vue - Urban Farming - Learn how to grow Oyster Mushroom on Cardboard - Grow It Yourself (GIY) Mushrooms

Urban Farming - Learn how to grow Oyster Mushroom on Cardboard - Grow It Yourself (GIY) Mushrooms Learn how to make $100,000 a year farming land you don't own in Curtis Stones "The Urban Farmer" http://amzn.to/1TpwsEA In this video you will learn how to grow your own oyster mushrooms on cardboard. There are many varieties of oyster mushrooms. Two good choices of oysters to grow first are: Blue grey oysters. These are the easiest and one of the highest yielding. They also grow in cooler temperatures than some. Pink oysters. As well as being a stunning colour, these are one of the fastest growing mushrooms, producing fruits in as little as three or four weeks. They are a tropical mushroom and need a warmer temperature. If you have a warm house you may be able to grow them in winter. The video takes you through a 5 step process to grow your our mushrooms. Step 1 - Pasteurisation In order to give your oysters a good start, and reduce the risk of the card becoming contaminated with mould, you will need to kill most of the other micro organisms that are living on your cardboard. You can achieve this by soaking it in boiling water – a simple but effective technique known as pasteurisation. Step 2 - Inoculate with mushroom spawn After squeezing out any excess water from your cardboard, mushroom spawn is scattered between each layer. Step 3 - Colonisation of the cardboard In this step the mushrooms are left in a warm place for a few weeks to colonise the cardboard. This process will take 4-8 weeks depending on the species of mushroom. Step 4 - Fruiting - first flush Once fully colonised you can open up the bag and let the oxygen stimulate the mushrooms to begin fruiting. They also need some light (enough to read by) to grow. Keep them moist with a spray bottle and then after a few days you should start to see baby pin mushrooms that will grow rapidly to full sized mushrooms in just a few days. Step 5 - Harvest your home grown mushrooms and enjoy Why become an urban farmer? There are twenty million acres of lawns in North America. In their current form, these unproductive expanses of grass represent a significant financial and environmental cost. However, viewed through a different lens, they can also be seen as a tremendous source of opportunity. Access to land is a major barrier for many people who want to enter the agricultural sector, and urban and suburban yards have huge potential for would-be farmers wanting to become part of this growing movement. This video will to help you learn the techniques and business strategies you need to make a good living growing high-yield, high-value crops right in your own backyard (or someone else's). Major benefits include: Low capital investment and overhead costs Reduced need for expensive infrastructure Easy access to markets Growing food in the city means that fresh crops may travel only a few blocks from field to table, making this innovative approach the next logical step in the local food movement. Based on a scalable, easily reproduced business model, becoming an Urban Farmer is your opportunity to minimizing risk and maximizing profit by using intensive production in small leased or borrowed spaces. Visit our website at http://www.backyardchickenzone.com For cool eco-friendly gadgets check out this site http://www.gogeteco.com Subscribe to our urban farming channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq6yvGQShom0KG2nI6SbP9Q_g?sub_confirmation=1 More urban farming videos https://youtu.be/x0xi4_V41vo https://youtu.be/05a65T6oylo https://youtu.be/p5P7ZfwhJQg Raising chicks https://youtu.be/g5brd4KXOyU Incubating chicken eggs https://youtu.be/Nn4wpopp1qw How to slaughter a chicken for food https://youtu.be/ASlHqUue-UE Natural farming workshop https://youtu.be/O5bK-w6e0h0 How to raise chickens https://youtu.be/8vaxK-NyZFc How to raise chickens in the city https://youtu.be/iL6mEXCRJFc How to clip a chickens wing https://youtu.be/bb5ECdSmhUU How to make a living urban farming https://youtu.be/XiSfPCEWu78 Sustainable biointegrated greenhouse https://youtu.be/Km7_YiFmg10 Subscribe to our other channel http://www.youtube.com/channel/UChG6kOI3I06PMIVbJbyNP_g?sub_confirmation=1 To see more videos about sustainable design go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChG6kOI3I06PMIVbJbyNP_g