|
 joedonbaker
Stranger
Registered: 03/03/07
Posts: 36
Last seen: 3 months, 25 days
|
 Will Portabellas grow on coir?
#8306641 - 04/19/08 11:37 PM (7 months, 9 days ago) |
|
|
I had a grilled portabella burger last night for the first time and was stunned how great mushrooms can taste, so I'd like to try to grow my own. I've read that they will grow on a straw/hpoo mix, but will they grow on a coir based substrate? I'm very experienced with growing cubensis, and for the most part it sounds like they have similar growth parameters, they just like cooler temps. My normal substrate is Coir/Coffee/Gypsum with some kelp meal to boost the nitrogen content. Also, I'm planning on going to a local organic food store to pick a couple up tomorrow to clone some tissue onto agar and was wondering if they would colonize rye.
Are there any other edibles/gourmets that will grow on coir? It's the most readily available substrate I have access to.
--------------------
When inferior men censure, the good man pays no heed.
|
Gobblin
Crazy Fingers
Registered: 05/13/05
Posts: 1,596
Loc: South Saturn Delta
Last seen: 5 hours, 52 minutes
|
Re: Will Portabellas grow on coir? [Re: joedonbaker]
#8307164 - 04/20/08 05:21 AM (7 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Are there any other edibles/gourmets that will grow on coir? It's the most readily available substrate I have access to.
I've grown Shitaki on coir and I'm sure oysters would.
--------------------
Reality is a figment of your hallucination
  
|
Nature Boy
Stranger than most
Registered: 07/09/07
Posts: 663
Loc: North East USA
Last seen: 1 hour, 54 minutes
|
Re: Will Portabellas grow on coir? [Re: Gobblin]
#8323874 - 04/24/08 05:05 PM (7 months, 4 days ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Gobblin said:
I've grown Shitaki on coir and I'm sure oysters would.
Don't mean to hijack this thread, but, since you mentioned shiitake, I'd love some advice. Just this morning I knocked up 4 quarts of rye grain w/ shiitake using prints made from the first flush of a commercial block.
I read an article (1994) that said shiitake could be grown on oatmeal! Once the rye colonizes, I'd love to spawn to some bulk substrate and was looking/hoping for a suggestion. I have H/poo, straw, and coir at my disposal. Could probably come up with oak sawdust.
Suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
N.B.
--------------------
All submitted posts are by Someone Who Isn't Me (SWIM) - and in any event are works of pure fiction or outright lies. Any information, statement, or assertion contained therein should be considered pure unadulterated bullshit.
|
Hypercube
Growing Brains
Registered: 12/18/05
Posts: 657
Loc: Crab Nebula
Last seen: 9 hours, 43 minutes
|
Re: Will Portabellas grow on coir? [Re: Gobblin]
#8581281 - 06/30/08 06:26 PM (4 months, 30 days ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Gobblin said:
Quote:
Are there any other edibles/gourmets that will grow on coir? It's the most readily available substrate I have access to.
I've grown Shitaki on coir and I'm sure oysters would.
We have RogerRabbit and alohamedicinals saying Shiitake won't fruit from coir on one hand.
And Gobblin who says he has gotten them to.
Next on 60 Minutes.
|
 lipa
Registered: 07/24/07
Posts: 595
Loc: Where it doesn't rain.
Last seen: 1 minute, 27 seconds
|
Re: Will Portabellas grow on coir? [Re: Hypercube]
#8581768 - 06/30/08 09:00 PM (4 months, 30 days ago) |
|
|
Yeah ! It's always good to experiment. They kept telling me that shiitake won't fruit on grain. So I pulled a couple of grain cakes out and POOF.
|
Hotnuts
old hand
Registered: 02/26/05
Posts: 2,750
Loc: Wild Blue Yawnder
Last seen: 4 hours, 37 minutes
|
Re: Will Portabellas grow on coir? [Re: lipa]
#8583075 - 07/01/08 05:59 AM (4 months, 29 days ago) |
|
|
I've heard Port's can be grown on wheat straw. Heard from a great source as well.
|
RogerRabbit
Bans for Pleasure
Registered: 03/26/03
Posts: 18,210
Loc: USA Mountain Northwest
Last seen: 19 minutes, 28 seconds
|
Re: Will Portabellas grow on coir? [Re: Hotnuts]
#8590865 - 07/03/08 08:41 AM (4 months, 27 days ago) |
|
|
Shiitake will fruit on plain grains, but poorly. Most strains will not fruit on coir.
I've never had a good flush of any agaricus species on non-composted material. A few odd fruits will pop on uncomposted substrates, but if you want a commercially viable harvest, the best known substrates to date are all composted.
RR
--------------------
www.mushroomvideos.com
"I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member".
Mark Twain, Woody Allen, Groucho Marx, and anyone else who wishes to claim credit for the quote.
|
|
login or 
register to post messages and view our members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, encrypted messages, file attachments, board customizations, and much more!
Previous
Index
Next
Threaded
Edit 
Reply 
Quote 
