How we grow oyster mushrooms in Winter!

[@marianocolsin8968]

When dried and pulverized, oyster mushrooms make a great seasoning, some say it tastes even better than nutritional yeast!

[@annapapadimitropoulos7495]

a lot tastes better than nutritional yeast 😔

[@themushroominside6540]

Nutritional yeast is fungus as well which is why it tastes very similar when dried, mushrooms/edible fungus will taste vastly different when dried vs fresh, this is because certain compounds are only created during the drying process and are dependent on how you dry the mushrooms. Differing mushrooms will taste relatively the same when dried but how they are treated/dried is often not, leading to vastly different tastes as people approach fungus preservation differently towards certain fungus which is why you can get a really flavorful stock from certain dried cremini mushrooms brands rather than shitake and vise versa. For certain mushrooms like morels and truffles, drying them often removes their unique flavor compounds that are best experienced fresh as the chemicals are volatile and easily oxidize when not used quickly.

[@bonniebuchanan985]

Yeah & Have You checked the pricing on Pure Powdered Mushroom? It’s crazy! A few Years ago I bought one of those big spice plastic containers of Enochi (sp?) powdered Mushrooms and it cost me $40usd, given it lasted me ages (great for umami add to various recipes+always had what I needed for a mushroom soup base), so when it was all said and done it was probably cost effective, but that $40 hit was a lot (at least to my budget)..Plus, I have to be careful and read everything label+description wise, as many of the Mfgrs use sulfur to preserve dried mushrooms & I’m highly allergic to Sulfur…so make at home mushroom powder would be a lot safer+cost effective!😊👍

[@the_goat02]

​@@annapapadimitropoulos7495 i don't think u realize how common a seasoning nutritional yeast is

[@bambie7376]

ohh I wanna try!

[@brandip77]

I’ve been following you two for less than a week and have learned sooo much. Thank you and please keep posting.

[@AWindy94]

They were the first mushrooms I ever grew indoors! They are so delicious, and easy to grow. I always recommend them for anybody getting into indoor food gardening!

[@boyanionuonga5010]

wonderful. how did you mix your substrate ratio. if you use store bought mushroom can u use it as spawn

[@bonnie1303]

⁠@@boyanionuonga5010idk about ratio for this method, but you have to use colonized substrate as spawn - grains or something that has been colonized by the mushroom mycelium. You can buy spawn or you can make it, but homemade is much more complicated for a beginner.

[@zedmeinhardt3404]

The mycelium stage can grow on extremely high co² If you make the cuts after it is all colonized you can reduce contamination risk and keep humidity up without damage.

[@KOKO-uu7yd]

YES!!👍👍👍👍

[@rahulkumara4366]

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[@Spe3D3m0n]

True. Even one or 2 cuts with a tyvek sleeve would filter the air and allow some gas exchange

[@zedmeinhardt3404]

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[@MayorMcheese12]

Yeah i was confused on that part. Like how is it not getting contaminated or losing moisture from them cutting it in the beginning? They don’t look like they’re being very sterile

[@Oborowatabinostk]

You can use filter patches instead of cutting holes. Wait until they pin to cut the holes to decrease contamination (not necessary in a clean/filtered storage environment). Also, mushrooms will produce Vit D even after harvested, so the lights aren't necessary. Just set the harvested shrooms in sunlight for a bit...

[@hazel596]

This is the comment I'm looking for. Thanks for the tip!

[@nictnt8197]

An extra. It may be easier for some to not use a grow light. One of the best things about mushroom growing is not needing it. And if you are growing food over the winter, you know how rough that can be, lol. You can set them out in the sun for like 15, 30 minutes to get some vit d. Also, the whole oyster mushroom genus is great for cholesterol.

[@vs71597]

Thank you- the grow light part turned me off, my grow lights are all occupied with weed lol. For some reason I didn’t consider putting the mushrooms outside!!!!!! 😅😅

[@badcaseofstripes]

@@vs71597 you definitely dont need a grow light and you can put the fully grown mushrooms out in the sun for a little bit they are like sponges for vit d

[@lashall8697]

I appreciate how precise you guys are with instructions.👍

[@sydneysimon4999]

Wow thats a really easy way to do this thanks you! Do you use the hay water for anything?

