Mushroom Grain Spawn - Growing Gourmet Mushrooms at Home - ElementalMaker

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[@ElementalMaker]

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[@anthrosaurian]

Seconded! Would very much to see more like this. Living where i do, and with whom i do, this is not a hobby i'm able to get involved in, but i still find it very interesting

[@sarchlalaith8836]

"I twiddled with the nob for 20 minutes" elemental maker 2020

[@PurpleHaze2k9]

I have the original RR mushroom growing videos (they are fairly dated and used to be on VHS if I am not mistaken.) Id be happy to send a link, message me. There is a section on agar prep and use, which is not vital to the hobby but gives you basically what amounts to God Mode levels of control. If you are trying to scale your production or you just want full control over what you are doing, then agar is important. You can mate individual spores or select for genetics by dropping a mushroom biopsy on to an agar plate. The benefits include being able to view your grows on a 2D surface where contamination cannot hide and you can also see multispore inoculation sectoring out, which you can then select the piece that is most vigorous. So when you took your syringe and nocced up your jar, thats just tons of spores mating and then all colonize around each other forming many networks of individual colonies all working together. That's a bad thing though because it's a genetic tossup. You could get a huge flush of mushrooms that taste great, or you could also get awful results, it's just not predictable. With agar you eliminate all of the guesswork. You can select single strains and select for genetics you desire. It's similar to the difference between throwing seeds in to the ground and hoping for best, and grafting a scion on to rootstock for the best possible fruit. Contamination is no joke btw. Once it's a problem, it can be difficult to fix. God forbid you accidentally open a contaminated jar which is essentially like a biological grenade to the air/surrounding areas. Trichoderma et al is the gift that keeps on giving. The spores are sticky and difficult to remove. Also yeah, mushrooms are great at bioremediation and are able to uptake heavy metals. Fungus would be a fantastic addition to landfills. A great free source of substrate is spent coffee grounds. You can get buckets of the stuff free from a diner or somewhere like Waffle House. It's already pasteurized.

[@jimmyb1451]

Hell's yeah! I've been thinking about doing this myself recently.

[@jotapezanelatto]

Pls, give us more mushroom content. Loved so far.

[@ElementalMaker]

Thank you glad to hear it!

[@nishanthpatil4531]

Def gotta do more of these shroom vids!

[@Camstro80]

Yup im seriously interested in this and want to do my own up, love how simple your doing it and explaining everything. Keep the vids coming bro

[@jonmurph589]

Agreed. More mushrooms. And rocketry. And electronics. And explosives. And all that good stuff

[@SteveEh]

I want to give this comment a thumbs up....but it's sitting at 69 likes...and I can't in good conscience mess that up

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

Seriously throw this man a couple bucks on patreon. He is out here entertaining us all for free. Also if he makes enough off patreon we get more videos with fire.

[@mpericic]

I've never heard of using liquid culture, would love to see more of that!

[@Grom-rl8bm]

"This thing looks like something from Fallout... I think that's the videogame, right" You can't hide your power level

[@ElementalMaker]

I'll be honest I never played it, but briefly watched a buddy playing it back in college

[@Mumbamumba]

When I saw the pressure cooker my first thought was that it looks like something they used in Los Alamos - then he dropped the statement that it looks like something from Fallout... 🤣

[@christopherj3367]

I was only talking about growing mushrooms today, I would love to see more detailed info on how you are doing it.

[@ElementalMaker]

Good timing! 👍

[@keithdavis00]

Of the tiny number of fun science channels I'm interested in on KZbin, you're the only one I'm not compelled to write a second-by-second critique of BS/mistakes. Yours are the best, and funny as hell sometimes, even though my wife pretends to be offended by some of your humour.

[@ElementalMaker]

Much appreciated Kei!

[@xerravon]

Element maker: oh yes it will get plenty of use! The lady that sold the pressure cooker imagining: canning corn, tomato's, beef, etc... Reality: Making Ruby's, smoke bombs, lead to gold and a small nuclear reactor, etc....😉😉😉 She hasn't seen Element Maker's channel, I'm guessing he used his real name?

[@tomjohns8498]

Looking forward to seeing the next stage, from spore to plate how cool is that ☺🍄

[@Amy_A.]

Your dog is the cutest thing I've seen today

[@cambridgemart2075]

Is Buddie a Wheaten terrier?

[@modyosman5059]

Regardless of what you're doing it is always entertaining. We need more mushroom videos.

[@Dom-nt4gn]

The channel mascot is now that 80 year old kinetic pressure device

[@Shreyam_io]

More care than Italian/french cheese making... Loved it... I never knew all this.

[@kevinharrigan2727]

PLEASE do more mushroom content! Mushrooms are crazy and I love seeing people grow them!

[@ElementalMaker]

Will do! Glad you enjoyed!

