How to Warm up Space for Mycology 

You're very good at instruction! I love that you don't simply say "here, do this and do it this way", but you give us the reason why. A lot of folks doing videos don't fully teach. I've found that stuff sinks into my brain a hell of a lot faster when I understand the "why" part! I appreciate ya buddy!

I used the tub in tub with a 17 wat heat mat in the bin since the water heater wasn't enough. Worked great.

A tent with a small heater inside it, combined with an external thermostat for higher precision is the way to go you your house is really cold. Saves me a lot of $.

Here's an easy, safe and possibly free option I have used. Works quite well! I'm sure I'm not the only one to come up with it. Just need a cooler and an empty milk jug. Simply put your jars inside the cooler with a milk jug full of warm tap water. I find all you need to do is partially empty the jug of water, empty about 1/3-1/2 the jug, and top off with hot tap water. I do this twice a day, morning and evening. Generally shoot for about 85- 90 degree jug of water for my set up. I''m easily able to maintain temp in the cooler in mid 70s this way. It takes a tiny bit of playing around to dial it in and see what it takes to maintain your temps but it's super easy, works well and no electricity or fire hazard.

Ty! I know I've said it a million times already but... there are no words truely to express how grateful I am to your channel! Your awesome!

Hey I just wanted to say thank you so much for all the information. I used your recipe for cvg and it came out perfect. Just tonight I pulled down my first flush! It was a amazing first flush thanks to you and a few other on RU-vid. Never would had the amazing results without your help. Thanks again.

I have a shelf for all of my tubs (my space is very small think of closet,) use a Walmart desk space heater and set it on high for the first 15 minutes. Then turn the heater down to low and the lowest warm temp positive. Always have had success during winter time with it! Also thank you for showing the incubator box! Love your videos PGT.

I live in an area with lower ambient Temps.. I also am relatively uncomfortable in Temps above 68 to 70.. I was able to use your first method and it worked great..... thanks for the tips we appreciate you

The aquarium heater idea is fantastic and exactly what I need. Thank you.

I can't believe you finally made a video i was looking for so long!!!

Man I love your channel presentation. That end of class kids recording never fails to bring up ancient memories! Cute.

I’m new to growing and have been following and I was wondering what to do this winter and boy you came in clutch thank you sensei👍

Only the best from PGT thank you!

Love your videos, PGT!

Perfect timing, thank you for all your help and advice!

A New Philly Golden Teacher Video!!!

Great video, always appreciate your DIY approach. I just went through a whole process of upgrading my shed for the winter, where I have my gourmet tent set up. I insulated everything, and upgraded the gauge of my extension to be able to run a small oil heater on a low setting. In retrospect, a couple hundred watt reptile heating bulb would have been the way to go. Then maybe building an "insulation box" around the tent using those foam insulation blocks. Regardless it seems to have worked well for lion's mane: I can monitor the temps on an inkbird temp controller wirelessly, and my fruiting times have only decreased by maybe 30%. Not too bad. Keep your babies warm folks!

Good tips for winter. Thanks

Way better teacher than I've ever had.

I would say u are among one of my fav people to learn from! I love your vids and that voice really works for you lol. Shit u could be on the radio with a voice like that!

Thank you Brother for your wisdom and Patience with everyone ☮️❤️👊

Awesome video! I've been using a 5-gallon water drum that I fill with hot water from my utility sink. Great to see other methods (:

Keep up the awesome work 👏

Blackout curtains also help for window draft!

Already having a cold room had to buy some heat matts

thank you for the great videos! i’ve recently started my interest in Mycology and I got a grow kit for a christmas gift. after these blue oysters fruit and are harvested, I look forward to using your videos to continue growing 🤝 thanks for the knowledge!

Happy holidays, have a happy new year, PGT!

You're amazing. Every video. Every time.

Thanks mannn, you are God send.

Wow man, great presentation. Your channel was recommended by a friend and I'm glad she did. All the best

Damn, gonna miss the premiere, about to head out but will catch it later. Love your content bro.

Enjoyed the MycoGeeky interview.The collective funk eye consciousness is mushrooming and the third eyes are seeing what you are bringing. Thanks

Great video! 👍

Awesome, step-by-step details. What brand are the racks you put inside the tub to keep them above the heating mat in the tub? And, where do you buy them? Thank you!

Thank you for all the info sir!

You’re literally the greatest 🙏

Good stuff.. My area has been seeing 30s to a predicted -14 next week temps. I enjoy your videos, they, along with the Mushroom bible are helping me along my journey in mycology.

re: Gas exchange... I've started looking at tubs and jars that are kept upright as carbon dioxide traps - although maybe that's something else there are consumer-grade sensors for. And yes, there are other simple fixes to boost gas exchange - like adding more holes to the base of a tub and lightly wadding some cotton or something into the hole... Do you have issues with warm water growing algae and bacteria? What do you think of salting the water or using something like mineral oil instead of water?

