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thefiendhitman
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Outdoor Grow Advice (Help Me?)
#10437351 - 06/01/09 07:37 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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So, seeing as I am completely new to Mushroom Cultivation, I have selected an area in my yard that looks ideal for growing me some mushrooms. I will be growing some psilocybe mushrooms (likely B+) and another, edible, species.
I have some pictures of the spaces I see as ideal.
(link to photobucket)
These are the areas I view as ideal, considering the research I have done thus far. They are shady a great deal of the day, there is plenty of room for a couple of beds of mushrooms. What do you think?
I was thinking that I could use the leaves in one of the pictures as a bedding/substrate. I will be inoculating a growbag and then use that to inoculate the beds I prepare.
I know it may be a noobish question, but in the research I have done, I cannot quite decide, on my own, whether these areas seem acceptable for growing mushrooms.
I just need advice on the grow area and possibly the preparation of the beds. But other then that, I think I've got this thing pretty well figured out. Only way to know is to try it.
I really appreciate any help you guys will offer up to me.
Thanks in advance!
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4hodmt
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yeah don't do anything till you have colonized growbags. Once that's done you want to dig a hole in the ground and put lava rocks or the likes at the bottom so mycelium dosnt sit in water.
Then mix up your pasteurized leaves/straw spawn and mix in chunks of colonized substrate. Do it before it starts getting cold. Once that's clearly colonizeed, put a real thin casing layer on top for fruiting.
The area around your plots, your going to want to cover the ground in diatomatic (sp?) earth to stop slugs. They search and destroy mushrooms.
And maybe put a chicken wire fence up around the whole thing. Deers eat anything that smells like food.
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Numinosum
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Let me start by saying I have not researched outdoor grows and I am just going off of common sense
I don't really know your location but I am assuming Connecticut?
Cubes don't naturally grow anywhere near there so my thought is that it wont work. The climate just isn't right and the humidity wont stay high enough long enough.
I mean if you could just grow them outside in conn. wouldn't they be growing all over?
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PprPlns
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knock up cakes instead of growbags, that's my advice. Looks like you like in georgia, what's the temp/humidity?
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4hodmt
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Re: Outdoor Grow Advice (Help Me?) [Re: PprPlns]
#10437547 - 06/01/09 08:10 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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I've seen with my own eyes bulk outdoor grows working in Erie and southern PA perfectly well.
Its all about temps. If its too cold outside they're not gonna work.
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Numinosum
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Re: Outdoor Grow Advice (Help Me?) [Re: 4hodmt]
#10437574 - 06/01/09 08:16 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
4hodmt said: I've seen with my own eyes bulk outdoor grows working in Erie and southern PA perfectly well.
Its all about temps. If its too cold outside they're not gonna work.
Alls I'm saying is that I live in that region and I have certainly never seen a cube hanging around in the wild. Lived on a horse farm when I was younger what better place right? Its just too cold and the rh to low in the NE.
If the climate was right here and you grew outdoors wouldn't the spores float off and grow elsewhere, eventually spreading throughout the whole region??
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thefiendhitman
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Re: Outdoor Grow Advice (Help Me?) [Re: Numinosum]
#10439833 - 06/02/09 05:51 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ok. Temps and humidity.
The temp. is usually around 75-80 F during the day, and the low 50s or high 40s during the night at the coldest. This weather can be expected to get warmer until the end of august.
The relative humidity is usually around 70-80%, expecting it to get higher in the coming months.
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Edited by thefiendhitman (06/02/09 07:49 PM)
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thefiendhitman
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Added weather info, still wondering about growing, sorry to bump this... but I need answers!
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bluedavenger
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I say give it a shot. if it works then you will have some mushies, if it doesnt your just in the same spot you are now. Maybe just do a small trial run. see how that goes.
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thefiendhitman
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Re: Outdoor Grow Advice (Help Me?) [Re: bluedavenger]
#10449633 - 06/03/09 07:30 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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True that. Alright, I guess I'll post a thread once I get the project rolling.
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