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 Cryogenicz
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 Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6865610 - 05/02/07 10:38 PM (5 years, 30 days ago) |
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Heres some more pictures from the 30th:
Heres some pictures from the 1st and today:
Hope you enjoyed!
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6865685 - 05/02/07 11:01 PM (5 years, 30 days ago) |
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Wow, that is really, really awesome. I was just wondering about this the other day, and the days since, and it's really been getting my head spinning. Price wise, what to you expect to make on this compared to what you put into it? I'm not trying to sound like a capitalist, but I have a lot of land, and would rather do an interesting job to support myself as opposed to a 9-5 suit and tie deal. How difficult would you say it's been so far? Is there much to do once you've gotten them hung? What kind of buildings do you need? I've seen pics of the P. Cub. growing facilities in Holland and the like, and obviously you couldn't set that up here, but they all seemed to be open air facilities with racks and whatnot. What I was thinking is, I've got all this land, it wouldn't be hard to build cheap pole barns and the like on it, and turn them into mushroom sheds.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: crumblebum]
#6865736 - 05/02/07 11:18 PM (5 years, 30 days ago) |
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You got the Idea.
Thats what my operation is in, in a Pole barn.
I am planning on building another 2 story pole bard, more specifically built for mushrooms, but worst comes, it would be great as a barn.
My honest opinion... Mushroom growing is hard work, costs a lot of money for setup, and equipment. You need hundreds of thousands of $ to millions in equipment to make any type of really good profit.. You should expect that if your going to start this, expect to have some bucks to really get going.
I have quite a bit of money invested in my small operation...
After quite a few grows, I may start turning a profit.
If you have potential customers in your area, or near by, it could be a good venture. I would suggest you look around your area, visit stores, look at the prices around you, look in the phone books and call around, or look for mushroom growers.. talk to them, do some research. Once you have done that, and established that there is a demand for them.. Do a small grow op. Test the market, and see how well they do. If they do good, then I would suggest building more facilities, and going from there.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6865754 - 05/02/07 11:23 PM (5 years, 30 days ago) |
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Thanks a bunch, certainly food for thought. I live near a cluster of food distributors that buy from local farms, so selling my produce in bulk wouldn't be too much of a problem. But now I have a better idea of the setup involved, and what it'll take to make it happen. Again, thanks a bunch.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: crumblebum]
#6865814 - 05/02/07 11:39 PM (5 years, 30 days ago) |
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Keep in mind, when you sell them wholesale.. your gonna get like $3.00 - $3.50 a pound. 
-Graham
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6866816 - 05/03/07 09:25 AM (5 years, 29 days ago) |
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Quote:
I would suggest you look around your area, visit stores, look at the prices around you,
That's the key. You won't make money on button mushrooms because the big farms already have that market pretty well locked up. They have huge facilities with conveyor belts, forklifts, ramps for 18 wheelers to load, the whole thing. It's hard to compete with that on a working man's budget.
Look in your area and see what they have, and especially what they don't have. In many areas, all they have are chinese imported shiitake, and they're small, shriveled up things that look horrible. Shiitake are becoming better and better known for their anti-cancer and other medical properties, and they command a higher price as well. If you can get a good strain and have a source of hardwood sawdust and chips in your local area, they might just be the key to making some money, but you have to grow a LOT to get anywhere. Check with your state department of agriculture about getting certified organic. That's fairly easy with mushrooms because you can't get more organic than hardwood chips from the forest.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: RogerRabbit]
#6866953 - 05/03/07 09:46 AM (5 years, 29 days ago) |
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Has anyone grown shiitake large scale outdoors on logs yet in the united states?
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Psychoslut]
#6867198 - 05/03/07 10:31 AM (5 years, 29 days ago) |
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A LOT of people do this.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6867216 - 05/03/07 10:35 AM (5 years, 29 days ago) |
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The problem with log cultivation outdoors is you get all your shiitake in the spring and fall, when all the other log cultivators are also flooding the market. By building a refrigerated grow area, you can produce them all year, which is best at creating a stable market for yourself.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: RogerRabbit]
#6867253 - 05/03/07 10:45 AM (5 years, 29 days ago) |
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Have you considered getting your USDA "organic" certification like Roger was implying? It's cheap and would be easy to obtain with a setup like yours. Having that certification is an excellent selling point.
I'm curious to see the total crop yield when it's all said and done with these logs. Looks good!
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Hotnuts]
#6868460 - 05/03/07 04:00 PM (5 years, 29 days ago) |
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I would get one, but I'm not sure how much it would cost. I haven't looked in how I would obtain it either.
Thank you for the compliments. I'll defiantly be posting my total yield and calculate the BE.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6868986 - 05/03/07 06:14 PM (5 years, 29 days ago) |
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Quote:
Cryogenicz said:
A LOT of people do this.
ok I was just wondering. I had read in a book that growing shiitake outdoors in the united states is impractical, but i guess that changed.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Psychoslut]
#6869649 - 05/03/07 08:32 PM (5 years, 29 days ago) |
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The certification is free, but it only costs road expenses for the agent to get to your cultivation area and assess it. Basically you pay their fuel and food expense, they assess it, certify it organic and there you go. I have an agent 10 minutes from here, so the costs should be next to nothing for me. Here's a list of agents. Give one a call in your state to see the deal if you want. Good luck none the less!
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/CertifyingAgents/Accredited.html
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Hotnuts]
#6870047 - 05/03/07 09:59 PM (5 years, 29 days ago) |
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I'll try it out.
-Graham
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6893649 - 05/09/07 11:37 AM (5 years, 23 days ago) |
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I need to add way more pics (I don't have enough time right now), but here is a taste of what kind of pictures are coming...
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6893936 - 05/09/07 01:20 PM (5 years, 23 days ago) |
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Beautiful clusters!
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: RogerRabbit]
#6943756 - 05/20/07 05:15 PM (5 years, 12 days ago) |
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Heres some more pictures!
So far, I have harvested about 75lbs. I have a new flush coming, and it looks like it will be another 50lbs
I'll keep you guys updated!
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6949541 - 05/21/07 09:11 PM (5 years, 11 days ago) |
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killer pics man i love following this thread! do u have to do anything special to get them to flush again or do they just go on their own?
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Cryogenicz]
#6949981 - 05/21/07 11:11 PM (5 years, 11 days ago) |
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How many bales did it take to produce the 125? Is that working with the second flush? How long from inoculating the logs to fruit?
Nice looking mushrooms! Dig the pale caps.
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Re: Small Commercial Oyster Growing Operation - Grown on Straw *Pics* [Re: Corporal Kielbasa]
#6950879 - 05/22/07 06:41 AM (5 years, 10 days ago) |
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Quote:
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How many bales did it take to produce the 125? Is that working with the second flush? How long from inoculating the logs to fruit?
Nice looking mushrooms! Dig the pale caps.
very nice cryo!
I nominated this pic for picture of the month
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