ZERO Effort Mushroom Growing? (Mushroom Kits + Mella Update)

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

BIG NEWS! The Mella is launching via a crowdfund on October 19th! Make sure you are signed up here: freshcap.link/mella

[@whokapillar6111]

What is the predicted price of the mella?

[@quadlawnmowerman]

@@whokapillar6111 Early bird is $349USD or $480 normally, pretty ridiculous price for something that does not work and still way too high a price for something that does.... this must be a joke product, is it April fools day?

[@gregmcb5305]

Honestly with the cost of this thing at the moment it needs to be three times bigger (longer) it won’t increase the production cost in the end that much, and i will 100% guarantee you that you will have more people willing to pay for it, at the size it is right now it does not make sense pricewise for 99% of the people interested in the product, I understand why you made it small. You are trying to make it a “countertop product” that you can set and forget, but if you’re going to set it and forget then it doesn’t need to be on the kitchen counter, and if someone is going to spend this much money on a fruiting chamber they will not want it to be as small as it is at the moment, people will find the space to put it somewhere else.

[@gregmcb5305]

@@quadlawnmowerman I wish, there was some terrible product design going on here, not only should it cost a fraction of the price but it should be much bigger. If it’s much bigger than the price makes more sense. My guess a lot of this comes down to temperature control. I’m tempted to design a much better one of these... that is way less complicated and functionally just as effective for99% of the people using it.

[@pyronymph-868]

I got interested in mushrooms and started out with a Back To The Roots oyster mushroom grow kit. It was super easy, I got 2 flushes from the kit before using it to start a 5 gallon bucket. The 5 gallon bucket has fruited twice now.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Woo hoo! Got a lot out of it I love that!

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[@ryanb9297]

this is exactly how i started too. I ended up cutting the butts off my first flush, and using that to learn to do agar work, and agar transfers. Now Im up to about 4 5lb bags, a 5gal bucket, and tons of grain jars. The 5gal still has the original kit in it =]

[@Babymercy8]

Pretty compact and very sleek! I've automated this process with a humidifier on a humidity controller, and a fan plugged into a smart plug for a timer

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

awesome! definitely something you can DIY if you wanted to!

[@chauncy83]

I’d like to know more about that setup. Looking to retrofit a small space with some kind of automated control on a budget

[@sureshbabukannadachetty4792]

Can you take a picture of the step up you did to show it to everybody to understand better. The principle works but want to know how you have made it possible setup within your room. Thanks in advance. I plan to spare a extra room to grow mushrooms after seeing the possibilities of mushroom cultivation in FreshCap Mushrooms to make it a wonderful hobby. :)

[@davehendricks4824]

I started with kits. Now I inoculate logs and hardwood mulch. Lions mane, oyster, winecap and shittake. Easy and fun.

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[@fedupwithem6208]

I started out growing with the PFTEK from Hightimes magazine about thirty years ago and I've been growing culinary mushrooms ever since then. Such a great hobby once you learn the basics and learn to expand on them.

[@feartheferg2483]

What’s your favorite culinary mushroom to grow?

[@fedupwithem6208]

@@feartheferg2483 I like growing Shitake because I have the trees to cut logs and I can grow them outdoors. Indoors I usually grow Lions mane or Blue Oysters.

[@wandzilla1391]

Hey Tony! I tried the mushroom grow kits from red fox fungi in Alberta, totally awesome mushrooms! Can’t wait to try those kits in one of those chambers!!

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[@johnbrzenksforearm8295]

I'm digging that Metallica influenced Mushrooms shirt

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

🤘 MushroomicA! 🤘

[@mattlourer9692]

🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@darrinnyberg3783]

Yeah where do I get one of these shirts!

[@akisdrosos]

@@darrinnyberg3783 I love that t-shirt! Cant find it anywhere....

[@aaronnelson7702]

Master of Spores

[@sMileHighCity]

Great video bro! Kits help cut down the learning curve when one wants to do it on their own. Thanks!!!

[@magusomega]

Got a reishi kit and it's going well, for me it's worth it if you just want one block to fruit from. It's convenient but if i was gonna have more than one the cost is enough to get me starting from scratch. Great video 👍

[@rld9429]

I currently have a fourth flush of pink oysters growing from my kit. Once that is done I am going to try and inoculate some straw or wood chips with it.

