Geez this comment might be coming super late and somebody might have already said it but if you use a different mushroom type like reishi you might get better results.
Amazing! Thanks so much for showing this! I know that some mushroom farmers use lye to repel mold because oyster mushrooms can survive very high PH levels whereas mold cannot. I saw a tutorial where they brought water up to a PH of (I think) 12 (I think they said 12-13 range was fine, maybe 11-13), then used that to wet the substrate before adding the mycelium. They said it could decrease your mushroom yields (but that there was also some debate about that), but if you are not growing the mycelium for mushrooms it could be good. Edit: I think they specified that it was builders lye, and that some types of lye could be harmful to the mushrooms.
I love how you showed all the process and you dedication is amazing mashaallah. I wanted to try growing mycelium in the summer break and this video is really motivating and helpful. Thank you!
Thanks for this valuable documentary. Too many of the tutorials on RU-vid make it look like mycelium wrangling is easy, but the truth is there are lots of ways for things to go wrong. My only suggestion is that a picture of you sitting in the chair would have been the perfect ending. BTW you should get a grant from IKEA for showing the versatility of their products.
that last chair did not fully cure it needed more mycellium internal growth also a longer cure. have a look at mycoworks Phil Ross's design chair they have a very good instructable as to how this process could be more refined and also future building applications; but I have seen this applied to making other mycocomposite materials there is a guy who is ceo of ecovative design that won a school award for this I believe making leather and plastics from the mycelium and has also patented his own manufacturing process for making many things of this type; I think this student used the ecovative fruited substrate in this video that is why there were no black or brown fungal growth in the substrate because it was already heavily innoculated before delivery, that is why she used so much like how many bags? and also how it was so fast to fruit on the entire substrate chair mold.
mix this with clay and clay powder and a mushroom compatible substrate this would be great! for the third world countries where clay is naturally abundant source. think mushroom adobe huts that do not get wet and start to runoff with the rain.
Wow, lot's of work and determination. I also had mold problems when not using sterilization and moisture control. Wondering how to make surfboard blanks without the plastic wrap?
Excelente Me encanta que hayan compartido todo el proceso experimental. Con aciertos y desaciertos. La perseverancia y la incorporar de variables fue genial
Would replacing the flour with powdered millet improve the growth rate? I’ve heard flour isn’t a desired nutrient for most myc even though it is technically a grain.
Bueno, creo que a medida que veía el vídeo, esperaba encontrar lo que ví al final, porque también he Sido soñadora, pensando que el Micelio se puede incubar en cualquier cosa y la respuesta es NO, AJAJAJAJ pero al menos aprendió que es lo importante, Lo otro que podría decir es lo siguiente, hay micelios y micelios, los ostra son blanditos, nunca se vuelven algo que pudiera soportar el peso humano, lo mejor es ir por algún género de ganoderma o incluso algún trametes o lenzites, que de por sí, los cuerpos fructíferos ya son duros como un palo, un dato de vital importancia!!! Estaba buscando Reishi, encontré cerca de mi casa un ganoderma prometedor, y guarde estás setas pero se me llenaron de contaminación, fue super extraño, la cosa es que mi hermano chico me pregunta si los iba a usar, le respondí que no, y el para guardarlo como colección, lo lavó y le echo desinfectante en aerosol... Creo que sería una solución a la hora de parar el crecimiento del Micelio, ahora para hacerlo más "ecológico" se podría sumergir en alcohol la pieza y en teoría debería morir, espero les vaya bien en cualquier experimento micologico que hagan bay!
Oysters are a wood loving mushroom, I'm surprised the wood chair(#3) didnt work, maybe if you made a hard wood substrate instead of cardboard it would have held or maybe putting some chicken wire in the middle and some sticks placed vertically, kinda like concrete, idk this is so cool btw, good job
if possible can you give some idea about the flour added to the subtract. As I am running a farm, just eager to know. one more thing, is this possible to grow with oyster mushroom...
