Mushrooms did wonders in my life. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder years after i lost my dad. Got addicted to alcohol. Spent my whole life fighting alcohol addiction. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here.
Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Germany. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them
YES very sure of Dr.benfungi. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
Ive done shrooms last month in my house. It taught me how severely traumatized I was from alcohol. I healed from many mental traumas from my past and was able to forgive, let go. Shrooms to me is a remedy not a vice. I even felt more refreshed the morning after. So no hangovers. No depression mood for days. No anxiety.I now have a more calm mind
@@arnyarny77 I've learned that it is harder to grow containment free here in central Texas. The bucket method works great. When I wish for bigger clutches I'll cover some of the fruiting holes with duct tape. And I always have a water bottle mister on hand and spray them once pinned to keep them hydrated and out of the wind's drying effects.
if you don't want to soak overnight, use this tek. put grains in bucket. boil tap water. pour still boiling water into bucket. put lid on. let it sit for 60-80 mins. drain water. lay grains on flat surface until dry or close to dry on exterior. jar the grains up.
Excellent video. Used an old pickle jar and some brown rice. Drilled hole in top of pickle jar for poly batting (from old jacket) and smaller hole for syringe of spores. Don't have a pressure cooker so swished boiling water around jar and dipped lid in boiling water. Prepared brown rice as shown. Put cool rice in just sterilized (I hoped) jar and pushed a little batting through lid and put on. Injected spores and put scotch tape over syringe hole. Didn't have much hope but already had pickle jar and brown rice is pretty cheap. A week later saw a little mistiness on inside of jar, thought it might be mold but let it be. By a week and a half jar is filled with mycelium and a day later mycelium is starting to climb inside of jar. Added it to substrate the next day and it was already starting to fruit a little. Here's hoping for a good mushroom crop. Thx so much for the video!
With oyster mushrooms you can skip a LOT of steps, because they are so virulent they will outcompete everything else in the grain/substrate. You can just boil the grain, then cool and drain it and add the culture straight to it, no sterilising needed. You can even use the 'stem butts' of very fresh oyster mushrooms in place of culture, which allows true self sufficiency at a home scale. You can EVEN skip the gain altogether and spawn them directly on shredded carboard. Oyster mushrooms are AWESOME.
True indeed. I did the cardboard thing with stems from the grocery store and it works fine (however, a bunch of those little flies got to it so I never transferred it to a straw bed). One question - when I harvest all of the mushrooms from this batch, can I just refresh the mycelium with more straw and get more mushrooms or do I have to do the whole spore to mycelium pickle jar thing again?
@@denisejames2007 Those are probably phorid flies (if they look like sand-flies) or scarid flies if they look like mosquitoes. They are a bit annoying, and I've had both of them at times (they tend to disappear in winter, and come back in summer). I notice them flying around my growing bags in my grow tent, and notice them inside my spawn bags, and I'm sure they eat some of the mycelium as it is growing, but honestly, they don't seem to affect my yields at all. I don't personally consider them a problem, as I've eaten a lot of wild mushrooms and they are super common in wild mushrooms of all kinds. If you want to remove them, I've heard that you can use stick traps to trap the adults, which helps break the lifecycle.
@@denisejames2007 as for your question, while it might work to just add more straw, it also might not. I haven't done a lot of work with straw beds, as I personally find it easier to work with bags. I'm wary of contamination with other funguses, which is why I only transfer with the stem butts, and make fresh spawn to start the new bags, but I've seen others experiment with just using the pre-used substrate as spawn. I'm sure it will work once or twice, you'll just have a greater risk of contamination.
I boiled the straws for 30 minutes, after cooling down completely, added the fresh oyster mushroom bits and keep the mixture in a plastic lunch box, not even drilling a hole, 2-3weeks grain spawn ready. I used the same method to prepare substrate today, just used more straws this time. Will wait for two more weeks for mycelium. This is my first experiment, fingercross I can see new oyster mushrooms from here
My GF's name is 'Jackie'. We went to 'thrift shops' one after the other looking for a pressure canner/cooker. We found lots of the little stovetop 'cookers' everywhere and on the 5th store, a Goodwill store, we found a Presto 23-quart pressure canner exactly like the one in the video. It was lightly used and in the original box from the 1990's complete with the instruction book. It cost $17.99 . The same cooker new is about $120. The name "Jackie" was written on the box by whoever owned it before which is super freaky.
As a new mushroom grower have to say thank you.. As an old canner Do be aware your elevation affects how much pressure is used to sterilize ie in NC foothills once it hits ten then you start the timer for the 90 mins. Chart comes with the canner and of course you can google it. Hope that helps someone.
If it wasn't for this video and your other videos, I probably wouldn't be entering the world of mushroom cultivation. Thank you for such clarity in helping make this field simpler and easier
Same here....i have Saved up mason jars I have a use for now from previous years of canning and since I don't can anymore and give them to my neighbor who actually does still can, but I forgot to take them to her so I guess I'll keep them now to try this process out!!! I'm glad I found this video cuz I'm just in the processs of researching all this mushroom growing stuff,kind of glad I didn't take my canning stuff down there yet! Cuz it also would have included my pressure cooker and stuff she was just going to get all my canning stuff! she didn't really need them if she actually was in need of them I would take them down there right away obviously ...but she was just taking them off my hands to be nice so I have the extra space.... So I'm kind of glad I forgot to take them.... Knowing I still had my jars is what got me to watch the video at first and then once I seen the pressure cooker I was glad I didn't get rid of my canning supplies since I still have everything on hand for this part at least already I'm excited to be able to trying it now ..I just gotta buy grains and the spores to inject figure out part of the process after the grains are done!! Or does anyone know if there is a part 2 to with this video with the next step after grains are done?