[@kaine2416]

I didn't realize how much I needed to grow my own mushrooms until I watched this video... I have had some interest in edible mycology for a while but hadn't pulled the trigger on starting it yet. I have a perpetual case of analysis paralysis in about everything I decide to try lol. I researched 3D printing/printers for about a year before I purchased one. Researched R/C planes for about the same. I've been on a scuba research binge for about 3 months now lol.

[@ElementalMaker]

I catch myself falling victim to analysis paralysis all the time too. Just gotta say F*** IT and jump right in. I'm a certified NAUI diver and it's well worth it. See the reefs while they are still here. They are dying fast.

[@jacksonpercy8044]

I had some analysis paralysis when looking for a cheap telescope for astronomy, but luckily I had someone to help me just go ahead and actually buy one.

[@dionh70]

I grew up in Utah in the 1970s, when nearly all the Mormon families canned fruit and vegetables every fall, so I've seen numerous variations on pressure vessels like this one as a kid. I never personally knew of one to violently disconnect, but that was because everyone who got near one had already heard the dire warnings and cautionary tales of kitchens decimated, lids blown into the bedrooms above, etc., so nobody EVER left one unattended. And yes, I watch Cody's Lab, since well before he left Utah & started impersonating Jeremiah Johnson, desert edition.

[@a-man2246]

Dude ive researched gourmet mushroom cultivation for the last year or so and this video is srsly one of the best out there keep it up

[@nathank4708]

16:10. "It doesn't get as large as it normally does" It happens when you get old. 😆

[@kinnikuzero]

This, the steampunk vacuum machine, and the toolbox. This man is living our dream!

[@Ultrazaubererger]

I always like watching mushrooms grow.

[@ScottTheCoffeeGeek]

Thanks for another great video! Our friends had a pressure cooker explode, it demolished their kitchen. It looked like the Hulk had punched their stove and oven into the floor and all the cabinets splintered to bits!

[@inthenightandy4616]

100% loved it and want to see more mushroom related content. Although Cody is often technical and thorough, your viddies are waaaay more comedic and that makes them more enjoyable to watch.

[@ElementalMaker]

Thank you Andy 👍

[@ILEFTCAPS0N]

I'd like to see more shroom viddys. Also, I've heard chicken of the woods can be easily grown on oak logs and taste great.

[@JR-kk6ce]

With a new mutated strain of Covid 19 spreading from Denmark, likely impervious to any upcoming vaccine, this is just what we all need to keep us busy and dreaming of new possibilities. We love you man!

[@ElementalMaker]

Doesn't that sound like a barrel of fun coming our way! 😅

[@Solarius318]

For larger guage needle tips, check the feed stores. Here in tx there used alot for ranching and alot of your feed stores will carry them and the syringes.

[@sconnz]

Yes please more shroom vids! Fascinating stuff.

[@Derived_One]

Using a newer instant pot works as well. I ran my BRF tek for two hours and had 0 contamination and a very nice trip to an alternate universe.

[@WalterJ-in-Florida]

Big fan of mushrooms, very interested in seeing more of this content as well as the usual.

[@TheTubejunky]

Great minds think alike! Awesomeness my good sir! I hope you enjoy this hobby as much as we do 🍄!

[@supergeek1418]

I like mushrooms. Therefore, I liked the video. More, please!

[@montanamasume2387]

Hey man Love your channel thanks for taking the time out of your day to show us all the cool projects you got going on :)

[@johnpossum556]

Would love to see you do Chanterelles as I think they have the best flavor of all the mushrooms I personally have tried. Aldi's had portabellas on sale for 99 cents a package last week so I bought 8 packages. I made scalloped potatoes with mushrooms in my pressure cooker last night. Lots of majoram. Some cream. A can of cream of mushroom soup. A splash of Madeira wine. Came out delicious!

[@zacseay9739]

Keep up the great work man I love the jack of all trades approach to your videos and will be looking forward to more mushroom vids

[@ElementalMaker]

Thank you Zac!

[@Saltysteele]

sooo, i've never grown 'gourmet" mushrooms before, but I *have* grown the fun ones! I ground up brown rice in a coffee grinder, mixed in vermiculite to hold moisture. Sealed the jars up, sterilized in a pressure coker, poked 4 holes in the mason jar lids, injected my spores, set it in the closet to colonize. Pretty easy, actually. hardest part was building my fruiting chamber- just a large styrofoam cooler, expanded metal grate on the bottom to keep them from sitting in water, ultrasonic humidifier hooked to a large bore plastic hose ran to the chamber, then a piece of plexi at a 45 above so the condensation would run down to one side, instead of dripping on my cakes. back then, mail ordered my liquid spore syringe. was much easier than a spore print. However, I used wide-mouth jars. the cakes slid out without getting bottle necked at the jar neck.

