Been a small business owner most of my adult life. And I have a few years on you.. :) I only mention those things because you came off so well on another video that I just wanted to see more of what you are doing as I am getting into mushrooms. Great advice and I only wish I lived near by... Keep up the good work and I appreciate the advice.
Very good advice thank you. i am from a first nation community in quebec canada and currently in the early stages of building a commercial mushroom farm with the goal of creating jobs, and to promote education, food security and sustainability. looking forward to an interesting journey.
I learned about you on John Kohler UA-cam, I have always want to grow mushroom's but unsure how to, your page have teach me a lot. ill give it a try. thank you.
Wow X3! You are still a pedagogue at heart sharing the critical elements and setting up the scaffolding. Gardner is being applied to farming! 😅 Bad educator pun I couldn’t resist! Thanks so much for sharing your best practices. I will be in touch soon.
How much do you sell mushrooms to the restaurants compared to the public ? Don’t have to say the price you can but if you can give me a percentage. I want to start selling myself but unsure how much a discount I should give my restaurants.
I am just learning about mushroom growing as a business. Is there anyway you can ball park profit margins by purchasing blocks and growing from there? Like just a simple profit margin ball park estimate per block?
I would love to but that’s kind of a loaded question with way too many variables. But I have built out a system where the farmer could make 90k a year before.
@@longbeachmushrooms do you have any other information about starting a business like this using the business model of purchasing bricks and growing from there?
Have considered UVC rather than cleaning with chemicals, less labor intensive , make sure all surfaces are exposed to the light or use a portable hand held to pass over tough areas to reach . Its cost upfront is more but it lasts a long time and very little or no down time. It was used during covid 19 to sterilize and has been long before that to sterilize hospitals.
@@thomaslink9020 for supplies I have a few go tos, such as mushroom media For spores and cultures, there are so many options out there. My main piece of advice would be to have a testing system setup so you can do your own quality control. A mistake I’ve made is buying a lc syringe in, assuming it was clean, rolling it into production, which resulted in a whole contaminated run.
I've been working on this and trying to start growing on a budget. Do you have any advice in purchasing versus building a Laminar flow hood? Do you know any efficient/clean way of producing one on a budget? Thank you. Also want to comment that I love your take on building partnerships around cultivating; I share this goal too.
I honestly would just recommended buying one. We have a 2x4 from Myers mushrooms and a 2x2 from Amazon. But I factored time into it and would rather pay than possibly saving a few dollars. Or even worse, spending money to build one out and it not working properly. Just my opinion though. There are other places to cut costs. Flowhoods are too important.
Great video, I’m just starting out in southern Oregon! I’d be interested in seeing how you made your steam generator. I’ve been armcharing mycology for the last couple years and finally have grains working. I’ll be making blocks soon……😊
I’m actually waiting on a part right now. Once I get it, I can do a full review. I don’t think it makes sense to sterilize fruiting blocks. I don’t think it’s very scalable. Better to use a pasteurization system for that.
Bro I just came across you here on old UA-cam. And I got to say I love your video and your msg. I have recently have come across this hobby and I am so fascinated by everything about mushrooms I have started getting into it as a Hobbie and now I'm like dang what would it take to have a mushroom business. I typed what to do to become a business growing mushrooms and this video came up🤘. Can't wait to watch more of your videos. I would love to pick your brain and see your farm. And meet you. Your farm looks so amazing.
Another thing is if you have fresh air intakes using a small uvc that exposes air to the light wave will prevent pathogens from entering the room. Home forced air systems have used these for years to kill toxins/pathogens in residential homes.
Great tips and great persona. You seem like a really great dude who has a real passion for what you do. First video I've seen from you. Instantly subbed.
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In the case of washing and letting rest for a couple days, would you think is a good idea to have a UVC light and run the lights like 2x before reintroducing the blocks? Of course, do a proper bleach wash before the lights
I couldn’t see the harm in it. I haven’t had experience using UVC light in the tent. We do use them in our humidifier reservoirs. We’ve been able to have very little grow contamination without it so haven’t given it a try.
Love the video. I have a small farm. We raise milk goats. We are looking for other things to grow besides vegetables and live in an area where mushrooms grow well naturally so plan on doing a mix of indoor grow room and out door beds. One thought. Do dried/freeze dried mushrooms sell well? Here I the beginning we are just aiming to grow enough to eat more off our farm and if we can get sales at the markets that would be cool to.
Mushrooms is a great value added crop. We’ve consulted multiple small farms looking to add mushrooms to their existing operation. There is a market for dried/freeze dried. We only have experience in that space with medicinal mushrooms. It’s definitely worth testing the market.
I’d love to connect with you. I’m very interested in providing Hawaii with fresh mushrooms and being sustainable here in Hawaii without importing mushrooms. 🤙🏿 thank you
Been a small business owner most of my adult life. And I have a few years on you.. :) I only mention those things because you came off so well on another video that I just wanted to see more of what you are doing as I am getting into mushrooms. Great advice and I only wish I lived near by... Keep up the good work and I appreciate the advice.
@Deborah McCoy I am just getting started myself, and I am not growing psychedelics so I am afraid I am of no help.
Very good advice thank you. i am from a first nation community in quebec canada and currently in the early stages of building a commercial mushroom farm with the goal of creating jobs, and to promote education, food security and sustainability. looking forward to an interesting journey.
Right on! Good luck and let me know if I can help.
I learned about you on John Kohler UA-cam, I have always want to grow mushroom's but unsure how to, your page have teach me a lot. ill give it a try. thank you.
