>Small investment >Fast to grow, you can start selling in about 6 weeks
I was thinking to start oyster farm (because there is not many people doing it, everybody here is producing Agaricus bisporus so I would have sort of niche. It would be relatively easy to market (it is healthy alternative to meat, a lot of proteins and fibers and low fat and sugar level, super good for people with heart problems (so a lot of people). also it has minerals and b vitmine).
At first, only oyster productions, later I would start to produce starters by myself (spores) and sell them to other small producers. Also, some type of preservation could be good investment when I start to produce enough of them.
There are few species that are good for prevention of Alzheimer and cancer. When I learn more and gain exp I could start with small production of that.
In later stages I could maybe make a little lab for artificial selection, also, maybe making supplement pills from medicinal mushrooms that can't be fresh for long time. What do I miss?
Oyster mushrooms might be challenging to cultivate because they are a parasite that grows on a host fungus.
Brandon Walker
>Small investment how are you going to farm them? small investment is to just grow them in wood, but you need a cold winter to inoculate them otherwise you need a cheap way to get substrate up to 68c eastern europe? what type of access to wood do you have?
Matthew Williams
First time heard of it. Thanks.
People do it from substrates. I want in later phases to make my own so I earn more money (aka save more on that) and maybe even sell it.
Tbh I would love it but it is ilegal in this lame country.
Cameron Jones
Serbia.
I was thinking indoor. I would need waste wood and hay. I could get that with no problem I believe. If it is indoor you could control variables more easy so weather doesn't matter. But it adds to investment money.
Leo Lewis
have you looked at greenhouses? you wouldn't be able to produce 12 months a year, but you can get up to 8 or so if you get cheap polymer one this is the cheap way to start youtu.be/63tiJ6Wbq2E?t=355 but he's in canada so there's a lot of chinese who want to buy shiitake
Elijah Mitchell
No actually. I am for no contemplating. I need some business with relatively small investment and fast to make money. If I do it, I would need something for 12 months because i would have to pay rent for them.
There is some resources available for young entrepreneurs here but I don't think that they would give me to much and I have a little of my own money.
I am going to watch it now, thx.
Luke Powell
mushrooms are stupid easy to grow if you use the right practices shroomery is a good learning resource it has tips for cubes, but you can apply them to most any varieties.
Christian Sanders
ok, that method isn't a fast startup because the logs need a year to get colonized, you'll need to be using woodchips/sawdust or straw and boiling them to sterilze the substrate concievably you could use a wood stove to do smaller batches, most farms use propane
microgreens are an easier way to get into farming, don't know what level of demand there is in serbia
Isaac Wilson
I don't think that there is much desu. We are very agrocultural society and there are cheep vegetables. Oysters seem good to me because I rarely see them on market and they seem to be food of future (health wise, they are not tasty as bacon tho :-( )
I am more concerned about business/economic aspect of whole thing.
Jason Bennett
ok I'm trying to do this too, but I have a larger budget, already bought a bunch of land by the highway so I have access to trees and can put up a barn with a big sign to get customers
different mushrooms grow at different times of the year, the more you want to focus on one type the more you're going to have to spend on climate control oysters are usually grown on a mixed substrate of wood and s o y so it's a higher startup cost look into what types of wood you can get cheap and then see which mushrooms grow on them?
Benjamin Johnson
I need also something that market is at least to some extant familiar in.
I will check on wood but I think that it wont be a problem (but who know, good that you said it).
I red a few things. Combination of wood waste and some other material (and I could get a lot for cheap, we are very agrocultural society) is good for oysters.
Thomas Murphy
A mushroom farmer from a previous thread said that indoor can be very harmful to your health. Even a high grade mask to keep the spores out still doesn't help and it can fuck up your lungs.
Gavin Sanders
Soon. Can't wait to trade shitcoins while tripping.
>I would love it but it is ilegal in this lame country.
It's illegal in most countries. That's why it makes so much money
Noah Jenkins
Lions mane will become regulated by Big Pharma when it explodes in popularity in a couple years.
Adrian Brown
I was thinking about that one for Alzheimers.
Tyler Morales
Sure you're not thinking of lobster mushrooms?
Owen Kelly
>lobster mushroom no lol
Kevin Turner
LM and Reishi are must haves. I'm salty they're so popular now that Rogan's gone all out with them. Actually think it's tarnished their reputation a little as a dudebro supplement even though the studies behind them are solid af.
Ryan Bell
I forgot to say, I think that being understanding science and how to find info could help me in this environment. I am not sure that other farmers do that much here...
Jeremiah Jenkins
okay because lobsters are exactly what you're describing, while oysters are just regular saprotrophs.
I am not sure that anybody here even know that they exist lol. But then again, here are common just few species of mushrooms so...
Brayden Bell
ok, i read a little bit now. I think that it is way to hard for beginner
Ayden Adams
For your substrat, use small woodchip and cofee marc. Both can be found for cheap / free.
Aiden Campbell
I've had Chantrelle Mushrooms that were actually more valuable. Unfortunately, that's because they were wild, rare and difficult to gather. But goddamn they were delicious.
Ian Wright
This here is a shrimp farming board, Bucko.
Liam Cruz
I've never heard of mushroom spores being harmful. At least the kind of spores people are farming.
Daniel Fisher
I may be saying stupid shit right now because i have no idea about shrimp farming but: i live far from sea, so...
