Growing Mushrooms at Home My Story and Advice on Startup 

This is by far the most informative video, with the most direct presentation of info that I have seen on mushroom farming. Anybody that is just wanting to get started, like myself, should absolutely watch this video! So many ways to make money, and save money. Thank you so much for making this. Sincerely.

I was severely traumatized years ago as a teenage, got diagnosed with cptsd, spent my whole life fighting cptsd. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

This is a good example of how successful entrepreneurs think. Nice job!

I'm very happy you made it back to you tube, you have been a great help in my mushroom growing experience

Amazing detail and insights! I guarantee you that there are people selling courses on getting started in mushroom farming that don't have half the level of depth. Thanks for sharing!

Hey, just wanted to say how much I appreciate you sharing what you've learned. I want to get into growing mushrooms as a hobby first, and this really helps me understand what could be possible down the line if I continue along the path. Awesome video! Thanks!

Man, I hope your generosity has been well rewarded ❤ Thank you for the info. With inflation, I’d love to hear how your process has evolved and get some updated prices for 2023.

Thanks heaps for all your valuable advice and past experience! I'm looking to get into the business myself and this really helps! 🍄❤

Thanks a lot for your advices brother man! I'll use them all, and congratulations for all your hard work!!!

You talk so sweet with great information brother. Many people love your beautiful way doing business. Wish you lots n lots .

Thank you for your videos. Very helpful in developing the big picture on the business side of this business.

This was great I got into growing LM a month ago and already have people intersted in my area and am gonna be scaling up. Ideally I just want to produce 20-30pds a week. This was great info! New sub

I would do medicinal mushrooms, such as Lion's Mane and place a placard listing all the health benefits of the mushroom. Together with Turkey Tail Mushrooms and its tremendous therapeutic health benefits.

You sir know your stuff. I can see you being successful at anything you choose to do. Thank you for all the excellent info.

Thanks mate, really good information, and great idea bringing other growers in. Thanks again!

This information is so valuable. Thank you n you didn't even try to sell me anything. This is how you build true rapport. Life time subscriber here. 😁

I like this video. Informative and getting me ready to grow mushrooms and microgreens

Thank you so much! Starting to order my cultures and building my rooms within my garage.

Awesome video. Working on starting a mushroom business in Southern Oregon. Oddly enough I'm also thinking of a microgreens business.

That is great to have a networking with the other people and sharing the road trips. The only prob i would run in to is every chief that would buy is 1hr way or better. But i am just looking at all my ave before growing

Dude this is amazing, such good info, much appreciated!

I've seen this video several times- great review. thanks dude

I lived in EP for 7 years. It was a hot place to live. I wasn’t happy there. I sure wish I would have known you while I was there though. I’m liking your videos.

Kick ass video.. just stumbled upon it while looking up mushroom grow videos.. very informative.. thanks

Thanks for sharing! Great tips!

Dude, you are a fine business man. I admire the way you think

Thanks for info, man !

Watched for less than a min.... And Subscribed strait a way ... A big thanks for you're Time and awesome knowledge ( mushroom Man )

Great info, thanks

Great advice man, thanks! 👍

Starting this soon, thanks for the video !

thank you

that's pretty cool man that you are sharing your sells and labor with other people most people I know are greedy and wouldn't do that they would try and keep everything to themselves

Thanks

Thank you pal. Good luck.

Helpful ideas ! Thank you !

Great advice and information. Thanks for sharing. Hope all is well your way

Great advice. Thanks 😊

Right on bro appreciate it

I was stationed at Ft. Bliss----many years ago.

Dope and informative, thanks

Most real advice I've heard In awhile

okay I had some eletical issues that need addressing due to my automation setup , and and I did a trial run with Oyster mushrooms, unfortuatey the hmidifyieer kept blowing a fuse. So I did what I could to humidify manualy a few times a day maintain a a 75% humidity, in the environment but the micro environemtn It wad duitable at around 80-90%. Somehow I had an issued were my mycelium was lookgin good and fruiting was looking promising but something happened a dnmy beautify why Mycelium turned BLACK. is this the dangerous mold I am familiar with, with the exception of the extremely hazards mols and I am wondering if the entire bag all balck is one of those hazardious molds.

Thank you.

The co-op delivery idea is genius.

you are one of the smartest mushroom grower on earth

I have been seriously considering trying to do this! I love to grow and love variety as well!!! Thanks for your experience!

inspirational

Hey Myers.. if you have 3 buyers, all three buying on your tuesdays and fridays kinda intermittently.. how many blocks do you have to have running, and how many colonizing?

excellent....

not sure ive got your clarity and energy but grt vid thanks.

Do you use cooler or air-conditioning unit to your mushroom chamber? Window type? Split type? What do you advice?

About the chefs, what are your most popular strains?

Would you say an indoor hydroponics grow tent would be a good for starter mushroom grower as "flowering room" or would it not be necessary?

Thank you so much for your great vedio, God bless

Hi Myers , This is a random question: I am making grain spawn for Grey Dove Oyster Mushrooms into 32oz mason jars total of 12 and noticed a few not all has brown copper colored spots and realizing that there’s little more then a few at the bottom, the rest are fully white which I am aware there good and healthy, using rye grain! is this normal? I haven’t opened the mason jars yet since it’s been 2 weeks and half from sterilizing it pressure cooker at 15psi

I am retiring soon. I am seriously thinking about a mushroom grow. THEN I saw you here on line. One question in addition to other problems...How hard is it to prevent mold and bacteria? Many others on line are having all sorts of problems?

