That’s pretty cool microppose is now offering monotubs. It’s good to see them expanding their product line and offering good products. I’ll have to use your promo code and try one out. Thanks for listing your weights and info as it makes it much easier to try to replicate your grow. Thanks for mentioning you sourced the mushroom from field and forest. I went and looked at their website. I was looking at their shiitake a few years ago when I was looking into it. A grower in Canadian mentioned how he used different varieties so he can sell mushrooms at different times or seasons. Anyways field and forest is one of the few places I’ve seen that actually has different varieties of shiitake that fruits in different temps if anyone is going to inoculate logs outside.
They are the gurus of outdoor shiitake and have some really cool innovative products and top notch genetics. Never found a better G. lucidum strain. Thanks for watching and commenting, appreciate you 👊
That was very unexpected and interesting. Still not sure why that happened as they typically like to fruit most at the bag interface in filter patch bags.
They do take awhile to grow, but you can notice a tiny change from day to day. They also grow towards your light source, so by rotating the container you can make them grow into interesting shapes.
@@SporeWhore661I think it all depends on where you get yours. I got that size off of Amazon with no clips. I also got the smaller ones from Midwest Grow (I think) and that also did not come with clips. There was another supplier or two that did have the clips though, but fewer sizes and different pricing 🤷♀️😊 The small ones are fitting my space and needs beautifully, but they're not very common.
All the tubs from Microppose.com should come with the clips I believe. If you purchased them from there I would let them know so they can get you a set.
Just getting started - planning to do most with grow bags, but this monotub is definitely in my shopping cart. Love your reishi and cordyceps monotub grows ! I make and sell tinctures with a number of different mushrooms and it can get pretty pricey buying them. Can't wait to use my own mushrooms!! Not sure about the chaga though. Have you tried growing them?
@@zumbapatty4988 Don't bother with Chaga, very complex life cycle and not easily cultivated. I used to make and sell tinctures and extracts myself. Better to hunt wild Chaga.
With Reishi I leave them that way until they are fully white and colonized and I see antlers starting to form (small protrusions on the surface). This is usually 3 to 4 weeks after inoculation with my strain.
that’s great thank you I’ve followed exactly what you did and my tub has now fully colonised and is covered with a thick layer of mycelium after about 13/14 days. So I’ll keep an eye out for it pinning and then move to a my warmer grow room with a 12/12 light source if you think that’s wise. Thanks again Ade
You’ve inspired me to try this, I love this video I keep coming back for reference. Thanks for putting this out there! Can you get a second flush from the tubs?
I slice them before. But you can grind them once the slices or antlers are dried. I show that in this video: ua-cam.com/video/viVI3-J2-Pc/v-deo.htmlsi=nolKnUGA_QJ6-szc
I've grown them a bazillion times this way and they've always gotten that haze near the bottom. I don't think it's spores or mold. Reishi spores are chocolate brown. My best guess is it's hard water deposits from the misting/ultrasonic humidification but not sure. Our water is pretty hard here.
- 6 lbs. dry oak pellets - 8 lbs. 4 oz. boiling water for pasteurization and hydration, so 14 lbs. 4 oz. total substrate weight. Once the substrate cools to room temp add 5 lbs. of grain spawn. Less spawn would work, but spawning heavy reduces contam risk.
i love your video's man! thanks for all the info you're sharing!! question; do you know how high Reishi antlers can grow? how big where yours when you harvested them?
When I've let them go til they're about maxed out I've gotten them to about 20 inches. These were harvested early in the video because I needed the space. They will continue to grow for months if you let them. Thanks for watching 👊
Any hardwood pellets would probably work fine, but they do seem to like oak. Lately I've just been buying the Bear Mountain oak pellets used for pellet grills. They're a little more expensive but not bad.
- 6 lbs. dry oak pellets - 8 lbs. 4 oz. boiling water for pasteurization and hydration, so 14 lbs. 4 oz. total substrate weight. Once the substrate cools to room temp add 5 lbs. of grain spawn. Less spawn would work, but spawning heavy reduces contam risk.
I've been using bear mountain oak for a few months now. Cheap and very effective. Been mixing some wheat bran in to it and running it through a home made steam sterilizer. Do you know how long and at what temp I should run it at? I usually make 5lb blocks and pack 32 in the barrel. Thanks man! Love the videos...
