Grain spawn is the key to the mushroom cultivation process. This video demonstrates how to prepare perfect grain to grow your own mushrooms from scratch at home. This simple DIY method will allow you to exponentially expand your mycelium from spores or liquid culture into many pounds of spawn in just a few short weeks.
Packed with lots of helpful tips, trick and techniques, this in-depth video will help you streamline your process, get reliable results, and keep your fungus happy, even if you're on a budget.
Watch to the end to meet Professor Sporadicus and learn how to scale up to commercial production and take your mushroom farming to the next level (plus a teaser for some juicy projects from Fungaia R&D).
Made with love by Fungaia, a heart-centered, donation-based mushroom company.
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Supplies List
Fungaia: a Donation-Based Gourmet Mushroom Culture Library
The best liquid culture on the market: True Blue Genetics
This is the last genetics provider you will ever need!
Fresh, organic, pre-sterilized rye grain
How to make your own injection port jar lids
Synthetic jar filters: Microppose
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(Also a great source for monotubs, monotub filters and injection ports.)
Other items:
Good, clean water
Mason jars
Large cooking pot
Pasta strainer or colander
Long-handled spoon
Pressure cooker or Instant Pot
Bath towel or window screen
All content, including music, was created by Paul Lynn. All rights reserved.
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(Please forgive the video/edit quality, I’m learning!)
0:00 Intro
1:05 Overview
3:49 The Key to Perfect Grain Spawn
4:32 Soak, Boil or Both?
5:36 Supplies
8:37 Step 1: Prep
12:00 Step 2: Sterilize
15:18 Step 3: Inoculate
16:25 Incubation & Mixing
18:14 Part Two: Scaling Up with Professor Sporadicus
