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 GroboClone
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 Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Completed Oct. 27 '11] 
#15101821 - 09/19/11 05:57 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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I didn't have any straw last month to make logs so I made up some
sawdust blocks. Most likely this will be a one off for the time being
since I now have a good supply of straw again.
All blocks are the same basic recipe with a varying amount of bran.
Here is what I used for 12 Blocks @ 24% bran:
12 L softwood fuel pellets
8 L wheat bran
1 L gypsum
20 L water
5L of substrate was loaded into Unicorn Type 14A bags and
sterilized for 120 minutes @ 15 psi. I made 110 bags total.
King Oyster
Pleurotus eryngii
This is the bulk of the run, 76 blocks total. Blocks were given around
1 month in the incubation room and then moved to fruiting. Pinning was
present to a certain degree on some blocks, more on Strain B than A.
 
Code:
Strain A
(7x) Aug. 7 32% bran 800 mL spawn
(8x) Aug. 9 32% bran 800 mL spawn
(1x) Aug. 19 24% bran 800 mL spawn
(9x) Aug. 29 24% bran 400 mL spawn
(8x) Aug. 31 24% bran 400 mL spawn
(4x) Aug. 31 24% bran 200 mL spawn
(6x) Sept. 1 24% bran 400 mL spawn
Strain B
(11x) Aug. 17 24% bran 800 mL spawn
(12x) Aug. 19 24% bran 800 mL spawn
(10x) Aug. 19 24% bran 400 mL spawn
Reishi
Ganoderma lucidum
First time growing Reishi.
This Reishi is a real madman. Mycelium grows very thick and vigorous.
In the bag it grew up the sides and tried to escape out the top. In
one bag the mycelium attached to the filter and started fruiting.
Code:
(10x) Sept. 1 5% bran 400 mL spawn
Black Poplar
Agrocybe aegerita
Another first.
The plan is to let the bags colonize until pins start forming,
then move them to the fruiting room.
Code:
(5x) Sept. 1 24% bran 800 mL spawn
(2x) Sept. 1 24% bran 400 mL spawn
Phoenix Oyster
Pleurotus pulmonarius
The blocks made on Aug. 18 started fruiting int the bag. The blocks
from Sept. 3 are still OK and ready to fruit.
Code:
(2x) Aug. 18 24% bran 800 mL spawn
(2x) Sept. 3 5% bran 800 mL spawn
Shiitake
Lentinula edodes
Still have a while to go on the Shiitake but I'm looking forward to
seeing how these two new strains perform.
 
Code:
Night Velvet (Field & Forest)
(6x) Sept. 4 5% bran 400 mL spawn
Shiitake 75 (Aloha Medicinals)
(6x) Sept. 4 5% bran 400 mL spawn
Edited by GroboClone (10/27/11 08:28 PM)
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EvilMushroom666
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: GroboClone]
#15102372 - 09/19/11 07:58 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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Will be watching this thread closely
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: EvilMushroom666]
#15102806 - 09/19/11 09:21 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
EvilMushroom666 said:
Will be watching this thread closely
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: Jake McBaked]
#15102976 - 09/19/11 09:47 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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I'm very impressed with your organizational skills... I don't seem to be able to keep such good info on my grows. Good work.
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: curry]
#15103589 - 09/19/11 11:47 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: curry]
#15103866 - 09/20/11 12:41 AM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
curry said:
I'm very impressed with your organizational skills... I don't seem to be able to keep such good info on my grows. Good work.
I agree. I need to improve on this front. I have the Shitake group
buy to report on.
BTW, I have Black poplar, spawned to straight sawdust, colonizing
right now. I will have to look this up, but I thought to ask if there
are any special issues when fruiting this species. Is casing soil recommended?
Good luck. I look forward to good things.
JD
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: Javadog]
#15104419 - 09/20/11 02:45 AM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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Looking yummy, I'm tagged!
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: GroboClone]
#15104540 - 09/20/11 03:25 AM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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i wish i had the space, time and equipment to follow suit.