Permatex blue RTV silicone is rated for up to 500°F. Red RTV is rated for up to 650°F. Both are rated for temps that are higher than temps reached in your pressure cooker (15 psi should be about 257°F.) Use whatever color RTV silicone your fashion sense desires.
Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety and illicit pill addiction. Imagine carrying heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not in a couple years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.
Please does anyone know where I can get them? I put so much on my plate and it really affects my stress and anxiety levels, I would love to try shrooms
2:13 Just to add here, the ratio of volume expansion between dry and hydrated grains can vary a lot by type of grain, specific brand/vendor, soak time and temperature, etc. For example, the grains you're using here expand by 300%, but popcorn would be more like 30% - and that would still vary a lot by variety of corn and the vendor. Basically, you'll have to figure out the specific expansion ratio for the grain spawn and recipe you're using for yourself. Every time you change any of it, do a test batch - fill up a bunch of jars with dry grains, measure the total volume, hydrate them using your recipe, measure the new total volume; wet volume / dry volume = expansion ratio. You could also just not care and guesstimate every time, but that easily results in either not having as much spawn as you need, or wasting and throwing out excess which can really add up over time. TL;DR - Test out and write down your expansion ratios for the specific grains you're using. Next to zero extra work, and it's highly useful data for planning out exactly how much grain you need for every batch.
I suffered the borderline disorder for over 23 years. With so much anxiety Not until I came across psilocybin mushrooms treatmentPsilocybin treatment actually saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate itMany people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Germany. Really need
Tape a few quarters to the rocker, this will allow it to go up to 18 or 19 psi before it starts rattling, allowing for a quiet sterilization cycle. Also shake and toss your boiled grains in a strainer a lot when you first drain them, the more you shake them the more steam can escape all the grains as opposed to just the grain on the outside surface of the pile.
I have great confidence in the information you share. Your presentations are impeccably done, with all the factual details relevant to the subject, and no tedious waffle. It is obvious you are an authority we can trust, and an all round good guy. Thanks for sharing your expertise so graciously Tony
It’s unreal how amazingly helpful this video is. Such an awareness for the exact random and obscure questions/anxieties that beginners would have and having an answer or some advice
did you ever find a video like this? I am at the same stage. My jars are fully colonized and now i'm not 100% sure what my next step is. I was told to put them in a mono tub, open the lids and give them light, but these instructions are vague.
You're the best Tony. Thank you for converting many of the heavy text book reads into easily accessible videos, to make getting started with mushroom cultivation less scary 🙏
You can put the hot grains in the jar, after straining the water, and immediately put the lids on! Helps as well to have the lids and rings sitting in hot water right before you put them on the jars. The jars need to be hot as well to avoid thermalshock to the jars!
Just got my grain and have my liquid culture ready to start my Wine Cap's spawn for my garden grow. I'm learning a lot from your very concise and informative videos... Thanks from the Southern Oregon Coast.
This was a GREAT video! Thank you so much for taking the time to do it. I have just made the switch to mason jars and self-sealing lids because of you. Good timing as I was just drying out my grains and I had filled two plastic bags. Off to grab some high-temp silicon.😁
I have researched and found out that shrooms are very helpful , it has really helps to reduce anxiety and depression . I would love to try magic mushrooms but I can't easily get some , Is there any realiable source I can purchase one
The Trips I've been having have really helped me a lot , I finally feel in control of my emotions and my future and things that used to be mundane to me now seem incredible and full of nuance on top of that I'm way less driven by my ego and I have alot more empathy as well.
Hello, I have a very important question: Since I don't have such filter jars, will it be a problem if the jars are completely hermetically sealed with no air access to the mycelium? Can the mycelium colonize without the presence of air in the compost (substrate)
When making your lids, you can use a wet paper towel to flatten out the RTV for a nice smooth injection port :) The silicone won't stick to it even as sticky as that stuff is. 🍻 P.S. Thanks for the vid! And the clap was GREAT! XD
Oh this is exactly what I've needed! Thank you for your continued wonderful content! I've been trying to find some local growers that I might be able to get grain spawn from, but to no avail, but if its this easy (relatively speaking) then I should be able to do it myself!
