STRAW BUCKET OYSTER TEK FOR BEGINNERS, Cooler Pasteurization Method 

The garbage can (or larger plastic container) incubation method I show in the video works great, but there are other options. If you think you're going to do a lot of buckets, it's worth picking up a dedicated can in my opinion. If you're just looking to dabble however, probably the easiest way would be to loosely wrap it with a garbage bag. Just make sure not to seal it on top so it gets some air and you can peek in and mist.

I'm using the garbage can now it is working great thank you so much

Good Informative video. Goes over lots of important info to get this bucket and outdoors going well. Loved the tip of twice(2x) amount of dry to fill container once pasteurized. I've got 2x buckets-Pearl and King Blue, several big bags(20L)-oysters and some regular bags of Wood Ear, Oysters and even testing a Shiitake in this spot, out in my garage. So I'll likely add a mister and fan as conditions change. Maybe tarp it in... Hot and dry will arrive sometime, so it's just playing to sneak in a few extra grows. Half of them are on cardboard collected during the winter, hand ripped into chunks and pasteurized. Oat spawn, but I might be too stingy compared to what you sensibly say about amount to use, by at least 50%, which has definitely left longer (prone to drying) colonization time for the low nutritive substrate (no bran or SoyHulls, forgot gypsum); compared specifically to MY regular temp/humidity and added nutrient sub. Really helps to have all this info, Thanks!

Are we just the same person 😂 I’ve been doing the EXACT same method, but I use cold water and hydrated lime powder instead! I have a porch full of pink oysters right now!

I've found that a big steel pot an medium-low on my stove top holds temps between 166 and 178F while uncovered. Just throw your straw into a cheesecloth bag and throw it in the pot. Home Depot delivers 80lb bails of hay for $35. Super cost effective.

Thanks for the garbage can idea. I was using 5 gallon buckets to grow trunpet mushrooms. But once i get my grow down i think ill just upgrade to full garbage can 😅

I just use u clear garbage bag and put it over bucket it works fine

When I did this, I just boiled the straw for 5 or 10 minutes or so in a potato sack in a 7 or 8 gallon pot. Then with hook, just pull the sack out and hang it. It drains really well this way, and when it's cool enough to handle you can wring it out, & then it doesn't require much further drying on the table. Of course you need an 8 gallon pot, and a burner that can handle it, but you can process multiple buckets worth kinda quickly this way with no need to muck up any coolers.

Have you ever tried wood chips? I’m testing fresh wood chips inoculated right out of the wood chip machine (no additional water), and looks like it gets colonized pretty well by the oyster mycelium. One advantage I see is that it’s pretty dense, so it might lead to an interesting yield…

I have a Wagner wallpaper steamer and was curious, couldn't you use the steamer in conjunction with a 5 gallon bucket to create a pasturation process?

You will save time and mess by using an onion sack for pasteurisation and and if you drill small holes in the bottom of the bucket, it will drain the excess moisture. No need spreading it out on a table and using a fan (adding costs), just hang up the onion sack until it stops dripping, add to the bucket in layers with spawn.

Once the straw leaves the cooler and comes in contact with the table and a flan blowing within a garage, how does this not introduce contaminants resulting in loads of mold?

thank you for this new informative video. I would like to ask you how often you need to refill with water your ultrasonic humidifier an if it happens to you as well that on the floor of your fructification chamber you get quite a lot of water condensation (to be regularly cleaned).

Would a wood frame using galvanized hardware cloth to drain the straw contaminate the straw in any way from the zinc used for galvanization? Your videos are awesome by the way. I’m just starting out and I have learned the most from your channel….. Thanks

Question could you use the water for making agar like grain water or no? Random thought lol

Have you done any experiments where you use inoculated straw to inoculated more straw similar to how you would expand grain.

I dont think you need more than a lb of grainspawn per bucket. Just need and extra 3 or 4 days

Do you know why the mycelium in the grain spawn doesnt fruit into mushrooms?

Are 2nd Flushes worth it or even going to happen with this low nutrient bucket tek, as is? Just gauging, not judging. ;) May be possible but require adding nutrients and a different sterilization plan? Clarifying. These are some of my most 'free range' grows and wondering if '1 and done' is best approach, especially when exposed to all the nasties floating around in this world.

Great video! Is there any reason that I couldn't use a spent oyster mushroom grow kit? I've got three fruitings out of it already. I haven't grown mushrooms indoors in a few years and wanted to start back up again and I thought it would be a perfect opportunity since I already have the inoculated spawn. I already have a couple big bags of the pre-processed straw leftover from a Wine cap bed outside lol. Any thoughts? Thanks!

If the substrate has herbicides, will the mushrooms absorb those chemicals?

Greetings from sunny SW Florida. Can you slide the bucket into another bucket instead of a garbage can? Probably not the mycelium won't be able to breathe... Do you have alternative methods please?

Would Pea Straw work as a substrate?

Do you drill any holes in the bottom for drainage ? And can you use Barley straw ?

What the hell is poly fill isn't it just the same as cotton wooll

HELP Springtails have moved into my grow room!! Wth!! The pests make doing an indoor grow a headache!! What the heck should I do?

Can oyster mushrooms deal with summer heat

I’m not sure plywood soaking the straw is a great idea since ply wood is glued together and not water tight wood , glue contamination could mess with the straw , just saying, something to think about , my way of thinking is glues can’t be good being chemicals especially if your growing food to eat.