more than one fruiting from the same bagged substrate?

[@marikkomendant5025]

Not sure if someone answered this already but would it be okay to use pallets used for pallet smokers? Like traeger pallets or pitboss? I have a bag of hickory

[@JohnJohnson-xu3bm]

Where do you get these bags at for growing I can't find them anywhere but online??

[@bradmcclure4945]

what type of pellets are those

[@GetUrPhil]

How many times will that one bag produce mushrooms?

[@eleftheriossymeou2999]

How many time can you get fruit from the bag?

[@NateFord]

Is the top of the bag actually sealed or just folded over a few times?

[@RoseFelton]

I'm new at growing mushrooms. Why do you not leave the pellets and spawn in the tub rather than putting them in plastic bags?

[@raymondtowse2885]

Can I use the grain mash, from home brew beer making as the substrate?. There is usually ~12lbs or so that have been "steeped" for 1-1.5 hrs

[@bubblerings]

I guess no answers, as we don't know about beer making... But, for example rye grains are soaked for 12-24 hours, well drained, then sterilized... then inoculated with mycelium. Grains have higher nitrogen and are prone to mold and contamination, so are made Sterile., not as simple as the ungloved hands and such as you see, here. -You could always try a small batch in your microwave for 10-15 minutes, adjusting the power to not boil too much... but usually grains are sterilized in a pressure cooker. (I was able to 'sterilize' half a pint of rye this way, as an experiment) Then, there are so many things done to maintain a sterile environment... (am a newbie myself, watching lots of videos) -good luck, man!

[@MrDeanDog91]

How much yield of mushrooms you get from that amount of substrate ? Do you get at least 500grams ?

[@dhanasausa825]

Do I need to clean my plastic box(for mixing) with alcohol or bleach?

[@CRWize-xs5og]

Thank you for a great tutorial I have one quick question After harvesting the mushrooms can more grow out from the same bag or is all the nutrients used up So if I cut the mushrooms off and then just left the bad as is with proper temp light humidity etc will more grow ?

[@Flippokid]

Depending on the mushroom and substrate (nutrients) you can get one or more extra (smaller and smaller) harvests out of them.

[@lucifurtun7050]

When do you weight out the pellets? Before or after they are immersed in water?

[@MrDeanDog91]

before ofc

[@pietrofocardi7209]

so the substrate must be moist?

[@rydejong91]

Hi there, Could you tell me if it's possible to use hydrated lime as an addition in this recipe? if so, how much should be used? Thank you, and keep up the good work. Greetings

[@GroCycleTV]

You can use hydrated lime/ pickling lime to kill of competitors. Please check out this guide on how to use it: grocycle.com/how-to-grow-oyster-mushrooms/

[@iambee5876]

Do you have a tutorial on how to make an easy substrate at home? I really want to grow my own mushrooms

[@GroCycleTV]

using straw pellets (or wood pellets) as your substrate, like we show in this video, really is one of the easiest substrates to use at home.

[@iambee5876]

@@GroCycleTV thank you, i might try this after the covid lockdown

[@sunedethlefsen1693]

What was the stuff on the bottom of the box called to keep a humid environment?

[@tylercunningham1878]

Sune Dethlefsen perlite. You can find it at any hardware store

[@luisj.serrano5821]

dont they need more air humidity?

[@scottraber8497]

Where can I get a pelletizer machine for under 500$? Something small that gets the pellets hot enough?

[@dhanasausa825]

Hey I tried looking up mushroom grow bags but I can't figure out which ones to buy. The bags have all different letters and numbers. If someone could post a link to Amazon or an online platform where i could purchase the kind of bags i need to grow oysters like Grocycle.

[@andrewgoldsby3598]

Is there a reason he puts the lid on the tub when the straw is hydrating?

[@abhradipchoudhuri352]

Been following your video for few days now, have a few questions: 1) can coco peat be used as substrate for growing mycelium? 2) when the o/p reduces after few harvests can the propagated mycelium grow back be used to restart incubation in a new substrate? If not why?

