🍄 Ready to embark on a magical journey into the world of mushrooms? 🌱 Join Weedy in this episode as we dive headfirst into the enchanting realm of mushroom cultivation! 🌟
In this episode, we’re taking you on an adventure like no other as we plant three incredible varieties of mushrooms in three unique mediums. Get ready to discover the secrets of cultivating Shitaki mushrooms in logs 🌳, watch how we do it with wine cap mushrooms in wood chips 🍇, and witness the best way to get pink oyster mushrooms thriving in sugar cane mulch and straw 🌾.
This episode holds a special place in our hearts because we’ve been eagerly anticipating this moment for a long time, and we can’t wait to share the joy of mushroom cultivation with you! 🤩
Mushrooms aren’t just delicious additions to your meals; they’re also superfoods for the body and nourishment for the soul. 🌿 So, whether you’re an experienced gardener or a beginner with a green thumb, this video will surely inspire you to start your own mushroom-growing journey. After all, good for the body and good for the mind – that’s the magic of mushrooms! 🍄💫
Join us in this fantastic fungal adventure, and let’s grow mushrooms together. Hit that subscribe button, and let the mycological adventure begin! 🍄🌱✨
Enjoy
Weedy
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Heads up mushroom growers!
I say "mushroom spores" every time I should have said "Mushroom spawn". For those interested in correct terms, and the purpose of propper words, this is for you:
Mushroom spawn and mushroom spores are two different stages in the life cycle of a mushroom, and they serve different purposes in the cultivation of mushrooms. Here's a breakdown of the differences between them:
Definition:
Mushroom Spawn: Mushroom spawn refers to a substrate that has been inoculated with mushroom mycelium, which is the vegetative part of the fungus. Spawn acts as the starting point for mushroom cultivation, providing the mycelium with a nutrient-rich environment to grow and develop.
Mushroom Spores: Mushroom spores are tiny reproductive structures produced by mature mushrooms. They are released into the environment and can serve as the means of reproducing the mushroom species. Spores are often used to create new strains or varieties of mushrooms.
Purpose:
Mushroom Spawn: Spawn is used to establish and propagate a specific strain or variety of mushroom. It provides a controlled and consistent source of mycelium for inoculating a growing medium (such as substrate or logs) to cultivate mushrooms.
Mushroom Spores: Spores are used primarily for the reproduction and propagation of mushroom species in a more natural, diverse, or experimental way. They can be used to create spore prints, which are used to study the morphology of the spores and to create new mycelium cultures.
Size and Visibility:
Mushroom Spawn: Spawn is typically more visible and tangible than spores. It consists of mycelium-infused substrate, which can be seen as a white, web-like network within the substrate.
Mushroom Spores: Spores are microscopic and not visible to the naked eye. They are released by mature mushrooms and can be collected on various surfaces, such as paper, to create spore prints.
Cultivation Process:
Mushroom Spawn: To cultivate mushrooms using spawn, you typically mix the spawn with a suitable growing medium (e.g., compost, straw, wood chips) to create favorable conditions for mushroom growth. The mycelium from the spawn colonizes the growing medium and eventually produces mushrooms.
Mushroom Spores: Cultivating mushrooms from spores is more involved and requires additional steps. Spores are used to create a spore syringe or spore print, which is then used to inoculate a sterile substrate. The mycelium must grow from the spores before mushrooms can be produced.
In summary, mushroom spawn is a more advanced and convenient way to cultivate specific mushroom varieties, as it provides established mycelium for inoculation. Mushroom spores, on the other hand, are primarily used for research, breeding, or for growing mushrooms in a more natural or experimental context, but they require more steps and patience to develop into mature mushrooms.
Great Vid. Thanks . 42 I guess
I think you said it 41 times
Hey Weedy how’s it going? I got 39 times, cheers. If I win I would like to donate the give away to someone you know who could really benefit from growing mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms etc.