Great experiment and lots of patience on your side. What was the mushroom that worked best in those last 3 chairs? was it still the oyster mushroom or something else? Great music also.
No, it is actually rigid, durable and works pretty well as a chair. FYI the video shows only the process of making, as stated in the description. If you want to see the result you can go to my ig where I posted results -> @nataliapiorecka
Yes, as the material mix is engineered to be safe it could be used as both indoor and outdoor chair. I would just add that as an outdoor chair it would need some care to keep it in relatively dry environment, as exposed for the environmental factors the chair would start to degrade at some point. 😊
This is amazing! I was wondering what your thoughts are on different substrate materials after going through all this? Also what type of mushroom were you using?
I would say to explore and understand the material and its possibility with different options. It is so broad with both the mushroom species and substrates. Also, be patient. Back when I worked on that project I didn't have enough time to test all the different aspects and I am coming back to those initial thoughts now. Other way is to concentrate on one and master it. 😊👍
@@nataliapiorecka4448 Very cool! Thanks for the quick reply. I think i've heard good things about oyster mushrooms and their aggressive growth so I will go from there! My hope is to be able to make mycelium based cups 🙂
Extremely impressive, I have been amazed with mycelium as a material since I learned about it, as an architecture student i can't tell you how much good would this material do to mitigate pollution from traditional materials like concrete and clay bricks.
Exactly, right! I am doing architecture myself and it definitely has the potential to be implemented within the buildings. It is slowly getting there! 😊
I really admire your dedication and love the final chairs! I saw a company trying to use mycelium to replace the foam used to make surf-boards, this is a much more environmentally friendly way I think the world needs people like you folks.
That's what happens when your new to mushrooms, have no lab or sterile place available, but balcony. And you still really want to give it a try in the DIY at home.
very interesting project. it'd be good to get a feel for the firmness of the substrate colonized mycellium , or the structural properties to design some other cool furniture
It's dealing suprisingly well with the load! Happened that I had my dinner sitting on them and they survived untouched 😊 I assume that as long as you could get it to grow well, it could have a really amazing results with good structural potential!
this is great stuff, disregard all the nah Sayers, this old Sorcerer understands gods flesh as we call it, it's truly alien nature's, it's incredible building capabilities, but you should of asked one of us knowledgeable in substrates, we could have saved you tons of wasted time.... some day you'll grow a new house that feeds you, filters contamination and more ,someday...
That's the exciting future! 😁 Actually, when I was starting the project last year, I wasn't aware of how many available materials are and how many people are involved! It's great to discover that so many people are into it. About the developing the material, I could have done it better milion times probably. But as first exploration and first touch with the material it worked quite well. I got super into it 😜😄
I will send or post or both, I'm going to Puerto Rico my only issue will be mold lol... I wonder about this, when we treat for termites we use a boric acid solution that basically crystalizes the wood that in becomes very hard to penetrate, and the crystalization is not palatable..... I wonder if it would do the same to dead mysilium? if you try before me (after April for me) please show... also have you tried a "S" magnetic field while propagation of mysilium? also I am going to try to find substance's that mycelium will tolerate or even symbiotic with, see maybe a truffle that uses a hard wood as not only a needed symbiosis but as structural support also, say in mycelium watercraft/catamaran.... also liquid substrates interest me, if we could achieve something akin to what is being done with airogel materials with mycelium then harden a computer designed lattice grown in magnetic fields to custom said mycelium could make spacecraft and armor too, you. all are not scientist's your Sorcerer's saying your science folk! I hope maybe my Ideas give new thoughts.... but remember to be respectful of the gods flesh, thank it for dying for us, not like a hippie, but like a priest of truth, and of course some Beethoven playing for it and laughter makes it grow like nuts...lol
Yes, they are actually fully functional chairs. I shall publish more of the results definately. The final outcome is on Instagram: @nataliapiorecka I keep updating it slowly 😊 So feel free to have a look if you are intetested.