[@gutsngorrrr]

Really enjoyed this, so keep them coming.

[@pd4522]

Love the mushroom content! Please keep it up and dive as deep as you care to :) we all know how deep you like to go

[@Friedbrain11]

More please. I am finding this very informative and i definitely want to see it all.

[@7Cymatix]

Thank you very much. This is the first time I've seen grain used to grow wood loving mushrooms. I had no idea you can do that and this video is going to help me greatly. Thanks again. Please do more mushroom videos and updates. Amazon link saved

[@ElementalMaker]

Thank you so much 👍

[@chrischris420]

Great video, please keep us up-to-date on the mushrooms!

[@ITpanda]

Looking forward to the next in this series.

[@livelaughlovelife1830]

I've watched this video a few times now great work!

[@nitrofoxxx]

Deffo interested as it's nice to see how other people do spore growing. Please keep up the content. thx.

[@markedis5902]

More mushrooms please and more elements and more rockets and more explosions. Just more of anything please

[@hoccsoc129]

Please cover the liquid culture! You couldn't have timed this better, I've been trying to get into it for a while. Great content, man!

[@tako1257]

Yes! I love this so much, make more please!

[@Adamastor00]

I'd love to see the next stage. Good video!

[@UKTomsk]

Loving the shroom vids, keep em coming please..

[@skullman250]

always love mushroom videos

[@JustAnotherMaker]

Whoop. This couldn’t have come at a better time. Just getting into the mushroom growing too! I recently got a smaller, but just as old, near identical pressure cooker made by kook kwick. Gotta pressure test it and replace the dial and then I’m off. More mush videos would be awesome 🍄

[@bdugh]

This was quite interesting. I personally will follow you down this rabbit hole as far as you wish to go.

[@planetengineeringofficial8545]

Awesome, ive tried it allot of times, always had problems, would watch again!

[@todtiger]

More mushrooms please. Fascinating

[@TickyTack23]

lol, what a surprise. It's been a few years since I grew mushrooms. But I just moved into a new house a couple months ago, and I thought I'd grow some mushrooms again. I inoculated my grain spawns from my spore prints just yesterday.

[@ElementalMaker]

That's some funny timing!

[@stephenwatts2879]

Awesome video! Keep up the great work 👍

[@TrojanHorse1959]

Great video and shroom experiments, cool puppy dog too!

[@Spyguy713]

I've been super interested in growing my own mushrooms. And making my own cheese, but that's a different story thanks for using your time to make this!

[@ElementalMaker]

I did try cheese making a while back. Did three or four batches of Mozzarella, but the flavor didn't seem quite right. Maybe was the local milk i was using. Damn now I'll have to try that again

[@351wmustanggt]

Awesome, I have a friend who is in to this hobby. Please show more it has peaked my interest to get into it also.

[@robertgeorgewerner]

More please! Quite fun.

[@spokehedz]

It is like a pet and food all in one!

[@danielmaczak8835]

Hey man, loved the video, but I love all the videos you make, always educational and fun. So whatever you do next, I'll be looking forward to it :) Thanks for the great content!

[@ElementalMaker]

Thank you Daniel! 👍

[@MrJdax57]

definitely want to see more

[@zachaliles]

With all these puns being thrown around you seem like a fun guy.

[@ElementalMaker]

Took me a second 🤣

[@boisinnawoods]

Dude this is great! I've been thinking about trying this

[@PetesShopMakes]

More mushie vids, please! Thanks, man. Keep em coming.

[@dylanbiddle123]

Love the mushroom content!

[@BadgerBishop]

Good stuff, keep it coming.

[@mauritzverster3435]

Hey man love the vid would like to see you do some other strains as well keep it up😉

[@TheTubejunky]

From the looks of those lids (iron oxide) you've been at this longer than you let on! -=]

[@Marty_Destroyer_of_Worlds]

would really love more mushroom content

[@hellstorm8536]

More mushrooms, sounds interesting might try it? And those little nitty gritty details would be nice. And please keep the content coming I’ve been subscribed for a while and I love the content I don’t comment much and I’m incapable of being a patreon but I still do all I can as a viewer *which isn’t much* but I try so please keep the grade a content coming

[@ShamanthS13]

Awesome video! Do add some detail on the mushroom liquid culture, long term requirements for storage of cultures/spores on the next one!

[@nicholasjulich645]

My grandfather has one similar to that and what’s funny is we use it to can mushrooms. Also one of the things he does is put a very thin coating of petroleum jelly on the mating surface to help get a good seal.

[@ElementalMaker]

I do the same thing with the Vaseline! Works great to help the seal and helps keep the lid from sticking

[@thesovietspy1748]

Looking forward to more mushroom vids

[@iam4godru2]

+1 for the mushroom vids. love it.

