West Auckland Mushrooms

22/06/2022

Trametes Versicolor (Turkey tail) is a bracket fungus that gets it’s name from its resemblance to a turkeys tail 🦃 This mushroom has very powerful medicinal properties and widely used around the world as a powder or tinctures it can also be boiled in hot water to make a tea ☕️ this mushroom is known to reverse all sorts of illnesses like cancer, it also helps to boost immunity and gut health.

These are being dried out and prepared to soak in Alcohol for 6 weeks with Ganoderma Applanatum to produce some extracts 😄

21/06/2022

Ganoderma Applanatum or more commonly known as (Artist conk) cousin to the Famous Rieshi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) is a bracket fungi that grows on both dead and living trees, it gets it name from the fact that you can use any sharp object to like a twig to draw on it, it has been used for many art canvases, but more importantly is a very valuable medicinal mushroom that has been used for many years in Chinese medicine to treat rheumatic tuberculosis and esophageal carcinoma. It can also help with indigestion, pain relief and to break down phlegm, conducted studies also have strong evidence pointing towards anticancer, immunomodulating, and antibacterial properties 🍄 although not physically edible, you can extract terpenoids and beta glucans from the cell walls and make teas or tinctures ☕️

19/06/2022

You can now get your mushrooms on Laybuy by making 6 small weekly payments, the most competitive prices in New Zealand just got better 🇳🇿

One 3kg grow block will cost you $3.33 a week for 6 weeks plus shipping. 🚚

Pick up options available ✅

Easy to pay, easy to grow! 🍄

Head on over to http://West-Auckland-mushrooms.myshopify.com

My Facebook shop is a bit delayed I’m not sure what is going on with it just ignore it!

18/06/2022

Ileodictyon cibarium or more commonly known as “Basket fungus” is found in New Zealand, Australia, Tanzania and South Africa. A not so known fact about them is that they are an edible species and I only recently found this out! They have been a Maori Delicacy for years so I thought I would take some to find out what they taste like 😄 as far as taste goes I have no complaints! A slight cheese taste with a earthy taste, a jelly like texture almost like eating fat, apparently doesn’t smell so good but my nose couldn’t pick up on any bad smells so I can’t answer that! Traditionally eaten in egg form not so sure about basket form which I skipped on my test trials 😄 the more you know 🍄🍄

14/06/2022

Good to finally be processing orders again! It wasn’t a pleasant experience the last 3 weeks having to start from scratch with my genetics, making grain and now finally Grow Blocks colonising 😅

sorry to all the delayed orders!! but this time round was a success! Healthy mycelium growth on all of the blocks instead of inky cap mycelium, penicillin and trichoderma all in one 🥲 Anyways that’s enough crying!

I will now be selling Agar Cultures for people wanting to use them to make a library of genetics 🧬

The species options will be.

Native Oyster ✅

Phoenix Oyster ✅

Pink Oyster ✅

Shiitake ✅

Enoki ✅

Coral Tooth ( NZ Lions Mane ✅

$15 per Agar Culture Plate💲

Also selling Grain spawn for making your own mushroom blocks cheaper than ever ‼️

$25 for 3kgs

$60 for 9kgs

$80 for 15kgs‼️
When you only need 200 grams per 3kg Saw dust block you could grow 🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄

This many mushrooms‼️

Same species as noted above ⬆️ ⬆️

With potential for Turkey Tail Genetics for those who want to Grow Medicine 🦃 🦃

Liquid Cultures will be coming soon I am patiently waiting for Luer locks from China so I can Seal the Syringes so bear with me 😅

My Shop will be updated tonight!

Currently working on finishing my Booklet on 🍄How to grow mushrooms at home self sufficiently 🍄

which is going to be about 40 pages long and covers every aspect of mushroom growing so you never have to buy from a supplier again!
I lied on my resume and said “Proficient with Microsoft Word” 🤥 nearly there 😄 😎

Mush love 🍄

05/06/2022

Can now confirm mushrooms are a part of the Illuminati 👀 out of this world mushroom mycelium network living inside this liquid culture 🍄 And some pink oyster genetics growing out on an agar plate 😄

24/05/2022

The not so fun side to growing mushrooms 🥲 180 kgs of substrate into the compost 🙃

Atleast it’s good for the garden 😄

24/05/2022

It may look like a space ship, but it’s my new fruiting chamber which I’m tuning in! yet to fruit any mushrooms 😄 we’ll see what this 3m x 1.5m Jungle room grow tent set up can do 🤩

04/05/2022

Vegetarian pizza with Native oyster mushrooms and White button mushrooms 😄🍄🍕

03/05/2022

I’m no chef but this is my oyster mushroom steak 😎

21/04/2022

For the first time I will be attending the Titirangi Village Market this Sunday 😄 selling the same species of mushrooms as I am at The Shed Collective which I will be at every Saturday from now on! 2 days in a row this is exciting for me and a big step forward from only being able to attend once every 2 weeks 😄

20/04/2022

I will be at The Shed Collective this week end selling 🍄🍄🍄🍄

Enoki (flamulina velutipes) ✅

Shiitake (Lentinula Edodes) ✅

Phoenix oysters (Pleurotus Pulmonarius) ✅

Come support your locals 😄

18/04/2022

Coming soon to West Auckland Mushrooms

Liquid culture kits ✅

Liquid culture syringes ✅

Liquid culture jars for making liquid culture ✅

17/04/2022

Tickets for the workshop have gone fast and there isn’t many spots left 😄 if you are wanting to attend make sure you get in while you can 😄

Good afternoon everyone I hope everyone is having a lovely day 🙂

Bookings for the mushroom workshop are now available on my Shopify!