...soon.
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: higgledy-piggledy]
#15105068 - 09/20/11 09:21 AM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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What temp do you keep your colonisation area at grobo? Also, any special method or equipment to keep it at that temp?
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: Javadog]
#15105090 - 09/20/11 09:35 AM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Javadog said:
BTW, I have Black poplar, spawned to straight sawdust
Where did you get the culture? I've ordered it from a few places, but still can't seem to get it shipped from any of them.
RR
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: RogerRabbit]
#15105147 - 09/20/11 10:02 AM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
RogerRabbit said:
Quote:
Javadog said:
BTW, I have Black poplar, spawned to straight sawdust
Where did you get the culture? I've ordered it from a few places, but still can't seem to get it shipped from any of them.
RR
Hey Rabbit,
I got it in a trade...from someone on this specific forum often.
I have no spores yet. I would love to hook you up.
I will post results if successful. PM me when you see this.
Take care,
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: Javadog]
#15105451 - 09/20/11 11:35 AM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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Impressive, well organized and straightforward. How do you sterilize 110 bags?
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: Javadog]
#15106701 - 09/20/11 04:03 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Javadog said:
BTW, I have Black poplar, spawned to straight sawdust, colonizing
right now. I will have to look this up, but I thought to ask if there
are any special issues when fruiting this species.
JD
Flies.
They love it, brings them in from miles around! Tastes great though.
That is an impressive grow Grobo. Great documentation!
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: flameclown]
#15107626 - 09/20/11 06:52 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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Glad to have you all onboard.
Quote:
Javadog said:
BTW, I have Black poplar, spawned to straight sawdust, colonizing
right now. I will have to look this up, but I thought to ask if there
are any special issues when fruiting this species. Is casing soil recommended?
JD
From my reading they can be grown with a casing or without.
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NSF said:
What temp do you keep your colonisation area at grobo? Also, any special method or equipment to keep it at that temp?
I try to keep it around 24°C (75°F). I have a baseboard heater for the
winter and the house is airconditoined in the summer.
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RogerRabbit said:
Where did you get the culture? I've ordered it from a few places, but still can't seem to get it shipped from any of them.
RR
I also got mine in a trade.
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flameclown said:
How do you sterilize 110 bags?
12 at a time. I've got three All American's that do 4 bags each.
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: GroboClone]
#15108702 - 09/20/11 09:40 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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Thank you both for the data.
JD
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: Javadog]
#15108937 - 09/20/11 10:19 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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RR- I got my culture of black poplar from Sporeworks.com (liquid culture)
I had difficulty growing it out on agar, but what finally worked for me was to grow it out in a baby food jar with 1/4" agar in the bottom. No hole in the jar lid. I've had better luck in small jars with difficult species in general. I still can't grow lions mane worth a crap. I only get a small growth...
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: curry]
#15108989 - 09/20/11 10:28 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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I've gone back and forth with Lion's Mane too.
I read here that maybe I needed to disturb the spawn more often
while it was colonizing.
Good luck,
JD
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: Javadog]
#15123295 - 09/23/11 05:24 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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You've got so much going on here! I'm wondering about your kings, of course. Some of yours were pinning and some were not when you cut open the bags and initiated fruiting conditions, right? So, for the ones that did not have pins (none of mine have pins), how long did it take since you opened them up till definite pins formed?
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: Not Quite Social]
#15124735 - 09/23/11 10:24 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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With kings, you need to keep the humidity high to initiate pinning, then once you seen pins, get your bag open and into fruiting conditions.
Ok, not need but it's better to.
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Re: Sawdust Blocks - Black Poplar, King Oyster, Phoenix Oyster, Reishi, Shiitake [Re: NSF]
#15125125 - 09/23/11 11:56 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
NSF said:
With kings, you need to keep the humidity high to initiate pinning, then once you seen pins, get your bag open and into fruiting conditions.
Ok, not need but it's better to.
SO you leave your king in the bag until pins form?
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