[@Shadowmanbluesbluesman]

You have me intrigued

[@weetarted3715]

You are awesome and REAL ... I love your content. Alot of KZbinrs are phonies....great stuff . .. time to binge watch. More mushroom stuff for sure !

[@ElementalMaker]

Thank you very much! I appreciate it bigtime

[@Lostpanda123]

Dude! Your vocabulary is supreme! :D

[@ElementalMaker]

Thank you!

[@pulesjet]

YOUR well on the path of maikin magic mushrooms.

[@jasonwilliam2125]

Awesome. Thank for sharing

[@richardlee754]

Awesome stuff!!

[@wwrite]

Love it, keep going!

[@morningstarsci]

This hobby must be going around. I just recently got into myself. Keep up the interesting content! Mush Love ;)

[@bjarnevarme9830]

Great! More please.

[@drifterafloat]

Mushrooms are fascinating so I thoroughly enjoyed this and admittedly is a nice change from rock and rollers what's Ross So fascinating but this I really find useful please do some more.

[@SuperLoopholes]

I'm liking the mushrooms.

[@xarin42]

Yes, I would like more mushrooms.

[@deathnightANIMATED]

I'd definitely like to see more shroom content

[@johnathonnewlun5079]

please make more in depth video's on this topic. I have Recently been looking into this myself and am very interested in it. I love cooking with mushrooms and would love to be able to produce my own

[@BensWorkshop]

Interesting work.

[@spicyben7838]

Would you Look at that... Just when I was going watch some fungi videos. Lovely. Nice work man!

[@overload57]

This is awesome , carry on with the mushrooms please.

[@Gadsdentreadlightly]

Hugely interesting thank you

[@dart202020]

Thanks for the video. After seeing Cody's lab I was thinking about attempting this also.

[@Markus__B]

Yep, want more.

[@oddjobbobb]

I cannot wait for the rest of the videos in this new series. I live mushrooms but hate paying $6-8-12 or more bucks a pound for the rascals. You never cease to amaze with your breadth and depth of interests. I will be the first to admit I not familiar at all with pressure cooking/canning in the way or for the reason that you are in this video, but I do have experience using a pressure canner and cooker. (By the way, pressure cookers and pressure canners are different and while you can use the canner to cook, you should not use a pressure cooker to can.) On my first experience canning tomato and clam sauce I was impatient so, after processing the cans as per Federal And State DOH recommendations I released the pressure by loosening the pressure valve. I didn’t know that I had just created a path in the jars’ seals for all manner of bacteria to pass back and forth. Within a few days my home was redolent with the smell of rotten. The cause of the contamination was this. A pressure canner (or cooker) is used to bring the temperature in the canner above the boiling temperature of water. It is the only way to bring the water body in the jars up to 260+ degree that is required to kill botulism. When I dumped the steam, the pressure in the canner dropped but the temperature in the jars was way more than the boiling temperature of water and some of the sauces bubbled through the seal. The very thin layer of sauce allowed bacteria to migrate into the sauce ruining every jar. In this application the problem I experienced may not be an issue. My experience tells me, however you should wait for the canner to slowly cool on its own, letting the pressure drop, then remove the lid. That way all temperatures and pressures equalize, ummm, equally and you don’t ruin the seals. Just comment is just a thought I had when I say you release the pressure valve. if you don’t have the expected outcome it could be for that reason.

[@travis7500]

Very cool! Not that I need another hobby either, but this would be a cool project to do.

[@EmancipatedSquirrel]

There is a mushroom farm in Princeston NJ that grows and maintains tons of remediation strains in case of oil spills. As a side note it's great how far youtube mycology has come. I remember the very first mushroom video i saw was an hour long video made around the 90s that taught how to grow magic mushrooms.

[@ElementalMaker]

How cool! Do you happen to know the name of the company? It would be quite a drive but I'd love to get in touch and maybe check out their operation.

[@Paragon643]

@@ElementalMaker From some googling i can find one name that keeps coming up for a big mushroom company in that area that has a ton of different species, Shibumi Farm. Company that grows a bunch of different ones and is creating new species as well from what i saw.

[@EmancipatedSquirrel]

Sorry for the late reply. I'm not sure what the name of the farm is, all that I remember about it was that he used a shipping container and a generic gas steam furnace to sterilize his media overnight for use in the mornings.

[@luizcarlosf2]

Moaarrrr !!! Really... nice stufff... we need understang more how we are being feed..

[@anchorbait6662]

Can you start an ongoing video series called "mushroom tips"?? Lol if you don't i might have to learn how to grow my own just so I can start a KZbin channel and film my own mushroom tip

[@charleszimmermann7784]

I grew some mushrooms and was amazed at how well they did until the field mice found them. (Note, don’t grow in shed outside).