That's awesome you made a homemade steam sterilizer. It depends how high you go with the bran. I routinely use 5% with just my quick in-bag pasteurization method and don't get any contams. If you want to go to 20%, I use a 12 hour extended cooler pasteurization, not sure what the equivalent time would be for your steam sterilizer. Here's my cooler vid for 20% if you haven't seen it: ua-cam.com/video/JvNtq0pVyxk/v-deo.htmlsi=7WTvjXNOLaF_Vxtc
What was your grains spawn to substrate ratio in your tub? I’m trying to do the same thing, but I did one quart of green spawn to probably 3 quarts of substrate and it’s really slow.
I haven't tried a lot of species in the monotub yet, but so far King Oyster and Reishi antlers were pretty easy. Any species that isn't super demanding of fresh air exchange usually grows well in a monotub.
Thanks for the inspiration and more great tips! I was pondering how to grow a high CO2 loving mushroom like a King Oyster, and I think your method of putting Reishi mushrooms into a tote and spritzing the walls of the tote for humidity with minimal ventilation would work for the King Oysters. What are your thoughts?
Kings need a little more fresh air than Reishi. You can still use the tub, but I recommend having the holes wide open to get air exchange from the room and using a small humidifier to maintain the internal humidity. I show that method in this video: ua-cam.com/video/ywDfm6UNUEY/v-deo.htmlsi=JS9GXOSNSqw3mcpT
Not for me no, if you follow the recipe in the video they basically grow themselves as long as you have good genetics. I highly recommend the Reishi strain from Field & Forest products. LC syringe is around $30. I've had the same culture going for 12 years.
@@RenegadeMushrooms I've had 2 different attemps with Masters Mix and only managed 1 sad little antler. I'll definitely try this method...although this past weekend, I found a beautiful huge shelf while hiking so I'll process that for now. Great vid!
@@coryg7051 Cool, let me know how it works for you. Genetics is super important too. I highly recommend the G. lucidum strain from Field & Forest Products. Thanks for watching and commenting 👊
Not sure on that. Last time I checked, if your annual sales were under $5,000 and you follow organic practices, you can call your product organic. Sales over $5,000, you need USDA certification. That was a long time ago though, so the rules may have changed.
@@RenegadeMushrooms bro I have one more question,! Right now I was building in my garage. Some buckets are fruit and harvest but I don’t sale any mushrooms. so I need to registration any documents from our government?? I’m living in TX
I make several products using organic ingredients and I say "organic", or "organically grown" to be safe. Most of us (unless you're commercial) are safe because we don't sell more than $5,000 a year.
That’s pretty cool microppose is now offering monotubs. It’s good to see them expanding their product line and offering good products. I’ll have to use your promo code and try one out. Thanks for listing your weights and info as it makes it much easier to try to replicate your grow.
Thanks for mentioning you sourced the mushroom from field and forest. I went and looked at their website. I was looking at their shiitake a few years ago when I was looking into it. A grower in Canadian mentioned how he used different varieties so he can sell mushrooms at different times or seasons. Anyways field and forest is one of the few places I’ve seen that actually has different varieties of shiitake that fruits in different temps if anyone is going to inoculate logs outside.
They are the gurus of outdoor shiitake and have some really cool innovative products and top notch genetics. Never found a better G. lucidum strain. Thanks for watching and commenting, appreciate you 👊
That turned out well. Didn't know reishi made a good candidate for confinement in a tub 🙏
They did great in that medium tub, even better than I expected. Having a blast growing in these 👊
Thank you for this! 🙏
I stick mine in a bathtub full of cold icy water. Works pretty good
Love seeing the grow in a mono tub!!
I was somewhat surprised at how well they did, next time I'll see if I can get them to conk out. Thanks for watching as always 😁
Love how the fruits are pinned and set in the center of the tub. Very interesting and awesome grow! Thanks for sharing this with us
That was very unexpected and interesting. Still not sure why that happened as they typically like to fruit most at the bag interface in filter patch bags.
Dang! Those grew extremely well! I bet it was hard waiting but worth it!
They do take awhile to grow, but you can notice a tiny change from day to day. They also grow towards your light source, so by rotating the container you can make them grow into interesting shapes.
Great one, Reishi is perfect for that tub
I was pleasantly surprised how they turned out, thanks for watching and commenting 🧡
I have a few of these tubs, absolutely love them!
Also microppose and mycology Simplified are 2 of my fav sites.
And I didn't get clips with mine! Is that something new?
@@SporeWhore661I think it all depends on where you get yours. I got that size off of Amazon with no clips. I also got the smaller ones from Midwest Grow (I think) and that also did not come with clips. There was another supplier or two that did have the clips though, but fewer sizes and different pricing 🤷♀️😊
The small ones are fitting my space and needs beautifully, but they're not very common.
All the tubs from Microppose.com should come with the clips I believe. If you purchased them from there I would let them know so they can get you a set.