@@TH3VID3OMAN much appreciated! I've been trying to find a decent grain option around me that's a decent price, never would have guessed popcorn! I can get that bulk in a few places so that's a great option if it works!
tips ive learned through trial and error: when making the holes you can simply use a hole punch(er) and ditch the drill when making the injection ports use a wet paper towel to shape the blob of rtv red high temperature silicone aka gasket marker if you cant find it at home depot or lowes give auto zone or oreilys a trip! for the gas exchange hole id say dont use the pillow stuffing fibers but use instead some micro pore tape and if you can get some plastic mason jar lids id go with that over the metal to avoid rust instead of letting it soak overnight let it simmer for maybe 5-15 mins or just until its soft on the outside but hard in the middle when your draining them use a sifter the metal kitchen ones its very helpful use tinfoil over the top when sterilizing when injection the liquid culture dont bother heating the tip of the needle til its red hot unless your using it for 2-3+ jars but other than that it comes sterile make sure to store it in a fridge it can last up to a year to a year and a half when refrigerated i shake 3 times during colonizing but that is up to you have fun growing! and stay safe everyone
Hello, I have a very important question: Since I don't have such filter jars, will it be a problem if the jars are completely hermetically sealed with no air access to the mycelium? Can the mycelium colonize without the presence of air in the compost (substrate)
@@exiumoxide will i be successful if i make a hole in the cap of the jar and put cotton in? In fact, wouldn't that be a prerequisite for contamination. Just like the guy in the video did?! thanks in advance
@@plamenconev3387 yeah that works well id recommend using polly-fill, its whats in cheap pillows its plastic cotton basically. But a quarter turn works fine or if you have a dollar store near you "breathable" tape can be used its micropore its in the care section. Any other questions you have let me know! :)
Awesome, I went to the feed store and got a straw bale at $16 and 50 lbs of "white proso millet" for $15. Rye was $10 for 10 pounds, I think wheat was $8 for 10 pounds. You can add the RTV silicone to filter patches on bags, too. I JUST DON'T PAY THAT MUCH FOR GRAIN, throw millet in boiling water with heat off for 1 hour "gordo tek". Rye does hold a lot of water without becoming mushy
Made the self-healing lids today! It was a lot easier than i thought it would be. Thank you! These videos really help to make growing mushrooms seem un-intimidating :)
Huh, the draining in sink method is interesting, haven't heard that before. That's the step that always gives me the most grief, even though it should be the most passive lol. Putting grains in strainers, I feel like it takes several hours for them to get dry on the outside. There's so much steam trapped inside. Gotta try this way
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There's a safer (but still cheap) way to innoculate that doesn't require a flowhood: A still air box (SAB). Pick up the biggest clear plastic totebox you can find at Walmart or the nearest supermarket, take a metal coffee can, use it to trace circles on the SAB where you want the armholes, put the bottom of the coffee can on a hot burner, then use mitts to grab it and carefully press & twist through the circles. When working the SAB: you'll want to move carefully so you don't stir up the air too much. Wear gloves, sanitize with alcohol inside the box, flame sterilize tools outside the box before moving them inside (in that order!) and don't put your hands directly over anything you want to stay clean. If you want to learn how to use agar, these will be essential skills to practice. Cheers!
Wasted so much time making one of these, plus all the effort to sterilize the environment. Listen, I know the idea of sunk cost, and you still want to hold on to how much better this is because of the effort you put in, but... the way he showed has never failed me. I mean... never. So honestly, there's no need to go through any effort/cost
Hi @christine Schneider, quick question: after leaving the jars for 90 minutes at 15 psi, do I turn the stove off and leave the jars in the canister to depressurize slowly or do let the valve open to let the steam out after the 90 minutes? Any advise would be appreciated!
WOW Mushrooms Demystified! Thank you so much for this! You've presented the simplest to follow explanation I've ever heard! Tried to do this years ago but wasn't successful and gave up. Trying again now with Oyster mushroom syringes, got my rye berries soaking now, I hope it turns out, I think it will this time! :) :) :)
A replacement for the pressure canner might be the instant pot. It is a small pressure canner that should do the job for several jars at a time and due to the instant pot craze many households have one already. Just my thoughts on that part.
Thank you so much! I was looking here in the comments specifically to see if anyone else was thinking this as I’m sure it will work …and I have an instapot I wanna try.
@@lyricaldawn something to note is that the instant pot doesn't get to 15psi, only about 12, so you will probably need to have it on for longer! however people have had success with it.
Hello, I have a very important question: Since I don't have such filter jars, will it be a problem if the jars are completely hermetically sealed with no air access to the mycelium? Can the mycelium colonize without the presence of air in the compost (substrate)
Just found your videos, I have been babying some spors for some years was looking for a good way to keep them going . Thank You for your time and knowledge.
You are litterally my fave youtuber! You break down “complex” things nicely. Your subjects are always well explained and you add just the right amount of joking around. 😂 those hands at 1:22 killed me!
I have learned so much from you, thanks a million! One change I made was to the lid- I put the silicone on the bottom so you have a smaller target on the top, and I used the tyvek filters instead of poly stuffing. We'll see how that goes! Thanks again!
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5:36 an easier way to do this without risking the plug moving under the weight of the grain is to put a sponge in the bottom of the sink so that the water is able to flow through while stopping the grains
When you transfer this to the substrate and mix where do you store the bin? In dark? How long until you decide to fruit? Do you have link to a video where you take about that? Thank you
How long do the grain spawn jars stay good for? How do you make you’re own liquid culture? What kind of yields does a jar usually produce? What’s the best method for growing on a larger scale?
