Grow Your Own Mushrooms In a 5 Gallon Bucket (EASY) 🍄‍🟫🪣

I grow oyster mushrooms from spawn from Northspore. I use a liter bottle and cut the top 3/4 of the way off and poke holes around the bottle with a soldering iron, then add spent (wet) coffee grounds to the top, including the coffee filters, and make a parfait out of spawn and coffee grounds. The oyster mushrooms LOVE it, are super aggressive so they colonize quickly, and they will come up a couple times before I split the mycelium between a couple new bottles and refill with coffee grounds. Oyster mushrooms are amazing but be creful because you shouldn't let them spore because they can live on almost anything lmao.

So far I've just broken up the mycelium and re-mixed into a new bucket myself. In fact, my own first DIY bucket wasn't filled totally so I just slapped a wad of new substrate on top for a second harvest. Additionally, mine was was (and still is) grown on waste paper with a dash of oatmeal or other grain. Oysters will grow on almost anything wood-based or wood-adjacent, so it's a great way to recycle newspaper and junk mail. I don't do woodworking, but sawdust (hardwood specifically) is an awesome addition to any substrate as well. I also tossed some mycelium in the compost and in the past I've had pink oysters sprout from a stack of cardboard - and this was back in Phoenix. They're hardy things! EDIT: I also use an instant pot to pasteurize the shreds and whatever else I make substrate with. It seems like a weird thing to use it for but you can make several pots full of sterile substrate in a short amount of time, accounting of course for letting it cool down. I just find it takes a little less time and effort than boiling a huge pot or waiting for chemical cold pasteurization overnight.

We have a surplus of those 5 gallon Lowes buckets bc my husband will periodically buy one there, forgetting how many we have. I'm hijacking a couple for this.

I love that you guys are talking about mushroom growing! Mushrooms are so healthy and tasty. And there's so many kinds beyond the typical white button mushroom.

I just started using 5 gallon grow bags this year for the first time. I look forward to watching this video and expanding my knowledge.

Love these mushroom videos! Everybody has that shady spot that no edible plant seems able to grow in. I think mushrooms might just be the answer to that.

My first exposure to North Spore was a Lion's mane kit that performed excellently and gave me 3 blooms.

I had good success with cardboard box kits last year here in Germany. I've avoided using grain spawn/straw/bucket because there are so so many wild molds etc here (old farmhouse and garden) that i have no confidence in any sort of sterilisation of anything, especially for a 2nd or further use when the plastic gets scratched up.

Jacques, you've become so much more comfortable in front of the camera and your presenter patter is confident and keeps things moving. Nice!

Ive grown mushrooms from those grow at home kits after its been "done" growing, i just looked up how to grow oyster mushrooms, bought the supplies needed and then let them do their thing while keeping it moist and then they grew in a bout a month, and boy were they delicious 🤤