The workshop will be held on the 14th may 12pm till 2pm
*Please let me know how this date works for you guys I tried to pick a date most people would be free*

Spots are limited so book using the link below which will take you to the Shop to secure your spot!

I look forward to meeting everyone!

thanks and have a lovely evening

Joel

https://west-auckland-mushrooms.myshopify.com/products/mushroom-cultivation-workshop-on-may-14th-2022

And for anyone wanting grow blocks or grain Spawn use

http://West-Auckland-mushrooms.myshopify.com/

10/04/2022

Due to the self voluntary excavation of my garden from the good boy 🐕‍🦺 the garden has been changed 😅😂

I now have pumpkins galore! First there was 8 and then they wouldn’t stop appearing 😂 (all accidentally) Grown in my spent mushroom blocks and colonised straw it makes for a good growing medium for my plants!

One of the photos is kumara brown from a single kumara I am testing how much can grow off of a single kumara 🍠

If there’s one thing I’m all about it’s self sufficiency and being able to turn my old mushroom blocks into a garden medium saves me money on buying actual compost 😄

Starting to think I need to sell plants also 😄

Enjoy your day 🌿🌱

08/04/2022

Good afternoon everyone I hope everyone is having a lovely day 🙂

Bookings for the mushroom workshop are now available on my Shopify!

The workshop will be held on the 14th may 12pm till 2pm
*Please let me know how this date works for you guys I tried to pick a date most people would be free*

Spots are limited so book using the link below which will take you to the Shop to secure your spot!

I look forward to meeting everyone!

thanks and have a lovely evening

Joel

https://west-auckland-mushrooms.myshopify.com/products/mushroom-cultivation-workshop-on-may-14th-2022

And for anyone wanting grow blocks or grain Spawn use

http://West-Auckland-mushrooms.myshopify.com/

05/04/2022

04/04/2022

Hello everyone I hope all is well 😄

I will be running workshops soon 🛠

To start it off I will go through some theory work with you to explain the life cycle of a mushroom and cover the ins and out of cultivating in grow bags and buckets 🍄

Followed by a demonstration on how to pack grow bags with the correct water to substrate ratio and how to sterilise / inoculate the substrate. I will also explain and demonstrate how to get the most of out the grow blocks!

The next one is mostly for those who want to save on plastic waste and money 💰

I will demonstrate how to Pasteurise straw for mushroom cultivation inside buckets, I will show you how to correctly layer the substrate inside with the grain spawn to make sure you get best results!

I will then do a recap to summarise the workshops activities and give you a chance to ask questions and have them answered 😄

At the end of it you will receive :

- A booklet on how to cultivate your own mushrooms at home made by myself 📝

- A variety pack valued at $50 which includes

1 x 3kg Phoenix oyster grow block

1 x 3kg Native oyster grow block

1 x 3kg Pink oyster grow block

WHY?

Well… Its a growing thing. “No pun intended”

Mushrooms can be expensive especially oyster mushrooms, so having the knowledge to grow them yourself and the practical skills is not only rewarding but beneficial on your wallet, not only that but you get to have the freshest mushrooms possible!

Mushrooms have an array of health benefits so having the knowledge to grow them is like having the knowledge to grow medicine 😄

You will also be learning a skill which you could potentially turn into a new career for yourself 👨‍🌾👩‍🌾

Mush love 🍄🍄

29/03/2022

It appears it wouldn’t upload to Facebook 😅 so here’s the link I have added it to YouTube 😄

I explain how to recycle a grow block by putting it into a bucket with pasteurised straw😄

I also came across a lot of problems as I was adjusting the fruiting chamber as I was making the video and I explain why they happen and how to fix them 🍄

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a4DFSEUCDWw

I have set up an outdoor fruiting chamber that is as cheap as it comes in NZ dollars it cost me around $500 - $600 for the whole set up! In this video I come...

11/03/2022

Finally have my fruiting chamber set up! Minus one humidifier which I need to add for extra humidity 😄

sadly only half full but next round it will be full 😊 the upcoming video will show how much a humidity chamber enhances the results of mushroom cultivation and also how to recycle grow blocks ♻️♻️ 🍄🍄

For people who don’t want to grow on a large scale I will make a video tutorial on how to make up your own small humidity chamber for small scale production 😄

10/03/2022

The buckets for my growing in buckets tutorial have started to pin so with in a week or 2 (depending on how good my editing skills are) I will have the video ready for everyone 😄

07/03/2022

A little bonsai artwork I made 😄 🍄

25/02/2022

Come and support all the local businesses 👨‍🌾

Fresh produce, delicious treats and goodness galore this Sat at The Shed! Come down and enjoy it all - and - we have the superb Edwin Judd providing the music 🎶 ☀️ 🌱

24/02/2022

Hello everyone I hope you have all been having a good year so far!