Can anyone please explain how do you ensure the grain spawn do not catch contaminants while they are drying if you leave them in a sinc or on a drying rack?
it sounds like to me from watching the video that even after you dry them I don't think it would really matter if you sterilize it in the pressure cooker anyways. I mean I could be wrong if I am somebody correct me please .. but that would be my first thought... But I have never grown mushrooms before except for a couple growing kits I bought I've never done this process but I'm trying to learn about it but for a second I thought the same question and then he went onto the pressure cooker so I figured okay it's going to get sterilized after that anyway so any risk of contaminants from drying them would be no more.. if there was any risk I don't think he would have continued the process injecting them with the spores.
Would love to see a grain to grain spawn tutorial! Also I'm curious if mushroom spores (in a spore syringe) would work just as well? Also you mentioned sterilising fruiting blocks, how does that work? So many questions!!
Straight spores work, you jsut want to make sure it's not too rich with spores. From my laymen understanding, shaking and using a solution works fine with multiple points of inoculation since it's all the same myc. With too heavy of a spore solution, you may end up having entirely different colonies trying to colonize at once which can make things take longer since you gotta wait for the highlanders to decide who's #1 first. Which then means a bit more time for any contamination to try and set up shop too.
Mushrooms did wonders in my life. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder years after i lost my dad. Got addicted to alcohol. Spent my whole life fighting alcohol addiction. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here.
Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Germany. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them
YES very sure of Dr.benfungi. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
Ive done shrooms last month in my house. It taught me how severely traumatized I was from alcohol. I healed from many mental traumas from my past and was able to forgive, let go. Shrooms to me is a remedy not a vice. I even felt more refreshed the
morning after. So no hangovers. No
depression mood for days. No anxiety.I now
have a more calm mind
How can i find him? Is he on insta
Glad you're covering the basics and considering new growers. Need more of a presence like this across the community
I agree. Newbiie here. Thank you!
@@AndreaChartier do you have trouble getting the mycelium going contaminant free?
@@arnyarny77 I've learned that it is harder to grow containment free here in central Texas. The bucket method works great. When I wish for bigger clutches I'll cover some of the fruiting holes with duct tape. And I always have a water bottle mister on hand and spray them once pinned to keep them hydrated and out of the wind's drying effects.
Ya cuz I've been wondering, WHAT IS THIS SPAWN YOU SPEAK OF?
Also a newbie and this channel has really inspired me!
if you don't want to soak overnight, use this tek.
put grains in bucket. boil tap water. pour still boiling water into bucket. put lid on. let it sit for 60-80 mins. drain water. lay grains on flat surface until dry or close to dry on exterior. jar the grains up.
Excellent video. Used an old pickle jar and some brown rice. Drilled hole in top of pickle jar for poly batting (from old jacket) and smaller hole for syringe of spores. Don't have a pressure cooker so swished boiling water around jar and dipped lid in boiling water. Prepared brown rice as shown. Put cool rice in just sterilized (I hoped) jar and pushed a little batting through lid and put on. Injected spores and put scotch tape over syringe hole. Didn't have much hope but already had pickle jar and brown rice is pretty cheap. A week later saw a little mistiness on inside of jar, thought it might be mold but let it be. By a week and a half jar is filled with mycelium and a day later mycelium is starting to climb inside of jar. Added it to substrate the next day and it was already starting to fruit a little. Here's hoping for a good mushroom crop. Thx so much for the video!
Boil the jar, lid and ring for 5 minutes and it will be truly sterile. That's what I do for canning.
Nice job! I'll bet that was a good feeling
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Does any glass work?
Yes, I think any glass would work.
With oyster mushrooms you can skip a LOT of steps, because they are so virulent they will outcompete everything else in the grain/substrate. You can just boil the grain, then cool and drain it and add the culture straight to it, no sterilising needed. You can even use the 'stem butts' of very fresh oyster mushrooms in place of culture, which allows true self sufficiency at a home scale. You can EVEN skip the gain altogether and spawn them directly on shredded carboard.
Oyster mushrooms are AWESOME.
True indeed. I did the cardboard thing with stems from the grocery store and it works fine (however, a bunch of those little flies got to it so I never transferred it to a straw bed). One question - when I harvest all of the mushrooms from this batch, can I just refresh the mycelium with more straw and get more mushrooms or do I have to do the whole spore to mycelium pickle jar thing again?
@@denisejames2007 Those are probably phorid flies (if they look like sand-flies) or scarid flies if they look like mosquitoes.
They are a bit annoying, and I've had both of them at times (they tend to disappear in winter, and come back in summer). I notice them flying around my growing bags in my grow tent, and notice them inside my spawn bags, and I'm sure they eat some of the mycelium as it is growing, but honestly, they don't seem to affect my yields at all.
I don't personally consider them a problem, as I've eaten a lot of wild mushrooms and they are super common in wild mushrooms of all kinds.
If you want to remove them, I've heard that you can use stick traps to trap the adults, which helps break the lifecycle.
@@denisejames2007 as for your question, while it might work to just add more straw, it also might not. I haven't done a lot of work with straw beds, as I personally find it easier to work with bags.
I'm wary of contamination with other funguses, which is why I only transfer with the stem butts, and make fresh spawn to start the new bags, but I've seen others experiment with just using the pre-used substrate as spawn. I'm sure it will work once or twice, you'll just have a greater risk of contamination.