[@mattd2907]

Cloned a blue oyster from a “ back to the roots” kit and am still running that myc out a year later. Lbs easy from saw dust

[@isaaccutlip5815]

Nice dude. I can only grow cubensis but I have a pink oyster liquid culture on the way. Wish me luck

[@phantomhawk01]

the intro is really cool. Good job.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

thnanks!

[@DirtyReaper]

I'm so excited for the Mella launch this Tuesday, hopefully I can secure a order!

[@quadlawnmowerman]

so you can fail like this too? Seriously, do yourself a favour and do not buy this item, they are selling something this video clearly shows does not work as well as a simply plastic bag and sprayer....

[@allduhcheese6762]

I found a hericium corraloides near my house in the river valley and took a sample on agar and now am growing in my own tubs. Can't get enough neurogenesis 👍

[@hoofhearted6832]

Love to get one of those chambers

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Make sure to sign up for more info! Launching soon :)

[@williamkreth]

Have you looked into Uncle Ben's tech? you just use their precooked brown rice it's already sterilized! you can microwave the rice, and inoculate directly into the bag. Also I use a fish air pump to bring in fresh air into my grow tubs

[@austinmccarthy8615]

I like the concept however I feel like it’s just a fancy Martha tent. I just purchased northspore’s Boom Room and for 300.00 it accomplishes the same thing and provides 3-5 times the amount of grow space. I can’t imagine the Mella will come in under 300.00 but I guess we will find out. I do like the look of the Mella more.

[@Coasterdude02149]

Hi Tony. Never tried to grow mushroom before, but Lin's Mane are my favourite, not only from a taste & health standpoint, but also they make a fantastic photography subject, especially macro photography. Anyway, At the end of August, I ordered a Lion's Mane kit and to be honest, didn't expect much I figured if I were lucky, I'd maybe get a few small ones and that would be it. I'm just starting my third flush and have harvested 2 pounds already. I'm hooked. I didn't think it would be this easy. I will continue to grow mushrooms as well as my micorgreens and I want to try other species of mushrooms . Your Mella grow chamber looks like something I'm going to want!

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[@gordokraken]

Hi. Te block of sustrat . Can i give to my bunnys for feeding ?

[@thehappyfunghi7328]

Where did you get that shirt?? Love it. Thanks for the great content you out out.

[@galacticom]

when you say, put the block upside down to re-hydrate, are you implying putting the "x" that you cut into the water?

[@frogmanpipes9561]

When is the final chamber product going to be done? I want one. One with the buttons and external filter

[@EmmEff72]

Yeah, if your MetallicA should could also say “Hit the lights”, that would be great.

[@ExaltedDuck]

That lions mane makes me wonder if the fan could could be ducted and diverted to spread the airflow out a bit to avoid turning part of the chamber into a dessicator.

[@ralbiruni]

Have you heard of the elm oyster mushroom? It seems that it lends itself to this kind of culture!

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Definitely! It's great- and would work well in this unit for sure.

[@isaaccutlip5815]

I have a sgfc and I'm about to start growing pink oyster. I think I'll do a black in the chamber and a block on my counter and see what happens

[@AgoristsAxioms]

I went to pre-order and they are no longer available. Do I have to wait until summer to place order now?

[@ecobluefarms223]

Which mushrooms can grow together in the mella

[@BCdrummerFT]

Would I be able to have any success doing a flush or two on my counter and then breaking up the block and going with the bucket method? I currently have a lions mane kit entering it's second flush..

[@thedeadpoet33]

I learned so much from this video and appreciate the videos you make. I understand what's going wrong with the lion's mane grow kits I had trouble with vs the one I had no trouble with. Thank you.

[@hmoser6416]

The hard part is finding a reputable company to trust, one that accepts responsibility, responds to emails within a timely manner, (not 10-12 days later), knows how to pack fruit blocks against damage in transit, etc. Three companies I have ordered kits from, all 3 have failed, one of which you have listed. It has been a huge hassle for me as well as others, same story. Very, very disappointing. Everyone talks about how important sterility is with mushrooms, and I agree, until one orders something, then told it doesn't matter. So far, everything I have been taught I certainly do not see when I purchase the blocks - like fully mycelated. At best, blocks I have been getting are half, and the bags are so big it is near impossible for the mushrooms not to sprout in all the air pockets of the extra bagging, and or they come with green mold already. Supposed to throw contaminated blocks out, but instead, asked to wait to see if the mushrooms will outdo the mold? So much conflicting information. Wish I never started, and especially wish I didn't share the sites with so many because their experience was the same. I have enjoyed your information that you have shared, as well as mushroom Mike (who set the standard for me on what to expect from my blocks). With the videos you guys share, it is fun learning, but then ....

