Pressure cookers are used in mushroom growing as a way of sterilising agar, liquid culture, grain, tools, and substrates. The reason we sterilise our substrates and tools is to prevent contamination from taking over our grow. By sterilising, we are…
Condensation forming on agar petri dishes is a pain in the backside, the main issue I’ve found is that it obstructs my view of the plate. Condensation forms from temperature differences, try breathing onto a mirror and you’ll notice the…
I’m not a very good forager, but I love going out mushroom hunting. The main tool I use for mushroom identification comes from browsing through Mushroom Identification groups on Facebook, such as Mushroom Spotters UK and even Melfies. MSUK has…
Laminar flowhoods are used in mushroom growing to stream a straight and steady current of highly filtered, super clean air in an uninterrupted flow, hence laminar flow! We use them to do sterile culture work, inoculate grain and substrate and…
Hey guys! I’m excited to soon be offering a purpose built, self-contained Fan Filter Unit or FFU for short. These FFU’s are made up of a Fan, Speed Controller, Metal Housing, Mesh Pre-Filter and H14 HEPA Filter. The FFU’s are…
As a beginner, pouring agar can seem daunting. This is because pouring agar improperly can cause fast, irritating contamination and be very disheartening. For those who don’t know agar is a naturally occurring gelatine like substance extracted from seaweed, once…
As I’ve said before, I’m not hugely interested in the health benefits of mushrooms, I’ve always taken the claims with a healthy dose of scepticism and I’d suggest you do the same. The fungal world is truly magical but it’s…
When we talk about mushroom bags, we’re generally talking about autoclavable, polypropylene, bottom gusseted filter bags. These bags come in all shapes and sizes. In this video we’re going to look at the three most common (and quite possibly only)…
I’m not usually someone who is that interested in the health benefits of mushrooms, I love growing them because they’re an amazing organism that you can literally watch them grow in front of your eyes; they also taste pretty damn…
Parafilm is a sealing film, it’s made from a blend of plastics and paraffin wax; making it stretchable, moldable, waterproof, odorless, semitransparent and self-adhering giving it a wide range of uses in labs. In mushroom growing, we use this as…