Thx for the tips
I boiled the straws for 30 minutes, after cooling down completely, added the fresh oyster mushroom bits and keep the mixture in a plastic lunch box, not even drilling a hole, 2-3weeks grain spawn ready. I used the same method to prepare substrate today, just used more straws this time. Will wait for two more weeks for mycelium. This is my first experiment, fingercross I can see new oyster mushrooms from here
My GF's name is 'Jackie'. We went to 'thrift shops' one after the other looking for a pressure canner/cooker. We found lots of the little stovetop 'cookers' everywhere and on the 5th store, a Goodwill store, we found a Presto 23-quart pressure canner exactly like the one in the video. It was lightly used and in the original box from the 1990's complete with the instruction book. It cost $17.99 . The same cooker new is about $120. The name "Jackie" was written on the box by whoever owned it before which is super freaky.
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As a new mushroom grower have to say thank you.. As an old canner Do be aware your elevation affects how much pressure is used to sterilize ie in NC foothills once it hits ten then you start the timer for the 90 mins. Chart comes with the canner and of course you can google it. Hope that helps someone.
If it wasn't for this video and your other videos, I probably wouldn't be entering the world of mushroom cultivation. Thank you for such clarity in helping make this field simpler and easier
Same here....i have Saved up mason jars I have a use for now from previous years of canning and since I don't can anymore and give them to my neighbor who actually does still can, but I forgot to take them to her so I guess I'll keep them now to try this process out!!! I'm glad I found this video cuz I'm just in the processs of researching all this mushroom growing stuff,kind of glad I didn't take my canning stuff down there yet! Cuz it also would have included my pressure cooker and stuff she was just going to get all my canning stuff! she didn't really need them if she actually was in need of them I would take them down there right away obviously ...but she was just taking them off my hands to be nice so I have the extra space.... So I'm kind of glad I forgot to take them.... Knowing I still had my jars is what got me to watch the video at first and then once I seen the pressure cooker I was glad I didn't get rid of my canning supplies since I still have everything on hand for this part at least already I'm excited to be able to trying it now ..I just gotta buy grains and the spores to inject figure out part of the process after the grains are done!! Or does anyone know if there is a part 2 to with this video with the next step after grains are done?
Permatex blue RTV silicone is rated for up to 500°F. Red RTV is rated for up to 650°F. Both are rated for temps that are higher than temps reached in your pressure cooker (15 psi should be about 257°F.)
Use whatever color RTV silicone your fashion sense desires.
Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety and illicit pill addiction. Imagine carrying heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not in a couple years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.
Please does anyone know where I can get them? I put so much on my plate and it really affects my stress and anxiety levels, I would love to try shrooms
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Thank you Tony for your videos! You are thorough in your postings and this is good for our learning. Well done, and keep up the good work!
2:13 Just to add here, the ratio of volume expansion between dry and hydrated grains can vary a lot by type of grain, specific brand/vendor, soak time and temperature, etc. For example, the grains you're using here expand by 300%, but popcorn would be more like 30% - and that would still vary a lot by variety of corn and the vendor.
Basically, you'll have to figure out the specific expansion ratio for the grain spawn and recipe you're using for yourself. Every time you change any of it, do a test batch - fill up a bunch of jars with dry grains, measure the total volume, hydrate them using your recipe, measure the new total volume; wet volume / dry volume = expansion ratio.
You could also just not care and guesstimate every time, but that easily results in either not having as much spawn as you need, or wasting and throwing out excess which can really add up over time.
TL;DR - Test out and write down your expansion ratios for the specific grains you're using. Next to zero extra work, and it's highly useful data for planning out exactly how much grain you need for every batch.
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wondering about using brown rice and popcorn as the grain good idea or not???
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@@JesseScott-pc3kbSure dr.johnsonshroom is your guy 0:02
Keep the videos coming. Every time I watch a new one I learn ways to improve my operation.
Tape a few quarters to the rocker, this will allow it to go up to 18 or 19 psi before it starts rattling, allowing for a quiet sterilization cycle. Also shake and toss your boiled grains in a strainer a lot when you first drain them, the more you shake them the more steam can escape all the grains as opposed to just the grain on the outside surface of the pile.
Nice with a strainer you don’t need to just dump in a sink right?
But make no mistake: Psilocybin has a number of potential medical benefits.
I learned more about myself on one trip than I have through over a year of therapy.
The experience I got from taking shrooms as a whole was spectacular, I felt completely supported.
@@knr3926How do you source yours please?
How do you source yours please?
I guess everyone arrives to mushrooms with different expec- tations. For me it was my eternal search for answers.
Thanks Tony for keeping it simple and affordable. I appreciate your sharing.
This is by far the most helpful, well made video I've seen on this yet. THANK YOU.
After watching other videos, I really appreciate this no nonsense approach for simple mushroom substrate creation.
Thank you my first-time trying your easy method from South Africa
Holy cow, I was on track to come up with something like this but your find for the high temp silicon is brilliant. Thanks for sharing!
Totally awesome video! Your idea on making the self sealing jar lids is exceptional....thanks!
I have great confidence in the information you share. Your presentations are impeccably done, with all the factual details relevant to the subject, and no tedious waffle. It is obvious you are an authority we can trust, and an all round good guy. Thanks for sharing your expertise so graciously Tony
Thanks for this video.
