I've been considering this as well, seems like a cool hobby. Restaurants probably would be interested in buying reasonably priced gourmet mushrooms. I have been considering doing this in scandinavia, currently in living in the UK where the market is already saturated and mushrooms are widely available.
Justin Thomas
I'm in the US. A lot of the issues I faced were places being uneasy. With laws and liability. Also they want a stable supply. Ie most would want 10lb a week.
You cannot really control the times they fruit. Summer gourmets only have a shelf life of free days. The cold weather ones is 10 to 14 days when stored correctly.
Basically you want a walk in fridge or at minimum a few deep freezers dailed up to be a fridge. 34F is ideal for cold weather storage.
Basically the hardest part was finding customers and meeting their needs. Facebook/ craigslist resulted in nothing other than people trying to get shrooms off you or false reports as people think your doing something illegal.
95% of my Facebook posts were flagged down. Where the guys selling wild mushrooms in the area were not. (In the USA it is illegal to sell any wild mushroom regardless of type unless you are a certified mushroom hunter)
Bentley Miller
Due it of you can grow mushrooms that are hard to find fresh. Like the one in your picture. Go for the medicinal angle and capitalize on the corona scare. Shiitake , lion's mane and turkey's tale have all been shown to boost the immune system for example.
Ryder Hill
I built a grow room in my parent's basement 5 years ago. Churned out like 50 pounds of oysters over a couple weeks, planned to setup at the farmer's market and shill to local restaurants. I ended up getting sick, I think from spore exposure. Tore everything down and went backpacking in new zealand for 6 months. Writing this is now making me depressed
Thomas Cooper
I've grown all the ones you listed and currently have local competition. But right now still living in an apartment. The house I sublimated an offer on has 2 large sheds. Room for me to start up a spawn lab etc.
I'd need to navigate and research local laws. Basically before in my old state there was no restrictions on growing and selling.
Basically after I move in. Have a lab squared away. It will take aprox 2 months to see my first mushroom after starting the process.
I sold or tossed all my old equipment when I moved across the country.
Aiden Bailey
Yeah that is why I'm doing it in a shed. You can get a culture from someone with a sporeless culture. I think one of the EU culture banks have one.
But spores in house will one day result in bad allergies unless you want to vent your basement...
Josiah Rogers
>spore exposure
Former psilocybin farmer here, you absolutely need the air in your grow room filtered and vented outside, slight negative pressure if at all possible, and a full face respirator when you're around fruiting bodies.
Some guys have gotten their sinuses colonized by spores and it is not a pleasant situation.
Jayden Sanders
And I've been pricing things out. Found a local lumber mill that sells hardwood sawdust for 13 per cubic yard. Would need to invest in a truck.
Lucas Miller
I would opt for a shed in the future. But this was a sealed environment with a dedicated vent fan. I even wore a full face respirator whenever I entered. Not sure what happened.
I'd like to give it a go in the future. I think the market is probably much more saturated in the last few years. You mention it takes 2 months to see your first fruit, which species were you growing? My oysters were fully fruited a week after inoculation
Looks like it worked it way around. It was hard to get small guys with the sporeless strains.
Also Psilocybin are not worth the time. Too much risk in that shit.
Parker Jones
I am think spawn progression. I will call up the spawn bank I've used in the past. They will reship me new master culter.
From there I would make new masters and start dishes. From dishes start grain jars. From jars start grain bags. From bags start bulk in sawdust.
Cameron Anderson
One thing that does concern me is if I get some wood contaminated with something and ends up killing or getting someone sick. What kind of liability I'd be facing. It is a rare happening but could happen.
Brandon Hall
extremely based. the jew fears the mushroom farmer. pretty much convinced that chaga literally cures skin cancer at this point if you consume enough of it and have wondered if its economically viable to hike around and harvest it ; i assume its basically unfarmable like truffles but haven't bothered to look into it.
Joseph Barnes
Is there horizontal transmission from substrate -> mushies? I was using straw and pasteurizing it myself with a 55 gallon drum of 160 degree water.
Sebastian Adams
Still in Thailand?
Isaac Sullivan
definitely do the cuck shed.
Jace Martin
Currently running an Etsy shop selling digital prints and designs. All electronic no shipping. Im having trouble with SEO and trying to rank on Etsy. Ive been driving most of the traffic to my page via Pinterest pins. Anyone ever did this? If so do yall have any tips
Justin Parker
Nah I've visited twice.
Mason Gonzalez
Wood is better for space usage. In Thailand I learned how they prepared their wood and open air colonized their sawdust/wheat bran mix.
Turning a shed into a hazmat site? mmmm maybe an extra 1-2k month profit.
Jack Stewart
Hey, user, I'm doing this currently and make my own spawn as well. I say just do it and keep overhead/risk as low as possible until revenue starts coming in, and just spend the revenue on upgrades/expansion.
I've never heard this for cubensis and would wager it's not true. Oysters, on the other hand..
Where are you located anyway?
Isaiah Fisher
whats the best hazardous waste product to produce in my shed
Justin Torres
>My oysters were fully fruited a week after inoculation doubt it unless you were spawning at a 1:1 ratio with your bulk sub or something, it takes like 4 days just for fruits to mature (from pins to harvest ready), no way your were reliably doing that. Mine take about two weeks and I use a top of the line commercial strain (Aloha 3015).
Jeremiah Collins
I've also thought has doing that with some instructions on how to put it in a garden patch. Dig up the ground. Put some carboard as lining in the bed. Toss some straw & spawn. Put dirt back on. Now grow plants on top. As the weather is right you will get mushrooms. DIY is popular.
Dominic Perry
ehh depends on your market. Pleurotus Ostreatus have a decent shelf life. Fruit in a wide range of temperatures.
Landon Rivera
I mean 2x4s are cheap dude; I wasn't really talking about outdoor style but just constructing a fruiting shed as cheaply as possible. Maybe just buy half a dozen cheap humidifiers and just do cheap pastuerized shredded straw style grows. Fall is coming up and that's the perfect time for low utility cost as you wouldn't need a heater / AC.
Adrian Evans
I really really dislike the new Aloha ownership. I do own some masters with them.
Evan Collins
btw this is basically what I'm doing, I started as cheap as possible and I'm just tacking on upgrades as it comes in, gonna be building a real high pressure misting from a pressure washer and a 55 gallon steam sterilizer towards the end of this month.
Juan Brown
Yeah I've heard complaints as well, but whatever, the genetics are solid. I actually got the culture 2nd hand from a friend on shroomery. They charge way too much for a cultures.
