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How NOT to cold shock. (even if it works)
    #6496286 - 01/25/07 03:42 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

This was the scene two weeks ago when a few inches of snow fell overnight while I had substrate blocks outside on the balcony for a cold shock. The temperatures were forcast for the mid 30's, but obviously got colder, then an arctic blast hit the next day and our temperatures hovered around 17F to 24F for a whole week.



Yesterday, I went out to clean the blocks off the porch and toss them out, but discovered pins! Not only were the oysters pinning, but the shiitake was forming primordia as well. The blocks were frozen solid for a week, and the snow only melted off four days ago. I know they freeze in nature during the winter, but then spend the next summer recovering. These are fruiting as soon as the snow melted!
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Re: How NOT to cold shock. (even if it works) [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #6496334 - 01/25/07 03:56 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

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This was the scene two weeks ago when a few inches of snow fell overnight while I had substrate blocks outside on the balcony for a cold shock. The temperatures were forcast for the mid 30's, but obviously got colder, then an arctic blast hit the next day and our temperatures hovered around 17F to 24F for a whole week.



Yesterday, I went out to clean the blocks off the porch and toss them out, but discovered pins! Not only were the oysters pinning, but the shiitake was forming primordia as well. The blocks were frozen solid for a week, and the snow only melted off four days ago. I know they freeze in nature during the winter, but then spend the next summer recovering. These are fruiting as soon as the snow melted!
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True, but the "winter" is the end of the natural outdoor seasonal fruiting cycle for oysters. I would think they spend the spring recovering and starting to grow and the summer is continuing to to grow getting ready for the fall fruiting.

Your bags were getting ready to fruit, so a freeze (even a week long one at those temps) shouldn't really hurt them. I think the story would be different if they had pins when they froze.

Still really cool, shows how resiliant mycelium is. Foaf accidently froze a tub of bethany outside in the same cold snap and within a couple days the mycelium was fuzzing up and starting to rebound after it was brought inside and thawed out.

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Re: How NOT to cold shock. (even if it works) [Re: shobimono]
    #6496424 - 01/25/07 04:15 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

Here's another one.
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Re: How NOT to cold shock. (even if it works) [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #6496447 - 01/25/07 04:21 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

Are those the Shiitake 75 from aloha? What about the oysters?

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Re: How NOT to cold shock. (even if it works) [Re: shobimono]
    #6497166 - 01/25/07 07:17 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

Yes, they're the 75. The oysters are a clone of a wild specimen I picked last summer. It's a great fruiter.
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Re: How NOT to cold shock. (even if it works) [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #6497505 - 01/25/07 08:52 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

Nice, the snow on them probably helped keep them a little warmer and conserve moisture.

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Re: How NOT to cold shock. (even if it works) [Re: falcon]
    #6497638 - 01/25/07 09:27 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

I've knocked the snow off of fruiting oysters to pick them before. Turkey tails too. Lion's mane seems a little snow shy here, but not too far...they will come if it's just raining and not quite cold enough for snow.
The shittake is what surprised me. I didn't know the cold weather strain was that cold...
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