You are an inspiration.
Please, where can I get this liquid culture? Am in Nigeria.
Thank you.
It’s unreal how amazingly helpful this video is. Such an awareness for the exact random and obscure questions/anxieties that beginners would have and having an answer or some advice
Please do a tutorial on how to spawn to bulk in a monotub! :))
did you ever find a video like this? I am at the same stage. My jars are fully colonized and now i'm not 100% sure what my next step is. I was told to put them in a mono tub, open the lids and give them light, but these instructions are vague.
I can tek you how to it’s easy
Check out Philly Golden Teacher
You're the best Tony. Thank you for converting many of the heavy text book reads into easily accessible videos, to make getting started with mushroom cultivation less scary 🙏
excellent tutorial. One of the best I've seen. Simple, precise and informative. Keep it up!
Appreciate the video! Really helps for people like me just growing gourmet mushrooms for myself on a small scale. Love the pink oysters!
Thank you for this excellent how-to, just made my first jars and it was a breeze!
You can put the hot grains in the jar, after straining the water, and immediately put the lids on! Helps as well to have the lids and rings sitting in hot water right before you put them on the jars. The jars need to be hot as well to avoid thermalshock to the jars!
Just got my grain and have my liquid culture ready to start my Wine Cap's spawn for my garden grow.
I'm learning a lot from your very concise and informative videos... Thanks from the Southern Oregon Coast.
Absolutely EXCELLENT video! Thank you!
This is definitely one of the BEST UA-cam videos about growing mushroom spawn! Thank you :)
It took 4 days doing this method for my grain be visibly colonized... Amazing, tmi can't stress this enough.
Thank you, I really appreciate the advice, especially the tips on cutting costs to make this hobby a reality for me.
This was a GREAT video! Thank you so much for taking the time to do it. I have just made the switch to mason jars and self-sealing lids because of you. Good timing as I was just drying out my grains and I had filled two plastic bags. Off to grab some high-temp silicon.😁
LOVE the spore print t-shirt. We just did these for our mushroom identification project last week, such a pretty science project!
Me too, I wish I knew where he got it.
I love your subtle Canadian accent 🇨🇦
LOVE your videos!! They're so helpful and have given me success from the beginning!! No contamination issues.
I have researched and found out that shrooms are very helpful , it has really helps to reduce anxiety and depression . I would love to try magic mushrooms but I can't easily get some , Is there any realiable source I can purchase one
The Trips I've been having have really helped me a lot , I finally feel in control of my emotions and my future and things that used to be mundane to me now seem incredible and full of nuance on top of that I'm way less driven by my ego and I have alot more empathy as well.
@Blaise Paschal Does he ship?
Anxiety happens when you think you have to figure out everything all at once . Breathe . You're strong . You got this . Take it day by day .
@@johnnycarter1186 Tripping is not all that bad but one has to find a good mycologist to teach you the right things you need to
know
@Blaise Paschal Thanks, I'll contact him right away. This means alot to me!
So crystal clear!!! I am an aspiring mushroom producer and I learned so much. 👏🏽👏🏽
Update??
Hello, I have a very important question: Since I don't have such filter jars, will it be a problem if the jars are completely hermetically sealed with no air access to the mycelium? Can the mycelium colonize without the presence of air in the compost (substrate)
This was great info! Been wanting to do my own mushrooms for a while - can't wait to try this out. THANK YOU!!!
This is excellent!!! I’m just starting out and this is a perfect startup process!! And just purchased a pressure canner for canning!!
When making your lids, you can use a wet paper towel to flatten out the RTV for a nice smooth injection port :) The silicone won't stick to it even as sticky as that stuff is. 🍻
P.S. Thanks for the vid! And the clap was GREAT! XD
great tip!!
Gotta try that!
I use a hefty dollop of saliva on my index finger and rub it flat, works perfect
Thanks for the clear introduction. You made this so straightforward that I’m going to pick up a pressure cooker and jars and lids today. 👍
Instapot works too
youre so good at this, ELI amazing!
This is an really good video. Excellent done!!
Oh this is exactly what I've needed! Thank you for your continued wonderful content! I've been trying to find some local growers that I might be able to get grain spawn from, but to no avail, but if its this easy (relatively speaking) then I should be able to do it myself!
Check out using popcorn. Popcorn tek.
@@TH3VID3OMAN much appreciated! I've been trying to find a decent grain option around me that's a decent price, never would have guessed popcorn! I can get that bulk in a few places so that's a great option if it works!
tips ive learned through trial and error: when making the holes you can simply use a hole punch(er) and ditch the drill when making the injection ports use a wet paper towel to shape the blob of rtv red high temperature silicone aka gasket marker if you cant find it at home depot or lowes give auto zone or oreilys a trip! for the gas exchange hole id say dont use the pillow stuffing fibers but use instead some micro pore tape and if you can get some plastic mason jar lids id go with that over the metal to avoid rust instead of letting it soak overnight let it simmer for maybe 5-15 mins or just until its soft on the outside but hard in the middle when your draining them use a sifter the metal kitchen ones its very helpful use tinfoil over the top when sterilizing when injection the liquid culture dont bother heating the tip of the needle til its red hot unless your using it for 2-3+ jars but other than that it comes sterile make sure to store it in a fridge it can last up to a year to a year and a half when refrigerated i shake 3 times during colonizing but that is up to you have fun growing! and stay safe everyone
Hello, I have a very important question: Since I don't have such filter jars, will it be a problem if the jars are completely hermetically sealed with no air access to the mycelium? Can the mycelium colonize without the presence of air in the compost (substrate)
@@plamenconev3387 well you will need some air to the grain, but you can do a quarter unscrew of the jar lids.
