Top 10 Business Mistakes That Mushroom Growers Make | GroCycle

Growing MUSHROOMS for a living is an ambition for many of us!
In this video we share the Top 10 business mistakes that we see mushroom growers make, and our tips on how to avoid them.
#mushrooms, #growmushrooms, #businesstips #mushroombusiness
These tips are also perfect for a business growing #microgreens!
At GroCycle, we’ve been growing mushrooms for more than 13 years, and we now run a thriving business making and selling thousands of mushroom kits, as well as running our online course that helps people all around the world to set up and run small scale mushroom farms.
01:34 1) Overcomplicating Things
03:15 2) No Vision or Plan
04:44 3) Not Having Any Goals or Targets
06:04 4) Not Using Systems
07:55 5) Keeping Poor Data and Records
08:55 6) Poor Time Management
12:00 7) Not Focussing on Marketing
14:22 8) Being Overly Optimistic
16:21 9) Giving Up Too Soon
17:53 10) Not Investing in Yourself
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Hi. Im setting up a low tech indoor mushroom farm at home but am having difficulty finding information on if i need to apply for any permits or licences. I registered with the local council as a food preparing business but have now been told i didnt need to do this as they dont cover growing and selling mushrooms. Are their any restrictions, or do i just need to register with companies house

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I did, and it's growing very well. I'm in the US so taxes and regulations aren't as bad as Europe thankfully, but its still a lot of work. It's 100% doable so long as you have perseverance and a vision. I'm now over 1 year in and I'm selling 30lbs per week, and about to double that within the next few weeks

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I did take the 1st year as a learning experience, only investing in it what I got from my pay check working at a factory. Kept my customers small, did 1 farmers market, and just learned everything I could and made my own way with the experience and knowledge of others

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​@alexp5559 what's the price per pound

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@f1rebreather123 the price varies by species and if it's retail, wholesale, or farmers market. Lions mane I can sell retail foe 12, wholesale for 9, FM for 20 but blue oyster mushrooms I sell for 7 retail, 5 wholesale, and 20 FM

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Hello, absolutely brilliant videos. You have posted a question and answer one in the past. I’d like to ask, can you take the spent substrate with the wonderful mycelium growth add fresh substrate and grow another batch of mushrooms??? Many thx Ken

[@DizzyNLD]

Yes, you can. In the industry they inoculate sawdust with grain spawn and then use this sawdust to inoculate even more bags. It’s not the same as ‘spent’ substrate because it has more nutrients, but as long as you add more nutrition it should work. We’ve used spent substrate on wood chip beds in the garden and it works

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what type of oyster mushroom generation is used to produce fast mushrooms, I use the F2 generation and the mycelium growth is very slow.

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Does your course also have tips on marketing, finance help and other things like this? I am a microbiologist by trade so business related things aren't my strong point and really need help learning what to do when it comes to finance management and taxes etc, thankyou 🙏

[@GroCycleTV]

Hello! it does, we have lessons that cover marketing and ones that cover finance, with some downloadable spreadsheets to help you look at the figures involved in setting up and running a mushroom farm. What we don't cover is tax, and that's purely because we have course members form all around the world, and tax is very different across all of these locations, but we do say that you can approach an accountant who has experience in small businesses with a bit of a background on farming/horticulture, etc... Good luck in your growing!!

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how do u pasturize your straw and compost

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With a pressure cooker. or let it dry out, and rehydrate with boiling water.

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Bucket farming might be the answer to that, reusable and not so prone to contamination?

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How do I begin a mushroom business from my apartment and how do I compost the used mushroom blocks after use?

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When I was learning in my previous apartment, I started a patio garden. The spent blocks and contams would go into a big bucket for compost to be added to soil later. I also reached out to friends with gardens who were more than happy to hear about what mycelium could do for their plants. Post them online for free and someone will pick them up for sure. :)

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what do you guys make the most with at this point? selling to restauraunts or supplements or?

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