"Sorry that's my phone, that's not your phone." You know, most people wouldn't think to add that real quick, bless the people who are the extra 1% good for the rest of us

@Mossycreekmushroomsofficial

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, Well thank you!

@jenniferg6818

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mossycreekmushroomsofficial mine literally went off simultaneously, then you said "thats my phone not yours" im like.....

@jeffrey332

10 ай бұрын

Was just reading this comment and didn't understand what it was about. And then... I heard the phone and the comment, very funny.

@johnholder9062

9 ай бұрын

The struggle of finding ringtones nobody else uses lol

@8403stephan

9 ай бұрын

lil totally ws about to check. How are you doing now??

I've spent the past year (almost) just learning to grow, cultivate, harvest, mushrooms, mycelium, LC, humidity, heat, grainspawn, and all of the ins and outs. It will be another eight months before I start actually trying my hand at farmers markets and expanding, I'm not looking to get rich, I'm looking to make a living doing something I absolutely love. This is by far one of the MOST informational videos on growing mushrooms I have ever seen. Thank you so much for doing this and being so transparent. Absolutely amazing stuff.

Man this might be one of the most impactful and earnestly helpful video I have ever seen on KZread. most people wouldn't share this much transparency to their friends or family let alone with strangers on the internet. Thank you so much for this

Thanks for being so transparent!! I love your attitude. Keep bring more top notch videos

Buddy your complete honesty in this video got you a sub and like. Thanks for keeping it real, and I almost screamed when I saw overdraft fees

There's quite a few guys with videos on mushroom cultivation online but this guy here has the best personality and outlook of all of them. Wish you much success brotha! Your vidoes are super informative

Priceless info for someone considering getting into this. Many thanks, your time is much appreciated,

Honesty and talking profit instead of gross just got you a subscriber. Thank you!

Found this ON TIME my friend, just had a counseling session on spending our money on a sweet pile of supplies and equipment from a friend here in Alaska. I've had to load and haul from his place to mine but Alaska is known for $hopping costs ruining everything! Thanks for the details and solid been there done that feed back!! I just got a business license last week for my farming efforts. Keep leading the way!

I love your business philosophy. That's mine too. Thanks for all the great videos you are putting out. It's very inspiring.

I know most won't see my comment but, hey, better late than never. In short, this post was amazing. It started by addressing the issue of "what we take" as opposed to "what we keep". A very open, honest account with evidence to back the claims. Well done, Sir!

You and Samantha have truly inspired me and thousand of others. Let that sink in. I’m just getting started but pumped. I just made my diy flow chamber and shared a video on it , my spores have taken in Agar and moved them over to x4 3lb spawn bags today, yes!! But nervous that they will survive without contam , but it’s also so exciting. My garage is warm (79) but moved spawn bags inside. I think you guys could crazy kill it if you got FOCUSED , went back to the basement only, got a strick accountant, sold more online spores , maybe CBD and offered an online course. I love your personality and you’re both awesome. Please keep making content.

Looking forward to our consultation on Monday. Thank you for everything that you and Sam do for this community.

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, and you are very welcome!

Thanks for keeping it real, noone shows this level of transparency! Love your work man!

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

I try to be as transparent as I can be!

This is really awesome information, thank you so much! This is the kind of stuff that I needed to know, and have had a lot of trouble finding in a comprehensive way. Making grain spawn or substrate I can find info on anywhere, but the optimized costs and profits I couldn't find consistently. I can't wait for my order to arrive

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I've watched a lot of videos on here about this stuff, but i have to tell you, this video is absolutely awesome. Straight to the point and informative, about some things that people aren't always willing to share. I feel like all the honest details and numbers that you shared really set this video apart. Not to mention, you come across as a very approachable, normal, down to earth kind of dude. I really appreciate you sharing this information. I had just seen some discouraging things, but i was really trying to not listen to it, because i felt like the people it was coming from might have made some avoidable mistakes. That and the fact that i just dont think i operate the same way they do. Im a planner. I do reasearch. Then I plan some more. I really believe i have realistic goals in all of this, and i really didnt want to let someone else's bad experience discourage me. You had a good plan and executed it. You didnt overextend yourself. I feel like this is managable and possible, if you do it right and you're the type of person who understands that the reality is, you aren't growing mushrooms for fun, this is now a matter of starting a successful small business from the ground up, doing something that can be labor intensive and monotonous at times. I do feel like i have a realistic idea of what i want to do, and what i can do. This video was very encouraging and just kinda reminded me to have a little confidence in myself about it. I live in Alabama. I feel like our lives and situations are similar. You don't seem to have had some unfair advantage when you started. You just did it right. That's all I'm trying to do, I think its a smart plan. Thank you so much! Very awesome video!!!