@@exiumoxide will i be successful if i make a hole in the cap of the jar and put cotton in? In fact, wouldn't that be a prerequisite for contamination. Just like the guy in the video did?! thanks in advance
@@plamenconev3387 yeah that works well id recommend using polly-fill, its whats in cheap pillows its plastic cotton basically. But a quarter turn works fine or if you have a dollar store near you "breathable" tape can be used its micropore its in the care section. Any other questions you have let me know! :)
Awesome video , thanks for demistifiying the process for us nubies. Very much appreciated. Take care
Best video I’ve found for this. Thanks.
I think it’s worth mentioning that you can seal and sterilize mason jars without using a pressure cooker, it just takes quite a bit longer
How's is this possible to achieve? thank you
how
@@PixelZYX you can steam it for 3-4 hours
Use a pressure cooker. The chances of mold growing inside is extremely high if you dont. Then you WASTED weeks. Get a pressure cooker.
True they say 2 hours is enough for brown rice but all attempts doing a non pressure cookers failed , ended up switching to myco bags and rye
Great video Tony, I just tried the lime & straw substrate and it worked beautifully! Thanks fella :)
Awesome, I went to the feed store and got a straw bale at $16 and 50 lbs of "white proso millet" for $15. Rye was $10 for 10 pounds, I think wheat was $8 for 10 pounds. You can add the RTV silicone to filter patches on bags, too. I JUST DON'T PAY THAT MUCH FOR GRAIN, throw millet in boiling water with heat off for 1 hour "gordo tek". Rye does hold a lot of water without becoming mushy
Well done video. Great introduction. Thanks
Excellent teaching. Thank you.
Made the self-healing lids today! It was a lot easier than i thought it would be. Thank you! These videos really help to make growing mushrooms seem un-intimidating :)
Thanks, Ibrahim Hakeem,what are the liquid content inside cyrige used to ingect the grail
Huh, the draining in sink method is interesting, haven't heard that before. That's the step that always gives me the most grief, even though it should be the most passive lol. Putting grains in strainers, I feel like it takes several hours for them to get dry on the outside. There's so much steam trapped inside. Gotta try this way
Thankyou !!!!!! I'm so glad I've found your channel you have the knack of answering all my questions including all the ones I didn't even know needed asking lol. Thanks bro😉🍺
Really glad I watched this. Awesome video
There's a safer (but still cheap) way to innoculate that doesn't require a flowhood: A still air box (SAB). Pick up the biggest clear plastic totebox you can find at Walmart or the nearest supermarket, take a metal coffee can, use it to trace circles on the SAB where you want the armholes, put the bottom of the coffee can on a hot burner, then use mitts to grab it and carefully press & twist through the circles. When working the SAB: you'll want to move carefully so you don't stir up the air too much. Wear gloves, sanitize with alcohol inside the box, flame sterilize tools outside the box before moving them inside (in that order!) and don't put your hands directly over anything you want to stay clean. If you want to learn how to use agar, these will be essential skills to practice. Cheers!
Wasted so much time making one of these, plus all the effort to sterilize the environment. Listen, I know the idea of sunk cost, and you still want to hold on to how much better this is because of the effort you put in, but... the way he showed has never failed me. I mean... never. So honestly, there's no need to go through any effort/cost
Still a good idea to spray some alcohol on your self healing injection port before inoculating to lower the risk of contamination.
Totally! I mentioned this in the article but forgot to mention in the video. Thanks for pointing it out!
came here to write what you said. i'm surprised it didn't contaminate without some alcohol on the SHIP beforehand.
I think 70% alcohol is better than pure, IIRC.
@@joshuagibson2520 that is correct
Which alcohol do you use for sterilization?
I followed your directions and I am impressed on the results. Thank you and keep up with the great videos.
Hi @christine Schneider, quick question: after leaving the jars for 90 minutes at 15 psi, do I turn the stove off and leave the jars in the canister to depressurize slowly or do let the valve open to let the steam out after the 90 minutes? Any advise would be appreciated!
Thanks for the very do-able tutorial!
How long will the grain spawn last and how should it be kept? And is there a limitations how many generations you can make?
WOW Mushrooms Demystified! Thank you so much for this! You've presented the simplest to follow explanation I've ever heard! Tried to do this years ago but wasn't successful and gave up. Trying again now with Oyster mushroom syringes, got my rye berries soaking now, I hope it turns out, I think it will this time! :) :) :)
How'd it go this time?
Wow that was incredibly well done!
Great information and well presented. Thank you!
A replacement for the pressure canner might be the instant pot. It is a small pressure canner that should do the job for several jars at a time and due to the instant pot craze many households have one already. Just my thoughts on that part.
Thank you so much! I was looking here in the comments specifically to see if anyone else was thinking this as I’m sure it will work …and I have an instapot I wanna try.