[@monkee014]

coco peat is a great sub for mycelium, but often straw is cheaper and less messy to pasturize large amounts. The spent mycelium can be used to restart innoculation of a new sub, but in my opinion it is not reccomended. Older substrate cakes and mycelium that has been grown out many times are weaker and more prone to contamination, so i would recommend putting a few colonized grain samples on agar while you are doing grain to grain expansions or mixing grain with bulk substrate. This way you have a young and healthy sample with less risk of contamination. Hope this helps! Mushlove

[@abhradipchoudhuri352]

@@monkee014 the reason I asked coco peat is in India they come in blocks and has the same funda like saw dust that you guys used they remain pasturized

[@monkee014]

@@abhradipchoudhuri352 ive heard that some coco is better than others, but as long as it is finely shredded, and is free of debris, you should be good to go. I pasturize my coco peat but ive heard of good results with low tek no pasturize methods, but personally havent tried. Hardwood sawdust pellets might be better for a "no pasturize" or cold water pasturize method as they are pressurized and heated in the pelletization process. hope that answers your question

[@abhradipchoudhuri352]

@@monkee014 indeed it does! Thank you so much for your time

[@monkee014]

@@abhradipchoudhuri352 Time is all we have brother! Acquire knowledge, spread it, use it! Mush love dude

[@vedano75]

Hi Guys, any reason why spawn rate is 10% but you would claim 25% spawn rate in other videos. Any particular reason for this? THanks

[@tcook912]

Around 3:57, how do you seal the bag? Will folding and tape do?

[@nicksmith9513]

Also wondering that myself. I did see another grocycle vid where another chap sealed his bag with staples it looked like? Curious.

[@tcook912]

@@nicksmith9513 I gave it a go myself with straw and spawn. Mixing well is important but tape works fine, I also used bread bag fasteners and I've seen others mention you can seeal the bags with an iron if you don't have a heat impulse sealer

[@chriswilliamson9853]

Hello, sorry to ask but i am getting a little confused with the straw pellets, the video says straw pellets but i see in the comments you call them hardwood pellets. Are they one and the same. Just starting out and have recently bought a grow kit and a bag of oyster mushroom spawn off you.

[@GroCycleTV]

They are straw pellets, not hardwood pellets...apologies that was a mistake in the other comment which has now been fixed. You can also use hardwood pellets in the same way though. Have fun with your first batch of mushrooms :-)

[@weirjwerijrweurhuewhr588]

Is it safe to do this in a living space? Considering spores? I know you ideally harvest them before they start dropping spores but still..

[@GroCycleTV]

Small amounts should be fine, but oyster mushrooms spores are more likely that other strains to give a reaction, so if you know you suffer, it would be best to find an area outside of your living space. We use our grow kits, and even buckets with oyster indoors without a problem ourselves...

[@margauxthomas6284]

Thank you for such a great video! I started 3 weeks ago with 5 bags. I used wood pellets, however all the bags ended up getting mould. Is it possible that my wood pellets were contaminated? Is there an easy way to pasteurise them at home? I only have an oven or a normal pot. I have hydrated lime but assume that cannot be used with wood pellets? Thank you so much

[@user-uv5kv6ui5n]

The machinery used for making wooden pellets are not the cleanest, there might be traces of machinery oil that are not visible. You could try pasteurize in an oven. I've tried oven for 30minutes at 150C and its working fine for me. My friend pasteurize by microwave on high for 15minutes so thats an alternative method if you are keen.

[@mayn90s19]

Did you use tap water? The chlorine could have contaminated your substrate. Use distilled or spring water

[@daarekdaarek]

Do you need any light to grow these mushrooms

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[@gavinfeiel3268]

once you harvest can you spray with more water and keep getting mushrooms?

[@MrDeanDog91]

Yes, it usually grows 3 flushes of shrooms. But each flush produces less mushrooms.

[@repn4689]

Once harvested, do more grow from the bag or? If so how long can you keep harvesting from the same bag and is it just 2 more weeks?

[@GroCycleTV]

Hi! Yes, once you've harvested, leave the bag to rest for a coupe of days, then re-soak and start again! 2-3 harvests is the norm, but we've heard of some people getting as many as 5 harvests off a single kit! Good luck - let us know how you get on!

