Mycelium Inoculation in the Lab | Southwest Mushrooms

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Glad I’m not the only one that holds their breath when doing sterile work

[@mimosveta]

why not wear a mask tho?

[@Satan666Official]

@@mimosveta It would be better to do both. Masks do not shield all bacteria, and the air from exhalation can push other spores in the air into your spawn or substrate. Never can be too-safe when it comes to cultivation!

[@pollopollo3531]

@@mimosveta because you really don't need to. And honestly you don't even need gloves with alcohol and good technique.

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@@pollopollo3531 yeah Aseptic technique/ANTT cuts down on a lot of waste and is just as effective

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start in your closet in a Rubbermaid tote, or one of them 5 gallon buckets from the hardware store. then scale up.

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I’ve started my own business, but have been struggling with waste due to contamination in my grain bags. This video is just what I needed, I will be implementing some of these tips, and 🤞 for better results! Thank you so much

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really cool to hear how you first started...thx for another great video..have a great day man

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Always here for your new content! Such a chill leaning environment. Future content request: Lab Reports (spreadsheets galore). Basically, what all do you track and what have you found to be best practices thus far in your lab as far as how often certain things are tracked like temp, humidity, types of inoculation, substate testing, etc. I know this is probably the most boring subject but one of the most important in running any kind of lab. Thanks in advance should you decide to gift us with this knowledge.

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Loving your videos. Looking to getting into mushroom production. Locally we don’t have any farms I think this could be fun and be a good business.

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I like this guys working schedule and proficiency.

[@pandaclaws3336]

Thanks, Mike! Excellent work and the guidance is truly valued.

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him being surrounded by so many bags gave me anxiety, knowing how much work he has..wow, he truly is incredible. I want to be as composed and knowledgeable as he is someday.

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Until you realize how much he loves his hobby. Even when his hobby is upscaled to this level, you still hear the passion in his voice.

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As a farmer of sweet potatoes, this is the cleanest type of farming I've ever seen.

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Most items on website shop are listed as sold out.. Still open for biz? Maybe add a waitlist option in site? Site almost looks dead... Also, have you considered or experimented with any reusable containers?

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those bags are generally recycled by the bag producers

[@T6Ber62]

I learn something new on almost every video. Thanks so much, Mike!

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I learn something new every time I watch the same video! Lol 😆

[@rabzzzz7207]

Thanks for your work dude! Could you show how you get the spores and also the process to create the culture with them in the petry dishes? im struggling with that part.

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If you have a mushroom you want to get spores from, wet the cap with a small paintbrush and water, remove the stem and place the cap on a piece of paper or some foil that you have wiped down with rubbing alcohol. Cover with a plastic tub and wait 2 to 24 hours, now you'll have more spores than you'll ever need

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Hey Mike, love your videos so much. When you say you have a 6lb grain spawn bag, does that mean dry weight of the grain that went in the bag or 6lbs a after the grains are soaked?

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after soaking

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Stretching the mycelium is gahdamn genius. Thanks for that tip

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[@mmpatriot2170]

This video is really interesting. I’m a new and very amateur mycologist. I’ve just started working with agar and sterilized grain. Cordycepts was very helpful to me 20+ years ago when I was recovering from Pertussis. I’ve just recently been putting my agar grown mycelium to sterilized, hydrated popcorn. Not much activity yet. These jars of popcorn had no activity after 4 weeks from inoculation with a spore syringe, so I just tried inoculating some of them with mycelium from agar. I’m wondering if my popcorn isn’t hydrated enough. But, I’m going to wait a week or so to see what happens. And, I just got 25 pounds of organic rye berries to work with. Impossible to find locally, but easy on the internets. Mostly just using mason jars so far. Your sterile technique was really interesting. I’m currently using oven tech for my sterile environment (thanks, Philly Golden Teacher). But considering building a low cost laminar flow hood (thanks to Willy Myco) . I’ve currently got a bunch of agar dishes going, with several different spores. And I’ve got some grain spawn going, from a couple of different cultures. And a couple of tubs colonizing. I’m just trying several different things, to see what works for me. This video has given me several new ideas. So thanks.😊

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Oh, and I’ve had a couple of successful flushes so far. So, this has been a really interesting and rewarding experiment so far.

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Really great video and amazing channel, so glad I found you. Quick question, I have one of these bags with millet that wasnt used for a period of time and has dried more than I would like for use. It has an inoculation injection point. My question is could I use a sterile syringe and inject some demineralised/distilled water into the bag followed by my liquid culture to make sure it has the moisture it needs to inoculate the bag?

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Any chance you can hook us up with the supplements you added to the grain for the Cordyceps, I’m finding it hard to find a good mixer to hydrate and supplement my grain for Cordyceps.

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Great to learn about this...Great information..

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Im on my third viewing of this series of vids and im still picking up new tips everytime i watch!