@@RenegadeMushrooms I ordered it through Amazon awhile back, honestly I don't have any problems without them. Just gotta be careful and clean
Would like to see how you process post harvest
I have a video on how I process conks. Antlers are pretty much the same except not as much slicing.
ua-cam.com/video/viVI3-J2-Pc/v-deo.html
Yay new videos!!!! Love your videos bro.
Thank you so much u seem a great guy keep up the good vibes
Another great video. I didn't know these were so easy to grow. I'm gonna try'em out!
Cool, let me know how your grow goes, good luck 👊
Outstanding. I've foraged different Ganoderma Species including Reishi, but these Reishi "Antlers" are crazy cool.
They are really cool looking and very easy to grow. Let me know how it works out for you 👍
Amazing. Looking forward to growing mine. Just got my liquid culture today
Awesome 👊 let me know how it goes, I always love hearing other growers experiences with the techniques I use.
I gotta grow some Reishi
Love your videos brother
Keep them coming
Will do, thank you for watching.
Just getting started - planning to do most with grow bags, but this monotub is definitely in my shopping cart. Love your reishi and cordyceps monotub grows ! I make and sell tinctures with a number of different mushrooms and it can get pretty pricey buying them. Can't wait to use my own mushrooms!! Not sure about the chaga though. Have you tried growing them?
@@zumbapatty4988 Don't bother with Chaga, very complex life cycle and not easily cultivated. I used to make and sell tinctures and extracts myself. Better to hunt wild Chaga.
Hi there
Can I please ask how long you left the monotub in darkness/covered with the towel before you uncovered it.
Many thanks.
Ade
With Reishi I leave them that way until they are fully white and colonized and I see antlers starting to form (small protrusions on the surface). This is usually 3 to 4 weeks after inoculation with my strain.
that’s great thank you I’ve followed exactly what you did and my tub has now fully colonised and is covered with a thick layer of mycelium after about 13/14 days. So I’ll keep an eye out for it pinning and then move to a my warmer grow room with a 12/12 light source if you think that’s wise.
Thanks again
Ade
You’ve inspired me to try this, I love this video I keep coming back for reference. Thanks for putting this out there! Can you get a second flush from the tubs?
I've always found that they develop mold indoors after the first flush. I would recommend burying the blocks outdoors for the second flush.
So if I wanted to do some tincture, would you advise slicing them before you dry them, or after? Thought they might be a little easier before.
I slice them before. But you can grind them once the slices or antlers are dried. I show that in this video:
ua-cam.com/video/viVI3-J2-Pc/v-deo.htmlsi=nolKnUGA_QJ6-szc
awesome thanks for sharing! what's that sort of white discoloration on some of the antlers near the base? condensation, spores, or mold?
I've grown them a bazillion times this way and they've always gotten that haze near the bottom. I don't think it's spores or mold. Reishi spores are chocolate brown. My best guess is it's hard water deposits from the misting/ultrasonic humidification but not sure. Our water is pretty hard here.
I’m a beginner mush-grower, this looks fun. What proportion of oak-fuel pellets? Loving your vidz, love from New Zealand☘️
- 6 lbs. dry oak pellets
- 8 lbs. 4 oz. boiling water for pasteurization and hydration, so 14 lbs. 4 oz. total substrate weight. Once the substrate cools to room temp add 5 lbs. of grain spawn. Less spawn would work, but spawning heavy reduces contam risk.
What does the humidity set up look like for when they're fruiting?
There is no setup really. I'm just growing them in the tubs. No extra humidity or humidifier needed.
curious, why did you spread the spawn on the surface instead of mixing it in the pellet mix ?
4 lbs of spawn was mixed into the substrate. Only 1 lb was spread across the surface to help prevent contamination. 5 lbs total spawn.
i love your video's man! thanks for all the info you're sharing!!
question; do you know how high Reishi antlers can grow? how big where yours when you harvested them?
When I've let them go til they're about maxed out I've gotten them to about 20 inches. These were harvested early in the video because I needed the space. They will continue to grow for months if you let them. Thanks for watching 👊
Did you inoculate the grain spawn with the culture? And did it colonize before you put it in the monotub?
Yes, 5 lbs. of fully colonized grain spawn goes into each tub.
Do you think they would grow on any hardwood pellets or do you think Oak is better for Reishi ?
Any hardwood pellets would probably work fine, but they do seem to like oak. Lately I've just been buying the Bear Mountain oak pellets used for pellet grills. They're a little more expensive but not bad.
So, no pressure, correct? I like that.
That's right 👍
Great video. What is the ratio of substrate to mycelium? Thanks.