Another thing to insulate are the electrical outlet boxes in the walls. They make shaped foam panels to place behind the outlet face plates.

Instead of using electricy one can can also use a big bottle of warm tap water to heat up some kind of insulated box, also the best and easiest insulated box is a scrap/not working small freezer, look around on local ads, its often free.

Thanks again love your videos

thank you pgt

Thanks again

Life saver

Just moved back to my home state of Colorado and these tips will be very useful for my upcoming grows.

Hey Philly! I love you! 😘

Thank you

I am using an aquarium heater in a large stock pot that is heating the small closet I am using as well as adding humidity to the area.

Im testing your broke boi tek brownrice no PC method. Its in quart jars and I even extended the time to 2 hours but I always get a spot or 4 of blueish green. Totally cleaned SAB, sterilized tools the whole series of steps as clean as I can do it. Obviously all the molds in the rice arent killed. I can make a water chamber up to 6 inches deep to keep the steam bath going for about 6 hours. Is there a length of time limit before the rice is no longer viable as a growth medium? Also if the top of your monotub is nice and moist as well as the walls why does the center feel like a piece of dried out particle board? This is weeks after loading the mono tub. The sides are growing very well but 2 inches it the growth stops. Thanks for your videos, you are a wealth of knowledge even to an old farmer.

Dude this was too funny seeing the the thermometer, the temp gun, the plastic wrap/insulation around doors and windows, like same brands I use 😆 it cracks me up how similar us 'myco folks' thinking can be.

Most excellent 👑🔥🤍

love you pgt

Love your videos :3

Hey Philly! I have been doing a TON of searching the internet for useful information to help people like me and you produce higher quality (and potency) products. I have some specific information that I don't feel like sharing here but it would be EXTREMELY valuable for you to make a video on. If there is any way that you prefer I reach you personally please let me know. Thanks for all the great content btw!

Hope you are well PhillyGoldenTeacher

Hey, im a newbie. What do i use to keep the right tempurature durring fruiting?

Why not fruit in the incubation box?

I set 2 grain bags directly on top of the heating mat and left it on for 5 days at 79° and dried out about an inch across the bottom of the bag. I wish I would have known lol but oh well 1st time for everything

I did the fish heater, and it's working like a charm. I can't believe I've watched this much content and still have so much to learn.

Thanks brothah

Thank you for those tips. I especially liked the tub-in-tub variant with the submersible heater. That was pretty neat.

Love this man! Any videos on dehydrating? Temps/time and such?

I used a resistence with a basic thermostate in the tub I will use to s2b

Hey Pgt quick question in some of your videos you have a metal rack in your still air box that you lay your agar or a scalpel on, etc. What is the exact purpose of this? Thanks for everything you do.

Before this video came out, I was already doing something similar to this. I got two free frosting buckets from a local bakery (they throw them away). Cleaned the buckets. Put some bricks in the bottom, with small jars filled with water to provide a platform, then an old fish tank heater I had that my gf had thrown away. I put the heater at the bottom next to the bricks. Added water. Then floated a 2nd smaller bucket for grains. Works well but the 2nd bucket gets wet from humidity. So I put all grain jars in zip lock bags, mostly sealed. Put a 2nd bucket on top, and then covered with a towel. And empty the top bags of the small amount of water every so often. My best advice is to just copy DIY videos for incubating eggs but on a larger scale. But you can do all this for free or less than $20 if you are smart. Don't buy bubble wrap. Rent-a-centers and stores that sell large TV's they put on display have loads of large sheets bubble wrap they throw out. You can ask them to set it aside or just dumpster dive. Same with large blue foam inserts. Those junk couches that people toss out can also be torn apart for the couch cushions which are large squares of foam. Pet stores that supply fish receive fish in metallic space-blanket type insulator bubble wrap. They come in long 4-5' feet steps about 8" wide. In short, watch for items that might arrive in materials you need. Fish must be kept alive from cold in shipment. You must be kept alive too. So it's a good insulator. Contact shipping facilities. FEDEX and UPS freight facilities endlessly get stuff like that from people that open up crates on site.

I just barely subscribed, and have only just begun my Mycology Journey, but can I just say your little Deer mushroom head fursona is the cutest damn thing right there.

Thanks bro...just saw i have the same air cleaner😊👍🏼

The incubation boxes are on another level, I use two of them but without a rack to elevate, I keep the matt sideways close to the jars but not touching at 75°f hasn't failed me yet

Happy mushies 🍄 thank you!

I like that idea with the aquarium heater. I'm always skeptical of those heating mats. Especially if they're not in contact with something like an insulator. Thanks for the quality videos.

