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aspen as substrate
#1407665 - 03/25/03 04:29 AM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'm just getting started with edibles and am looking for a readily available substrate source for wood lovers. The local PetSmart sells larges bags of aspen shavings as rodent bedding. Would this make a suitable substrate?
I think aspen is a hardwood but I'm not positive.
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r05c03
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Re: aspen as substrate [Re: dog]
#1407775 - 03/25/03 05:22 AM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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Most will grow and fruit a little bit on aspen, but the shavings are so thin there is not much energy in there for them. You may want to do a shaving / woodchip mix with a little N supplementation. They will not work for outside patches and they only work okay as spawn for outdoor patches. Atleast that is my experience with them.
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Re: aspen as substrate [Re: r05c03]
#1415827 - 03/28/03 08:54 AM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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Thanks r05c03.
I did a little research and found that while aspen are deciduous they are not considered a hardwood. Until now I thought that ALL deciduous were hardwood. Live and learn.
So I'm back where I started. I live in a desolate wasteland where the only available trees are eucalyptus, and even they are rather scarce. The sawdust and lumber that is available through local outlets is mostly pine, etc..
I can't afford to have wood shipped to me. What do others in who live in hardwood challenged areas use?
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Re: aspen as substrate [Re: dog]
#1416061 - 03/28/03 05:47 PM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hmmm, I think I might even hazard a guess where at where it is you live. I think I grew up near there.....
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Re: aspen as substrate [Re: dog]
#1416063 - 03/28/03 05:49 PM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hmmm, I think I might even hazard a guess where at where it is you live. I think I grew up near there.....
As far as the aspen goes it is a fine substrate for fungi, it is just that the shavings do not have enough substance to make good out door patches. I have fruited oysters off of the very aspen shavings that you speak off. I supplemented them with oatmeal and grew them off in autoclavable bags.
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Re: aspen as substrate [Re: r05c03]
#1416683 - 03/29/03 09:37 AM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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Cool, then I guess I will get started with aspen until I can find another source.
G a n j a kindly sent me a Shiitake culture and I'm eager to get it going.
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Re: aspen as substrate [Re: dog]
#1419412 - 03/31/03 05:57 AM (20 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ah i wish you luck with it.Ive just inoculated some oak logs with the same strain and am about to go for a walk into the local woods to use up an extra jar of dowels i have in some of the old oaks out there.Check my grow log grow log when we're able to upload pics again.And keep us informed on your progress please. Formally G a n j a :-)
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