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Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: rizhomushroom]
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Good luck my friend everyone here is behind you 100%. You have 100'S of friends here for you!!

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Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: rizhomushroom]
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rizhomushroom said:
i made my first sale over the weekend, but saying that I've decided to take some time off to address these other issues that keep holding me up and i cant completely focus on my mushrooms. I want kick out these issues so i can be in it 100%. i can already see the quality of my mushrooms going downhill because i don't have the time to address them. hopefully it doesn't take long to take care of this so i can get back to getting the business taking off!


I hope you get those issues worked out soon. Probably a good decision if you can fully focus to your mushroom business after that. Get back as soon as you can and keep your vision bright in your mind! We're still here when you return :thumbup:

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Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: spasm666]
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spasm666 said:
rizhomushroom said:
i made my first sale over the weekend, but saying that I've decided to take some time off to address these other issues that keep holding me up and i cant completely focus on my mushrooms. I want kick out these issues so i can be in it 100%. i can already see the quality of my mushrooms going downhill because i don't have the time to address them. hopefully it doesn't take long to take care of this so i can get back to getting the business taking off!


I hope you get those issues worked out soon. Probably a good decision if you can fully focus to your mushroom business after that. Get back as soon as you can and keep your vision bright in your mind! We're still here when you return :thumbup:


Thanks guys! of course i blew my back out on Sunday but luckly my new job are awesome people and gave me the rest of the week off. i have a doctors appointment today to see what they can do but in the mean time im going to start what i can do with the revisions on the grow room. some pictures to come soon.
and as always thank you for the support!! it means alot to  me!


P.S anyone have a good recipe off hand for shiitake substrate, if not ill just search around here.

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Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: rizhomushroom]
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ive been busy and forgot to upload more mushroom pictures this is the last run before the temporary shut down which i just started the other day. the room was getting dirty and contaminated cant wait to resolve these issues and get back to it.



































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Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: rizhomushroom]
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SO im currently doing revisions on the grow room, here are some of the issues i ran into, and revisions im going to do.
  • I made the exhaust on the grow room lower then the exhaust exit, causing water backup, and leaking. Going to raise the grow room exhaust and grade it properly.
  • Was running without any kind of exhaust fan, will be adding one
  • fogger system is mounted too high or too long of pipe was used, again causing water back up, and total blockage at one point. so im either going to lower the fogging system or shorten the pipe or both.
  • I did not clean enough......okay i never cleaned once during the trial which i think is what cause some of those fucked up growths.
  • the way i wrapped the grow room with plastic there was a lot of folded over plastic which became breeding grounds for mold so any open seams or flaps with but cut and sealed.
  • The floor of the grow room was bare causing water to leak into the garage and im sure mold was growing under the wood where the water was leaking. will be adding a plastic lined floor that's sealed into the grow room. In the mean time i raised the grow room off the floor gave everything a massive cleaning with bleach water, cleaned the the ultrasonic with vinegar water mixture also ran a cycle of very diluted vinegar water with the ultrasonic fogger running, sprayed everything down with food grade disinfected and let it dry with two fan blowing on it for three days.
  • not enough space from shelves to walls, cant really fix that one until i build a new grow room, found that big clusters would push themselves off the shelves(the pvc pip shelves)
  • adding a cleaning schedule
  • i bought another fan to add to the fogging system so it would be a dual fan setup, still not sure if im going to do that yet.
  • bought two small waterproof fans to add in the grow room to help with circulation

    I believe that's most of it, for now. Ive been working on marketing and getting my name out there but struggling with that, with all the restaurants i gave samples to only one wants a constant supply. working on trying to find wholesaler that will buy from me, if they have a minimum weight limit i can hit. 













