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I have a small balcony that functions as my garden and this spring I accidently grew champions in a pot that got some rain. Apparently me using the water I use to wash veggies and mushrooms to water my plants during the year was enough to innoculate that pot and produce a nice amount of mushrooms over the winter/ early spring when the pot was supposed to lay dormant. Really opened my eyes to how simple it is to grow mushrooms and really looking forward to giving your technique a try once I have a bit of a real garden.
I love your videos. It’s like a nice breath of fresh air from the constant “influencers”. Both of you guys are soft spoken and so knowledgeable. Thank you for sharing all your cool knowledge!!
I want to do that for some time now, just need more info on it and when to do int and how to get spores of mushrooms I like it too like Honey mushrooms, and other veriety of mushrooms. I live near woods and lots of fallen trees ect, Oak's 🌳🌳too
You guys are amazing! such an inspiration! I can't to try this, I've grown mushrooms indoors only and want to try this method! I'm so exited thanks for sharing!
Homemade Sriracha is easy to make with stuff from the garden. That would be a good episode since we know now that Sriracha can be sold out for months at a time. It requires minimal firmentation time for some recipes.
Great point about Vitamin D.... I was so vitamin D deficient I felt like I was dying, and I was sooooo depressed and my moods were swinging rapidly throughout the day... Once we figured out what was going on, I felt the effect from the Vitamin D supplement same day... I've been on the up-and-up ever since. I probably lived with a D deficiency for over a decade; but, I had only gotten bad over the past year.... 80% of Americans are D deficient, so watch out... People are likely on prescriptions but could be just low in Vitamin D. I was literally setting up a doctor's appointments to get an anti-depressants; but, I couldn't get in to see him for 6 months... Lucky me! Figured it out! Now I'm looking to get Shiitake to see if it'll lower help my LDL without me getting on Crestor 💀
If you live somewhere with cold winters (like zone 6 or colder), I would wait till spring or keep your inoculated logs under a blanket until it gets warmer just because there’s a danger of killing the mycelium when they’re first inoculated. But after a few months of it spreading through the log they are fine to stay outside for good!
May I ask where you got the drill bit for the angle grinder and what it's called? I've asked at all the stores around me and they now think I'm nuts. Please help me find one haha
Hey thanks for the great video! Mushrooms produce D2, not D3. Curious about the production of D2 from sun exposure. Will go research now 😊 thanks! Ergocalciferol might be the name of mushroom D2?
So my understanding is that Shiitake, while taking a long time to first produce, will produce for several years. After you harvest, do you put wax over the plug again?
Hey I've been watching your videos for a time now and I'm very inspired by you, I want to know that if I've grown mushroom from spawns, can now once I have them do I need to buy spawns again or is there a way to grow them from grown mushroom like using them like seeds or something? Please help
Could you use non-beeswax candle wax to cover the holes? We've been thinking of doing this and don't have beeswax, but we have plenty of spare candles 😅
Is there any concern about a different, inedible mushroom catching on and growing? Is it unlikely, or do you just know how to recognize edible/inedible mushrooms?
I grow them on oak logs. Unfortunately they fruit only in spring and autumn, during summer and winter I have to buy them in supermarket (not that good as mine).
Just subscribed live your channel Just wondering after you do your initial planting of your shiitake mushrooms in your logs and they sprout do you have to refill the plugs again or don’t bother
Hey guys, thank you so so much for all the information you gave in this video. I want to start growing shiitake but I don’t have logs from the trees you mentioned. Do you think I can use Ailanthus Altissima (tree of heaven)?
Hi, could you please suggest a supplier for spawn? I am a complete beginner and have no idea where to get shiitake mushroom spawn from a trusted supplier. Thank you so much.
