Finally, an affordable and strong substrate bagger. Until now the only options were industrial products that were metal, and very expensive. Now thanks to creative and talented minds you have the substrate bagging system made for growers by growers.
You can get your bagging done in a fraction of the time and with much less labor (about 6 seconds per bag for both solids and water). If you have a growing mushroom farm you know how much time is spent filling your grow bags with your ideal substrate mix. Now with this model lovingly referred to as Thor, even the growing farmer can scale their operation affordably. Thor has 2 separate hoppers to allow you to control the substrate you make.
$2,500 plus delivery for this amazing time-saving tool. This will fit through standard doorways, and ship on a single pallet.
This is the newest, fully-adjustable bagger that allows you to make anywhere between 5# and 12.5# blocks.
Thor is a mushroom farmer’s best friend. He’s kind of a brute and a little messy, but unlike all the other baggers in the mushroom world, he cares about you and still does the work of a small army.
I designed this guy to easily fit inside a residential door, so Thor is perfect for basement growers. I remember where we came from, and want to make sure the small grower isn’t neglected. Because of this, Thor was designed to be:
-Short – I put a lot of thought into lowering the top of the hoppers to make loading easy.
-Affordable – He’s not fancy and metal. He’s not a bragging piece. He just gets the job done.
-Fast – can produce a bag every six seconds or so.
-Flexible – Designed for Master’s Mix of 100% Oak (or hardwood fuel pellets) and Soy Hull Pellets, the unit can be adjusted to accommodate pellets of different densities. Don’t expect to run wheat bran or any unpelletized inputs, though. Thor can be a picky eater.
Thor’s flexibility lets you produce 5# – 12.5# fruiting bags, using a 50-50 mix of Wood Pellets (or Straw Pellets) and Soy Hull Pellets at 60% hydration. You can use Unicorn Bag sizes 14A or XLS-A bags. This unit requires a small air compressor (not included) and a standard water hose connection.
The latest version even includes casters to easily move around your space.
Thor Substrate Bagger
Introduction-Updated 5/20/24 The Thor Bagger is designed to quickly dispense mushroom substrate and water into a bag so you can spend less time fussing with making fruiting blocks and more time living life. It is designed to be a flexible base with potential for future expansions. The unit ships collapsed with four leg extensions bundled with it. These are attached using the included 1 1/8inch bolts. To assemble for production, you’ll need a 1 ⅛ in socket and socket wrench, or an adjustable wrench that can open that wide. The water tank on the front right leg should be set down on the lower leg extension to place the brass valve below the main dispensing cone to avoid having the water dribble as much at the end of each bag that’s made. The casters also ship disconnected, and they can be attached to the corners of the lower frame. Each corner has 3 holes, so one corner of each caster will be unattached. Make sure to place the bolts so the heads are facing down so that the bolts don’t interfere with the motion of the wheels. The base unit uses a time based dispenser. You’ll find it attached to the bottom of the fiberglass hopper, the thick aluminum plate. The controller at the top right uses compressed air to open and close sliding gates on the dispenser to allow material to flow for a set amount of time, and uses the same timing technique to control the water valve to dispense water at the same time. You’ll see that the water line attaches to the back of the dispenser cone and remains isolated from the solids all the way to the end of the cone. The hopper is divided into two sections, with enough volume to hold a little over two full 40lb bags of sawdust and soy hull pellets or other pelletized or granular substrates. The water system is attached to the front right leg, below the control box. It has an inlet for a standard water hose, which feeds into a pressure regulator, which is the brass fixture with the gauge on it. Standard water pressure is about 70psi in most areas, so the regulator is pre-set at 50-55psi to avoid fluctuation in the water amount that’s dispensed due to pressure drop from other sources drawing on the water supply. It is not recommended to reduce the pressure further unless you have low pressure, because a large difference between the water pressure on the line and the pressure set at the regulator can result in “creep,” where the water pressure slowly raises after the water is dispensed. This will cause the 2 amount of water to be heavy if the bagger rests for a while between bags.
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