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 Lakotis
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 First Oyster Grow (In progress)- Straw vs. Hay (updated daily) 
#13493073 - 11/16/10 01:19 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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Well. My spawn was ready and the only stuff I had on hand was greenish mixed grass Hay from a bale, this is the stuff you would bale from a road ditch, or an uncultivated field.
I made a last ditch attempt to find True Straw. I finally found a provider.
So I took my 2qt's spawn, and 2 medium pre-sealable mycobags.
I placed 3/4qt+ spawn with properly prepared straw in one medium bag. And placed 3/4qt+ spawn with properly prepared hay in the other medium bag.
I also did a small petri sleeve with extra spawn/straw. (Not shown)
Everything has gone smoothly. There was much more excess water built up in the Hay bag, so I placed extra holes and lacerated the bottom quite thoroughly.
The Hay bag was prepared about 4-6 hours before the Straw. But even so it seems to be out running the straw so far. Hay on left Straw on right.
It has far more fruiting points as well.
 
Will have to wait and watch the entire life cycle to draw any conclusions. But so far it appears that hay (at least in my region) may work out ok.
As to my Martha. It is lit by cheap grow lamps, the top shelf has an additional 17 watt 6500k CFL...gets a touch warm, having a hard time keeping it below 72f during the day, night time is 65-68f. I also have no Idea if FAE is adequate yet... I guess these oysters fruiting will inform me of that.
Will update over next few days.
Next Morning 11-17-2010: Straw may be catching up? Still struggling to keep Temps below 70f and trying to increase FAE. Poor shelving restricts humidity.
Well maybe not Daily...
2 days later: My Oysters are beginning to wither on the vine. Too many clusters of pins? Poor environment. Who knows. One thing became clear, I am too inexperienced to be running any tests. I also upgraded to a newly made Martha.. One I can much better control.
Here are pictures of Hay and Straw after I removed withering Pin Clusters.
I will be keeping these straw blocks bagged with slits in the future... then perhaps fruit them in a low 60-80% humidity environment.. (After Pins form)
 
On the bright side. I was able to eat my first self-grown Oysters. (Just picked the dying pin clusters)
Well, the blocks are more barren, but the fruit are beginning to look much better!
Edited by Lakotis (11/21/10 08:40 PM)
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RedRock
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Re: First Oyster Grow (In progress)- Straw vs. Hay [Re: Lakotis]
#13495911 - 11/16/10 10:49 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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Awesome man, I'll be watching this one.
Keep those pics comin 
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The White Rabbit
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Re: First Oyster Grow (In progress)- Straw vs. Hay [Re: RedRock]
#13503634 - 11/18/10 11:39 AM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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brshroomer
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Re: First Oyster Grow (In progress)- Straw vs. Hay [Re: The White Rabbit]
#13504085 - 11/18/10 01:27 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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if they work ok i'll be harvesting some hay to see how it works.
it's hard to get straw here and there's hay everywhere.
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saintpedro
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Re: First Oyster Grow (In progress)- Straw vs. Hay [Re: brshroomer]
#13504435 - 11/18/10 02:34 PM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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Nice experiment, look forward to seeing how it goes. Why exactly is hay not recommended? Higher contamination risk? I'd have thought there'd be a higher energy content to hay, what with the seeds and all. Look forward to seeing how this turns out
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Lakotis
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Re: First Oyster Grow (In progress)- Straw vs. Hay [Re: saintpedro]
#13513661 - 11/20/10 08:23 AM (1 year, 6 months ago) |
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Well, updated my post. Check out the bottom 5 pictures, and bottom 2-3 paragraphs. I've had some problems. Noob problems. No disaster or anything. What is left on my straw blocks is healthy and growing.
I suppose every Hay will be different. But I believe like you say, The seeds in the Hay may lead to contams. This IMO would especially be the case in Hay harvested in humid country. I would suspect Semi-arid lands to produce hay more suitable for Oysters... Just a guess.
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Edited by Lakotis (11/21/10 08:44 PM)
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