My father found this and decided to fund my operation. WoW and thank you for the amazing information. Just wow.

thank you for sharing this as well as perpetuating entrepreneurship, seems like a nice place to work

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome. We try and make it that way for sure!

Thank you Andrew this was very helpful!

Awesome vid as usual. I have a mushroom farm out in Oregon and I can say that you are absolutely not exaggerating, you can definitely pull in 100K on a small mushroom farm if you do it right! Keep up the awesome work, my good man! -Acro, Tree of Life Organic Products(TOLOP LLC)

@Mossycreekmushroomsofficial

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

Just from your personality and the vibe coming off you, I thought you may be a Tennessee -an? I looked up the business and I was totally right!! I rode my bicycle through TN along the Trail of Tears in 2004 and met some wonderful people there, beautiful country. I rode through 12 states on that trip and I always tell people I left my heart there in Tennessee! Id love to be able to move there from stinky old hot boring Kansas.

You are a great inspiration Andrew! We’re building our new mushroom farm this year!

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Vincent, good luck with it!

Grateful for this info!

You are awesome man! You may have gave me my purpose in life. I've been debating starting my own farm and now I feel like you're speaking to my soul! Mush love!

@Mossycreekmushroomsofficial

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear it, but don't let me give you purpose. Hopefully, I just introduced you to it, and didn't "give it" ;)

@ChaseW26

Жыл бұрын

How is it going?

dude you are an inspiration!!

Awesome video!! I appreciate the honesty. I was wondering if you could do a video on how you started your whole journey with growing mushrooms. Advise how people can start and so fourth…. Please and thank you!

Great video bud. I did check my phone hahaha. But seriously I've been keeping up with you and trying to learn. You've definitely opened my eyes more brotha. Much appreciated. Keep it going bud your doing an awesome job.

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir, I will.

Really helpful, thank you! Really helpful in planning my own cellar grow room! More of logistics is always welcome! Many thanks from Cymru (Wales UK)!

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

Croeso!

Totally agree on the levels. Get to some level and from there go level up to the next one. It's my plan from the start. I'm in the fase of doing experiments/new things every day, fail fast fail often and don't repeat that again. My next level is to start making some money, just a little bit, and from there level up some more. Great video thanks a lot. Bless you 🙏

Inspirational! Makes me think about growing mushrooms part time to try net an extra thousand a month.

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

$1,000/$8 = 125 lbs a month. 125 lbs/2 = 62.5 first flush blocks. 62.5/4 = 15.62 blocks per week. That's all you would have to make and grow out every week. We won't count the 2nd flushes here and keep in mind this is gross so you would have to further refine your expenses as well. If you flushed blocks twice then you could average it out and say 125 lbs/3 = 41.66 first flush blocks. 41.66/4 = 10.42 blocks per week. Now you throw in a 10% crop loss, and count out your expenses which fully grown out and delivered should come somewhere to $8.50/block, so $8.50*10.42 = $88.49 as the full expenses for those blocks. So you would need to grow out another 4-8 blocks to cover those expenses and then you can actually net that per month. If you sell at markets and sell your mushrooms for $20/lbs like most people do, it'll change the numbers drastically.

I just can't rip your business plan apart. Seems like your on the right track.. Thanks for all of your inspiration.

@Mossycreekmushroomsofficial

3 жыл бұрын

thank you.

Good to see you man

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

thank you.

Sound information, advisable to form a business model, from that build a realistic business plan and stick to it. Putting the work in before you start will always give you a better chance of success.

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

Very true.

Nice info!

I like your comment about continuing to "run the numbers". I'd really love to hear more about your record keeping and what you consider important. I'm working on tracking what came from where and how long it's taken from begging to end. Any advice you have on the paperwork side of things (especially like this video) is incredibly helpful. I love how you know about how long it takes from inoculation to fruiting and how profitable it is for each block. Still working on that part.

best video yet thank you

Very awesome insight. Working my way towards that goal too. Already met this year's goal.

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

Nice work man!