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Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: rizhomushroom]
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rizhomushroom said:
SO im currently doing revisions on the grow room, here are some of the issues i ran into, and revisions im going to do.
[LIST]
  • I made the exhaust on the grow room lower then the exhaust exit, causing water backup, and leaking. Going to raise the grow room exhaust and grade it properly.
  • Was running without any kind of exhaust fan, will be adding one
  • fogger system is mounted too high or too long of pipe was used, again causing water back up, and total blockage at one point. so im either going to lower the fogging system or shorten the pipe or both.
  • I did not clean enough......okay i never cleaned once during the trial which i think is what cause some of those fucked up growths.
  • the way i wrapped the grow room with plastic there was a lot of folded over plastic which became breeding grounds for mold so any open seams or flaps with but cut and sealed.
  • The floor of the grow room was bare causing water to leak into the garage and im sure mold was growing under the wood where the water was leaking. will be adding a plastic lined floor that's sealed into the grow room. In the mean time i raised the grow room off the floor gave everything a massive cleaning with bleach water, cleaned the the ultrasonic with vinegar water mixture also ran a cycle of very diluted vinegar water with the ultrasonic fogger running, sprayed everything down with food grade disinfected and let it dry with two fan blowing on it for three days.
  • not enough space from shelves to walls, cant really fix that one until i build a new grow room, found that big clusters would push themselves off the shelves(the pvc pip shelves)
  • adding a cleaning schedule
  • i bought another fan to add to the fogging system so it would be a dual fan setup, still not sure if im going to do that yet.
  • bought two small waterproof fans to add in the grow room to help with circulation

    I believe that's most of it, for now. Ive been working on marketing and getting my name out there but struggling with that, with all the restaurants i gave samples to only one wants a constant supply. working on trying to find wholesaler that will buy from me, if they have a minimum weight limit i can hit. 



    • Good stuff here, not enough people detail the trials and tribulations like this. Wishing you well. If you got one restaurant this quickly it wont' be long til you get a dozen more.

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    Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: AphexPin]
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    Yeah one consistent restaurant account is awesome, congrats on that. It can can feel like a lot of work to redo things but when the next version is more efficient and more pleasant it is a nice reward that lasts.

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    Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: deadmandave]
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    I have been keeping up with your project and progress as I've been considering trying a similar setup in the Florida panhandle.

    If you don't mind, I had some questions about your journey so far.  Pardon me if this has been covered and I missed it.

    Have you tried farmer's markets yet, just to get your name out there?  If so, how was the response?

    When you give samples to restaurants, how's the communication?  You hear nothing at all back, you contact them and they aren't interested now...?

    Have you tried posting in your local Facebook or Reddit group to pick up some retail sales to get started?

    What about locally owned grocery stores?  Tried any co-ops or that sort of thing?

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    Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: MushroomTech]
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    Yes this thread is action! Thanks for bringing us on the journey. Inspiring for sure. Working on my own thing right now and this is perfect

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    Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: SHROOMSISAY01]
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    SHROOMSISAY01 said:
    It is really not over kill at all I have a 10 x 4 x 7 (L x W X H) room. I bought 2 of the 9 disk fogger from house of hydro in 6 months. Both of them lasted just over 3 months(just passed the warranty. coincidence? I think not!!) and they were $250 each. I am going on 4 years with the system I built. The best part is I have done no cleaning at all of tubs. I change my filters every couple of years. My system runs for 10 seconds every ten minutes and I have my exhaust on full blast 24/7.

    But anyway, I just thought I would let you know. To everyone there own. PM me if you decide you would like the best humidification system out there that is reasonably priced. Actually it pays for its self in less than a year and that is if you only count your time as worth $10 an hour. An hour a week for cleaning tubs for the ultrasonic is $520. The system is much cheaper than $520.



    cleaning tubs :thumbdown:

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    Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: Broom]
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    :popcorn:


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    Being pissed on does not make you a real man.

    ...OR DOES IT?

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    Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: rizhomushroom]
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    Hey everyone,
    Been awhile since a checked in, I wanted to keep everyone posted on whats going on. Without going into too much personal detail, I've been struggling with mental health issues for the last three months, I am in a much better state now but I've run into a new issue. I'm finding it very difficult to pick up where I left off and the strong drive to turn this into a thriving business is dwindling, I cannot figure out why or whats making me feel this way.
    I'm at a crossroad where I either continue to push forward or pack it all up. I never would have though, I would ever think of packing it up, but some overwhelming feeling is telling me not to continue. I love mushrooms, I love growing them, problem solving issues and learning more about them but the fire I had for this is almost burnt out.

