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Post by Alan on Aug 19, 2007 22:18:31 GMT -5
I've been lookig at geting into the culinary mushroom trade and I'm thinking about going the Plug Spawn route, any suggestions? What type? What to Expect? Tips? Anything? It seems like mushrooms are a somewhat hard thing to learn about and I really need help and would love to see this section of the forum utilized by those with any amount of interest growing mushrooms weather commercially or for your own use.
-Alan
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Post by hoosierheightsfarm on Aug 30, 2007 18:45:19 GMT -5
There are a couple of books by a guy names Paul Staments, that is where I learned what I've learned so far.
Patrick
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Post by Alan on Aug 30, 2007 23:40:03 GMT -5
Thanks Patrick, I'll check that out!
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Post by hoosierheightsfarm on Sept 1, 2007 14:56:42 GMT -5
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Post by cff on Sept 2, 2007 8:03:50 GMT -5
I have one of his books " The Mushroom Cultivator" that I don't need. I would like to trade it for some seeds or I'll give it to you if your in short supply.
Drop me a pm if ya want it
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Post by Alan on Sept 6, 2007 20:22:23 GMT -5
Thanks so much for the book, I got it in the mail today and will put it to good use this winter! I might have to take Karens advice and dig a root cellar sooner rather than later! Just skimming through the book provide me with an "info overload" that I am still processing. As you guys get more into growing mushrooms please keep us updated here!
-Alan
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Post by americangardener on Oct 24, 2007 0:28:04 GMT -5
Suppose i should've read this thread first.
Alan since you're the one with the book.. can you teach me how to grow Puffballs?
Dave
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Post by hoosierheightsfarm on Oct 24, 2007 10:43:23 GMT -5
Dave, I have two of his books, just a matter of me getting to the house (water damage being repaired) and getting them.
Patrick
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Post by americangardener on Oct 24, 2007 10:57:28 GMT -5
Any help would be appreciated... No big rush though... looks like it'll be at least spring time before i can get started. Unless maybe there's something i could do in the basement with them.
Thanks for any help
Dave
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Post by hoosierheightsfarm on Oct 24, 2007 17:44:39 GMT -5
Try going to Paul Staments website, it's listed above. See if you can find anything there. He is one of the mushroom guru's.
Patrick
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Post by Alan on Oct 24, 2007 19:10:21 GMT -5
I'll take a look through the book in a little bit and see what I can find, I haven't yet had a chance to read it through but as soon as I finish up with "ginseng dreams" I will be reading the book and highlighting what I need to know.
-Alan
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Post by canadamike on Feb 6, 2008 21:20:30 GMT -5
Alan: Check out for a store selling Bavicchi seeds, an italian company. Here in Canada, they are selling big envelopes of spawn of 5 or 6 different mushrooms for $9.99, dirt cheap. You put it on your own logs or wet straw yourself, which gives you much more mushroom for your buck that way. LOOK HERE: www.italianseedandtool.com/Mushroom%20Spore.0.htmlMichel |
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Post by sammyqc on Feb 15, 2008 18:32:14 GMT -5
Mike,
Have you ever tried growing them? I think you'd mentionned Ritchie's had them? I'd like to try, but I don't know if I have a good spot to do so. Maybe I'll take a drive this weekend, and check them out.
Sam.
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Post by canadamike on Feb 15, 2008 20:57:32 GMT -5
Sammy.
Yes once, it was one of those logs impregniated ( I think I am speaking english here)
They are not that hard, they are the most resilient being on that planet. So far, between my experience with them, the wild mushrooms harvest I would have and the exchanges with others, I would feel very secure with BAVVICHI.
There is 2 ste ups with their mushrooms, one is the log innoculation and the other one is straw based, and they are in perfect concordance (? french maybe badly translated here) with general practices amongst mushroom freaks/lovers. Many others can't be grown that way, but there is a certain pattern that is common to the easy ones to grow.
Don't forget that hey are hundreds, even in our canadian forests or fields, that they can't reproduce, morels being one of them, although some companies are selling the spores, always specifying it is experimental or something like that.
And BAVICCHI is the best seed company I have bought from. Nobody ever came close to super full value for the dollar, except maybe Franchi, another italian one.
I would tend to take them at their word.
If you want to try some, try the yellow ostreatus, they are divine.
All of them are good really, when I go to Montreal there is a small shop in the JEAN-TALON market which sell them, and many many wild ones. It is a treat
I am moving this spring. I would even be ready to buy some, send them to you to start them and share after. If I was not moving it would already have started.
This is the first time such an offering is made at such a small price.
Check on the net if you don't believe me.
Your friend,
Michel
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Post by oldfatguy on Apr 9, 2009 22:57:54 GMT -5
So, how did the mushroom project work out? I've been growing mushrooms for about 11 years now. Oyster, Portabello, button, shitake. Done them on straw & dung, wood chips, saw dust, logs, sugar beet pulp waste and tried many other things that almost worked, worked real well or didn't work at all. I learned from Paul Staments books and then just did it. Took me a while to get all the equipment and different strains. You really need a clean room and a flow hood if you want to get serious. It's a great hobby that keeps you learning more and more. Unlike plant breeding though, you can't eat your mistakes.
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