Andrew, Sam and Ben, I think I've watched a ton of your videos (2000 minutes), this may be the best vlog yet. You all rock! This is such an inspirational, deeply personal, and informative video, thank you! I like your business approach and we are following close to the same going with the minimalist approach. Are you all seeing the price of your substraight rise? Substantially? I wish you nothing but success! BTW, the last like you posted for your consultation work is not working. The error I got was "Oops! That page can’t be found."

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

I'll see if I can fix the link, thank you. Our substrate hasn't moved much really. I expect that if inflation or shortages keep up we might see that, but I haven't seen it yet.

Keep the videos coming 🎉🎉

This is an Awesome video! And always entertaining 😂 Man, so if I have a 3,000 sq ft metal building, I can expect to grow some serious mushrooms?!

Mate thank you so much for taking the time an effort to air your dirty laundry lol. Mate it awesome to see that if you think and plan you can achieve greatness. Love it brother and sister keep up the great work

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, you are very welcome!

Love it, looking at starting something small like this next month, super excited.

@Mossycreekmushroomsofficial

3 жыл бұрын

Let me know how it goes.

@Deeply_Nicheless

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mossycreekmushroomsofficial Definitely, construction of fruiting chamber and incubation chamber starts Thursday..

@plasmapanasonic4741

2 жыл бұрын

@@Deeply_Nicheless How did it go brah? where are you at now?

@Deeply_Nicheless

2 жыл бұрын

@@plasmapanasonic4741 yoh, all build, would have had a test run in last month but order from supplier was delayed, no issue really as was heading on holidays Feb. Everything is setup sure be able to produce something between 50 - 70 kg per week, but will be starting with a simple 5 kg for the first month, just to make sure everything is consistent.

@plasmapanasonic4741

2 жыл бұрын

@@Deeply_Nicheless Awesome to hear mate. Test runs/starting small seems smart! I'm sure you will do great. Best of luck mate! Post a few updates as time goes on, always great to hear from people. I'd love to do it myself one day.

I'd love a video dedicated to how you pulled in customers from early days to now. This is the part that is the most concerning for me. Also, pointing in the direction of starting an LLC. Perhaps recommending a channel, video or something like that.

Great video

Wish you all the success

@Mossycreekmushroomsofficial

3 жыл бұрын

You too!

Thank you for being so up front with your financial information and sharing both your successes and shortcomings. I’m curious, was any of the income you shared from your KZread channel or was it all from mushrooms? Also,How much was from fresh mushrooms vs/consulting, spawn sales, ect? Thank you!

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

None of that was from KZread. It was all fresh mushrooms and the occasional block sale.

Just watching this after getting laid off. I was already planning on starting a farm next year and this was helpful to see. I have the space to do about anything I want and mushrooms are high up on the list for me. You mentioned that you dont weigh the mushrooms, how are you selling them if not by weight? Did I miss something? Are you wholesaling or running farmers markets?

Thank you so much.

Fantastic Andrew- now can you do Part II- How much I've made from doing KZread videos about mushroom farming!

Very transparent, thanks.

@harran9962

Жыл бұрын

​@Smithxb F-U

@harran9962

Жыл бұрын

@Smithxb ​ @Smithxb F-U

Go, Go, go!

I was about to check my notifications when you said it was your phone lol

Thank you for your videos. I want to grow up and be like you.

Great content

Greetings Andrew, do you plan to post any videos on good practices of strain isolation to make a productive strain with strong genetics from spores? For example, how to get the best chance of picking and getting a good isolate from spores?

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

I can work on that for sure.

Great video and very encouraging but I wish you had got more into the income aspect. Like how much do you make from selling mushrooms? How much from KZread and patreon? How much from your website, (which I just love looking at all your liquid cultures) and how much from liquid cultures alone?

This is awesome man thank you. I’m curious about how many pounds a week were you consistently producing and selling per week or per monthly basis? Im going to be scaling up my operation to try and start my own business

I would love to do this one day 😮

Thanks for this video. I am making a control for species/biolibrary(spores, CL, agar plates) and their life cycle. Nothing fancy, just a draft right now... Is there any advice you could give us on this topic?

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

Well, what do you mean by a control?

How much do you produce a month (or whatever frequency you do)? Thanks Andrew for sharing your journey and knowledge! It’s been very helpful to me

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

At this time? (2019) It was somewhere around 400 lbs a week on average. I don't sell by pounds though so I would need to actually go back and look at my numbers.

Can't wait for the barbarian mindset to be released! Planning to start my own mushroom business this year 😎👍🏿

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

I'm working on it for sure, I hope I can do it justice. Good luck in your venture!

