Bad time to make a video with that pressure cooker slapping away

Thank you so, very much for sharing all of this highly valuable information. I am a novice mycologist and spent more than 6 months just researching and throughly studying prior to finally diving in with my first grow. Having decided to go big with my first grow, I have been really anxious to see great results. I’d initially decided to cut a large monotub recipe down to about 1/5 the recommended size. I really would’ve regretted having to throw all of this out due to contamination. Again, I appreciate your help so much!

Couldn't hear over that damn presto howling in the back. 3 quarters on the weight quiets her right down.

Exactly what I needed to see, thanks! And no the background sound didnt bother me, that's a happy sound in my house. Just glad you are taking the time to post.

Love the info, great info. The pressure cooker or autoclave made it hard to hear well.

Awesome awesome info - I'm now subscribed. But my dude, you gotta either get a mike or record somewhere else cause we can barely hear you. Love the philosophy of letting the fungi duke it out. Firstly it's concerning genetics-wise when so many large scale operations who sell to the public are tossing anything that looks weird or encounters a contam, because it's such a different selective pressure than nature. Secondly I was just reading this awesome 2021 metastudy commissioned by the Netherlands Department of Agriculture on coprophilous fungi (but it probably at least partly applies to other fungi) about the larger context of basidiomyces growth in manure. The basidiomyces only become established after other non-mushroom forming fungi and bacteria have had their fill of the easy nutrients, then the basidiomyces come in and they can digest the tougher, less nutritious material but also we're not clear on whether the previous bacteria and simpler fungi just strip out the easy sugars and nutrients or if what they do in some way prepares the substrate for basidiomyces to profligate. BUT in many of the coprophilous basidiomyces they looked at the mycelium produce antibacterial compounds, so as the mycelium becomes stronger it's able to mitigate, corral, and then eliminate bacterial contaminants. Some of them even produce antifungal compounds (with narrow profiles obviously). So I love that you let them fight their battles and it probably will produce fitter genetic lines over time.

Hey, I am Alvis and this video really helped me in growing mushrooms. The problem is I can't figure if my mushroom blocks are contaminated. It would really help if I could send some pics of my mushroom and you will help me figure it out.

Excellent example of youtube... best info available, almost impossible to hear. But i got it, thanks man.

Thanks for recording near a steam engine. I thought I heard talking

Thank you for this video & identifying problems on multiple types. Having to come back for a second viewing after having some contamination. The source was a commercial block that may have gotten contamination during shipment. It was Green Mold & exploded in growth exponentially so I just threw the block outside & the turkeys ate what little fruiting had occurred. I have also had one contaminated grain spawn which donor was the same block previously mentioned. It had telltale greasy liquid sticking the millet grains to the bag & smelled almost like a caramel frappucino that had been left in a hot car for 3 days hot damn! Anyways sorry for the monologue, your videos are exceedingly helpful.

Bravo........love to see agar plate photos.......close up samples ...cheers

He always has some going it's biasness multiple things going thanks for this video good information thanks for it

Great video. You taught me a lot in your clip. Other vids just show you a rotten colour or say any colour but white is contaminated. My first grow was pink oysters and I had the mycelium turn pink after a while but it was very interesting seeing the morel coloration as I have a spore syringe on order. Thanks again

Great video

Boop! It would be really awesome to see if a good chunk of the population did this while being stuck in their homes... how many innovations could be created at a lightening speed... crazy, that many waste their time in stressful environments... both inside oneself and outside, lol.

I just started growing and man your videos are helping so much! THANKS

That pressure cooker going crazy 😭

Do you notice a difference in smell at different stages of colonization?

Mine has a healthy orange color because it’s growing over new areas. Thank GOD!!! Remember be clean people. Disinfect everything!!!!

I'm fwing you heavy🔥🔥🔥🤝

Thanks for the examples! I stuck it out because I appreciate that you’re multi tasking while you have a few minutes. I hear the pc but I can tune it out to get the intel. Thank you!!

You mentioned regarding the infected pink oyster bag that if it didn't win over the infection, you'd take it home and just throw it in your garden outside to grow. Why would you do this over sending it to bulk inside, or throwing out the bag entirely? Is it because "if the pink oysters grow, then that's great, but if they don't, then no harm done"? Or some other reason? I know he doesn't usually answer comments on his channel, so if anyone else can explain to me this reasoning than I'm all ears (or eyes, I suppose)!

Do you have a video on how to clean culture from bacteria? For example if you have contaminated petri dish, is there any way to clean mycelium from bacteria? Is gentamicin toxic to mycelium?

Great video!

Awesome. So what's the secret to morels or a good place to start btw the tek seems all over the board from what I'm finding.

Excellent

Okay I just broke up my mycelium brick and mixed it in really well with my medium thoroughly and put a thin cover of medium over that. 3 days later I see what looks like a cotton ball with littl e spikes coming out of it. Almost like a dandelion that you used to make a wish with when you were little. But much smaller.. Is this the cotton ball contamination you were talking about or is this just how the mycelium looks before it spreads out into the medium. I wish I could come up with a better example of what it looks like. But you seem very very knowledgeable and come across as a professional. So I'm hoping you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. I did a bunch of research but it's hard to find pictures of the mycelium in the beginning of the fruiting stage.