@@lyricaldawn something to note is that the instant pot doesn't get to 15psi, only about 12, so you will probably need to have it on for longer! however people have had success with it.
IKEA sells a pressure cooker for $70 USD that goes to 15psi 😊
@@user-tx5vr2lu6e Yes, it's what I use. My only issue is the size. You really can't put a lot in at a time
The small hole is unnecessary as you can insert the needle through the poly-fill hole 👍
Hello, I have a very important question: Since I don't have such filter jars, will it be a problem if the jars are completely hermetically sealed with no air access to the mycelium? Can the mycelium colonize without the presence of air in the compost (substrate)
@@plamenconev3387they need air
I'm thinking the same thing.
Thank you so so much for making this video. You've just saved me a lot of money and I now know how to make grain jaws. ☺️🙏🏼
Just found your videos, I have been babying some spors for some years was looking for a good way to keep them going . Thank You for your time and knowledge.
You are litterally my fave youtuber! You break down “complex” things nicely. Your subjects are always well explained and you add just the right amount of joking around. 😂 those hands at 1:22 killed me!
lol, thank you so mush for being here!
I have learned so much from you, thanks a million! One change I made was to the lid- I put the silicone on the bottom so you have a smaller target on the top, and I used the tyvek filters instead of poly stuffing. We'll see how that goes! Thanks again!
How did those changes work out for you?
@@gabrielbeland2738 worked just fine, those little tyvek sticky filters big time saver!
Awesome! I will have to try that
We appreciate this clear information 🙌👏
Thanks for inspiring us with such experience
Quick tip: if you’re using polyfil, you can just inject through that and it’ll “self heal” too around your needle
Facts
@@andrewspinks6731 u guys sure??
@@nicoom it's worked for me in the past. Just be sure to flame the needle and let it cool or it could melt the polyfil.
All I want for Christmas is to learn how to grow mushrooms !!! Thank you.
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Bro I love you tutorials. I can definitely use your videos to start eating my own home grown mushrooms. This is cool! Thank you!
Great video for beginners. 👍 Thanks
Will you be able to touch on the cultivation and context of huitlacoche someday? It's really delicious in Mexican cuisines.
great idea!
Yes, please! Love huitlacoche ❤️
5:36 an easier way to do this without risking the plug moving under the weight of the grain is to put a sponge in the bottom of the sink so that the water is able to flow through while stopping the grains
Even better, lay a cloth in the sink first, or in a large colander, and you can gather up the whole lot with no mess.
Your videos are so great! Thank you so much!
Hello from the UK. Thank you so much for teaching me.
When you transfer this to the substrate and mix where do you store the bin? In dark? How long until you decide to fruit? Do you have link to a video where you take about that? Thank you
How long do the grain spawn jars stay good for? How do you make you’re own liquid culture? What kind of yields does a jar usually produce? What’s the best method for growing on a larger scale?
Did you ever find out on how to make your own liquid culture? If so please share..thanks
Great instructions very clear thanks 😊
Thank you for the informative video, much love and respect from Austria :)
When PC'ing ...You should vent 15 minutes after start seeing the steam coming out of the vent pipe, before adding the weight.
why?
@@bobcat8311 To make sure you are pressurizing steam, not air. You need to vent the air for complete sterilization.
Because steam is what you want ....not pockets of air.
Yip, gets air pockets out of the jars too (and steam inside)
Next time in the description could you include a list of the products you used, like the high heat silicone and pillow fluff?
Brilliant information. Thank you so much.
What a kick-ass way to go, thank you!👏🏼😊
Thanks for this video! Do you have any resources for what to do next? How do you get the grain spawn to a bulk substrate?
Can anyone please explain how do you ensure the grain spawn do not catch contaminants while they are drying if you leave them in a sinc or on a drying rack?
it sounds like to me from watching the video that even after you dry them I don't think it would really matter if you sterilize it in the pressure cooker anyways. I mean I could be wrong if I am somebody correct me please .. but that would be my first thought... But I have never grown mushrooms before except for a couple growing kits I bought I've never done this process but I'm trying to learn about it but for a second I thought the same question and then he went onto the pressure cooker so I figured okay it's going to get sterilized after that anyway so any risk of contaminants from drying them would be no more.. if there was any risk I don't think he would have continued the process injecting them with the spores.
Thanks for the clear steps man🙇♂️
thank you for the tips! very helpful
Would love to see a grain to grain spawn tutorial!
Also I'm curious if mushroom spores (in a spore syringe) would work just as well?
Also you mentioned sterilising fruiting blocks, how does that work?
So many questions!!
Straight spores work, you jsut want to make sure it's not too rich with spores.
From my laymen understanding, shaking and using a solution works fine with multiple points of inoculation since it's all the same myc. With too heavy of a spore solution, you may end up having entirely different colonies trying to colonize at once which can make things take longer since you gotta wait for the highlanders to decide who's #1 first. Which then means a bit more time for any contamination to try and set up shop too.
Philly golden teacher has amazing videos about it
@@rebelztheories2632 I agree the best
How long can you hold grain spawn for, before using it in your fruiting blocks?
Thank you, you're awesome teaching style helps!
Great video, thank you Tony 🙏