Awesome man! Subscribe! Young startups yes you want to reinvest in the growth and supplies, so you could have broke even but now your operation doubled in size, so next year your production even larger.

Ben, I know alot of folks probably say this, but; I just received a small inheritance and I'm truly going to try this. How did you establish your distribution channels???

I love how candid you are, I don't think i've ever seen a video of anyone sharing such information. I kind of skipped thru so maybe I missed it, but what drives most of your sales? is it primarily bulk quantities of mushrooms to restaurants/ grocery? or is it mostly the grain spawn and mycelium that you profit from?

@Mossycreekmushroomsofficial

2 жыл бұрын

In this video I mentioned that this was all fresh mushroom sales with a small amount of block sales. I wasn't pushing liquid culture back then or much in the way of spawn sales. Now days my online business is bigger than my local, but my local business is still enough that it pays my bills and payroll etc.

What is the coolest sparkly Aurora borealis thing in the corner of your room I love it

Bar's No cap let's go

01:26 📊 In 2019, Master Creek Mushrooms grossed $140,293 with a profit of $36,622, operating in a basement. 04:29 💼 Unnecessary expenditures, like hiring employees and experimental projects, affected the profit margin. 11:25 🌱 The addition of a second grow room in 2019 significantly contributed to the income, projecting a six-figure profit. 12:59 💡 Efficient use of utilities in a basement operation with efficient heating and cooling kept costs at $8,019 for the year. 15:46 🚀 Success attributed to a "barbarian mindset," focusing on eliminating unnecessary tasks and earning idle time for strategic growth.

I was never able to move as many mushrooms as you. Restaurants were unwilling to try oyster mushrooms and farmers markets were too low volume.

@mycologycorner

3 жыл бұрын

Never say never. Me and girl made Directly of restaurants in Las Vegas by ZIP Code that pacifically cook with mushrooms I suggest doing the same almost like a hit list. Start looking for restaurants that will buy they’re out there.

@terryrogers8503

3 жыл бұрын

You got 5 thumbs up on your comment. More people need to speak up.

@bonafiditybonafidity9585

3 жыл бұрын

@@terryrogers8503 extreamly hard to make a living on a 7 buck max a pound product....unless your producing 1000 pounds a mo min...prob 80 hrs a week labor and tens of thousands in start up costs/expenses....even tr from earth angel has said this....

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

@@bonafiditybonafidity9585 Mine sell for $8/lbs, a lot of my students sell theirs at $10-$12/lbs. And again, it's not. I just showed you my numbers and how if I just grew mushrooms and sold them to my chefs and worked 16 hours a week I would have made $100K. T.r. has also said that you can call yourself a mushroom farmer when you have suffered more than you ever thought possible, and more than anyone else. That's not the way I want to live life, and why would anyone ever grow mushrooms if it was really that bad?

I'm gonna be getting out of the Army soon and I'd like to do this when I get out and continue my schooling for microbiology. How do ypu go about vreating or getting people to buy your mushrooms do you reach out to local shops? How do you attain a good market for your business?

You are amazing

@Mossycreekmushroomsofficial

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

What is the material you use on the walls inside your fruiting room? I'm considering just building a structure and covering the walls rather than buying a grow tent.

Can you please make a video on tips about how to find buyers for your mushrooms

i want to start cultivating mushroom, but i am on tropical area.. its hot here.. i already research bit knowledge about this, especially mushroom that can stand hot climate. can you recommend me something important that are not expensive?

17:25 Can’t wait to see this.

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

I'm working on it. Hard to get my thoughts in order. Lol

May I get your advice on mushrooms harvesting boxes? I have hard time finding reusable mushrooms boxes for reasonable prices. Any advice is much appreciated!

Andrew, if you sell by volume and not weight how do you price your mushrooms

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Can’t wait to pioneer a drug empire of magic shrooms in my basement

@lindafrank221

3 жыл бұрын

Reach out @mycojakkie on intsagram he really got good stuffs. He has been my plug for a while now and also gives out discounts and free mailing.

@BaltimoresBerzerker

2 жыл бұрын

Are you a member of any mushroom Facebook groups dude?

What am awesome video. I would love to be able to reach out to y'all more personally.

love this video. im just starting out and heard you can easly make 25,000 a year part time. this gave me confidence that i can make it where i live growing mushrooms.

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

For sure you can. It's not all easy, it can be stressful at times, but if you learn to adapt it all works out very well.

