Want to grow mushrooms for profit? 👉 www.oakandspore.com/farmforprofit 👈

Keeping costs down is even harder now a days. Thankfully the mushroom business seems to be booming for us.

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

It is hard, especially in the New Zealand market....

Been watching on and off for the last two years, absolutely love your progress man, beyond stoked to see you continue to expand. Currently taking steps to try and start my own small scale farm online, though the legalities around specifically medicinal mushrooms and their associated extracts in Australia are vague and convoluted hahaha. Hopefully can figure it out eventually, either way appreciate the inspiration, always here for the content. Keep it up!

so open with your information... much appreciated

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Your honesty is appreciated

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

Your videos are awesome mate, can't thank you enough for your sharing. 🤘🤙

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

Amazing quality content as always, keep it up tom

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Good work!

Tom, watching your channel and seeing how far you've come from such humble beginnings is amazing!

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Lots of work, but pays off in the end.

Thank you for sharing! That's a lot of expenses!!

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

Yes it was!

Hey man love the videos! Really informative. Don't stretch yourself too thin though you look stressed AF!

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

It's a stressfull life!

Thanks for sharing your videos. Your place is amazing. I wish I could come for a visit. I’m trying to set up a 1 man production of fresh mushrooms for farmers markets. Hoping to produce 100+ lbs /week. Trying to keep costs low and sustainable. If you had to start all over again, what would you do differently? 👍👍🎯

Your the third best thing to come out of new Zealand after Fisher and Paykel and Blindspott. But seriously mate keep up the good work, love the content.

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

Boy do I dislike Fisher and paykel! Bought a new freezer and it was broken out of the box :/

@chriswalton2287

Жыл бұрын

Well theres still blindspott. If you dont like them either, im afraid we cant be friends. And lets face it, everyone needs the friendship of some random person online halfway accross the globe.

If you tell adobe you want to cancel a lot of time they’ll try to give you a better deal before they let you cancel..worth a shot😂

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

I've actually done this once before lol

I want the good old times bad jokes back on this channel ASAP !

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

haha I know right.. Sometimes a man gotta be serious...

unbelievable!!!!

Wow🔥

I admire your passion for mushroom cultivation and as you are always figuring out new things, I would like to share a thought with you. Have you ever tried to grow mushrooms in plastic bags with no mushroom filter? *I wonder why we even use the filter bags. If CO2 is heavier than AIR and the filter is maybe 10cm above the substrate, how will mycelium then breathe any AIR?* Also, many people cut holes in the mushroom to remove all AIR when making the bags ready for the fruiting stage. How come people need to cut any hole to the mushroom bags, if they have the filter whose only purpose is to "breathe"?

@danielalt7508

Жыл бұрын

I found a solution. It is not air exchange that happens, but instead "gas exchange" by diffusion... and therefore a filter is needed.

How much is the cost of pelet, and what is the price of oyster mushrooms you getting?

Hi Tom, are you still going to be updating your existing online course? I bought it in December when you mentioned updating it. Hoping it's still on the to-do list 🙏

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

Still is! Working on a new piece now.

Nice

@Davewheelz

Жыл бұрын

They're on telegram🔑 and also on twitter✅.

Hello sir, i grow oyster mushroom in nepal. I am planning to visit new zealand if i come to newzealand i will visit your farm too.

How about helping us to import Shiikate mushroom out here in UK

Careful growing too quickly. Ive seen lots of buisnesses grow too fast and that causes them to overlook unforseen issues that get multiplied by the fast growth

Curious, do you keep track of the amount of pounds/ kilos you've sold?

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

yes.

How do you do second flushes? (Particularly for oyster mushrooms)

@yeet-dg7cg

11 ай бұрын

Rehydrate the block that’s literally it

Grow some Psilocybe Cubensis. It's a good market.

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

Class A drug in NZ, so that's a big no from me!

Do you have any competitors that sell mushrooms in your area? Dose it effect you much?

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

There is always competition. I just focus on my own business.

You stopped selling microgreens right? Was it for something in particular?

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

to hard basket, gotta focus on what I am good at.

How many watts do you use in total for 1 kg or 10 kg of product?

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

I don't know

Do you guys offer consulting services? My team is looking forward to open a boutique gourmet mushroom urban farm, can you guys help us?

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

We do in some circumstances. Send me an email :)

Are you not worried about giving out your IP?, I see it as only stumping your own market and others with in NZ... Especially if you want to expand to other areas. If it's only a tiny bit of your income I would cut it or just save it for the International market. People can be brutal when it comes to Business. I would seriously think about it more as a risk.

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

There's not much IP in this video, other than the costs for the 2022 year. I retain a lot of business secrets close to the heart.

@mushroomhousenz

Жыл бұрын

@@OakandSpore I was talking you lovely videos I was talking about your online classes :)

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

Oh!!! No, not really. I actually limit how much information I share to kiwis. For example, I basically won't consult anyone in NZ. I do defend the market here somewhat.

Hey, somewhat unrelated to the vid, but is there any difference between using straw compared to hay or alfalfa? Jc

hiw many lbs do you do per week. Also, maybe I missed it but you have no employees?!!

if i am not wrong your revenue should be around 1.2M per year

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

You're very wrong, its no where near 1.2m. I am unsure how you got that figure lol

@subhadeepdas4435

Жыл бұрын

@@OakandSpore hahaha I calculated as follow. u said 1 bag cost u 1.5usd to produce and one bag gives you around 1 kg of mushroom which sells for 40 usd now if u are harvesting 100 bags per day for the whole year its over 1.4M revenue hahaha sorry if this calculation is stupid correct me if i am wrong

@jeremyreinhold3620

Жыл бұрын

@@OakandSpore Would be interesting to see your revenues before expenses.

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

I'm not harvesting 100 per day. And we deal in nzd, not usd. Market rate for mushrooms is about 40nzd, which is like 25usd or something .

@mysterje

10 ай бұрын

So how much is the actual revenue, or how many kg you made in this year ?

What is a fish mushroom?

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

fresh mushroom

Before even watching this my mushroom farm turned over 400$ in the first 6months we are still small and only do 158 blocks a week which costs about 1k a week to make so a word of warning to ppl starting out 😅

Also.... what is "fish mushrooms"

@bryanc733

Жыл бұрын

My guess is another term for oyster mushrooms

@midnightredditor1991

Жыл бұрын

@@bryanc733 that's what Google kinda alludes to.

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

FRESH MUSHROOMS

@HitsandHeadlines

Жыл бұрын

​@@OakandSpore 😂😂

@mushroomhousenz

Жыл бұрын

@@OakandSpore lol good old kiwi accent

I tried to google fish mushrooms. No luck finding anything. Can someone explain to me what this mushroom is? I'm actually quite curious!

@jamieparatene1656

Жыл бұрын

Fresh mushrooms 🤣🙂

@jjones3447

25 күн бұрын

@@jamieparatene1656😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Same story here. this is funny

So you didn’t make a profit?

@OakandSpore

Жыл бұрын

yes we make a profit. but I reinvest almost everything I can to grow.

@RedLightHolland