[@yanjijay6752]

I've tried but the mushroom kit didn't give me that powder stuff for it just was the hay & that's all & powder the limestone

[@FPVivid]

Say i wanted to make my own fruiting block but dry it for future use (like the dried bag you had for the Home Hardware pale Oysters) how do i do that? im confused of the step after the grain spawn video, to a dried, preserved fruiting block i can use a while after iv made it.

[@soulserene66]

Hi! Thank for sharing this info. Question; can I take the spawn out of the kit box and just put it in the plastic tote without the box it comes in? And what’s the gravel like material on the bottom in the bucket? I’m excited..lolol

[@TutorialesdeNaraCarolina]

Me encanta! Buenísima la cámara!

[@sunakokirishiki3572]

Kits are the best at harvesting good tried n true genetics replicate.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

yes! insider secret lol

[@luishsteuer1660]

Does this work with actives?

[@aaliyahhammond8185]

Does the size of the chamber you build matter for the smaller grow kits?

[@roberttomsiii3728]

Ha! Immediate like for the shirt.

[@erickuria6688]

Please recommend me high fruiting spawns for oyster spawns..I live in Kenya and accessing Amazon goods is almost not posible

[@truben9061]

This would work for them magical ones as well?

[@CasevacDevilDoc]

Would you use a onboarding camera in conjunction with the wireless settings to better monitor the fungi?

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

that could be cool!

[@Smur95]

Is there an option for fan speed as opposed to fresh air? Or perhaps they could make the fan speed really low by default? The fan speed, or speed at which fresh air comes in is much less important than maintaining the actual level of fresh air. Feel like it's really inconvenient to have spots in the mella that produce worse results, but PROTOTYPES. I'm sure you've let them know, anyway

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Good call! As it is now, there is no way to change the speed of the fan- just duration.

[@quadlawnmowerman]

The guys making this have no idea what they are doing and failing at every step and not even bothering to test it themselves, look at the ridiculous custom controller made on a home etched PCB board or the lions mane that did not grow well due to low humidity..... seriously this thing is a long way from being any good and a clear container is doing a better job than this monstrosity and just wait till you have to clean it.

[@SyddlesFuzz]

Any idea what they think the initial pricepoint will be?

[@jdu2584]

I wonder if it’s ok to separate the humidity and air requirements. I plan to put the kit in a fruiting chamber without holes during the day. It would be subjected to very high humidity from a humidifier. Then at night I leave the chamber out without the lid so they can get some fresh air. Would this work? Thanks! Love your videos.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Hard to say, you don't want them to dry out at night and abort- but it may work OK. Worth a shot!

[@jdu2584]

@@FreshCapMushrooms Thanks! I will give it a shot. It’s pretty humid outside where I live so they won’t dry out. I want them in a closed container without holes indoors because I don’t want to be exposed to spores.

[@ufutz]

Ok, I will require one of those T-shirts. That is just too cool. Where can I get some?

[@gspm23]

Cool video, once again! Is there's any chance you know what the price for the Mella will be? I'm on the crowdfunding list, but they don't mention it :/

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

I do not know yet (I have asked first build for sure, but it hasn't been disclosed yet) hopefully soon!

[@gspm23]

@@FreshCapMushrooms Thanks for the reply! I was able to put my hands on 2 of these :D! It cost me about 1000$ with shipping ; not bad at all! I think it's 27% of what it will cost. Now I just have to pray customs fees won't be too high!! Can't wait to try it out :)

[@americanrebel413]

Cool man!

[@iamgalaxey]

What's good kind of mushroom to grow in the Missouri area? And would it be smart to wait til spring to do this or can I still do it at home in a shotgun container?

[@sporesswilliams3417]

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[@karthickbabu7027]

Smart job bro

[@ajmalshah-ec5yb]

Where can I get gourmet mushroom spores or seeds tuber must replay.

[@FrankEmmanuel799]

Hello, I sourced mine from an online store.

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[@isaaccutlip5815]

How much will the mella cost?

