Cordyceps Militaris Cultivation at Home | No Flow Hood No Problem
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- Опубліковано 8 сер 2024
- Cordyceps is a remarkable fungus that has long been coveted for its amazing ability to enhance both physical and mental well-being.
Used in traditional Chinese medicine for more than 300 years, cordyceps sinensis was the first species of cordyceps humans found to have beneficial properties, but this variety only grows out of insects and is very difficult to cultivate. Fortunately, cordyceps militaris boasts similar medicinal properties and can be made to thrive using at home cultivation techniques!
Cordycepin is probably the most noteworthy compound found within cordyceps militaris, known for its potential to boost energy and stamina, support respiratory health, strengthen the immune system, and enhance cognitive function.
In this video, I’ll show you the easiest way to grow cordyceps militaris at home with NO FLOW HOOD REQUIRED! While I recommend using a still air box for this method, the self healing injection ports mean that it’s even possible to get by doing your sterile work in a clean room with minimal air movement.
Whether you're an experienced mushroom cultivator or a curious newcomer, this method will allow you to enjoy a successful harvest with as little gear as possible, so you can start harnessing the incredible benefits of cordyceps!
Liquid Culture Video: • Making Mushroom Liquid...
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00:00 Intro & medicinal properties
00:42 Making liquid culture
01:51 Grow jars
02:10 Making the substrate
03:00 Preparing the jars
03:32 Pressure sterilization
04:12 Inoculation
06:34 Incubation
06:55 Fruiting
08:15 Harvesting
10:06 Uses & Outro - Навчання та стиль
Been wanting to dip my toes into Cordyceps after dabbling with cubes for a while and this is probably one of the best tutorials I've see !
So happy to hear that! Cordy can be challenging, but this tek still has the highest success rate of all the ones I've tried, good luck!
Visually amazing and beneficial fungus... thank you for the demo!
Thanks for watching!
This was amazingly made
Thank you! More to come!
Hidden harvest mushrooms farm has the best cordyceps militaris liquid culture I ever bought. Colonized my agar in 2 days and colonized my brown rice cakes in 4 days most aggressive I've ever seen.
Great to know, thanks for the info!
I got my syringes from Spore N Sprout. They colonized my jars in just 2 days! A nice fine white layer on the brown rice substrate. Oddly enough the Spelt grain jars took a full day longer.
Gracias por su video es muy didáctico, aprecio mucho su información, ya me suscribí. Saludos!! 🎉
gracias por ver!
Thanks mate great vid
Thanks for watching!
This is what Barely Sociable does in his sparetime 😂 Awesome video
Haha, thanks for watching!
Thanks for ur video I’ve been trying to grow militaris but failing 1 didn’t have lme or nutritional yeast for the broth didn’t use enough lc and tried to do a tub with no laminar flow or insta pot this time I tried uncle Ben’s to a tub n still lookin like it’s going to fail was going to try hard next thx again imma like n follow good luck
Thanks for watching! I've also tried tubs without a flow hood with little success, this jar method seems to be the easiest without one. That said, I have had great success doing Uncle Ben's to grow bags, I might make a video on it but pretty much I just let the Uncle Ben's bag colonize for 2 weeks then cut it open and put it in a grow bag, no need for a tub! I managed to do it in a still air box with no contamination.
Excelente !! Muchas gracias !! Pregunto : se pueden multiplicar en su madurez ? O hay que seguir comprando el micelio ? Gracias !!
¡Gracias por ver! Es posible germinar las esporas de Cordyceps maduro, pero puede resultar difícil crear cepas capaces de fructificar. Sin embargo, puedes expandir el micelio líquido antes de inocular, lo que te permitirá crecer mucho más. Sin embargo, el micelio líquido de Cordyceps tiende a envejecer rápidamente, por lo que es mejor usar esporas para crear una nueva cepa o comprar una cada pocos meses.
Could you dry out the used cake and use that too? Just curious
If you mean to make extracts then yes absolutely! Cordyceps mycelium contains tons of beneficial compounds, and adding them to your extracts along with the fruiting bodies can give you a great, well rounded product.
@camsurbanfarm That's awesome to know, and thank you for the easy to follow video. I've always wanted to grow them but had no idea how. After watching this, I'm gonna give it a go, I think.
@@dapperdish3231 Great to hear! You won't regret it!
Is the still air box really effective and reliable? I'm afraid the contamination rate is high, isn't it? 🤔
It works well when using jars, always going to be less reliable than a flow hood but you can definitely get your success rate well above 90% with proper technique. If you're worried about / getting contamination you could use injection ports on the rice jars as well to avoid taking off the lids.
@@camsurbanfarm thanks a lot for information 👍
How long is Cordyceps LC good for if kept in the refrigerator? Great video!❤
The master syringe (LC used to inoculate the larger LC jar) can last up to 12 months in some cases, but it's a safer bet to use it within 3 months. The expanded jar of LC should be used as quickly as possible, ideally within a week. I've never tried storing expanded LC in the fridge so I can't speak definitively to that, but I'd imagine it could last a few months that way. It might just slow down the growth of the cordyceps or diminish fruiting ability over time. Best to only expand the amount you need and use it ASAP :)
@@camsurbanfarm, awesome! Thank you!❤
Is 20 cc of liquid culture really Necessary for ONE jar? 😂 I mean I get away with just one cc but cordyceps maybe need more ey? 👀😁
Glad you brought this up, the reason we need to use so much more for cordyceps is because we want the substrate to colonize as quickly as possible (within 3-4 days) in order to preserve fruiting ability. If you used just 1 cc, the substrate would still eventually colonize but likely wouldn't ever fruit.
looks like alot of work just to grow them..
Yes, cordyceps is one of the more labor intensive mushrooms to grow. I'll be posting a video in the coming weeks about a different technique that's much easier for beginners and those with limited equipment, stay tuned for that!
@@camsurbanfarm u might as well set ur own shop and sell it to us dummies
In the works ;)
Cordyceps can cause damage to the vocal cords...😊
We're did you read this info because it's not true show me your source if it's not absolute garbage.
@@user-eq8qz8pd7tpretty sure it was a joke about the poster’s voice
Lol maybe
He’s got a sexy, masculine voice. So far his method is working for me❤