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 meehi
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 My Elm Oyster plan. Comments and help please... 
#10521526 - 06/17/09 05:10 AM (4 years, 3 days ago) |
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I have about 4 quarts of fully colonized elm oyster WBS spawn. This is my plan for it.
Monotub/shotgun style FC Steps I'll take
1. Pasturize Coir/Verm/Worm Castings with Lime buffer for 1 and half hours at 140f (Perhaps I should add some TP/Newspaper or a little brf to the mix?
2. FC Construction: Rubbermaid tub with shot gun style holes on sides and lid with two drinking glasses in each corner filled half filled with water with an air stone bubbling through each glass (Fish tank pumps). The bulk substrate with then be filled in the bottom of the tub using black bin packet lining the bottom and around the drinking glasses, monotub style. Cover tub with bin bags and wait for full colonization.
3. Fruiting: The current temp in my area ranges from 13-24 degrees (colder at night) with an RH of 60-90% So I figure Shot gun with bubblers and fanning/misting 2-3 times a day should provide enough FAE (essential for oysters) while keeping humidity good.
So does this sound good? If I added a little BRF to my bulk mix would I then have to sterilize and not pasteurize?
will a casing layer help or is it not necessary for oysters?
Thanks all.
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 Re: My Elm Oyster plan. Comments and help please... [Re: meehi]
#10521831 - 06/17/09 06:43 AM (4 years, 3 days ago) |
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Elm oysters will fruit just fine from a horizontal surface, but you'll get stunted mushrooms with small caps using a monotub method. (Too much CO2 buildup!) Elms have tasty stems, but they need to get thicker before you harvest, otherwise they're way too chewy.
As far as temperature range, I've had them fruit at near freezing temperatures, up into the 80s F.
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Re: My Elm Oyster plan. Comments and help please... [Re: meehi]
#10522720 - 06/17/09 11:24 AM (4 years, 3 days ago) |
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meehi said:
1. Pasturize Coir/Verm/Worm Castings with Lime buffer for 1 and half hours at 140f (Perhaps I should add some TP/Newspaper or a little brf to the mix?
IF BRF you must sterilize.
TP, Cardboard, or Newspaper are fine pasteurized or laundered. Also cotton rags. These preceding will hold the water Verm is unnecessary.
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I figure Shot gun with bubblers and fanning/misting 2-3 times a day should provide enough FAE (essential for oysters) while keeping humidity good.
Humidity probably good but I agree with Parasthesia, not enough FAE in your tub. Suggest coolmist or a computer fan and ultrasonic mist from above. RR said Oysters like to fruit in a "descending mist". Worked for me.
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If I added a little BRF to my bulk mix would I then have to sterilize and not pasteurize?
Yes
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will a casing layer help or is it not necessary for oysters?
Couldn't hurt, but don't need to.
Good growing.
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Re: My Elm Oyster plan. Comments and help please... [Re: Paresthesia]
#10522897 - 06/17/09 12:22 PM (4 years, 2 days ago) |
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Paresthesia said:
you'll get stunted mushrooms with small caps using a monotub method.
i beg to differ, these guys are from a mono. and elms continue to amaze me with different experiments
 
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Re: My Elm Oyster plan. Comments and help please... [Re: bw86]
#10523401 - 06/17/09 02:35 PM (4 years, 2 days ago) |
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BEautiful. What kind are they. Pleurotus or Hypsizygus ?
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meehi
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Re: My Elm Oyster plan. Comments and help please... [Re: Jef]
#10528140 - 06/18/09 03:15 AM (4 years, 2 days ago) |
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Awesome info guys, I really appreciate it. bw86 please could we have a little more info on that grow? I Would like to know how you archived those results. 
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Re: My Elm Oyster plan. Comments and help please... [Re: meehi]
#10542051 - 06/20/09 12:51 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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it was Hypsizygus
and here is the thread
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/9693838/fpart/2/vc/1
but i played with the tub a lot
this is what it looked like by the time the elms stopped fruiting
edit- oh yeah im still battling the fungus flies(gnats?) that this project brought me.
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Back the tape up. I need it again!Let it roll! Just as high as the
fucker can go! And when it comes to that fantastic note where the
rabbit bites its own head off, I want you to THROW THAT FUCKING
RADIO INTO THE TUB WITH ME!
Not me. It would blast you through
the wall stone dead in ten seconds and they'd make me explain.
Convert to Grains Pf tek killed Jesus
Cops-"Some people commit felonies eating there misdemeanor."
AMU feel free to PM
Edited by bw86 (06/20/09 12:52 PM)
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