[@repn4689]

@@GroCycleTV thanks

[@constancelovejoy7308]

I have a grow kit that two years old. What can I do with it? Can I try to grow mushrooms outdoors with it? 😊

[@GroCycleTV]

Yes go for it but no promises it will work. Is it one of ours? shop.grocycle.com/

[@auntiemandy5638]

i did , i brought a grow box ,had rubbish results so threw the mushroom compost under my tree, i get mushrooms every year now, don't eat them though , im to scared, but they do look like shop brought ,the same as i tried to grow , maybe i should

[@carinaagrell5833]

Thanks! I will try this for sure. What I don't understand is how many holes that is suitable for each bag. Will there be a second harvest in the cross you made, or could you have made a second hole on the other side of the bag, or even several. What I would like to know is the relationship between the holes, the harvest and the size of the bag. Best wishes from Sweden! :-)

[@GroCycleTV]

Hi Carina, glad you'll give it a go. No need to cut a 2nd hole. You can use 25% of weight of the bag as a rule of thumb :)

[@carinaagrell5833]

@@GroCycleTVThanks for reply! So after harvesting the first cluster, I can water some more and wait for a second cluster - if the weight of the bag is enough?

[@sarcasmo57]

Do you have any good mushroom recipes?

[@paulludwigewaldvonkleist4039]

Ingredients: -250 gr oyster mushroom -5 cup of general use flour -2 tea spoon of salt -a little bit of black pepper (depends on your taste) -garlic powder (depends on your taste) You gotta mix all of this ingredients and stir it till it looks like a dough then add your washed mushroom (rinse mushroom thru running water then squeeze mushroom to get the water out) After rinsing just stir the dough and the mushroom together till it blends, once blend just lightly fry the mushroom with small fire until it is fully cooked And you have yourself a lightly battered fried mushroom

[@sarcasmo57]

@@paulludwigewaldvonkleist4039 Sounds great!

[@paulludwigewaldvonkleist4039]

@@sarcasmo57 hope you enjoy

[@possedosse4035]

It must be stylized straw pellets?

[@GroCycleTV]

all straw pellets are pasteurised during the process by which they are made

[@malibuhiegts]

What would happen if I cultivated quite a few bags and spread them in my local woodland?

[@elchuzalongo4339]

If they're not native to your area then don't do it

[@malibuhiegts]

@@elchuzalongo4339 they are

[@benreynolds4349]

Instead of buying more mushroom spawn could I simply break up a once used mushroom growing kit and throw that into a substrate?

[@julian-io5wl]

I want to know this as well.

[@statelyhyattfarms1659]

Yes, but with diminishing yields every time you do it. Consider taking a biopsy from a stem butt to make a liquid culture with which to innoculate many spawn jars/bags. I wrote an article on making liquid cultures that touches on it here. statelyhyattpermaculture.wordpress.com/2021/01/12/fungiculture-liquid-culture/

[@tiagoandre8811]

yes, you can do it a couple of times, but as the micelium gets older it starts to have problems, like stop fruiting, having slow inoculation, being more prone to contamination

[@junsun3781]

most wood pellets were made from pine, could we use pine wood pellets to grow mushroom?

[@Justin-ln1fx]

I’ve heard of people using pine pellets but have more success with straw pellets or oak pellets.

[@beechFPV]

How humid does the environment need to be?

[@conerlyv]

Why use the bag? Could you not just grow out of the tub? (obviously converted to monotub with holes and polyfill)

[@dawnsmart9444]

Thanks for another informative video! Are the wood pellets hardwood - was under the impression that softwood wasn't a good idea for growing mushrooms on? Also, do you have a recommended supplier for the straw and wood pellets? Thanks :)

[@tylercunningham1878]

Dawn Smart you should find local straw or your local hardware store has hardwood fuel pellets.

[@tylercunningham1878]

And I believe Ryan said they were oat straw pellets

[@GroCycleTV]

No particular supplier as long as they have them and will deliver to you. Hardwood is best although oysters can do fine on soft too

[@dawnsmart9444]

@@GroCycleTV - thank you... interesting about the softwood as I saw somewhere else that softwood produces a sap that mushrooms can't survive with but good to know that it's fine for oysters! :)

[@followme8238]

Math problem: 1080ml water is not 60% of 720g of straw pellets