Mushrooms anyone? - Page 9

ChrisK · April 17, 2014

Could have gotten 100 plugs each of 5 different strains for only $10 more. I just don't have that many logs! They have some gorgeous oysters available as sawdust spawn too.

ChrisK · April 23, 2014

I was buying bark in WallyWorld the other day and saw that they have bags of hardwood mulch for a couple of dollars. Anyone tried inoculating right in the bag and just leaving it outside? Maybe some slits on top to allow fruiting? Is pasteurizing necessary?

Delerium · April 23, 2014

Rootloops, at what temps does Oysters start to slow down and not produce. Our summer temps can be extreme and was curious how the mycelium outdoors survives under extreme dry conditions?

RootLoops · April 23, 2014

it depends on the strain, the beauty of mushrooms is that you can in a very short time(relatively) tailor a culture to produce in the conditions you happen to have. dryness is definitely not good for oysters but the cultures i sent will fruit in hot weather. i know of a guy in your state that grows them outside in a canvas box with a misting system(probably optional), shade cloth box if you google it. if you only want to grow for your family i would grow them inside, it shouldn't be too hard to get a clone of one that will grow on your table top

RootLoops · April 23, 2014

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisK

I was buying bark in WallyWorld the other day and saw that they have bags of hardwood mulch for a couple of dollars. Anyone tried inoculating right in the bag and just leaving it outside? Maybe some slits on top to allow fruiting? Is pasteurizing necessary?

pasteurizing is always a good idea, but when you are working outdoors there is a bit better chance of it going well even if you don't. if you were going to leave it in the bag it's in i would pasteurize it. you can get it soaked overnight and pack into turkey bags, preheat your oven to 300, when it hits 300 put your turkey bags on a cookie sheet, put em in the oven, and close the door and set a timer for 30 mins. when the timer goes off turn off the oven, and leave the door shut for a good 2 hours or until they have cooled. then you are pretty much good to use it however you want. i have no idea if they add antifungals to mulch so you might want to dig into that before you use it, but i'm pretty sure it will work just fine as a substrate

ChrisK · April 23, 2014

haha!

Wife: "What the heck are you doing in the oven now?"
Me: "Pasteurizing mulch for mushrooms!"

Wife:

Quote:

Originally Posted by RootLoops

pasteurizing is always a good idea, but when you are working outdoors there is a bit better chance of it going well even if you don't. if you were going to leave it in the bag it's in i would pasteurize it. you can get it soaked overnight and pack into turkey bags, preheat your oven to 300, when it hits 300 put your turkey bags on a cookie sheet, put em in the oven, and close the door and set a timer for 30 mins. when the timer goes off turn off the oven, and leave the door shut for a good 2 hours or until they have cooled. then you are pretty much good to use it however you want. i have no idea if they add antifungals to mulch so you might want to dig into that before you use it, but i'm pretty sure it will work just fine as a substrate

RootLoops · April 23, 2014

i like the smell

my wife has always been on board with any of the mushroom stuff, she loves eating mushrooms and i love growing em. we also love mushroom hunting, especially when it's chanterelle time!

ChrisK · April 26, 2014

Sunday project!!

RootLoops · April 26, 2014

nice!!!

ChrisK · April 29, 2014

Five Shiitake and four Oyster logs and one round plugged! Blog post with pix coming this week.

RootLoops · April 29, 2014

very cool! those are gonna be fun to watch fruit!

epsilon · April 29, 2014

ahhh the envy, I think maybe this fall, I'll try to get something started.

MrsJustice · April 30, 2014

Hello Everyone

I see mushrooms growing in my farm all the times, but never eat them. I remember my Mother telling me never to eat wild mushroom, so I will only buy them from a store all my life. So to be safe I buy them every week because I Love them. . If I learned to grow my own Mushrooms I would save so much money each year. I baked my husband mushroom with chicken breast last week and he loved it so much, I was inventing mushroom recipes the whole week. I have many logs, so I will try it this year.