    Maybe I still need time to address my personal issues, so for the time being I'm leaving everything set up (though nothing is being grown), and giving myself more time to figure out whats going on with this, and myself. I hope it's just some side effect of what I've been dealing with recently.
    Don't mean to turn this into a therapy session just wanted to let everyone know whats going on. I received so much positive support from everyone so I felt, out of respect for you all, some kind of explanation is deserved.
    Whatever the future holds, weather its me pushing through and starting back up, or if I deiced to pack it up, I will be sure to let everyone know.
    I hope everyone is doing well, and hopefully I inspired, even just one person, to  see that this is very possible to do and to be be successful with it, then I will be okay with whatever I decide to do.


    Again I want to thank each and everyone of you for the endless support, words of inspiration, and shared knowledge. I wouldn't have gotten as far as i did without you all. love you guys and keep on shrooming!

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    Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: rizhomushroom]
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    :heart:

    It's great that you can listen and acknowledge your feelings truly. And even better that you're not packing it up yet so you still have the option to go on later. If you're at some point going all in and doing in this as a full time job, it's probably better to deal with the other issues first, as it's going to be a bumpy ride being an mushroom entrepreneur.

    Whatever you decide to do, I bet it's gonna be succesful as you clearly have the "how" part of doing things worked out if you know what I mean.

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    Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: rizhomushroom] * 1
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    Theres always something really exciting about starting a new big project, and I always get the same fading enthuesiasm after completion. Maybe you just need some time off, or maybe you should talk to customers about potential sales now that you're all equipped; anything to restoke that enthuesiasm and sense of urgency.

    Sounds to me like you've climbed the mountain and done the hard part of remodeling and setting up a mushroom farm, and now its less interesting or challenging and much more mundane, or being interpretted that way at least. You've already made it much farther than most, so it's clear you can get shit done if you can motivate yourself / be disciplined.


    ...

    I've been about two steps behind you throughout so I've enjoyed following and can definately relate though. Throughout remodeling and purchasing equipment I thought I was gonna take over the world, but now it's just kinda... meh. It's really hard and uninteresting versus the remodeling phase. I think for me it comes down to interfacing how difficult and abstract sales and networking are, and just how boring growing really is. Its not like you can just drop off shrooms at walmart in a big drop box and get cash. You gotta network and be on the ball with all this mundane weekly stuff and its really not about growing mushrooms at that point but more about cleaning, making bags and marketing.

    That said, I think those skills - marketing, routine upkeep, personal accountability and everything else that goes into it - are what seperate a cultivator from a businessperson, and those business skills are ultimately what you want to cultivate. In some sense you've done the hard part and can now reap your rewards, even if its less challenging/interesting. I'm at the same place right now though so maybe I shouldn't be giving advice, this is just how I'm thinking about it. Hopefully someone who's demolished these hurdles can chime in. But these business skills relate to anything you want to do. So the real challenge is in developing in that direction, and there's no blueprints or well defined parameters for it like with grow rooms. It's way more abstract and harder to solve, and I've been trying to frame it positively for myself too; if you can sell some weird homegrown fungus no one's ever heard of you can probably sell anything!

    What's also helped me is to know that I'm going to be continually remodeling and optimizing my space and workflow; if I can sell mushrooms then I'm just getting paid to grow them better/easier. For some reason spending money on new shit and continually remodeling or improving my workflow just motivates me, lol. And it helps me grow too, cuz the less workflow friction / stuff I hate the better and the easier it is to run. And of course to keep in mind the bigger picture, that something as simple as growing mushrooms can accelerate your financial goals. I guess that's all to say you've climbed the hill of setting up a farm, but now its time to see if you can really play ball as a businessperson.

    Just my $0.02, probably projecting a ton haha :strokebeard: Wishing you the best regardless of your decision to continue or not, of course. I'm trying to push through the same hurdles right now, and just want to say there's nothing more uplifting than having a pending order and grabbing some fruits you're super proud of after weeks of struggling:

    Edited by AphexPin (07/20/22 12:43 AM)

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    Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: AphexPin]
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    Wow, what a great write. I definitely feel you and couldn't agree more. I'm more or less in the same boat right now, this resonated. Thanks.

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    Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: AphexPin]
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    AphexPin said:
    Throughout remodeling and purchasing equipment I thought I was gonna take over the world, but now it's just kinda... meh.[/image][/url]


    This single sentence hits hard with me.