[@guardianofthesacredflame1649]

How do you keep fungus gnats out of the fruiting chamber?

[@mattd2907]

Your powders are awesome. Where do I get that shirt

[@drewsleyy3836]

For the shotgun fruiting chamber, would you regularly mist the kit + the inside of the chamber, same as you would with a humidity tent?

[@jamestomlin5525]

Hah, you said knob Lol but in all seriousness, great presentation. While I doubt this is for me it's neat seeing personal mushroom cultivation evolving.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

lol thanks for the laugh! it is definitely evolving, I am STOKED>

[@jamestomlin5525]

@@FreshCapMushrooms couldn't resist, haha

[@oldgerontius2943]

Hey Tony, thanks for another accessible video for people looking to start growing mushrooms 👍 Just to touch back on the plastic bags issue I’ve seen before on your channel that some mushrooms (I think you demonstrated with enoki) grow well in jars or bottles. Is that something you could do in the Mella? Best wishes from the UK 😁

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Yes, you could totally do it in glass jars! Enoki and many oysters work great like that

[@sporesswilliams3417]

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[@sporesswilliams3417]

I’m located in Manchester

[@teramonte7077]

Wondering if the mushrooms release allergens as they grow? And if so... is it really a good idea growing countertop in your actual livingspace?

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Not a concern IMO, unless you are growing mushrooms on a huge scale and in the grow room harvesting day after day. Spores are naturally in the air everywhere anyways! Of course, some people can be allergic, but that is no different from any other potential allergy.

[@teramonte7077]

Thanks👍🏻

[@jaimeebrown9537]

Any webshop tips for EU? (the Netherlands. :))

[@channelx812]

Can you limesoak wood shavings ?

[@danielgriffin5737]

Lion mane spawn grew fast solid white hairy on top . Is this normal

[@jeremiehatier4589]

Hey there! I wanted to start a mushroom culture with my girlfriend, and we trusted ourselves enough to skip the growing-kit part and start directly with a shot-gun style fruiting chamber, and we wondered if we could reuse the mycelium-contaminated susbtrate to grow other mushrooms. We would let the mycelium fruit for 2-3 flushes and then let it completely colonise the substrate, to do some kind of mycelium block at the bottom of the container. We would then use that substrate instead of colonised grain to restart another culture. Do you think it would be possible to do so? If not, why? Thanks!

[@PandoraChaser2]

You probably figured it out via experimentation but apparently you can indeed do such with old fruiting blocks. OAK & SPORE channel in NZ, also breaks down old fruiting blocks, re-bags them, re sterilises them, then inoculates a DIFFERENT shroom strain to them and gets good results from the recycled substrate. GRO CYCLE channel in UK, also did some similar experiments on how many times you can get away with such methods (2 videos) and they found you tend to hit contamination and PEST issues, after the 2nd or 3rd such cycle, so commercial growers cant really risk such beyond that point.

[@dennbro6164]

Can you keep your agar culture forever?

[@yanjijay6752]

Also what would grow lobster mushrooms that sounds good idr it was lobster mushrooms or crab claw mushrooms

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Unfortunately you cannot cultivated Lobster mushrooms, they have a complex life cycle... wild harvested only!

[@yanjijay6752]

@@FreshCapMushrooms darn now growing them would be fun plus yummy

[@gregmcb5305]

Honestly a lot of the cost of the mellow looks like it’s in the components, you guys need to make it about 2 to 3 times bigger for the cost it’s at right now.

[@AndreasDuessca]

I just grew an obscenely large amount of lion's mane from one single block. It just didn't stop growing.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

That's awesome!

[@zero-ol2nt]

What's the purpose of the mella when half the work is still inoculation of grain and even spawn bag mix? You would still need to wait for grain to fully colonize then mix with substrate. So the mella really only comes into play after all of this just as a glorified fruiting chamber 🤷‍♂️ seems like a lot of money for something that only automates a small portion of the process.

[@aintapuppy]

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[@FreshCapMushrooms]

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[@Wile.E.Quixote]

Makes me sad to live in Texas where my house for most of the year is at 75 degrees; would love to have one of those.