Farmer, Joyce Beggs

MrsJustice · April 30, 2014

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisK

Five Shiitake and four Oyster logs and one round plugged! Blog post with pix coming this week.

Thanks for the pictures!!!

Do you drill whole in the logs than place the mushroom seeding inside?

RootLoops · April 30, 2014

that's the jist of it, drill a hole and then hammer in the plug with a mallet, some people will then seal the hole with beeswax. for someone with a farm and logs log growing is the easiest way to go, it takes a while before you see fruits but once they start they'll produce whenever conditions are right. if you love mushrooms definitely give it a shot!

for a 4 foot log about four inches in diameter you need 20-30 plugs, more will make it colonize faster and less will colonize slower

April 17, 2014	#121
ChrisK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,448	Could have gotten 100 plugs each of 5 different strains for only $10 more. I just don't have that many logs! They have some gorgeous oysters available as sawdust spawn too. __________________ Blog: chriskafer.wordpress.com Ignorance more frequently begets knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. --Charles Darwin

April 23, 2014	#122
ChrisK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,448	I was buying bark in WallyWorld the other day and saw that they have bags of hardwood mulch for a couple of dollars. Anyone tried inoculating right in the bag and just leaving it outside? Maybe some slits on top to allow fruiting? Is pasteurizing necessary? __________________ Blog: chriskafer.wordpress.com Ignorance more frequently begets knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. --Charles Darwin

April 30, 2014	#133
MrsJustice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hampton, Virginia Posts: 1,369	Hello Everyone I see mushrooms growing in my farm all the times, but never eat them. I remember my Mother telling me never to eat wild mushroom, so I will only buy them from a store all my life. So to be safe I buy them every week because I Love them. . If I learned to grow my own Mushrooms I would save so much money each year. I baked my husband mushroom with chicken breast last week and he loved it so much, I was inventing mushroom recipes the whole week. I have many logs, so I will try it this year. Farmer, Joyce Beggs __________________ May God Bless you and my Garden, Amen https://www.angelfieldfarms.com MrsJustice as Farmer Joyce Beggs

April 23, 2014	#123
Delerium Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: California Posts: 942	Rootloops, at what temps does Oysters start to slow down and not produce. Our summer temps can be extreme and was curious how the mycelium outdoors survives under extreme dry conditions?

April 23, 2014	#124
RootLoops Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: rienzi, ms Posts: 470	it depends on the strain, the beauty of mushrooms is that you can in a very short time(relatively) tailor a culture to produce in the conditions you happen to have. dryness is definitely not good for oysters but the cultures i sent will fruit in hot weather. i know of a guy in your state that grows them outside in a canvas box with a misting system(probably optional), shade cloth box if you google it. if you only want to grow for your family i would grow them inside, it shouldn't be too hard to get a clone of one that will grow on your table top

April 23, 2014	#127
RootLoops Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: rienzi, ms Posts: 470	i like the smell my wife has always been on board with any of the mushroom stuff, she loves eating mushrooms and i love growing em. we also love mushroom hunting, especially when it's chanterelle time!

April 26, 2014	#129
RootLoops Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: rienzi, ms Posts: 470	nice!!!

April 29, 2014	#131
RootLoops Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: rienzi, ms Posts: 470	very cool! those are gonna be fun to watch fruit!

April 29, 2014	#132
epsilon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Desert CA Posts: 400	ahhh the envy, I think maybe this fall, I'll try to get something started.

April 30, 2014	#135
RootLoops Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: rienzi, ms Posts: 470	that's the jist of it, drill a hole and then hammer in the plug with a mallet, some people will then seal the hole with beeswax. for someone with a farm and logs log growing is the easiest way to go, it takes a while before you see fruits but once they start they'll produce whenever conditions are right. if you love mushrooms definitely give it a shot! for a 4 foot log about four inches in diameter you need 20-30 plugs, more will make it colonize faster and less will colonize slower