How To Grow Mushrooms in a Bucket 

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Thanks for watching. I really enjoyed this project, especially given the savings to be enjoyed from growing your own like this.

Try a pressure cooker as this will sterilize your substrate and kill everything. It can help reduce future contamination and grain to grain transfers.

@@TheTubejunky If you watch the video, you will see that it very clearly advises AGAINST sterilizing the substrate, as that can actually encourage BAD mycelium to colonize the substrate. You WANT SOME life in the substrate. Just not enough to be dominant over the mushroom spawn.

@@GrowVeg will any straw work? (oc after being boiled)

@@TheTubejunky you are one of those people that read the synopses but say you read the book.

Me too. It isn't as if he was at the time trying to grow a sample in a Petri dish to see what kind of germ was already present to discern what kind of disease his mushrooms got.

worked fine for him...

Yes, I realise the error of my ways now. Scissors next time round!

@growveg Ok THIS is why I love your videos - sense of humor and humility. Truthfully not a apocalyptical-type error, though, right?

Ok THIS is why I love your videos - sense of humor and humility. Truthfully not a apocalyptical-type error, though, right? @@GrowVeg 🤯

So pleased you found the video useful. It's a great project for kids, so I'm sure your grandchildren will love doing this. :-)

I'll keep an eye out for that discussion. I also take lion's mane for the brain! :-)

what about Bella mushrooms, l love that flavor......can they grow this same way???

Cordyceps grow on insects

the Vitamin D mushrooms you see in stores are hit with special lamps to get the Vitamin D into them.

@@NoraNoita yes I had guessed that as we can also absorb Vit D from sunlamps providing they have the right kinds of UV and mushrooms aren’t going get that during the winter in Northern hemispheres, so putting them out in the sun to absorb Vit D from the sun isn’t an option during winter. Looks like getting sunlamps for growing our mushrooms then 😄

Top tip - thanks so much. I'm pretty useless with power tools, so appreciate this comment! :-)

That might be true for twist and Forster bits; however, he was using a spade bit for the larger holes.

Probably a better solution if possible, is to use a conical drill or step drill for making nice neat holes in thinner materials like plastic & sheet metals, you can also give the hole a slight shamfer between the steps for a clean smooth finish without burring.

Would laundry baskets work?. I've seen them used before. And specifically how many more types of mushrooms may be grown this way???@@GrowVeg

good idea. i've had drill bits grabbing in plastic, never thought of reversing the drill bit. Wiz

So pleased you watched the video and thanks for the sub. Welcome to the channel!

Same here 😍

Same here! I cannot wait to try this! I'm a little wary of doing it indoors in my home (hello, mold). Any tips?

So pleased this video was easy to digest. It's a really fun project - I do recommend trying it. :-)

It's great fun to grow them this way - definitely give it a try! :-)

Oh wow - what kind words! That's really lovely to hear. You must be a great dad getting your home garden in shape - I'm sure the kids must love to get involved with that. Thanks for watching. Cheers mate back at yer! :-)

And thank you for watching. :-)

I hope you're inspired to try it - it's very satisfying. :-)

That's really great to hear! You should definitely try growing more. :-)

What a great idea, thanks. :-)

Water from grain spawn soaking/cooking, is also an excellent agar medium for subsequent liquid cultures or cloning generations.

Thanks!

Great suggestions and advice, many thanks for sharing this. :-)

Maybe you should make videos as well

Thanks so much for your kind words. Here's to a very productive 2024! :-)

That's really super to hear! I hope it grows well for you. :-)

Sounds like you've driven down the costs even more and have a great system there! :-)

Do you make spore prints or do you just break it up like he did in the video?

Who is this Mister and how is he automatic 🤔

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Awesome!

Definitely give it a go! :-)

Super Yummy Oyster mushroom pasta recipe from my home (Japan) that I’ve enjoyed for decades is so simple 😊 1. Separate oyster mushrooms into small pieces. 2. Prep pasta (I like linguine) by boiling with some salt in water -> al dente 💕 3. While pasta is prepping, Sauté the mushrooms with olive oil in a skillet until soft. 4. Put equal amount of Soy sauce and Japanese Sake, and finish sautéing. 5. Put al dente pasta into the skillet and mix with the mushroom sauce. 6. Put on a plate and top with chopped green onions and some cayenne pepper powder. Enjoy 😘

I'm so pleased you're inspired to give this a go. It means a lot to make videos that affect change like this. Happy growing! :-)

This is really useful information, thank you so much! :-)

Great to be enjoying them all year with both types. You're a mushroom pro! :-)

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Hope you manage to find some and grow them. A fantastic project for the new year.