How do you find buyers? I am considering starting a grow in the second half of my warehouse, I am excited but not sure how to find buyers

Thanks for sharing this info. Can I have a link to your website I’m really curious what strains and varieties your business is offering etc etc.I’m in cinti also do you guys ship your products or just sell locally or both?

@FrankEmmanuel799

6 ай бұрын

I’d appreciate your comment

@FrankEmmanuel799

6 ай бұрын

I got some medicinal mushrooms from an online supplier

@FrankEmmanuel799

6 ай бұрын

from Psychedd_pharmacist

@FrankEmmanuel799

6 ай бұрын

in instagram

This is my dream

Where do you sell them?

Wow.

What do you sell your mushrooms to restaurants per pound roughly? Or by box?

I have two 400’ x 40’ chicken houses metal roof metal size fan system water system can I put a grow room inside the chicken house

great................

Not looking to rip anyone's business plan apart. I'm sitting on 120acre farm that currently belongs to my parents. They want to sell. We've been looking for years, through USDA for land to set up our grow. Now, we've come to an agreement on buying our parent's land and we will use it for mushroom farming. As you may know now, most states have Covid money burning a hole in their pockets and USDA has recently been given even more money for domestic distribution among specialty crop farmer's. My question is. How many pounds were you producing, on average, in that 800' basement? I'm looking at putting multiple 2000 sqft buildings on the property, specifically for mushrooms. I'm trying to give an accurate business plan for the government. But with the rate hikes, not sure what kinda hikes to include in said business plan. Any ideas are appreciated!

I need help. I am fighting a contamination problem. I believe it stems from my home made flow good and open air lab in an old basement. It's the best I can do for now, trying to reach that next level up. I am contemplating adding hydrated lime to my substrate but not finding any info on how much to add to a 5 lb. block. Any words of wisdom?

@Mossycreekmushroomsofficial

3 жыл бұрын

Probably a longer cook time is needed.

what kind of things do mushroom growers waste your money on in your opinion please?

May I also get advice on how to produce 300 lbs of fresh oyster mushrooms per week? Which blue oyster mushrooms should I be looking into to produce such volume? Any advice is truly appreciated!

You are learning from your mistakes. I think you are doing great.

If you dont mind sharing, how many lbs of mushrooms did you grow each week?

Sadly, $100k/yr doesn't go far most places here in California.. not with 3 bedroom 2 bath, 1400sf homes going for $850k. Considering a move to TN.

@jidun9478

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but, the mushrooms would be worth more there as the plates sold at restaurants are higher I'd bet.

@terryrogers8503

3 жыл бұрын

Location is everything. Mossy creeks sucess cannot be done everywhere, eventhough he makes it sound like it can.

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't be selling your mushrooms for $8/lbs. I have consulted on farms in Cali and they mostly sell in the $10-$12/lbs range. Making my $80/boxes $100-$120/boxes. So it would up that income too.

@paul.phillips

3 жыл бұрын

@@mycominer That's good to know, thanks for the reply. Been growing gourmet mushrooms on master's mix for ourselves, considering scaling it up to commercial. Normal job pays really well, but it's incredibly stressful. A slower pace of life would be nice. Cheers

@BaltimoresBerzerker

2 жыл бұрын

Just please remember why you left Cali if you decide to be a voter in your new state! Government goods and services costs money aka higher taxes. If people move but vote for the same politicians and policies, you may as well stay put.

how much was your start up?

What sort of department of agriculture or health department certifications did you need when operating out of your house?

I wonder if this includes the hundreds of hours of consulting?

Andrew, I’m curious, what is your biggest sellers that you offer? Is it fruited mushrooms? Kits? Cultures?

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

I'm assuming you mean for the 2019 year I went over in this video? If so, this was all fresh mushroom sales and a few block sales. Maybe I sold a plate here and there but not really.

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

If you mean right now, I would say that it's about half fresh mushrooms and half other sources of income including LC, supplies, spawn, commissions, and the like. I would need to sit down and run some numbers now to see if that has changed at all, but I like the breeding/cloning side of things better and am wanting to work my company in a different direction. Right now I'm a farmer who happens to sell strains, but I would like to be a strain company that also happens to grow mushrooms.

is it hard to find buyers for the mushrooms?

@mycominer

3 жыл бұрын

This is different for every person and place. For me, no it's not been hard at all. I live in a low populated area compared to a lot of places.