You’re welcome!
Wow X3! You are still a pedagogue at heart sharing the critical elements and setting up the scaffolding. Gardner is being applied to farming! 😅 Bad educator pun I couldn’t resist! Thanks so much for sharing your best practices. I will be in touch soon.
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How much do you sell mushrooms to the restaurants compared to the public ? Don’t have to say the price you can but if you can give me a percentage. I want to start selling myself but unsure how much a discount I should give my restaurants.
I’m in the uk was thinking £12.50 per kg for the public and £8.50 for restaurants per kg
I am just learning about mushroom growing as a business. Is there anyway you can ball park profit margins by purchasing blocks and growing from there? Like just a simple profit margin ball park estimate per block?
I would love to but that’s kind of a loaded question with way too many variables.
But I have built out a system where the farmer could make 90k a year before.
@@longbeachmushrooms do you have any other information about starting a business like this using the business model of purchasing bricks and growing from there?
Have considered UVC rather than cleaning with chemicals, less labor intensive , make sure all surfaces are exposed to the light or use a portable hand held to pass over tough areas to reach . Its cost upfront is more but it lasts a long time and very little or no down time. It was used during covid 19 to sterilize and has been long before that to sterilize hospitals.
Any advice on choosing a vendor? Seems like a viscous market out there.
It definitely can be!
What do you mean by vendor?
@@longbeachmushrooms companies that sell spores and supplies.
@@thomaslink9020 me too
@@thomaslink9020 for supplies I have a few go tos, such as mushroom media
For spores and cultures, there are so many options out there. My main piece of advice would be to have a testing system setup so you can do your own quality control.
A mistake I’ve made is buying a lc syringe in, assuming it was clean, rolling it into production, which resulted in a whole contaminated run.
@@longbeachmushrooms you da best!
Thank you for taking the time to do these videos! I appreciate your humble attitude and helpful knowledge sharing.
Thanks for the kind words!
I've been working on this and trying to start growing on a budget. Do you have any advice in purchasing versus building a Laminar flow hood? Do you know any efficient/clean way of producing one on a budget? Thank you. Also want to comment that I love your take on building partnerships around cultivating; I share this goal too.
I honestly would just recommended buying one. We have a 2x4 from Myers mushrooms and a 2x2 from Amazon. But I factored time into it and would rather pay than possibly saving a few dollars. Or even worse, spending money to build one out and it not working properly. Just my opinion though.
There are other places to cut costs. Flowhoods are too important.
These nuggets of wisdom are golden! Thank you for sharing this knowledge.
You’re welcome!
Is not it possible to sell in Farmer's market? Or in whoesale market?
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Great video, I’m just starting out in southern Oregon! I’d be interested in seeing how you made your steam generator. I’ve been armcharing mycology for the last couple years and finally have grains working. I’ll be making blocks soon……😊
Right on. Good luck!
what type of heat sealer r u using
This was a very helpful video thanks alot man. Keep posting content like this and you're gonna explode!
Thanks for the kind words!!!
Any chance you could do a review on your autoclave?
Would it make sense to use this to sterilize fruiting blocks?
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I’m actually waiting on a part right now. Once I get it, I can do a full review.
I don’t think it makes sense to sterilize fruiting blocks. I don’t think it’s very scalable. Better to use a pasteurization system for that.
Came here to ask the same thing :) Can't wait for that video!
@@longbeachmushrooms Looking forward to it as well :)
Bro I just came across you here on old UA-cam. And I got to say I love your video and your msg. I have recently have come across this hobby and I am so fascinated by everything about mushrooms I have started getting into it as a Hobbie and now I'm like dang what would it take to have a mushroom business. I typed what to do to become a business growing mushrooms and this video came up🤘. Can't wait to watch more of your videos. I would love to pick your brain and see your farm. And meet you. Your farm looks so amazing.
Another thing is if you have fresh air intakes using a small uvc that exposes air to the light wave will prevent pathogens from entering the room. Home forced air systems have used these for years to kill toxins/pathogens in residential homes.
I would love to talk to you about starting a business farm in my home town.
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Great tips and great persona. You seem like a really great dude who has a real passion for what you do. First video I've seen from you. Instantly subbed.
Thanks for sharing
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Really helpful man thank you
In the case of washing and letting rest for a couple days, would you think is a good idea to have a UVC light and run the lights like 2x before reintroducing the blocks? Of course, do a proper bleach wash before the lights
I couldn’t see the harm in it. I haven’t had experience using UVC light in the tent. We do use them in our humidifier reservoirs.
We’ve been able to have very little grow contamination without it so haven’t given it a try.
Love the video. I have a small farm. We raise milk goats. We are looking for other things to grow besides vegetables and live in an area where mushrooms grow well naturally so plan on doing a mix of indoor grow room and out door beds. One thought. Do dried/freeze dried mushrooms sell well? Here I the beginning we are just aiming to grow enough to eat more off our farm and if we can get sales at the markets that would be cool to.
Mushrooms is a great value added crop. We’ve consulted multiple small farms looking to add mushrooms to their existing operation.
There is a market for dried/freeze dried. We only have experience in that space with medicinal mushrooms. It’s definitely worth testing the market.
Great video and very informative. By the way, how did you set up your misting system ( foger) for Humidity?
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I’d love to connect with you. I’m very interested in providing Hawaii with fresh mushrooms and being sustainable here in Hawaii without importing mushrooms. 🤙🏿 thank you