Bags vs Bottles vs Bales & Reducing Mushroom Production Costs I Mushroom Farming I GroCycle

Learn about the main 3 methods of mushroom cultivation: bags, bottles and bales. You'll find out the main differences and the advantages and disadvantages of each method. We'll also look at the main production costs as well as ways of reducing them.

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
0:22 Main choices to make when growing mushrooms
0:59 Sterile Bag Method
3:34 Bottle Method
6:21 Bale Method
9:13 Is it all about yield?
11:00 Ways of reducing labour costs

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[garrett-unicornbags]

For those using the metric system, there are about 16 chicken nuggets in a pound and 14 caterpillars in a foot

[Curkri]

I'd really like to see how those biodegradable bale bags work out, the sooner the mushroom industry can escape disposable plastics the better.

[hannanora]

I got f**cked up with alcohol for over 8 years. Also suffered severe depression. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. I will be 2 years clean after trying out a psilocybin treatment. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms. Saved my life honestly from addiction and depression.

[breakit]

I just discovered how fast they grow each day. They are shooting up each few hours they change. So cool and rewarding.

[garryroach]

Enjoy your uploads. I’m a new grower, Oyster. using 20 litre drums 7kg wet weight, straw pasteurised in lime solution.
Keep it simple, reusable containers, lower cost of production.

[bizffatar]

Psychedelics definitely has potential to deal with health issues like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them but it's hard to source them here,

[damionfragoso]

I would love a video of how to use straight sided mason jars to bottle grow mushrooms. As for the home grower, this will be far more beneficial than plastic bags and you can just do some steam pasteurization with an instant pot

[mthelm]

GroCycle videos are hands down the best mushroom cultivation videos on the web - thanks for another great video!

[justahuman]

Great video, one point of correction on the bottles, they do not have to be inoculated from the top. Some systems create a hole down the center, and innoculum (grain, etc) can be poured into it, resulting in fast colonization times.

[jamesstaplesv]

quantity is great, yeild is good, Quality is all I care for

[mamurra]

Have you tried introducing a more nutritious hardwood or grain core into the center of the hay bag to see if the yields increase?

[gmanhi]

This is incredibly fascinating. I have a love of mushroom and I would really like to have an attempt of growing even making a business out of it.

[ronanclark]

This channel chooses incredibly relevant topics

[timothymccarthy]

I like the idea of harvesting enough wild mushrooms to eat in season or dry for the winter. But, aside from psychedelic mushrooms I have not grown edible ones. I hear it is more difficult. I have the pf tech memorized and look forward to future mushroom cultivation endeavors. Thank for cultivation info!

[syberphish]

There are filter patch bags which are fully biodegradable now, they've been around for a while. Kinda surprised they weren't mentioned.

[jamesyeh]

Great info, I’ve been doing research on it as I want to grow my own mushrooms. Just some thoughts: instead of using bottles use a bucket, it can hold more substrate than a bottle. As for bags, instead of using plastic bags, why not burlap sacs, the ones made from natural fibers, those are biodegradable

[TheLivirus]

10:34 "Already invested in machinery" Costs related to purchasing and running machinery should be included in production cost.

[dkamsonga]

Thanks for the explained process. I’m really interested in this would like to learn more from you guys. How can I get the materials

[AlyxGlide]

Some substrate costs won't be reduced much because some fungi taste awful when fruited with substituted substrates; fungi have preferred substrates & sometimes that may greatly affect flavor, & my presumption nutrition

[nuahtransit]

Thanks for sharing and comparison between dual techniques