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 Re: Bulk Straw Pasteurization [Re: Jeremy_Davis]
#6827500 - 04/24/07 11:50 AM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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How does the vent work? What sort of time is it on? Great work
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Re: Bulk Straw Pasteurization [Re: thallus]
#6827672 - 04/24/07 12:42 PM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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actually it was only 2 100lb bales (200lbs). (3 wire bales)
22 logs weighing from 25-35lbs. 400lbs wet total
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Re: Bulk Straw Pasteurization [Re: thallus]
#6827674 - 04/24/07 12:43 PM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thanks 
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Re: Bulk Straw Pasteurization [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6827702 - 04/24/07 12:54 PM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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You might try some trials where you let them colonize on a shelf in the horizontal configuration, and then hang them at fruiting time to save space. I've found if they colonize vertically, too much of the moisture runs from gravity to the bottom of the log, where it either drips out and is lost, or impairs colonization in that area, but either way, the top of the log dries out.
Also, if you rig something for the bottom of the log to sit on, so that it holds half or more of the weight, it prevents the plastic top of the bag from holding all the weight. What happens is the bag slowly stretches over time, and if all the weight is hanging, it tends to chop the fruits off as they grow through the holes you punched. I learned this the hard way. Good luck, and looking good there!
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Re: Bulk Straw Pasteurization [Re: thallus]
#6828173 - 04/24/07 03:13 PM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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The vent is a 8 inch inline fan duct on a Tee, that is attached to a filter box, using a 3m furnace filter. No HEPA's were harmed in the making of this grow room. It has a dampner installed on the bottom portion to control the amount of recycled air. There is another vent installed on the other side of the room which is basically a 6 inch drier vent with screen material to keep the flies out.
The fan is on a timer to do run for 30 mins every 2 hours.
Im using a small ultrasonic humidifier at the moment which runs contstant.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6835936 - 04/26/07 07:21 AM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hey cool thread! When we do a bale of straw. We just put the whole thing in without a basket. We keep the bale whole. Then when it's done cooking we attach the come along to the twine and pull it out.
Just a couple steps simplified.
Interesting idea about it stretching RR. Most of the time the only fruits that pop off where growing out of the smaller holes for me. So i try to make the wholes nice X marks.
A good tool for making the holes are a few broad head arrow points. The ones with 4 razor blades. I set them on a 2x4 X X X
I used to use a pitch fork. But thats no good.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Corporal Kielbasa]
#6836281 - 04/26/07 09:14 AM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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If you do the entire bale, then its not shreaded... any problems with that?
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: RogerRabbit]
#6836286 - 04/26/07 09:16 AM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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RR -
GOOD advise I never thought about they h20 soaking to the bottom.
I'm planning on building another spawn run/grow room so I can rotate.. I think I'll do that next time.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6836537 - 04/26/07 10:34 AM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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Non that i have noticed. A longer soaking/pasteurize time. But all n all it equals extra free time for me. Luckily the way we harvest the straw out here they do a good job of breaking it down to manageable lengths. No whole stems, probably around foot long sections.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Corporal Kielbasa]
#6836748 - 04/26/07 11:40 AM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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Get some pictures of your setup!
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6836859 - 04/26/07 12:11 PM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
Cryogenicz said:
Get some pictures of your setup!
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Jeremy_Davis]
#6837366 - 04/26/07 02:19 PM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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ha one of these days
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Corporal Kielbasa]
#6855223 - 04/30/07 06:58 PM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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OK! so here we go, some more pics/updates. Enjoy!
pins/primordia:
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6858087 - 05/01/07 11:29 AM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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So you're fruiting them vertical and horizontally? I did that too for a while because that was just how the room was set up. But I just really preferred the mushrooms grown from hanging bags better than those grown from horizontal bags. It seemed like they grew more stems in comparison, so more waste for the end user.
But that's just my experience here. I'm interested to hear your opinion on that in a week or two.:)
They look good tho man! I love it when those little clusters start to break out of the bags!!! WHoo Hoo!
The coloration on yours looks more brown than mine, and I think we were using the same strain/isolate...probably temp differences and substrate differences.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Jeremy_Davis]
#6858218 - 05/01/07 12:07 PM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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Im using 3015 Amycel. They are actually slightly blue/grey in color.
I am not fruiting them horizontally, I just took the pic from the bottom looking up, for a differnt view
They have grown alot since then, I'll be taking pics today/posting more pics.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6858260 - 05/01/07 12:16 PM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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At wal mart yesterday I saw a half ounce of dry oster mushrooms. They cost 2.99, that is retarded.
It was only like 5 mushrooms. That made me want to get something going.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Psychoslut]
#6858532 - 05/01/07 01:30 PM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'll be giving the weights harvested once I get to that point.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6858948 - 05/01/07 03:03 PM (5 years, 1 month ago) |
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this is pretty cool....
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Psychoslut]
#6864561 - 05/02/07 06:55 PM (5 years, 30 days ago) |
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Quote:
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At wal mart yesterday I saw a half ounce of dry oster mushrooms. They cost 2.99, that is retarded.
It was only like 5 mushrooms. That made me want to get something going.
No doubt, I understand what you're saying. However you want to focus only on the fresh market when you do get something going. China dumps really cheap dried mushies of every species on the market. Realistically, if you're a good marketer you can bring up the fact that the cheap Chinese mushrooms have been testing positive for heavy metal contamination. There's just so much manufacturing going on there, that the air is polluted, and the mushrooms are just soaking that in. I imagine the pollution is in a lot more than just the air too, could be their water and soils as well...in fact China exports all the mushrooms they can, and then IMPORT non-contaminated mushrooms from less industrialized nations.
So fresh is your market. Also when you consider fresh weight, that half ounce really weighs about a quarter pound or so. The per pound price at the retailer is about $12 fresh or dried. Kinda odd...you'd think fresh was more expensive, since you can just keep dried around forever.
Farmers markets you can sell your dried mushies I bet with the right schpiel.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Jeremy_Davis]
#6864930 - 05/02/07 08:21 PM (5 years, 30 days ago) |
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I plan on doing some farmers markets this year... I know I'll get more per pound.
The main focus will be freshness. There is no oyster producer around my area and therefore I can let them know that I have a product that is fresh, picked the day they get their order.
I am still locating restaurants to buy from me, so I can increase my volume.
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