Where my grow is the heat is out I have a reptile heat pad in the bottom of a sterelite tub with a rack to keep the grain spawn elevated so it isn’t making ti direct contact like you mentioned not sure what I should do once I’m ready to spawn to bulk

I just had to let you know I love your videos bro and I just so happen to see the one earlier with the strange Asian fella singing about Apple pineapple pens or whatever. I just wanted to say thanks. I've now have that song stuck in my head for around seven hours. I couldn't remember what video it is on so that's why I'm telling you on this one. Seriously though my first tub is about ready for fruiting conditions and I have you to thank for it. No doubt I would not be here and made it this far without your videos. So once again bro. Thank you thank you thank

omg i needed this right now, i have my jars in a warm spot but where i’ll be putting them for bulk needs to be warmer

It seems like I think of an issue I might run into and the algorithm reads my mind and sends me your videos. Thank you.

Question.... if I take GT and albino A+ that I grew In liquid culture and combined a little of each in my grain would that create a new strain?

You sound like a pilot talking about mycology 😂 thank you for choosing Phillygoldenteacher airlines

If you were to use yeast, would you put it in the pressure canner or add it to the fruit chamber later on?

What should I search to get a 4 tiered wire shelf that comes with a fitted tarp around it? Ideally can fit a couple shoeboxes on each tier

Very informative

Thank you for your content! I don't think your heating mat is a fire hazard, I think I have the same one, 18 watts, very little for the surface area. I have a 40w one that definitely can become a fire hazard when folded or insulated. I'll touch several spots on any heating mat to check how hot it gets in my setup, mostly the answer is lukewarm. Otherwise a cheap pwm dimmer will reduce heat output. Anyway, I'd even put these buckets on sheets of styrofoam to insulate from below.

I'm trying an incubator setup with a heat mat for my agar in a cooler, very similar to your first set up but with a cooler and a rack. I'm getting condensation still and I assume it's from the heat coming off the heat mat creating a larger temp differential. Any advice? Should I cover the heat mat with the towel to make the heating up...more uniform/less drastic of a temp change?

Philly do you have a link to those shelves you dropped in the incubator?? Perforated Steel ones ?

Personally I have an Amazon basics heater and a Bluetooth thermometer and I have the thermometer send me notifications every time the temps go below 73 or above 83 and the heater is connected to a smart outlet that I can turn on/off remotely

I got some heat mats coming in the post. I've heard people say that houses in Australia don't retain much heat compared to houses built elsewhere like America and Europe. Ironically I've heard people say it's actually colder here inside a house during the winter, than it is elsewhere in countries where it gets much colder outside. I intend to use the heat mats for fruiting as well as incubating because we don't have thermostats or radiators built into our houses. Only reverse cycle AC. I tried running a space heater in winter last year and it cost a fortune in power bills so I'm hoping the heat mats are more economical.

Hey I need your help ok so I wanna make a mushroom clone syringe I see how you can transfer the mushroom to agar… there must be a way to transfer the mycelium to distilled water or something??? Any thoughts would be great

Reptile pad works great to keep my monotub warm. I put it directly under the tub, not in the tub with substrate, at 75-80F.

Every video that I watch talks about keeping the space warm, from 70-75F. I'm in Texas. That's literally the lowest my AC goes...lol. For us, 75 is cold.😅

Where do you get the trays? The raised metal ones with the holes. Ive seen you use them in your SAB too. Thanks for all the videos you are awesome!!!

How about during the spring and summer months? Opposite do you suggest an AC and dehydrator for a state like NY.

I love your channel (making my first agar this week!!) can you explain why we don’t want to fruit in an incubator?

How many 3 pound Grain bags do you think you could fit in a 66qt tub with the heating pad method?

No way am I going to reach those temperatures here in the UK at the moment. It would cost a small fortune.

Wonder if we can have holes in the (sides of) top tub, in your second method to automatically bring in some humidity from the water below.

Can you please advise with what can I replace isopropyl alcohol while sanitizing? I can’t find it here anywhere locally

What about fruiting chamber? How low of a temp will fruits thrive. My situation is flipped it's hot all the time and humid so ac has to be run constantly. I use tub in tub with jars it seems to do alright but moving to mono tub . My concern is I can't keep temps high enough for fruiting

Hey Philly, With the tub in tub method, how often do you find that you have to add more water?

You are one of my fav content creators for this. Thank you for always helping me find cheap solutions to issues with my grow setups. You’re the best!

Question that I hope isn't too stupid, these setups seem to be for colonization but could I use these to keep say a shoebox tek warm enough to fruit inside? or even a SGFC?

I been growing in my closet , and I use heat lamps for reptiles ! The ceramic ones that don't emit any light jist heat. Hang it in my closet, keeps it warm. The lower of the closet is around 65 but that's okay.

Do you have a preferred humidity for colonization and incubation?