What about legalities are there permits or anything like that needed?

Hey what temp do you grow your king trumpets in?

Is there a link to your starting chamber video?

I have a question, I am starting out with everything and unfortuanately where I live in California I can only have a business if I have a cottage industry permit. Problem is mushrooms are on the list of unaccepted items for cottage industry here so what would you advise I should do? I have an area to grow them but not a commercial kitchen. Any feedback would be awesome thanks!

Do you run an in-person training program? Or would you be open to such?

Thank you from Argentina!!!!!! I am just starting... very excited!!!!!!!!!!

I have a question regarding humidity and carbon dioxide: if you run high humidity in grow room and at the same time carbon dioxide level increases, where automatically switches on ventilation to flow out the air, which might decrease humidity level at the same time. How you deal with such case?

Brother! You're videos are incredibly helpful! I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico and I'm passing through your area in about 2 weeks. Any chance I could help you out in your shop to pick your brain for a bit?

What device do you use to measure co2?

Can you explain how is shocking process managed for following flushes, literatures refer that blocks should be soaked however if you have thousand of blocks I cant imagine how it can be managed

Cuales son las dimensiones de las bolsas?

How much yield can I expect per quart of grain spawn?

Well Done Sir😀👐

Thank you 🙏

Nice!

I have heard you can get grant for mushroom business. But I don't know where to start.

Is the delivery share only for common restaurants?

Brilliant..same setup in the UK?

Great job bro like that you live in El Paso I live in West Texas too

Great Videos, I’m doing the same thing as you, I’m in Cali, I would love to take a class. What do you use as an exhaust fan? And humidifier? What would you recommend? I’m growing in a small 6x10 room, also you sterilize all those bags in a pressure cooker? Thanks

Where did you get your startup spores? You said you bought a grow kit, where is the best place to get one?

Some priceless info, really appreciate this, thank you

Nice video! From a former Ft Bliss "inmate". A 1/65 ADA 11th BDE IHAWK

I will be getting 3 spore blocks Monday..Turkey tail, Lions Mane and Pearl Oyster I plan to set up a 40 gallon aquarium to grow them in by the south wall of my kitchen floor. Can I grow all of them together in one aquarium? Or would 3 separate Rubbermaid tubs be better? How can I successfully grow them without all that equipment?

Another piece of advice for you to chew on is to be your own Farmer's Market. Organized Farmer's Markets usually have a fee or a booth rental included into the process to pay for organizing and/or renting the space to have it. Invest in a trailer ($500) some lumber and minimal hardware ($500) and build your own stand that you can take anywhere any time. You can make it as simple or complex as you want, generators, l.e.d. lighting, automatic sprayers, etc. Your mushrooms, coupled with your friends' produce for variety will make you unstoppable. Get to know the owner of some high traffic, semi-affluent locations i.e. upscale fitness center parking lots, senior centers and the like and ask for permission/rent a spot.

Where did you learn to grow mushrooms

nice man , nice.

Im a few months into starting my own mushroom farm. I just noticed that you have already taken the Name I was going to use. I wonder if were related, and I wonder if you are above suing a possible relative for creating a Myers mushrooms in southern Louisiana.

Did you have to have any sort of licensing for selling at farmers markets? Or llc business or what were the specifics there?

Is there any way you would do a video on a smaller scale production for at home consumption and not for whole sale. I am interested in growing for a hobby/ at home consumption.

Hey bro you probably have a timer to automate your pressure cookers. Every timer I keep buying kind of stops working after 20min with my aa electric sterilizer ....was there any specific timer you bought?

Cool dude

One question I have that I have yet to see anyone discuss in their videos is: HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH MOLD IN YOUR GROW ROOMS. Maintaining humidity in the 90% range in a small enclosed space inevitably leads to the growth of mold. I've started to experience this in my own grow room despite a ton of air flow and frequent air exchanges and have struggled to keep it clean and suppress mold growth. I've been wiping down surfaces with dilute bleach, but have been looking for other methods to intermittently purge the entire room (i.e., fumigation or use of ozone generator). I know that commercial scale growers often steam sterilize their grow rooms (not practical for me). What do you do to routinely clean, and periodically sterilize your grow room? Thanks in advance for this information... it will be very helpful for me (and may prove to be a useful video for others if you'd like to address this with a RU-vid video)!

I'm from Nepal and I'm planning to do professional mushroom growing business. How can I get connected with you for more information? Please help me.

If I get jars and spores, can I just inoculate them and then put them in a heated humid tub?

I appreciate the info.. im having a hard time simpl;y getting organized and working around critical family. i could use a good book, so i can remember things with bookmarks.

"I'm in the military"....... INSTANT SUB BROTHER! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS IN ALL YOU DO!

Finally, a video that isn't about psychedelics. It's tough to find advice on growing mushrooms without being lead to places that do illegal things.

El Paso?? is that a larger city?? I'm sure you are not the only mushroom farmer in the area, did you face a lot of rejection in the beginning??

Are you in El Paso, TX?

I just moved down to El paso from Arizona I have shipping containers ready to set up for growing, do you have any contacts you can put me in touch with in the el paso/las cruces region

Hello sir i have a question and hope your be gracious enough to give me an answer what i was wondering is is it possible to rehydrate dried mushrooms and then clone them in a liquid culture i like sugar in water or corn syrup in water the reason why i'm asking this i live in the tropics and for someone to ship me liquids for cultures would take months and months so i was just thinking of getting my hands on dried mushrooms in making my own liquid cultures can this be done thank you very much hope to hear from you soon

thanks dude. Super helpful.