Hi Folks, My name is Steve and I am a mushroom zealot! I am interested in growing medicinal mushrooms, and eventually want to grow some of them. Thanks for...
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ssom1sexy7monkey
ssom1sexy7mo...
Sep 7, 2007 1:43 am
Ok I have heard this before, Coffee grounds, tell me do these require any special preperation, or just simply used coffee grounds? I have heard that people...
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somsag_98@...
somsag_98
Sep 7, 2007 2:54 pm
I have gone in to starbucks and asked them for coffee grounds. they gave me a big bag, I put it in a trash bag and spawned with oyster grain spawn. I took a ...
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jmarcus25
Sep 9, 2007 2:49 am
Welcome, Steve....
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Nancy Ward
naward57@...
Sep 11, 2007 12:10 pm
I have been trying my hand at growing shiitakes on white oak. I got some logs recently and the center of the logs look darker, especially when wet. How can I...
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James Tunney
aminitam
Sep 14, 2007 4:25 am
The inner wood on oak is usually darker. If you have an irregular thin dark line that cuts through growth rings that is an indication that there is rot in the...
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Nancy Ward
naward57@...
Sep 14, 2007 12:00 pm
Thanks. Been reading Shigo's tree biology book and was a little confused. Not seeing the whole tree the logs came from,made it a little difficult to know. ...
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dssarr
anomee
Sep 14, 2007 2:39 pm
My understanding is that the logs should be fresh cut, like 3 months old max. This means that the logs that i got are now too old. But you could try it....
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ssom1sexy7monkey
ssom1sexy7mo...
Sep 15, 2007 1:34 am
0k While on this subject (sorta) could those coffee grounds have been rinsed / re soaked / and drained first, to increase success? Or boiled to pasturize them...
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aminitam
Sep 20, 2007 9:09 pm
Plants of some kind would probably be better at checking erosion. The kind to use would depend on where you live. When they put in roads around here, they use...
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Nancy Ward
naward57@...
Sep 23, 2007 5:18 pm
My shiitake logs have hypoxylon on them. Is there anything I can do to save them? And if not, how should I dispose of them to prevent it from spreading to...
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ronspin@...
ronspinosa
Sep 24, 2007 11:32 pm
Hi Nancy, Why not grow tremella fuciformis on it! Tremella fuciformis Known as the white jelly fungus or silver ear, T. fuciformis has been used as a delicacy...
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Nancy Ward
naward57@...
Sep 25, 2007 2:11 am
Who would have thought?? It's worth a try. Now to find the tremella spawn. Thanks, Nancy ... From: ronspin@... To:...
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ssom1sexy7monkey
ssom1sexy7mo...
Sep 25, 2007 11:44 pm
I would like to try growing oyster mushrooms on coffee grounds (there are enough StarBucks 'round here) Can anyone tell me how to use these with my oyster...
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somsag_98@...
somsag_98
Sep 26, 2007 3:21 am
You can get the grounds from starbucks and inoculate them directly with no need to treat them further. This works. In my experience it took a while to...
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Nancy Ward
naward57@...
Sep 26, 2007 11:56 am
Do you use sawdust spawn on the coffee grounds? And when you say it took a while to colonize, how long is a while? Do you keep it watered? Did you just pile...
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somsag_98@...
somsag_98
Sep 26, 2007 2:34 pm
I had an extra jar of grain spawn. I used that, and I just mixed it all uop in a kitchen size trash bag (13 gallon or so) it probably took about 2.5 weeks to...
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Nancy Ward
naward57@...
Sep 26, 2007 2:43 pm
Thanks! ... From: somsag_98@... To: NAMA_mushroom_cultivation@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:33 AM Subject: Re:...
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ssom1sexy7monkey
ssom1sexy7mo...
Sep 26, 2007 10:40 pm
I got impatient last night and couldn't wait for more information so I pushed "growing oyster mushrooms on coffee grounds" into the google and the returning...
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Jeremy Davis
jeremy82many
Nov 2, 2007 3:48 pm
Hey all, I'm interested in building a fruiting room, and then also an incubation room next to it. I want them to be small about 8 x 10ft for the fruiting room,...
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Ron
ronspinosa
Nov 11, 2007 3:55 am
Hi Jeremy, Good to hear from you again! Sounds like you're getting back to your cultivation enterprise. You may already know this, but here is what ...
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Jeremy Davis
jeremy82many
Nov 11, 2007 10:34 pm
Hey Ron, thanks for the floor plans, I had not seen that. After looking around, i think I've actually settled on the Jewett-Cameron 8 foot portable shed, with...
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ronspin@...
ronspinosa
Nov 12, 2007 4:52 am
Jeremy, Wow , $300--now that's economical! Please post some photos of your grow house when it's done. Ron -- "Jeremy Davis" <jeremy@...> wrote: Hey...
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John
fungi020
Nov 12, 2007 8:06 am
Hello, I have some extra shittake sawdust spawn. If anyone has never tried growing them I will mail you enought to try doing a couple of logs. please email me...
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John
fungi020
Nov 12, 2007 8:08 am
If anyone needs a start of oyster grain spawn I will also be happy to mix some up. It will take about 2 or 3 weeks for me to make it. Thank you, John...
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Steve Kalb
ldsube
Nov 12, 2007 2:04 pm
Hi Folks, I am having my annualy art sale for the rest of November. All my art I am giving free shipping and handling for the lower 48 states. This equates to...
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John
fungi020
Nov 13, 2007 3:05 am
Hello all. Put 14 bags of shittake spawn in the mail tonight to people who emailed me. My supply is now used up, however I do have 1 bag left for the person...
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Steve Kalb
ldsube
Nov 14, 2007 12:36 am
John that was really nice of you! ... people ... left ... tried ... logs....
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aminitam
Nov 14, 2007 3:56 am
Last year I put some spawn from three kinds of mushroom into a Tree of Heaven log I checked it out this Sunday and it was fruiting. Some pictures. ...
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corrie992
Nov 28, 2007 7:28 pm
Anybody know a good, cheap source of hardwood dowels? or a simple method of making them?...