Hi Weedy, can't get over how your accent sounds so Maori ! Absolutely love the gentle way you present gardening information, making it so achievable for beginners and inspirational for jaded gardeners like me. Anyway, could only count mushroom/s said 39 times.
Thanks Weedy – another wonderful watch! i get so excited when I see you've released another video. i counted 39.
40 times 🍄. Always great. My wife and I love watching your videos in the morning with our coffee.
You're gonna live those Wine Caps. They taste very nutty. 72.
Hi chef ! Nothing more than greetings from a Mauritius Island follower,
A little message to thank you and encourage you in what you do. I fell in love with permaculture 2 years ago and I am soon launching my own “life” project. From my point of view, this lifestyle has so much meaning for humanity, that I wish it to all those who want to find themselves. Your way of sharing what you experience is unique and absolutely magnificent.
Thank you for simply being who you are.
Cheers Mate 😉
-Axel
Just yesterday I was telling some friends that I needed a mentor to help me understand how to grow mushrooms. And here you are! I am surprise I have not seen your channel before! My lovely tulip tree was blown over and I saved a lot of logs from it to plant mushroom plugs into it. I am so excited to learn and learn and learn!!! 43 mushrooms!
*Straw 😂
Awwww, Weedy, Mate! You really are the Pied Piper of the gardening world. I was not keen on friendly bugs or worms (100 % gardening with gloves) but you made me want to vermicompost and keep bees; I loved rain in my garden but not on me while gardening, and you made me enjoy feeling that cooling rain and squelching in the mud, now you are making me want to go and study all the fungus growing….Weedy Magic! Thanks for another lesson.
Thanks Weedy for this great video simplifying mushroom growing! I've always wanted to know this. I'm not too geographically far from you, also very slowly starting my permaculture patch up in midcoast NSW. I think you said Mushroom(s) 40 TIMES. Would love a kit to try it out! Also couple of ideas: (1) there might be an opportunity to try either a 80watt UV-C lamp or 12v Ozone O3 generator (about AU$120), run for 2 to 4hrs or longer in an enclosed space for wood chips/logs etc, which would Fully Sterilise them. I use them to kill mould and damp smells in all corners of the house and furniture, about once every 1 or 2 months when heavily humid/damp, while we have exited the house ofcourse. Works a Charm! So Ozone, may help scale up production surplus. I've also successfully used O3 to clean/filter rancid brown ditch water, with O3 + lime + sand + charcoal, to a drinking potable standard. Easier than we might think. O3 is pretty powerful and can be run off a solar panel. (2) could we use beeswax instead, to cover the mushroom spawn plugs? Fantastic video, thanks again!
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You've got such a great set up going on now. It's taken you not too long to get there really. If more could be aligned. As for mushrooms 41
Getting the stuff together, can't wait to give it a go, THANKYOU
Another wonderful informative video. I am going to order a couple of kits for my garden. I have never thought of growing mushrooms until watching this. Your wisdom and ideas David are in so many of our gardens all around the world. Never stop this is one of my favourite YouTube channels and what’s better it’s Australian content from the area where I grew up.
Counted 40 times. Great content!
I didn't keep track of how many times you said "mushroom" but I did start coming up with jokes that had the punch line "That's the last straw". This was a great video, I learned stuff and you're becoming my favorite "nature/garden narrator".
Another awesome and educational video Weedy. I love watching your videos. Today I counted you saying mushrooms 41 times. Thats a lot of mushrooms…
Haha what a spectacular video. Such a joy to watch and see your passion for this flow so naturally through you. I especially loved the echo effect you added as you stuck your head in the mushroom tent!
🍄 I only counted 38 but I also have a 1 year old girl running around with no nappy on, so I might have missed a few ☺️ either way it was a fun game to play 🧚🏼♀️🦋🐝🍃🍂🪵 thanks Weedy we all love your channel here in Austinville in QLD 🌞✨ big love from the Farrar-Wells clan 🌷🐞
I think it was 40 mushrooms 🍄