I wish all youtube videos were this informative and clear. Thank you.

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

you're welcome :)

For everyone who said that this was a FANTASTIC video, I would like to second that motion. Specifically, I have watched hundreds of mushroom video's, but I have never heard anyone even MENTION the words "municipal water", which I would think would be an important factor to consider. So thanks much for all of your absolutely wonderful informative video.

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

thanks!

I bought white oyster mushrooms from Woolworths , ripped them up and cut the stems and stripped the centres of other mushrooms , and rolled them in pasteurised corrugated cardboard that was moist but not wet wet, stacked them in the Chinese take away containers firmly , put a hole in the lid and covered that with a band aid lol that’s all I had, popped it into my cupboard in the darkness and 25 days later it’s well and truely being covered in mycelium , I also bought Petri dishes so planning on growing more to do grain spawn and LC if everything goes to plan , love this video , liked and subbed will be checking all the other videos out , thank you. 👍

@Milkwood

11 ай бұрын

sounds great!

Looks like this weekend has a project 👍

@Milkwood

Ай бұрын

It does!

This was one of the best thing I've seen on you tube in a long time. Thank you so much 🙌🍄🙌🍄

@Milkwood

2 жыл бұрын

Yay, glad it was helpful x

I am so excited, I just found my first flush of wine cap mushrooms yesterday. It's the first month of summer here in NW Tasmania! I failed my first attempt despite following the instructions, but now that I have them, hopefully, I can keep them growing and spreading. 🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄

Extremely professional video.

Very clear instructions thank you....from UK x

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

- Our pleasure - goodluck!

Sugar cane mulch is a good one for substrate. Plentiful in Australia 🇦🇺

@Milkwood

Ай бұрын

yes! Good one -

Love this! Thank you so much!

@Milkwood

2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy x

Wow. This was fantastic. I really feel like I’ve learned a lot and I’m much more confident. Subscribed.

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was useful Andy - let us know how you go?

This is an awesome video! I am looking to colonize my backyard with mushrooms and this was a really great in depth video!

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

have fun!

This was great. Thanks!

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Barely in but I can tell this is an amazing find! Thank you very much!

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

Let us know how you go? :)

@joannmcculley8253

Жыл бұрын

@@Milkwood learned a lot! Excited for many mushrooms in my garden

Awesome video!! Great to see!! Trying to grow ginger for the first time this year! Best wishes to you and all the family.

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

good luck with it!

Fantastic video. Thank you!

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

you're welcome :)

The cardboard & t.p. tube mycelium growth chamber is BRILLIANT. Thank you!

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

you're welcome! Not our idea (are there any NEW ideas?) but its a good one, hey? :)

just a note, I don't recommend growing the golden oyster mushrooms in Canada or the rest of North America as it is invasive at least in British Colombia and i think other places.

@Milkwood

8 ай бұрын

good to know - ta!

@TheKrispyfort

Ай бұрын

Good point 👍

Thank you so much❤

@Milkwood

2 жыл бұрын

😊

I would love to try this and I think my dad would love to do it as well

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

We would love to hear how you go ;-)

Thank you so much for this free video. one day I hope to do your paid course too.

@Milkwood

10 ай бұрын

you're welcome!

Teach me ! This is fascinating & educational .

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

You got it!

I appreciate you digging through your woodchips where your wine caps were spreading. I have been wondering if the mycelia needed to grow up to the top of the chips before fruiting, but I have been unable to find that until now. Thanks!!

@Milkwood

2 жыл бұрын

Glad we could be of help!!

I use hardwood natural pellets

This is amazing content thank you very much. I've been learning about mushrooms the last couple of years I've been really enjoying it I love to get some growing out in my garden

@Milkwood

2 жыл бұрын

Yay, go you!

The best

First video i see here. Its really nice you get all scientific in the process! Gonna go look for your video growing mushrooms in buckets, i have tiny apartment with tiny garden.

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

Good luck with it! There's more articles on our website about this technique too :)

@nubletten

Жыл бұрын

@@Milkwood Signed the newsletter. Found the bucket video, want to try it next week.

Thanks so much for this really informative video! Would pea straw work as a substrate?

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

Straw from legumes such as pea straw won't work because peas, as a legume have too many nutrients in their plant material. Sugar cane mulch is a good alternative and is usually readily available.

Very nice video 👍 super 🥰

@Milkwood

2 жыл бұрын

😊

@AshishGardening

2 жыл бұрын

@@Milkwood 👍

What a great video, guys! Thank you for the information. We want to start a mushroom bed on our allotment garden in the south of the UK but not sure if Garden Giant gorws in our climate. We do have -5C freezing temperatures (like right now, in the middle of January 2024) and inthe summer sometimes it reaches +35C or more (rarely and for short periods, but it still does). Nobody seems to be growing musrooms around us so we are still learning and figuring things out. Is it better to go on a local foraging tour in the local woods, with a professional mycologist, identify what mushrooms are edible and start from there? Too many questions right now...

@Milkwood

4 ай бұрын

Heyas, well, Paul Stamets grows King Stropharia in Washington State in USA, so I rekon they'd be fine in your climate :) - up to you where to start! Definitely start learning to ID in the wild, it's so good for your knowledge (and relationship w your ecosystem) but if you need a cultivation guide to get started, here's our mushrooms resources : www.milkwood.net/category/mushroom-cultivation/

I’ve been looking for a very low tech pasteurisation method - thank you! Have you heard anything good about using wood ash?