- 6 lbs. dry oak pellets
- 8 lbs. 4 oz. boiling water for pasteurization and hydration, so 14 lbs. 4 oz. total substrate weight. Once the substrate cools to room temp add 5 lbs. of grain spawn. Less spawn would work, but spawning heavy reduces contam risk.
I've been using bear mountain oak for a few months now. Cheap and very effective. Been mixing some wheat bran in to it and running it through a home made steam sterilizer. Do you know how long and at what temp I should run it at? I usually make 5lb blocks and pack 32 in the barrel. Thanks man! Love the videos...
That's awesome you made a homemade steam sterilizer. It depends how high you go with the bran. I routinely use 5% with just my quick in-bag pasteurization method and don't get any contams. If you want to go to 20%, I use a 12 hour extended cooler pasteurization, not sure what the equivalent time would be for your steam sterilizer. Here's my cooler vid for 20% if you haven't seen it:
ua-cam.com/video/JvNtq0pVyxk/v-deo.htmlsi=7WTvjXNOLaF_Vxtc
What substrate did you use? can you send me a link where i can buy please?
Oak BBQ pellets. If you click on the products link that pops up on the screen at the beginning of the video they are there.
What was your grains spawn to substrate ratio in your tub? I’m trying to do the same thing, but I did one quart of green spawn to probably 3 quarts of substrate and it’s really slow.
14 lbs. 4 oz. total substrate, 5 lbs. grain spawn.
What are the 3 easiest species to grow in a monotub and why?
I haven't tried a lot of species in the monotub yet, but so far King Oyster and Reishi antlers were pretty easy. Any species that isn't super demanding of fresh air exchange usually grows well in a monotub.
hi Dude, thanks for share, can you get a second flush?
@@MisterMattis-ro9ql Yes you can, it takes a long time because Reishi are so slow but it will happen. Thanks for watching 👊
@@RenegadeMushrooms I imagine you could remove the block from the monotub and fruit in the 105 qt. tub if you needed to use the monotub. Correct?
@zumbapatty4988 Yes 👍
Thanks for the inspiration and more great tips! I was pondering how to grow a high CO2 loving mushroom like a King Oyster, and I think your method of putting Reishi mushrooms into a tote and spritzing the walls of the tote for humidity with minimal ventilation would work for the King Oysters. What are your thoughts?
Kings need a little more fresh air than Reishi. You can still use the tub, but I recommend having the holes wide open to get air exchange from the room and using a small humidifier to maintain the internal humidity. I show that method in this video:
ua-cam.com/video/ywDfm6UNUEY/v-deo.htmlsi=JS9GXOSNSqw3mcpT
@@RenegadeMushrooms Thank you for the feedback, and video link! I will check it out. The mycelium will probably also thank you 🙂
With Reshi being so long lived. Does moisture in the substrate need supplemented
Not for me no, if you follow the recipe in the video they basically grow themselves as long as you have good genetics. I highly recommend the Reishi strain from Field & Forest products. LC syringe is around $30. I've had the same culture going for 12 years.
Did you use masters mix or straight up hwsd pellets?
Straight up HWFP
Interesting. No soy hulls or wheat bran?
No, not necessary for Reishi. I do spawn heavy for extra nutrients though. 5 lbs. of grain per tub.
@@RenegadeMushrooms I've had 2 different attemps with Masters Mix and only managed 1 sad little antler. I'll definitely try this method...although this past weekend, I found a beautiful huge shelf while hiking so I'll process that for now.
Great vid!
@@coryg7051 Cool, let me know how it works for you. Genetics is super important too. I highly recommend the G. lucidum strain from Field & Forest Products. Thanks for watching and commenting 👊
what temperature do u fruit?
65 F
Hi, bro I have a question about organic any mushroom . If we sale our organic produce any mushrooms, we need to approve USDA?? Or not need?? Please
Not sure on that. Last time I checked, if your annual sales were under $5,000 and you follow organic practices, you can call your product organic. Sales over $5,000, you need USDA certification. That was a long time ago though, so the rules may have changed.
@@RenegadeMushrooms thanks bro ,so you mean under $5000 we don’t need usda certificate right?
@@RenegadeMushrooms bro I have one more question,! Right now I was building in my garage. Some buckets are fruit and harvest but I don’t sale any mushrooms. so I need to registration any documents from our government?? I’m living in TX
I make several products using organic ingredients and I say "organic", or "organically grown" to be safe. Most of us (unless you're commercial) are safe because we don't sell more than $5,000 a year.
The spawn didn’t look like there was mycelium?
When you shake it up before spawning to sub it breaks up all the mycelium. It can be hard to see, but it's still there.