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Post by mountaindweller on May 17, 2013 3:36:51 GMT -5
I saw a method starting mushrooms on youtube. You need mushrooms, cardboard and plastic containers.
You tell the kids to cut layers of cardboard cardboard to size of the boxes. Fill the boxes with them and then pour in hot water, leave sit for an hour, drain. Rip the cardboard in layers. Stack it in the boxes with stem parts of mushroom in between. Open once a day.
I did this with different mushrooms from the greengrocer and some really start to grow. I like this sort of approach. Highly unscientific, not overly clean cheap and fast.
Now I have to find out how to grow them on and find the timber.
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Post by bertiefox on May 18, 2013 9:52:41 GMT -5
I did this with different mushrooms from the greengrocer
Which types worked? I guess you don't mean ordinary field type common mushrooms but which other types would work? Or could you post the link for the video?
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Post by mountaindweller on May 19, 2013 22:17:56 GMT -5
This is the link on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWXZfaEjQbQSorry I don't know how to make it clicky. Shimeni grows like mad enoki does not seem to grow shiitake maybe oyster maybe chinese morchel don't think toscana(? unidentified mushroom thick stem brown cap) seems to grow. Now I think I need to learn what further to do with the mushrooms. I made a pasta sauce with the parts I didn't use and was highly unimpressed by the flavour. Is the difference of taste as big as homegrown vegetables from store bought? I didn't find that these bought mushrooms had terribly lot of flavour. |
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Post by mnjrutherford on May 19, 2013 22:36:36 GMT -5
Joseph has been working with this and was reporting on a different thread. I can't remember the name of it... Try searching it.... if you can't find it, I'll try to dig it up for you when I get some time (elusive stuff that it is!)
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Post by steev on May 19, 2013 23:33:29 GMT -5
I found two morels under my transplant cage last week; of course, I think they're imaginary, since more than one "mycologist" has assured me that they don't grow at this low elevation.
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Post by mountaindweller on May 20, 2013 22:18:38 GMT -5
I personally am a bit afraid to harvest any mushroom in the wild. Because I don't know weather there are poisonous native mushrooms in Australia that look just like boletus?
You might be able to transplant a part of the mycellium to a place more suitable.
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Post by steev on May 21, 2013 0:40:27 GMT -5
There is something to be said for that, as even populations of the same species can be untrustworthy. Ultimately, the rule is what works locally, works. Granted, the notion that "what works, works", is a tad difficult for some, but there it is. Life is a bitch and then you die.
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Post by mnjrutherford on May 21, 2013 4:06:34 GMT -5
Preferably not of mushroom poisoning though... There is a guy I've recently heard of in the western part of NC who is promoting foraging with a focus on mushrooms. I'm pondering trying to get him to come down to do a lecture for our home school group. Trouble is our folks tend to think that things like this don't constitute "real" education. ah well...
I'm wondering if perhaps I could try this cardboard layering trick with some mushrooms from Whole Foods...
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Post by mountaindweller on May 22, 2013 4:03:46 GMT -5
I am very thrilled most of the mushrooms have started growing mycellium now I must find out what to do and when. Weather I can transplant them on the wood now or weather there is another step involved.
I really like this method for it is uncomplicated and cheap.
After looking a bit in youtube, I think I am too old fashioned for that, I just don't find what to do next.If there's a step 1 upload there should be a step 2 upload or is that a concept of the past or maybe I am just too stupid to find that.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on May 22, 2013 7:59:09 GMT -5
There are lots and lots of videos of people planting mushrooms. There are few of people actually harvesting them.
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Post by davida on May 22, 2013 8:23:22 GMT -5
There are lots and lots of videos of people planting mushrooms. There are few of people actually harvesting them.  Great observation and so true, Joseph. You can blaze the path for the rest of us. |
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Post by mountaindweller on May 22, 2013 20:09:33 GMT -5
Joseph you are telling the same than my family. This is an experiment and experiments never work. Or you will never grow mushrooms because it is soooo difficult. Joseph did you harvest any mushrooms?
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Great observation and so true, Joseph. You can blaze the path for the rest of us.