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

give it a go i rekon? Won't pasteurise as such but could work regardless?

How deep are we planting into the wood chips? TiA

Have you ever tried to make mushroom jerky with the oversized king mushroom?

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

yep! It works great :)

Great video, thank you so much. Question : How many times will aprox will the main container will give fruits before I tranfer the mycelium under a tree or a Raised bed?

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

Depends how big the tub is, but It might fruit a few times? Thing is, after it's fruited, that means it's eaten most of the available substrate - so to ensure it fruits more, it needs more food - ie more woodchips. Hence why you transfer it to a garden after the first tub fruiting, so that the mycelium can keep eating, growing and - fruiting :)

@monteycielo3126

Жыл бұрын

@@Milkwood Thanks for your reply- I inoculate with Kingstropheria Sawdust spawn a container with the technique you guys shared- we did this on Oct 30 and the growth has being quite rapidly - Is there any email address where I can send you pictures of the current state ? I ask cause I´ve been reading about this and it seem that when the mycelium colonized the substrate is advice to put some type of soil / composto on top of it to promote the growing - The part that I am a litte confuse is when to do it --- it´s my first time doing this. jejej - Hope you understand.

The "seeds (spore covered carrot seed size pieces)" are black morel, golden chanterelle, lion's mane, porcini, and black truffles. Can any of these work?

Could leaf mould / fall leaves that are damp or dry be used rather than finished compost as a top layer over the wood chips? What are your thoughts regarding using a mix of hard wood & softer woods? I've heard other growers mention that they often use a mix of woods, at least 50% hardwoods, although 100% hardwoods are optimal. I've even heard some say to include green twigs & sticks which have been chipped / shredded as a source of food for the mycelium as they contain natural sugars & carbohydrates, I believe was said. Thanks very much in advance for your response. This is the first year I've become interested in growing mushrooms longterm & live in a very damp, coastal area, in the middle of temperate rainforest. I'm on your waiting list for your next course 🙂

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

Fall leaves should be fine to use rather than finished compost, as it quickly breaks down anyway. The purpose of the compost is to create a protective layer that helps protect the mycelium while it myceliates the substrate and also keeps in the moisture - it also helps introduce bacteria that are needed to help trigger the fruiting of the mushrooms. The use of leaves will have the same function.

Hey man I never heard about that technique of submerging the substrate for a week, where is it from?

@Milkwood

4 ай бұрын

Stamets uses it at a technique? And lots of other folks :) Not sure where it originated from tho...

Will King Stropharia work in Costa Rica?

@Milkwood

Ай бұрын

Hiya - hmm King Straph may go ok where you are, they have a fruiting maximum temp of 90ºF, so you should be ok? Don't let them dry out!

I have access to a recently ground up large oak tree. Are you saying that this material isn't ideal with the statement on not using a huge ground up tree? If so, I gather then that we are looking for the heartwood and no the more energetic parts of the tree, the xylem and phloem?

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

To clarify, when growing mushrooms, ideally, we want the wood of the tree, not the green leafy material. Mushrooms break down more complex parts of the wood, such as the cellulose and the lignin of the wood. So the wood from the main stem and the branches are ideal. If you are mulching wood yourself, you can selectively create mulch for your mushroom growing and then use the remainder for your garden. If you are using wood chips from the council, or arborists, you won't be able to be as selective, in which case these chips will still be fine; they likely will contain those leafy green parts, and the mushrooms can still grow through them fine.

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I’ve got some other random inedible mushrooms that came up in my garden bed. Will adding these to the beds cause them to take over instead of the others?

@Milkwood

Ай бұрын

Best not, I rekon - the mycelium of each species will necessarily need to occupy the same general space - and while they might not 'compete' with your edible varieties, it's probably best to keep them seperate, if you can?

Hi, how does it work with growing multiple types of mushroom in a garden setting and competition etc, are there any general guidelines to follow?

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

Good Q - Generally, we recommend beginner's just use one variety for this reason. You could prep a half-and-half bed, with one half one species and the other half a different one? One may overtake the other, tho :)

@danmi6099

Жыл бұрын

@@Milkwood if I grew them at a distance apart how far would you say? 15ft? Maybe more? When I was looking at the wine cap it looks like they can travel so far!

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

Dan mi i rekon give that a go? The different species will eventually potentially merge (and either co-habit, of maybe fight to the death, hard to say) but either way you should have a few harvests and it will be very interesting!

Australian myco content? Thank goodness!

@Milkwood

2 жыл бұрын

Yay, glad it's helpful!

What if flys lay there eggs on it being outside ? 🫥I’d hate to think what could happen

@subtropicalpermaculture

Жыл бұрын

Flies only lay eggs on dead rotting things.

@37:30 blewits

isn't the garden giant also called a wine cap?

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

Yep it sure is.

I throw my scraps on the yard and my dog potty on the yard where there isn't any green yard it's all dirt and fried grass from last year. These mushrooms are the size of a human head. My little boxer, pit mix usually find them first and runs off with them. When she can't finish one she runs off and buries it. Little brat, such a greedy little thing. But anyway I wish I understood how too make more of them. Usually we only get about two huge ones and several smaller ones. But Bella gets them first. Oh yeah and they come from about three inches deep. Bella smells them! I haven't got a chance.😢

Haha I know a brain when I see one...

well done

@Milkwood

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!