How To Build A Mushroom Fruiting Chamber
I’ve not written recently so I’ll start by saying happy new year to you all! I hope 2021 is an improvement on 2020 for you. For me, 2020 was a great year ironically, in my personal life I got engaged,…
The Best Pressure Cooker For Mushroom Growing
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…
How To Stop Condensation Forming On Agar Plates
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…
The Best Mushroom Identification Books In The UK
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…
How To Build A DIY Laminar Flowhood For Mushroom Growing
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…
Fan Filter Units & Custom Made Stainless Steel Trivets!
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…
No-Pour Agar Guide
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…
Growing Cordycep Mushrooms
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…
The Three Different Brands Of Mushroom Grow Bags
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)…
Homemade Lion’s Mane Supplement. How I Made Lion’s Mane Capsules.
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…