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Ozzy
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: solarity]
#14332920 - 04/22/11 11:32 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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the yield? 65 pounds, or are you talking BE? I'd have to look on how to calculate that as I don't know off hand. I know it's around on the boards But if someone want to chime in again on how it's calculated , I'll run the numbers.
The first harvested logs have started to pin again!! I haven't had time to dunk them so I'm gonna try to do that today.
We have sold a few but this round was more about samples and networking. I did some cold calls previously to generate interest and info. Yesterday I hit up the people I know personally and it turns out they will be an even bigger help to get things rolling. The chef that I know that is a professor told me of a chef association that he is in and they hold dinners once a month with food donated by local growers...a great way to market.
Also he gave me the numbers of some of his associates for me to direct sell to them, with no problems as to dropping his name for the endorsement.
I have also got an avenue to donate my used substrates to community gardens in the area. I have a close relative that actually runs one...easy way to give back to the community and get some brownie points on our business rep.
As a last note I hit up some old friends in the bar biz on the east side of town(trendy) and one of them Had just gotten a new head chef that I was able to talk to.
It turns out that he used to be the buyer for one of the biggest names in the restaurant biz in my neck of the woods.. I took him out back for a and he said he was more than happy to put in the good word and would even go with me to meet with said restraint to make the sample delivery and lend some credit to the cause!!!
There are a couple of more incredible stories like this , but I don't have the time to type it all.
Needless to say we have a few buyers for the second flush and so far all response have been great. Things are rolling along great!!!!.
I need to change from a bi weekly to weekly right away in order to stay on top of it.
I attempted grain bags again and this time I think I have it down. Everything so far has turned out to look correct, no extra moisture in bags and the prestos pulled a vacuum this time. my days with washing hundreds of jars are numbered...
 
Also have seen no sign of contamination yet in the room! Which is great, as the first round with pinks was a disaster before the first round was even finished.
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Doc_T
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Ozzy]
#14332941 - 04/22/11 11:38 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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wowzers!
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FernandoCastro
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Ozzy]
#14333129 - 04/22/11 12:29 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Great news. congrats
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solarity
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Sounds like the sales are on the way! Nothing beats meeting the chef, I got great results doing that, and zero results dropping off flyers/price lists.
Yield is mushroom weight/substrate weight in %, I find it is more relevant for commercial growing than BE. In other words if a 20lb log gives 5lbs of mushrooms in it's production life that's 25% yield.
-------------------- Commercial exotics farmer for 8 years - now sold up!
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Ozzy
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: solarity]
#14333323 - 04/22/11 01:14 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ahh I see. well a 40 pound bag made 5 2.5' long and 12" lay flat. logs..
so..the logs have 8lbs of unsupplemented cottonseed hulls each bag, and on the first flush we are averaging 4lbs of product... so so far...50%...the second flush on one of the logs should be done in about 3 days so that number should go up.
Edited by Ozzy (04/22/11 02:13 PM)
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themycoman
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Ozzy]
#14333555 - 04/22/11 01:56 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Nice yield, I'll have to keep that in mind when I make my logs.
Yours were mainly 12" right?
Mine will only be 6.3" wide (I think that is correct for 10" wide polytubing) but I will be using straw and 20% alfalfa.
I think I will give cotton seed hulls a try if my feed store can get them, it would be interesting to see they difference in yield.
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Ozzy
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: themycoman]
#14333737 - 04/22/11 02:31 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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yup, 12 in lay flat poly
The dunk...I need to go buy a grill I can put some weights on to keep them submerged..but this did the trick for now..maybe the top 8 inches didn't get submerged. soaked 5 at a time for an hour each load..

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themycoman
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: Ozzy]
#14333782 - 04/22/11 02:46 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Very nice, I just got one from homedepot:
The one to fit a 22-1/2" fits perfectly in a 55 gallon drum.
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Ozzy
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Re: Ozzy's got the Blues [Re: themycoman]
#14334216 - 04/22/11 04:42 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Awesome info mycoman! Thanks for saving me some time and trouble, I'll go pick one up this afternoon.
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