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[@dannybates1093]

Where can I get a shirt like that

[@mrdude3697]

I think its cool coz i don't have much space available at the moment. Would Love to get it but i live in Germany😅

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[@legendno1]

im ready for the build and signed up..lets duet

[@bendrixbailey1430]

The 2.0 does not have heat control, which is less than $50 to add and is critical to mushrooms that need temps 78-82, a tight range and much warmer than found in buildings…. They are working on a 3.0 and I’m guessing it will have heat control. They should also add a CO2 sensor and fan option, also not expensive. These could be add ons if the mounting locations were supplied. Personally not impressed with it yet…

[@CMAenergy]

I would love to have a mushroom fruiting chamber But I have a problem with these Just trying to get a supply of the regular store bought mushroom supplies is difficult to say the least I tried contacting some suppliers and they never got back to me, So I think if you are able to make your own spore etc, and grow them in these kits it would be fine, But I think the problem as I mentioned will be a down fall

[@jimmybaggs5342]

Not including any sort of temperature control seems like a huge oversight.

[@albertolanda]

I want a Metallica + Mushroom shirt 🤘

[@camz1039]

I'v been growing mushrooms for years and I never stopped to think about the reason it was called a shotgun fruiting chamber. I feel like an idiot hahaha. It's so obvious.

[@FreshCapMushrooms]

Lol! I guess it’s not obvious, took me a while as well.

[@charlesgilbert8285]

I received my Mella Grow Chamber a few weeks back. Thus far I've been using it for seed starters for my garden and for that it has been working. I don't like that everything "Smart" was removed from the design. Honestly, I completely disagree withyou about the app and smart functions. I would use the app to monitor and set alerts when the temp/Humidity is out of wack. With the "Finished" version the analog knobs are a joke, it makes it dumb and not smart. False advertising stating it's "Smart" especially since it's now commercial. The knobs leave alot of guess work to trying to control everything and they don't function all the time. This could be from shipping, poor quality or both. The Humidity control doesn't seem to raise the humidity, probably due to the design, it controls a fan a few inches away from a container of water with a filter. Might have been able to dial it in better with app, to which I really think they dropped $100+ in value removing those features. Right now it's just a plastic box with lights, 2 fans and a water bottle. I like it, but I wish it didn't cost as much as it did, I only crowd funded it at the price due to the listed "Smart" features that didn't make it into the final build.

[@gregmcb5305]

Honestly with the cost of this thing at the moment it needs to be three times bigger (longer) it won’t increase the production cost in the end that much, and i will 100% guarantee you that you will have more people willing to pay for it, at the size it is right now it does not make sense pricewise for 99% of the people interested in the product, I understand why you made it small. You are trying to make it a “countertop product” that you can set and forget, but if you’re going to set it and forget then it doesn’t need to be on the kitchen counter, and if someone is going to spend this much money on a fruiting chamber they will not want it to be as small as it is at the moment, people will find the space to put it somewhere else.

[@charlespaugh]

Be careful where you set up mushroom growing kits in the home. I had a friend grow a kit in his bathroom. Everything went well with the kit, however a couple months after his final mushroom harvest, mushrooms began to grow along the edges of his bathroom cabinets along the floor.

[@peterhazael2864]

I wish mine would do that, can't even get the fruiting to start. 😕

[@alangodoy9591]

my country sucks, i want to live in Canada! oh Canada!

[@bobbyziggy85]

Is Mella a scam like Shrooly is or is it legit? I got ripped by Shrooly

[@quadlawnmowerman]

$480USD for something worth $80 and does not work as well as a simple shotgun fruiting chamber, what a joke!

[@rone4553]

It’s sort of looking like this thing may have been an indiegogo scam. They claimed they were going to ship and no one has heard a peep out of them. Tons of people emailing, calling, and commenting on the indiegogo site without any response from the company. Have you heard anything?? I felt like fresh cap and north spore being involved made it seem like a reputable product to back.

[@quadlawnmowerman]

Pretty clear from the AD that this does not work, else we would of seen video of great crops, rather we see a video of the most tolerant mushroom to lack of humidity (lions mane) and even it failed to do well. This item cannot get to the humidity levels required with this form of humidification. MAJOR FAIL! You guys probably should be ashamed to be promoting something that clearly does not work, you also need to put up the fact this is clearly a paid advertisement.

[@BartholomewJenkins69420]

dont buy the mella make your own fruiting chamber

[@inkbird_yom]

Hi. This is Alexi at INKBIRD. How can I contact you? We have a smart sprinkler controller want to share with you.