Thread: Mushroom Farming

Originally Posted by alwarner

And how frequently do they grow mushrooms?

Consecutively. Once they've been harvested you clean the opening thoroughly and they start growing again pretty much immediately.

i might have these figures wrong like, but I think someone said they got 180kg from 4000 bottles, so you're looking at 45kg a go from 1000 (roughly) with a minimum selling price of 60b per kg that's 2700b.

How long would 3 - 4 cycles take to perform?

Originally Posted by alwarner

How long would 3 - 4 cycles take to perform?

Still new at this mate but they seem to grow fucking rapido..

I've been thinking about having a bash at this and the crickets. It's fucking boring here and even when I'm doing a bit it's all in the afternoons and evenings. It's difficult keeping off the ale with nothing to do. Will wait to see how you get on!!

^somtamslap, street name 'The Guinea Pig"

ha ha! I think i'll have a bash at the crickets first then, I'll go guinea pig for that.

get my visa run out the way and I'll give it a bash.

Originally Posted by alwarner

I think i'll have a bash at the crickets first then

Not heard you talk about that - what's the go?

Looks very low cost: https://teakdoor.com/farming-and-gard...t-farming.html (Thailand : Cricket farming)

Takes quite a volume to make a kilo, then a kilo is not much worse, specially in Thailand, mushrooms are cheap !

I know of 2 foreigners that failed in this venture, in the Korat area.

One converted is saw dust from past carpentry to mushrooming in his 1 rai big covered factory...
He was not that well setup as seen on this thread and had only bags on the floor not multi storey as in the shed !
He had about 10 employes to wait for the mushroom to pop out, then deliver those few kg, 6 to 12 kd daily, far away. I made a quick calculation and warned him that it goes on loss, well he liked loosing apparently...That multi level system with 10 x output could eventually have worked.

We get daily a few next fresh mushies next to one big palm tree in our garden, they are quite good.

Could be a good business in Phils as it is really difficult to find fresh mushies over here... There is a farm that grows tree bark mushroom as we have on our palm tree not far way from our place, tourist spot, they sale Mushy Burgers and are quite sucessfull !

Remembers me of my late father that wanted make a Mushroom world chain, some 25 years back, to have suppliers all over the world for rich markets to receive always fresh any time of the year... But i guess in US or Europe the mushies are now available round the year, fresh...

I guess key for you growers shall be how to get new spores for new bags, to be self generating the whole cycle...

Good luck and keep us posted, love to see this ventures...

oooh got a few truffles few month ago here in Phils quite good black ones from the mountain, but had no idea how to freight this to Europe where it goes from the 200 pesos a Kg here to eventually 100'000 Pesos a kilo there...

please bear with me as I am trying to respond to a whole pile of post with this one and I don't know how to use mutiple quotes.

Somtamslap said:
“Each pot is supposed to have a three month life-span.”
The missus’s first lot 2years ago lasted about 3 months but she was told they would produce for up to 5 months

Hunter28 said:
Please don't even try thinking growing mushrooms.
Reasons:
1. your intended area is too less to do anything economically viable.
2. Marketing of mushrooms is a big, big headache.
3. It requires lots of time and dedication.
Whether anything is too small is in the eyes of the beholder(ask my missus), if you want to get rich on mushrooms think again no matter how much space you have due to point number 2. As for point 3 that is true no matter what you do!

Alwarner said:
And how frequently do they grow mushrooms?
Do you mean the Thai’s or the pot’s?If the pot’s then see Somtamslap’s answer below

Somtamslap answered:
Consecutively. Once they've been harvested you clean the opening thoroughly and they start growing again pretty much immediately.

Alwarner asked: Full of questions isn’t he? Which is good because that’s what this forum is about dumb farangs helping other dumb farangs
i might have these figures wrong like, but I think someone said they got 180kg from 4000 bottles, so you're looking at 45kg a go from 1000 (roughly) with a minimum selling price of 60b per kg that's 2700b.
we sold them for 40B/kg she was not happy as that was the price 2 years ago. Our customer did drive up and pick them up though.
How long would 3 - 4 cycles take to perform?
See somtomslap’s answer above, however they don’t all produce evenly so every morning was a surprise as to how she would get that day. As I said in an earlier post she had 4000 pots before and they produced about1250kg over the 3 months she harvested them. After that they produced virtually f all. So each produced on average produced 312.5 grams which at 40B/kg gives a return of 12.5B. Each pot costs 7B.

Somtamslaps answer:
Still new at this mate but they seem to grow fucking rapido..
Couldn’t have explained it better.

Alwarner (again!!)
I've been thinking about having a bash at this and the crickets.
She took me to have a look at a cricket farm, very interesting. She was going to set one up but so far she’s too busy doing other shit.

Forreachingme: (a doom and gloomer?)
I know of 2 foreigners that failed in this venture, in the Korat area.
and:
I guess key for you growers shall be how to get new spores for new bags, to be self generating the whole cycle...

Depends on how you define “failed” if it keeps people busy then it may be a success in some eyes.
The new pots are purchased(7b/pot) as it requires a good setup as things need to be kept sterile. If not they won’t produce much after the first “bloom” which is why she thinks this batch may be badas it is taking too long to get the next large harvest.

^ good post, thank you. I did have the figures wrong.

Originally Posted by Hunter28

Please don't even try thinking growing mushrooms.

Rule No#1

Never EVER listen to the competition.

^ I didn't, Albert..twas a bunch of unfounded dogshit..

I'll stick some pics up in a bit..bought another two thousand today. 'He who dares, Rodney'.

^ damn fookin right bro

Originally Posted by somtamslap

'He who dares,

Given the game away there slapper.
Now everyone knows you're ex SAS.

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Now everyone knows you're ex SAS.

Remember the Iranian Embassy siege? I was the bloke who kicked the facking window in. I regale the story on an eveningly basis at the local shop - the lads lap it up.

Originally Posted by Carrabow

Originally Posted by Hampsha

My wife goes mushrooming on occasion,too. I just never asked about the strange ones. I'd guess she goes into that area you are writing about Carrabow. When I get back home, I'll have to ask her about this. I'll remember that 'Het Kee kwai' Thanks Boloa.

I thought it was Hed Kee Kwai

Bit pedantic,,, Hed---- Het--- who cares ??

Originally Posted by Hunter28

if you need proper and authentic information/ training please get into touch with MITCON people.

How and where? I haven't heard of MITCON and googling didn't throw a lot up.

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Given the game away there slapper.
Now everyone knows you're ex SAS.

He told me he was still "active", beware. He even showed me is "scars"

Originally Posted by somtamslap

I'll stick some pics up in a bit..bought another two thousand today. 'He who dares, Rodney'.

How much did you pay for the 2,000 new bottles and had the spore already started to react.... i.e. had they started to go white..?

^ Six baht a bottle for that amount, anything smaller is usually seven..yes they were just about ready to blow when we bought them.

Originally Posted by Albert Shagnasty

Originally Posted by Hunter28

Please don't even try thinking growing mushrooms.

Rule No#1

Never EVER listen to the competition.

Yep.
They'll do you wrong every time..

Originally Posted by Ghost who Walks

Originally Posted by Carrabow

Originally Posted by Hampsha

My wife goes mushrooming on occasion,too. I just never asked about the strange ones. I'd guess she goes into that area you are writing about Carrabow. When I get back home, I'll have to ask her about this. I'll remember that 'Het Kee kwai' Thanks Boloa.

I thought it was Hed Kee Kwai

Bit pedantic,,, Hed---- Het--- who cares ??

It was for educational purposes, I am learning to speak monkey