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

You’re welcome 🙂 we usually just let the water cool and pour it in the garden

[@OffGridInvestor]

That's hay tea right there! YUCK!

[@omnacky]

You can use it as vegetable broth to make soup for horses with carrots and oats jk

[@sydneysimon4999]

@@omnacky hay! Haha

[@eveadame1059]

​@@HomegrownHandgathered AZOMITE is full of Trace Minerals & Elements that Improves Mushrooms Growth 🍄

[@user-mv7jy6ny5o]

How to buy spawn

[@TamTam-yw7id]

Where do you get your grow bags?

[@javantm1676]

Where do you get mushroom spawn? Do you have to buy new one every harvest?

[@javantm1676]

@@JeffLugard did they do international shipping to south east asia?

[@BobbityBob19]

What's the stuff you sprinkle on it and where do I get some? I'd love me some mushrooms.

[@zbee3694]

I think it might be mushroom spores! Idk tho

[@tmc1373]

Where do you buy the mushroom spores from?

[@catherinepeters1715]

Wow! This is Amazing! Thanks for sharing your knowledge ❤

[@meganbaker3524]

Please be careful as blue oysters will give off a lot of spores, and can be dangerous to breathe depending how many, and how ventilated the space.

[@lisalastname541]

Accurate! However, these have been harvested while the caps are still turned in a bit - this is a clear sign that the oysters have not begun sporulating yet. When the caps are fully turned up is when this starts to be a problem. It's still really important to think about if one is growing inside, and more than a bag or two 😊

[@baxmax3347]

As a beginer, how i will know when is time to harvest,before they release spores?

[@c.mariewadsworth8333]

Where did you get your mushroom spon from

[@teresapotts3476]

So grateful for what you put out online! I enjoy you guys so much. Thank you

[@t.w.parker7528]

I lived like this for a while. It was great. But I had to have a break every once in a while we would get a nice hotel room with pool and jacuzzi, then order room service.

[@candiceforney7000]

Where are you purchasing your mushroom spores?

[@loreneknight9755]

You 2 are amazing. I learn sooooo much from you. This was another fascinating example. Much success to you & your homesteading endeavor!!!

[@findingtifa]

I need slow step by step instructions for this 😭 and the materials

[@user-sv2pq3lg2n]

Yes please I’d love to do this

[@texasrefugee7888]

Oh I envy you! Awesome life! Thanks for sharing 👍

[@magicmantis]

Once you harvest the mushrooms, can the grow bag be reused?

[@lucyprice6237]

Oh my goodness, one has to have indour space for these procedures. And on top of that, a grow light too. In San Diego CA, USA, they are increasing our electricity rates so much that I can’t afford to light my rooms and hear them too. So I might have to buy them at the Japanese grocery store. But this is a WONDERFUL VIDEO!! So we’ll organized and informative. Thank you!!

[@daniellemartin9896]

LED Grow lights use a few pennies worth of energy per month

[@Mitchmckeeguitar]

You DO NOT NEED a grow light. You only need the light if you want to add vitamin D for them to absorb. I've grown many different kinds in completely dark places.

[@kccorliss3922]

Wouldnt need to be indoors in Sd

[@rachelclark6393]

Other commenter's have said that you don't really have to have a grow light, and that the mushrooms can be put outside in the sun even after harvesting and will still produce vitamin d. That sounds like something to investigate before you give up entirely on the idea.

[@x3597]

Ok call me clueless but i have been worried about growing mushrooms inside. I thought (and was led to believe) that if you grow them inside they will get spores everywhere. Mushrooms will grow everywhere, the spores will affect your respiratory health, just many bad things. So i have been very off put by them. Can anyone give some tips or clearity regarding this please?