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Need to produce some more videos on mushrooms first. In the meantime, check out our other mushroom guide: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8aouihUZOuw.htmlsi=tAcl8xzdhUc7Tez3

Really great advice here, thank you. :-)

I was a mushroom hater because all I ever had was the white cap button muxhrooms and I could not stand them. Thank goodness a co worker got me to try oyster. Gosh how I love them! cooked in butter with a little bit of thyme. Like heaven!

Definitely do - very satisfying and no end of amazing puns! ;-)

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Clean scissors next time!

Great stuff! My old straw-inoculated bucket looks like it's just about to start fruiting. :-)

You are most welcome, and thank you for your kind words. :-)

Thanks so much for watching. And a very merry Christmas and joyous start to the year to you and your family too. :-)

Thanks so much! :-)

Using a Martha tent works well to control spores; venting it outside is even better.

Get them picked before they get too big. That way you harvest before they spore. Consider it like courgettes, sure you can have massive fruits but a better fruit if its picked sooner. There will be more flesh and less gills.

I grow my oyster mushrooms from spores/mycelium starting in my home with liquid culture then to grain jars. Last, I finally place them in the unoccupied outdoor garage to grow inside the buckets. My family and I do not have allergic symptoms even though but I guess everyone is different so maybe try to do an allergy test first. If you have allergies do not fear because there are also the more rare spore-less variety mushrooms which should never release spores. I was nervous myself about the danger at first but now I'm growing over 10 different mushroom strains from scratch as novice with no fancy equipment.

Yes, I think the trick is to harvest them before they produce loads of spores, which can make quite a mess as well. I think at the very least, it may be worth avoiding them in the bedroom, which carbon dioxide levels can get quite high overnight, potentially slowing the mushrooms' growth.

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Herbs, a single tomato and pepper plant for the balcony. A rack of microgreens for salad and sandwiches can look like decor in dining or livingroom. Grow a jar of sprouts on your kitchen counter, some kombucha or other fermented drink.

You have to be very sterile and present.

@@CM-sy3to This is almost exactly what I've been planning! I've got some grocery-store "regrow" experiments (scallions, garlic, 2 ft tall cherry tomato plant) and some strawberry starts going in window box planters on the ledge in my bedroom (can't do it in the living room--that's the cat's sunbathing spot). I've got other experiments going with a grow bag (baby red and purple potatoes) and a set of three felt cubes (I tossed some sprouting onions in one) out on the balcony. I've got some trays I'm going to try using for microgreens &/or sprouts and just got the seeds. I may set them up on top of the video cabinet cum pantry, under the always-on ceiling light. I hadn't thought about kombucha...maybe something else fermented. Thanks for the reminder of "microgreens for salad and sandwiches". I salvaged a 36"W x 13"D wire rack I'm going to set up as a living/dining area divider/storage. It was a tall unit, but I'm going to set it up as two half-height units back-to-back (36"W x 26"D) so it doesn't block the view from the dining area to the living room/balcony window and sun. Favorite/mini-appliances on the middle shelves; small items on top, with a row of narrow window box planters with herbs down the middle as "green decor" (they'll get light there and be easy to "cut and come again"). Maybe I can tuck a mushroom bucket on the floor, under the middle shelf, with indirect light, instead of the milk crate I was going to keep (grocery-bought) apples or root veg in. (I once put a bag containing a block of mushroom starter I bought at a farmers market out on the balcony and forgot about it--the mushrooms broke through the bag and I got a harvest despite my complete neglect! Next time it might be better to have it where I won't forget it.) I have plans for restarting a tomato plant in a festive bright green litter bucket in one back corner of the balcony and a red pepper or mini-cucumber plant in a matching bucket in the other back corner. I figure I can put a trellis or cage against the wall in those corners if/when needed. Eventually, the felt cubes in the front corners and along the rail should have some greens, I think, or things that need the 12" depth of the cubes--beets perhaps (I love beet greens), maybe my potted rosemary when it needs re-potting (with some edible flowers around it or ?). I haven't decided what to try in the 10" x 15" x 7" D beverage crates (salvaged) that fit nicely on the iron baker's rack (also salvaged). The rack squeezes in along the side rail, between the felt cube in the front corner and the green bucket in the back corner. It's got four shelves...I should be able to grow some short lettuces and greens, maybe strawberries, radishes...whatever can grow in shallow containers.

Thank you so much - that's incredibly kind of you. A very merry Christmas to your family also. :-)

It was a total heap of deliciousness. Very much enjoyed, thank you!

Thanks for watching. :-)

Smart move!

They did that for you?