Tomorrow I will be updating my shop as I have decided it’s time I up the size of the grow blocks so they are now double the size which means double the Mushrooms for the same price 😄

I will also have the old size available for just $10! 🍄

I finally have the video on how to cultivate mushrooms in buckets underway so in the next 3 weeks once the mushrooms grow I will be uploading the video as promised last year 😅

I have also started a new garden which I would like to share with people who want or need food! The garden will only get bigger 😄 I have mushroom logs that spontaneously grow mushrooms so I will be letting people know when they grow those who want some can come and collect some!

I have green houses which I will be cramming with blocks to grow fresh mushrooms very soon for markets like The Shed Collective which I will be attending this week end on Saturday 9am - 1pm, as I set up the inside of them with humidifiers and exhaust fans I will share with you how exactly I do that!

Mush love 🍄

03/02/2022

18/12/2021

A bit more of an in depth description on how to grow the oyster mushroom blocks 😄 with photos of the mushroom graveyard / organic bug diversion outside 😄

Step 1: Open the bag up by removing the rubber band and squeeze the air out.

Step 2: Twist the excess plastic until the bag is snug on the block, fold it over and band it, make sure there is no air pockets around the block this reduces the possibility of mushrooms growing where you don't want them to grow as they are oxygen breathers.

Step 3: Cut an X shape into the plastic the size of the front face the best you can without cutting into the block itself, if you accidently cut into the block its fine, then open up the plastic flaps and spray the block with water using a spray bottle 2 - 3 times a day.

GROWING ENVIRONMENT: Mushrooms like a shaded / indirect sunlight position the cooler the better but oyster mushrooms are pretty flexible when it comes to temperature. For example inside on the kitchen table where it gets 2 - 3 hours of direct light at max or even a full day of indirect or filtered light is fine.

GROW TIME AND HARVEST: With in 1 week of opening the grow block mushrooms will start to grow and once they start growing they will be ready to harvest within 5-7 days. For best quality mushrooms harvest them before the edges of the caps face upwards, this is because when the edges start to face upwards the mushroom is maturing and will sporulate then proceed to decay and break down. If you harvest early you have more versatile mushrooms and they also have a longer shelf life, It is possible to get more flushes / growth out of the blocks but much harder in the summer unless you have a fruiting chamber.

STORAGE: Native Oyster mushrooms have a shelf life of around 1 week in the refrigerator ( best kept in a container with the lid slightly open so they can breath. The reason their shelf life is so short is because they are relatively thin in comparison to buttons and Portobello's so they lose their moisture content faster.

16/12/2021

I have seen this beautiful Pōhutukawa in person only once and I will share this as far as I can possibly share it! and if you are the arborist ask of you to think about what you are doing, love nature and nature will love you 🌳

16/12/2021

I will be at The Shed Collective this Saturday with fingers crossed mushrooms to sell 😄 only natives unfortunately but next year I will have myself more organised 😄 but I will have all strains of grow blocks 🍄 see you there 🍄

14/12/2021

Once again with the iPhone 6 quality filming, but it’s about the knowledge not the quality you see it in 😅😂 I also got water in the microphone so the sound is a bit funny but here’s a video of a spontaneous oyster mushroom hunt 😄

11/12/2021

Good afternoon everyone 😄

These native oysters came up a week early and I have no where to take them so I have 3kgs of mushrooms I want to give away!

Give me a message if you are wanting to pick some up 😄 🍄

05/12/2021

I found some old photos on my phone from when I first attempted to grow in buckets! If people are interested in learning I will be making a video on how to set these up along side making a mushroom fruiting chamber to produce mushrooms out of your ears, and other peoples ears!

Very efficient way to produce food for you and your family or even community 😄

05/12/2021

Phoenix oysters (Pleurotus Pulmonarius)

You either get 5 big mushrooms or you get this 😄

Not sure if the name was intentional or not but ironically Pleurotus Pulmonarius is good for your pulmonary tract 🍄😄

03/12/2021

For everyone in west Auckland in my community tomorrow I will be attending the farmers market at The Shed Collective plenty of local businesses will be there come support them 😄 🍄 9:00am - 1:00 pm

02/12/2021

Not so good quality photos on my phone but this Is my First ever find of Wild native oysters! They grow on dying cabbage trees 😄

02/12/2021

Very interesting outcome on the block there is a 3 headed shiitake 🤔🤔

30/11/2021

28/11/2021

If you look to coffee for energy every day then lions mane is the product for you!

High strength Lions Mane 10:1 extract with piperine (black pepper extract) for enhanced absorption.

Each capsule contains 500mg of Lions Mane extract (Hericium Erinaceus) and 5mg piperine. No fillers or flowing agents.

* Beta-D-Glucans >30%
* Starch