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Askeria
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Fruiting Azurescens from a 'cake'
#11004183 - 09/05/09 12:53 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hello there!
this is my first post!  i friend of mine gave me a fully colonized bag full of azurescens. because of private reasons he isn't able to cultivate shrooms in the future  so now i have a bag full of mycelium, witch normally is used to colonize wood chips and make a bed of it. but since it is september by now, i asked myself, if it's possible to get this 'cake' to fruit outdoor. ideally would be a flowerpot or something like that for me. do you have any experience with that?
i live in austria (1200m sea-height) and its starts to get cold by now.... hopefully anyone can answer me that question 
greetings, askeria.
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Re: Fruiting Azurescens from a 'cake' [Re: Askeria]
#11004255 - 09/05/09 01:08 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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I doubt seriously it will fruit this year. Azures need the soil microorganisms in the ground to activate, so growing them indoors is nearly impossible since you can't sterilize the substrate, and non-sterile substrates indoors invariably contaminate with molds. I'd suggest burying it into a woodchip bed outdoors and layer some straw on top as insulation. Hopefully, the mycelium will survive the winter, and next summer it will colonize the woodchip bed, fruiting next fall.
You might do a 'search posts' using 'Anno' as the username. He lives in Austria and has grown some impressive azure beds outdoors. RR
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Re: Fruiting Azurescens from a 'cake' [Re: RogerRabbit]
#11004269 - 09/05/09 01:11 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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thank you for your reply  of course i know that i cant fruit them indoor. the plan was to put them in a pot outdoor... does it makes sense to get the bed starting by now. since its september i mean - all tips out there says something like may to put them out....
and thanks also for the tips with the austrian grower. will have a look. thanks again
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Re: Fruiting Azurescens from a 'cake' [Re: Askeria]
#11008069 - 09/06/09 05:34 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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just to clear my mind up: is it ok to prepared a outdoor-bed by now (september) or will the organism die during the (cold - very cold) winter?
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Re: Fruiting Azurescens from a 'cake' [Re: Askeria]
#11008314 - 09/06/09 08:26 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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I don't know. I've never prepared one in the fall. However, the natural cycle is for spores to drop in the fall fruiting season, yet they somehow manage to survive to grow and fruit the falling fall. At any rate, you really have nothing to lose. The colonized substrate won't last that long unless you refrigerate or freeze it. RR
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Re: Fruiting Azurescens from a 'cake' [Re: RogerRabbit]
#11013919 - 09/07/09 10:12 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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thanks again for the reply  i'm going to setup the bed tomorrow and keep my finger crossed until next year 
thanks again!
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