I love that I can hear a pressure cooker in the background.

Is there any way you could make a video on casing layer and how to prevent overlay.. Not a lot of people are making videos about this.

Great video. Thanks a lot!

We get it bro, you own a pressure cooker

Thanks thought the yellow mycelium and liquid was contamination. I’ll prolly just use the mycelium from the top

My golden teachers were just starting to be ready to harvest and I had to leave for 2 days. when I came home they had grown 3 inches and the top of the caps were black with turned up caps. Are these still safe to eat? TY

Can you do anything to remediate the white fluffy mold?

Those who are having trouble hearing,click and turn on closed captioning. You’re welcome 🖤

What should I do if my grow bags look like they colonising

"I circled it so you can see it." 😆

Hi there I love your videos how you explain stuff very smart way.. I would like to know if you can tell me if 1500 ppm of co2 is good for king oysters or should i go less with co2 ,, I am growing mushrooms for a few months, i grow oysters but kings are a little bit differents. Thanks Martin

Nutrition profile? Can you expand on that and how the mushrooms adjust?

310 is the pink color lipstick mold or is it supposed to be pink /purple?

Muchas gracias 🙏🏼

I cleaned up the audio: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bdSpbKR6vM_DpnU.html

I've got some bright orange in my bag

Is it possible that you get contam but it isnt super clear to a beginner, leading to mushrooms that may make you sick? Or does all contam eventually take over enough that it becomes very noticable before you can get fruit?

I have a b+ mono tub and some of it on the edges has darkened in color

Great info, but you really need to manage sound better during videos. Your voice seems low anyway, presumably by the distance from the camera.

I have a little bit of that yellow in my all in one bag of mazatapec mushrooms is that normal it’s not much at all

What if my grow bags are not hydrated enough after injecting them

Do a video about growing morels

Omg I would love to grow morel they are my favorite in the world. I have a honey hole to go to every year usely finding a couple hundred.

So I had an awesome second flush on my lions mane then noticed cobweb mold and had to toss it. How do I avoid that ?

I am working with liquid culture (newbee) and was told by a prolific grower that anything on the surface of lc is contamination...thanks for the clarification!

Anybody know about mushroom exudate. My spawn bag got a bit warm. Will they still fruit safely?

Turn off the machines in the background next time.

Is 2 1/2 hrs overkill? Especially with millet

Do you have experience with Reishi mushroom grow kits?

Got a question I figured I'll ask a pro I keep getting trichoderma mold in my grain spawn what can I do? I know there are a million variables but I cook grain 2 1/2 hours 15 psi, let cool out the cooker inoculate as clean as possible taking every precaution I can and It still pops up every few bags??

CANT HEAR

My mycelium was fine and then I saw a little tiny blue how is that not bruising?

The subtitles read: “Estrogen a colony” Whenever you said: “It started a colony” I dunno why I found that so amusing xD

Kinda hard to hear this video over the PC…

Say I have some pe myc growing greenish ,will it slowly turn white fungus wins out

I see little bugs in my spawn bag. This is my first time so I’m not sure if they are supposed to be there or not. Could this be a contamination issue?

I had my mushrooms in the fruiting stage the mycelium was thick and spiderweb like but now it’s starting to thin out, how do I stop this and make it strong again?

Fun guys typically do their own thing, totally true. Fungui

Yeah dude thanks for the video, I have been wanting someone to go over this. Unfortunately I cannot watch the video due to the pressure cooker going in the background. Sure I could probably try really hard to listen to you over the PC going but my toddler is sleeping and this being my only leisure time I just don't wanna put myself through anything unpleasant, lol.

JC what is that noise?

It's only been a week and I have white fluff with black tips is that mold ?

I'm having problems with condensation in my bags..is this normal?

Too much noise in background

ANNOYING NOISE! But thanks for the info!

Title of video should have been what’s not contamination!

Dude u seem nice, but my fucken ears man i lasted 2:05

I never would have noticed the contam if you hadn't circled it. lololol

Oh my God. I've been doing this for years, and I've thrown out perfectly good grain bags.. if it doesn't look like piss, I just assume it's contamination.... so many lost experiments. :(

Can’t hear you

How about white fluffy cotton ball look alike that smells like athlete’s foot? Does anyone know about that? I’m about to throw away my bags 😭

These bags are a complete scam honestly ur targeting rookie mycologist that have not understood the process ur thefs telling people to shoot spores into the bag that's a joke

how on earth are you growing mushrooms infoors?

Lol can’t hardly hear you turn your helicopter off

Can't really hear what you are saying...too much background racket. Also, can't see your face. It's driving me crazy cray

Great timing for a vid , blast us with background noise ,, no thanks man , bye

Too much background noise. Sorry. Annoying

Terrible video. Couldn’t hear the information given. Ugh! Why?!

Did not even watch the video… checked it can’t be heard at any point disliked and went away 😂❤

brush your teeth my guy

Can't be serious making detailed video only to ruin it with all the noise smh