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Post by whollygoats on Sept 11, 2019 15:54:29 GMT
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Post by Moose on Sept 12, 2019 1:05:04 GMT
I've been meaning to try mushroom growing for ages .. I'll give it a watch when my video is better : )
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Post by whollygoats on Sept 12, 2019 3:31:03 GMT
There seems to be shiploads of videos on YouTube that demonstrate growing your own mushrooms.
I must admit, that looks enticingly easy. I'm not sure where one would get the spawn.
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Post by Moose on Sept 13, 2019 2:11:34 GMT
Buy a mushroom log . Fairly cheap. I'll treat you to one if the work keeps up at the rate it has this week .
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Post by whollygoats on Sept 13, 2019 16:25:09 GMT
So, I just searched 'mushroom spawn' on Google, in the 'shopping' mode, and turned up this. There are evidences of 'mushroom logs', wherein one purchased the already spored wooden log and, presumably, follow their directions upon receipt of the log. However...The spawn seems to be often sold as 'spored dowel plugs' that one inserts in some wooden source. This seems to me would avoid much of the associated shipping cost attendant to shipping a wooden log to wherever. Just a thought. Then, the array of choices! The oyster mushrooms appeal to me, but I could go with criminis, too. No shiitake; I've been there and they didn't impress me much. The inclusion of an aminita muscaria photo as advertising copy seems a mite...troublesome. My curiosity remains piqued by the mushrooms on a plastic bucket scene. And, I have a basement! Warranted, it presently reeks of catbox, but....hey.
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Post by Moose on Sept 15, 2019 1:08:48 GMT
Go for it
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Post by kingedmund on Sept 17, 2019 12:33:55 GMT
That could be fun.
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 24, 2019 22:08:44 GMT
Okay....I just got back from my pre-feast run to the farmers market. I went for decent apples (not otherwise available in normal grocery outlets) and I found blackberry honey, botanical gin, and chestnut fungi. The later was from a vendor selling the most eye-catching bouquets of mixed fungi. The most notable were the large pink oyster mushrooms that looked like gorgeous exotic flowers in full bloom. Me? I went for the chestnut mushrooms, which look like they'll be an aesthetic addition to my green bean casserole.
Of course, with this thread in the back of my mind, I pumped the vendor after he told me he started as a hobby and and has an entire greenhouse dedicated to various strains of fungi...he must have had eight or ten strains way different than the usual Crimini or button mushrooms one finds in the typical market. He said it was really quite easy, but noted that the fungi have fairly demanding environmental constraints which makes them a mite....cranky.
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