[@russrussel3947]

You two are so sweet. Bless you🦗

[@m.pearce3273]

🍄🇨🇦❣️❣️❣️

[@BecomingVT]

This is amazing! I love oyster mushies!

[@bonnieswanson9025]

Y'all have shared some Great content!! I Want to start growing my own mushrooms, but I'm just not there yer. However... I Do have some free range oyster and Elm oysters on my property. I have a freeze dryer and they FD Soooo good!

[@gyomeihimejima2829]

How & Where do you get the mushroom spawns?

[@tbellsurbanfarm7810]

What size bags are being used?

[@nat76hill]

I learn something with every single video y’all put up. Thank you for sharing.

[@terredee]

This is excellent: interesting, well-narrated and filmed, short. Well done!

[@kayladawn]

LOVE.THIS 👑 you are the BEST

[@dr.eliciarosen-fox1354]

Beautiful 😮

[@bambamdiaz7477]

I love mushrooms they’re my favorite of the entire flora world

[@Tracy_R]

❤ wow, I didn't know

[@wrongturn21]

here in manipur we grow mushroom in pure white colour taste good while cook and eat

[@donbowles6386]

good to know. thank you for sharing

[@QuickPLFMA]

This is easily my new favorite channel

[@tuddle7174]

I haven’t seen any of your other videos but couldn’t you dehydrate in the summer and rehydrate when you’re ready to eat them?

[@daniellemartin9896]

Yes. Thats exactly what you would do with any surplus

[@bigred1363]

I love your channel. I've learned so much. I'm pretty sure if I was stranded I'd be able to survive because of your videos

[@andreeal6822]

I love this, we grow a lot of food and often donate produce or preserves. I would like to try with these, thank you! Can someone tell me at what temperature they can be grown in the winter? Thank you!

[@cdeshields9631]

Hmm good ta know 🤔☺️😊👍🏼

[@stonedsasquatch]

Bucket tech removes the waste of the plastic bags and can stack grow

[@farhanatoerien3437]

So so Interesting

[@ericz9856]

Would you please let us know the size of your bags and where to source them? Thanks

[@meleniehoward3647]

where do you get the mushroom spawn from?

[@robinr.9007]

🌷 WONDERFUL! How great is that! Thanx so much for your info!! My best to you 💕

[@NessaOfDorthonion]

I really thought that was a pinecone for a sec 💀

[@iheartherbs]

Thanks guys for making awesome videos, I'm now obsessed with your content. I want to try everything I haven't done before, and I've learned alot of fun facts.

[@theegeekmew6017]

You are amazing!

[@tocchimocchi]

How or where do you get the mushroom spawns?? I really want to try it out. Do you have a step by step tutorial video on this by any chance? (Btw, great video!)

[@miccij1346]

How many harvests do you get from 1 bag?

[@Lizgoad]

crazy that your guys oyster mushrooms are so tiny, i know they are naturally small but when me and my dad would grow them a single one would get as big as our heads

[@rob2957stargazer]

Things I'm learning from you guys! It's so awesome! ❤❤

[@clarisa30]

They are so beautiful

[@beetroot48]

I love this project ❤

[@pamelamolina5623]

I’ll just try to support my local growers

[@bernvlogs7391]

I've been sitting on some mushroom grow boxes for a while now and this is my sign to start them.

[@mmyr8ado.360]

Reminds me of the time I had mushroom stir-fry and left it after a month on the fridge. I saw new mushrooms sprouting out of the old mushroom. Sadly I had to throw it out.

[@myyou7335]

You basically forced them to cannibalize their brethren.

[@albibuto]

It works also with magic mushroom or only with big mushrooms?

[@godomoths242]

Short question, where do I put the bag while the mycelium coloniezes the straw? And how do I need to water it?

[@egypt8086]

This is so awesome I can’t wait to try this! Is very cold in NY and wanted to grow mushrooms indoors this year. Where do you get your spawn from?

[@SeanKelly1]

Nicely done!

