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Anyone in southern Maine inertested in growing Mushrooms?
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Posted by infiniteohms 5 Me (My Page) on Wed, Feb 13, 08 at 13:39
| I'm going to try doing some Shitake and Oyster mushrooms on logs this spring... would anybody be interested in splitting an order? About $20 would get you enough sawdust spawn to inoculate 25-30 logs 4"-6" in diameter a and 3' in length. If more then one person wants to split an order we could get 3 types of spawn. |
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RE: Anyone in southern Maine inertested in growing Mushrooms?
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| whoops, it would be more like $30 after shipping. Still cheap compared to buying by yourself. |
RE: Anyone in southern Maine inertested in growing Mushrooms?
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| Don't know the first thing about growing mushrooms... |
RE: Anyone in southern Maine inertested in growing Mushrooms?
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The basics are very simple, however (like most things involving living things) it would take a lifetime to master.
I plan to use the "natural" outdoor technique:
1. acquire spawn (buy it or grow it yourself)
2. drill holes in logs 4"-6" in diameter and 3'-4' long.
3. Add spawn to holes and seal with wax
4. Put the logs in your garden/yard to incubate, they would be in a shaded moist spot.
5. when fully colonized and correct conditions prevail the mushrooms will fruit. Thats just an overview, but if you are interested in a bit more in depth view you can check out this site: http://www.angelfire.com/co/mycosociety/cult5.html |
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