    That being said, unfortunately I have made the choice to not move forward with this. It was a hard choice, but i think its the right one, right now. I started a new job as an CNC engineer, which has been a passion of mine pretty much my whole life, and this new position is one i want to really focus on and be the best I can at it.
    I will always continue to grow mushrooms i love them too much not to, but for now just as a hobby, so this isn't a complete goodbye, just the business part.

    To piggy back on that i really don't have the need/space for a lot of the equipment i built, i know shipping really isn't an feasible option for the bigger equipment but i would love to see it go to someone that needs it(i live outside of Philadelphia). I have tons of stuff that can be shipped though, if anyone is interested please let me know.

    Just a quick list of things i can think of off the top of my head:
    • Multiple cultures, grown and proven great producers, i'll try to get a list of what i have.
    • grow bags for 5LBS of substrate and bags for spawn .2 micron filters i believe  , around 1000 of each
    • 50LBS bags of whole oats 4x, 40LBS bags of Hardwood pallets 4x, 40 or 50LBS of soybean pellets 4x
    • automated stainless 55 gallon drum
    • tons of plastic filter lids wide mouth
    • sterile 50ml syringes and thick gauge needles
    • various odds and end pieces ill have to get some pictures up for all the stuff im forgetting.


    Again I cant thank everyone enough for the support I received, you all have been amazing.

    Also i made blueprints for everything so if anyone needs them i can send them as well.

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    Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: rizhomushroom]
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    rizhomushroom said:
    AphexPin said:
    Throughout remodeling and purchasing equipment I thought I was gonna take over the world, but now it's just kinda... meh.[/image][/url]


    This single sentence hits hard with me.

    That being said, unfortunately I have made the choice to not move forward with this. It was a hard choice, but i think its the right one, right now. I started a new job as an CNC engineer, which has been a passion of mine pretty much my whole life, and this new position is one i want to really focus on and be the best I can at it.
    I will always continue to grow mushrooms i love them too much not to, but for now just as a hobby, so this isn't a complete goodbye, just the business part.

    To piggy back on that i really don't have the need/space for a lot of the equipment i built, i know shipping really isn't an feasible option for the bigger equipment but i would love to see it go to someone that needs it(i live outside of Philadelphia). I have tons of stuff that can be shipped though, if anyone is interested please let me know.

    Just a quick list of things i can think of off the top of my head:
    • Multiple cultures, grown and proven great producers, i'll try to get a list of what i have.
    • grow bags for 5LBS of substrate and bags for spawn .2 micron filters i believe  , around 1000 of each
    • 50LBS bags of whole oats 4x, 40LBS bags of Hardwood pallets 4x, 40 or 50LBS of soybean pellets 4x
    • automated stainless 55 gallon drum
    • tons of plastic filter lids wide mouth
    • sterile 50ml syringes and thick gauge needles
    • various odds and end pieces ill have to get some pictures up for all the stuff im forgetting.


    Again I cant thank everyone enough for the support I received, you all have been amazing.

    Also i made blueprints for everything so if anyone needs them i can send them as well.


    Well.. If no one else is gonna hop it on it, I could sure put some cultures and bags to use. :pm: incoming.

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    Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: AphexPin]
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    a lot of this stuff is brand new in box , if you have any questions just let me know







































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    Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: rizhomushroom]
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    love the fact that you are so humble about how to prioritize in life.

    sometimes one has more vision than energy and now more than ever its important to really work with ourself.
    In one sence we need to find back to our own energy level and be true to it and who we are, and not how we are supposed to be acording to so some cultural standard.

    been down a deep trench my self the last 1.5 years. i had to get my shit in order and really listen to who i am and shape my life after those factors.
    Its hard, but life is and we grow during the process.

    If you ever feel like it, me a PM. always nice to exchange ideas through internets mycelium. :chat:


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    Re: Starting my mushroom buisness [Re: soppos]
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    soppos said:
    love the fact that you are so humble about how to prioritize in life.

    sometimes one has more vision than energy and now more than ever its important to really work with ourself.
    In one sence we need to find back to our own energy level and be true to it and who we are, and not how we are supposed to be acording to so some cultural standard.

    been down a deep trench my self the last 1.5 years. i had to get my shit in order and really listen to who i am and shape my life after those factors.
    Its hard, but life is and we grow during the process.

    If you ever feel like it, me a PM. always nice to exchange ideas through internets mycelium. :chat:


    :whathesaid::heart:

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