How to Make Oak Wood Pellet Substrate for Growing Mushrooms

In this video i demonstrate how to make a 4.5 pound substrate block for growing most wood loving mushrooms.

With the addition of wheat bran comes the increased chances of contamination, that is why we sterilize the substrate.

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[elizabethr]

Short, sweet and informative, perfect! ❤

[dan]

This is great for wood loving mushrooms. I use it myself. I also grow cubensis (magic) mushrooms and they are a poop loving mushrooms. You don't need poop but they don't like wood. Please research the substrate for the particular mushroom species your growing. And keep it simple until you have Lots of experience.

[joethecounselor]

Great instruction for setting up grow bags with hardwood pellets! I wonder, why not start with the grow bag? Just put everything straight in the bag to start. From there, follow the OP instructions. It seems it would save cleanup and material.

[robertmcdowell]

Will do this, nice. Probably use 1/3 of that bran though to reduce my contamination chance since I'm a beginner.

[jakehvazdamusic]

I just ordered your oyster mushroom liquid culture 4 pack on amazon. Just realized as I'm watching this video it's spore n sprout, the same business I just ordered from!!! Whoa

[ecoagreenindustriasagreen]

congratulations for the video.
Please I would like suggestions on my cultivation. I don't have pellets. Can I work with eucalyptus sawdust?

[montygore]

Thanks for the videos. Which brand of fuel pellets do you use. I bought some here from a big box store and they dont work well at all. whose do you use? Thanks

[suneettalukdars]

I have watch lots of videos & also read some articles where it is always mentioned that we always prepared the substrate at per its field capacity.
For your substrate field capacity was adjusted only with the hwfp or the combined mixture of hwfp + bran ?

[RipperYouTubeOfficial]

Wow, you put a full pint of spawn in the substrate? Does this give you bigger fruitings?

[richardwilliams]

Would I be able use colonized agar plates to inoculate instead of grain spawn?

[Travis_Trout]

thank you for the video. i just followed your instructions and completed 2.5hrs at 15psi. how long do you let the bags cool before inoculation?

[tammyhesler]

How long can you store these substrate blocks??

[theresasteinbacher]

So, I just followed your instructions and combined my grain spawn into my oak pellet grow bag. I have it in a still air box. I am growing Lion's Mane mushrooms. Should this be in the light or dark and do I continue to seal the bag or have slits in the bag when the mushrooms start growing? TY

[rjennings]

How come you used the whole jar? Do you have to use the grain to initiate growth in the substrate?

[FernandoMartinez-dnse]

Would it be possible to pasteurize the pellets and the bran? And then steam sterilize the bags? i don't have a pressure cooker to use

[ilikefishing]

what is the flow hood you're using? interesting content 👌👍🏼🇬🇧

[lanhan]

Can we seal the bag prior sterilization if it has injection port? Thanks.

[toribowers]

Please help spore n’ spout! I couldn’t find oak pellets near me. I’ll have to order. My grain spawn is more than ready so I don’t want to wait on shipping. I could find oak wood chips. So I boiled them for about 10 minutes. I’m gonna let them soak for 24 hours. Any tips on getting this to work. I don’t want to mess it up.

[ryze]

First time doing this, I did everything as said in the video. My spawn isn’t ready so I ended up sealing the bag afterwards and it seems like there’s too much moisture, there isn’t any standing water at all but a lot of moisture. Should I be worried or will it dry up after a few hours or days? Should I keep the bag unfolded so it can breath or keep it tucked?

[everythingplusultra]

I have 2.5lb of maitaki spawn..do I use this entire recipe quantity shown in video for that ratio of spawn ? Thanks in advance love your videos