[@Jacob-bm6wb]

I bet the broken down corn stocks and straw are good fertilizer

[@Smokemahoun]

They don’t need any fertilizer

[@tripstheytake]

This is really cool!

[@thurowaway]

I've always wondered, do you need to keep buying more mushroom spawn or is there a way to get more spawn from your harvest/recycle from the grow bag?

[@MayorMcheese12]

Yeah once you harvest you can make spore prints. Just Google how to make spore prints from the caps and collect them

[@delana2842]

New Subscriber. This is so amazing! ❤

[@IIimperfectionII]

Where do you get the spores from

[@delonroach3752]

THANK YOU 🤞🏼🤞🏼🔥👌🏼👌🏼

[@sarahkirbach5040]

Thanks for sharing this!! I can easily do this - thanks! Easiest mushroom growing tutorial

[@whybrch]

nice 😮

[@chriswalker4271]

And you can dry them if you need to

[@masoncoats1478]

Ok so random question: have y’all ever baked something with deer tallow instead of butter/oil? And does deer tallow have a strong flavor?

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

Yup! We show a lot of different dishes we do with deer tallow in our Living off the Land videos. Baking-wise we mainly use it for cornbread, or cakes. The taste is very neutral, kind of like canola oil

[@procrastinator41]

Eaten a fair amount of game, never thought of that, but it immediately sounds good ♨️

[@arfriedman4577]

Years ago I bought 2 portobello kits from Phillips mushrooms company. One kit grew a bunch of mushrooms. The other kit was a little less.

[@busracakir5670]

Hey! This is so amazing. How do you handle co2 levels?

[@joshschneider9766]

Absolutely genius. Thanks for sharing!

[@sarahal-sadi7921]

MA. You two are amazing.

[@shonenman732]

Watching you pack it makes it look a lot better. I'm gonna pack my bag more. I've been having fungus gnat issues, but I'm sure if I choke them out, it will work better

[@selflesssamaritan6417]

Growing food at home is truly a wonderful idea. And cultivating mushrooms can be great business opportunity, which is even possible in urban confined spaces.

[@yokoghoul5478]

Where do you get the spores? Do you harvest them or buy them?

[@kimanichappell901]

Are you in New York? Do you have a catalog of all your mushrooms and other products?

[@AngelaSmith_1970]

So cool 😎 🍄✨

[@Mrvariety-2003]

When u take it back out u r reintroducing all of those mold spores

[@seanmuffin1461]

How long can one bag keep producing good mushrooms?

[@GilaMonsdurr]

Any concerns about spores and indoor air quality?

[@astoroidea6502]

If you’re harvesting once they get to maturity and not leaving them an extra day there shouldn’t be an issue with spores. Plus, with almost all edible species including oysters, spores aren’t harmful. If you’re worried about air quality due to respiratory issues, an air filter will be able to sort it out effectively

[@bambie7376]

I really want to start growing mushrooms , this makes it seem so much less intimidating ❤

[@OffGridInvestor]

Same. I always got bamboozled over all the "grow media sterilisation". This look like a simple boil/steam of straw.

[@amandarenee1583]

Any books that you guys recommend for general knowledge on what you do? I would like to get started being more self sufficient and watching you two is truly impressive!!

[@aneysamatthews5900]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@pfcaraujo]

What state are y’all located? I’ve been binging your shorts last night and getting super inspired. Great work! You guys are awesome

[@tresbonoeuf]

I think that they live in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, maybe?

[@Rumade]

What kind of temperature is it in your growing space?

[@michelleahrens3359]

Thankyou for sharing your experience ....good life 😊

[@papajeff5486]

WOW, I have never seen that done. Thanks for sharing.

[@clarindangirausui8398]

Absolutely awesome!

[@Mirakuruuu]

Hey guys! This is my first batch of cordyceps that im growing right now. Wish me luck!

[@zouhairebouhaik3668]

The last phrase got me

[@JustMe085]

Thank you 🙏 ❤

[@Real_Life_Is_More_Important]

So awesome