Alex Jong and Adam Sayner ("GRO CYCLE" yt channel) were probably the first commercial UK Mushroom growers and are experts in their field. They have helped many people become Urban Commercial Shroom and Microgreen farmers. Spent Brewers Grain is another potentially cheap substrate, which like coffee grounds is a waste product which needs to be rapidly inoculated but is pre-sterile/pasteurised from the brewing process. If you have local brewers, microbreweries, it would make an excellent grain spawn and mycoremediation of such perhaps freely given waste.

​@@PandoraChaser2this is awesome! Now if companies in the States would take that stance...

@@SirDydimus86 To be honest I think I actually found the idea on a USA mushroom websites lists of potential substrates/grain spawns and substrate disposal ideas. Similar to microgreens the waste post shroom grows, then too needs a purpose, but yes brewers spent grain is excellent grain spawn potentially free.

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

My friend told me about how psilocybin shrooms helped him deal with trauma, anxiety and depression. I would love to try them though I haven't found any legit grower to get it.

I was having this unbearable anxiety and depression because of mental stress from school, work and life generally. Then I came across a mycologist dr.joeshroom He saved my life honestly.

Thanks for sharing this experience. I've read a lot around psilocybin and it's potential benefits for treating depression.

Yeah..dr.joeshroom So many people have testified about this and it still marvels me. I'd really love to give it a shot

Thanks so much. :-)

So pleased you enjoyed the video. Very best of luck with your shrooms! :-)

Thank you. :-)

Never had any problems. The pasteurisation is just a precaution - to up the chances of a 'clean' growth. Probably not always necessary, but reduces the risk of weed fungi and gives peace of mind I guess.

You're very kind - thank you! :-)

So pleased! Definitely worth giving a grow.

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Great advice - thanks so much!

This is a genuinely easy way to grow them and, I reckon, the most cost effective. Give it a go!

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That's really fabulous to read - well done! :)

Please do - it's so much fun!

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Great to hear you'll be starting yours - hope they grow well. :-)

Cheers for watching! :-)

This comment made me smile. Thanks so much! :-)

Will definitely be using clean scissors next time! :-)

Great stuff. It's a lot of fun, I promise!

Yes - that does sound maximum-volume yum!

So it's definitely cheaper than buying them in the supermarket, especially when you consider that you can use older straw to re-start a new bucket. Costs were roughly as follows: Buckets: 5 buckets cost £7.83 (Amazon) Pet straw: £5.99 (though I'm sure I found it cheaper when I bought it - around £3.99) Microprous tape: £4 (Boots. Lasts ages!) Sanitising stuff: £2.39 (Lasts ages!) Mushroom spawn: Varies. I bought an enormous bag for £29.99, but can buy smaller bags from £8.75. Sourced from here: urban-farm-it.com/products/blue-grey-oyster-mushroom-grain-spawn?variant=45076413710616 The buckets are, of course, reusable, and the other costs are minimal, bar the spawn. But given the yield, still cheaper than buying in the supermarket.

That's really great to hear. :-)

I've grown several mushroom kits and never sterilized anything. May have not been as successful as it could've been, but there weren't any issues.

The teeth-ripped edge would, in theory, be beyond the edge of the hole being covered. I don't think it would up the risk appreciably, but, good point, better to use scissors!

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That tape can be torn off of the spool by hand.

Thanks so much! :-)

Yes indeed - plenty of humidity there! :-)

Thanks for watching. I've not tried growing chestnut or shiitaki mushrooms yet - but hope to do so soon. Oysters are just very easy, but I suspect chestnut mushrooms would be too.

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Where did you buy all the required equipment and "ingredients"? Especially the spores?

shiitake are not as easy to homegrow. but they are best dried anyway

Shi takes grow on oak wood

Thanks! :-)

Great stuff! Happy growing. :-)

Great tweaks there, thanks for sharing this. Unfortunately this method wouldn't work with lion's mane, which I believe need hardwood to grow on.

I got mine from doc.coby

That's great you've got the snow peas budded. Definitely give mushrooms a try - they're so rewarding. :-)

Really delighted to hear you'll be helping your oldest start to grow food - the best education in my opinion! :-)

I know - I regret doing that. I'll use scissors (clean ones!) next time around!

Thanks, glad you found it useful. Lots of comments on me biting the tape. Scissors next time!

​@@GrowVegI found it refreshing @GrowVeg after all sometimes you've just got to be Human❤

Haha - Trevor is my long-suffering neighbour. And yes, he's definitely getting the next batch of shrooms! (Probably should have got the first to be fair!).

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You're most welcome. And thank you so much for watching. Happy gardening! :-)

Lots of people have mentioned this, and I will definitely be using clean scissors in future. :-)

Oh please. You probably eat processed food anyway because it is sanitized.

What a weird comment 😂😂

Good note nurse. Thank you for your service

The mushroom smelled like his unbrushed saliva 😂