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Been looking for a grain to grain spawn bag inoculation video, thanks 🙏🏼

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He just makes t look so easy!!!What a beautiful set-up Doing it al himself!!Looks like he's making alot of $ in a small space the future of urban agriculture!!

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I have been using a long metal spoon to separate the grains in the jar. Never had a problem.

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My biggest dream is to visit the mans farm! My brother and I are trying to create a little mushroom project in Africa and we’ve been using these videos to learn. Slowly but surely we will get there. Thanks for all brother you truly inspire a lot of people like us

[@EatShee-I-it]

This is a laboratory environment. May not be the best for what you might be trying to do in Africa. The book Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation by Tradd Cotter has some great info you can use (specifically the chapter on off grid cultivation). The author has done exactly what you are wanting to do.

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I don’t know why I find this so fascinating.

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Thank you for sharing your mushroom knowledge.

[@ashcam1791]

Oh man, I got flow hood envy... yours is so big!

[@seancostello26]

it's literally 3 big flowhoods side by side lol. Meanwhile i'm over here making blueprints to try to craft my own flowhood at home for cheap ;)

[@seancostello26]

i wish i could just pay him a few bucks to use his lab when i need to do sterile work lol

[@owenbelbeck1743]

Super interesting how would you store Liquid Cultures at home easily.

[@theshamanist113]

Put them in the fridge to slow growth, they can last years that way

[@owenbelbeck1743]

@@theshamanist113 ok it looks like something went in the fridge tho so i hope my roommates don't throw it out i want to keep it another ready if possible.

[@SirCheese710]

storing them once they are well colonized is just fine in 65-76 degrees ideally. If you do intend to slow growth for long term storage then the fridge mentioned is ideal.. If you are wondering about storing them from the day you first inoculate, my preference is 73-78 degrees as the warmth is beneficial to them colonizing quickly.

[@owenbelbeck1743]

@@SirCheese710 so your saying 65-76 will put the Lc in a state for long term storage

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and they say the human brain cannot truly multi task… what a pro… he’s a delight to watch.

[@frettbuzz1911]

All of this stuff you're doing is my favorite part of growing. i feel like i'm helping Mother Mycelium!!!

[@mariebravo2331]

Hi I live in Jamaica, and have always loved your videos. I grow mushrooms its been a challenge just brought some grow tents what temperature should I keep my Petrie dishes stored at

[@SouthwestMushrooms]

That is awesome! Store cultures at 34-40F when not in use other than that room temperature is fine for short term storage.

[@dhaval4570]

we would love a video on the failure side too, like contamination and so on :)

[@clutchboi4038]

Lol looks like he doesn't experience failure with his huge flow hood setup. Contamination is for hobbyists with still air boxes.

[@russell2449]

Yeah that brings back some memories, making a glovebox from a clear tub with Playtex gloves taped on, then I found out about something called a Shmovbox, which was just a large clear garbage bag taped over a home hepafilter air cleaner. You just load up the bag with your syringes, agar, jars and spawn, cut two small holes for your arms, turn on the air cleaner which inflates the bag with clean air, mist the inside with a little iso alky and do your work, kind of a ghetto laminar flow hood/glove box combo (and if you recognize that reference we may have a hobby in common, lol). After a while I got my sterile techniques down to the point where I didn't even need the Shmovebox, just used a spare room, all the windows taped to eliminate outside air, same with floor vents. Then, as weird as it sounds, once everything was staged and ready, I'd jump in the shower, use anti-bacterial soap (kept my hair in under a shower cap), then go directly from the shower to the clean room naked, lol, yeah like I said sounds weird, BUT it was just the best way I could think of to avoid bringing any contams into the process.

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Lmao youre supposed to run around naked after you eat the mushrooms

[@g2delena]

Very impressive communication of the process…. I feel like you could have been a professor or academic at some point in your life…. Thanks so much for explaining the process!

[@meachyofficial]

I want to do this so bad. I've always been a foody and the area I live in doesn't have diverse culinary mushrooms in stores. I would love to learn this and just jump all in. I've always enjoyed farming.

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I just ordered some product from y'all. I really want to dig in and learn everything about these amazing fungi. You make it look easy. I will be ordering some I can grow as well. But just micing it for now

[@ZKValentino]

Had Covid over beginning weeks of December and I watched a lot of your videos while in bed! Then when I got better I remembered a lot of what you taught about sterile technique! We are walking contamination in the lab! Love to watch the videos! Hope u get to 100K subscribers soon!

[@Zupoyo]

Great video as always 👍

[@likelydaily6767]

I was always told to favour a still air box over a glove box as the gloves fixed to the holes produces more air convection within the box then simple holes without gloves attached.

[@discusctx]

Nice Job.. Do U Leave them in the bags until u pick... or do u transfer to another bag or tub after the mycelium grows?

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Best mushroom channel on KZbin