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Mini/Side project. Oysters (pulmonarius) outdoors sans container; pictures
#14361101 - 04/27/11 01:29 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hay pals. I'm currently working on a bunch of different projects and ideas for projects while trying to keep my spirits afloat in the turbulent ocean that is existence. Mycology is definitely a worthwhile hobby. I love waking up and getting my setup for the day started.
Right now I'm processing about 50 lbs (maybe a little less) of rye per day to make spawn bags. I'll post more about that in the next month or so.
Since January I had fruiting logs that were made of mostly cardboard and then another set of logs that contaminated (straw) that I'd placed outside. They did their best to fruit outside during the winter, and honestly did a damn fine job of it imo. The tops and sides did almost nothing but the bottom, where moisture had a chance to collect produced sizable fruits considering the temperatures.
Anyway, I don't like to throw things away so I pasteurized some straw and broke the logs up into sections (like making patties from a roll of sausage, kinda). I dunked the sections for a long time, maybe longer than I should have, probably 12-36 hours. I then layed down some pasteurized straw as a bed, threw the log sections on top and then covered the sections with more pasteurized straw.
It's been about 2-3 weeks and I have pictures I'd like to share:
My outdoor work area. I know it doesn't look great but before I arrived it was literally nothing but rocks and glass. I mean glass EVERYWHERE, like it was obvious people got drunk out back and decided to dispose of bottles by smashing them against the ground. Keeping straw on the ground helps to protect my feet (I walk around barefoot) against whatever little bit of glass may be left though I did a fairly thorough job of cleaning it up.

My most prolific patch. Took some straw and wedged it into the space the tree provided. This was not done with logs but with fresh spawn.

Another pic, side view

Closer

Patches that are still growing; this was the first patch to fruit but it only produced 1-2 closers of fruit bodies; I think it needs more time to recover


Tried to make use of every space and layed straw to fit the space that the roots provided. I know it looks messy but I'm low on supplies and cash. All of these bricks and sticks and such were strewn about the yard before I gathered them and made piles of them. I was going to throw all of it away and pay 50-100 at the dump to have them accept the trash but instead I found a way to make use of it.
One last pic: Curly and wavy 

I'm considering switching from clear plastic to black plastic. My goal is to ensure humidity while also not having my outdoor plots baking in the sun. I'm not sure if the clear plastic promotes that activity more (sun comes right through the plastic and beats my myc up) or if black plastic would be better (black absorbs heat and it'd probably transfer via convection to the plot of straw.
Maybe white plastic would be best? I have no clue of where to buy that though minus visqueen which is quite expensive relative to say drum liners which is what I'm using right now.
One more thing: I collected some manure from this farm back in october or september; I put it into a polystyrene box and placed it outside. It's been out there during rain, snow, heat, everything. I took a look at it a month ago for the first time in forever and it has what I think may be actinomycetes/ firefang on it.
Could anyone confirm/dispel this? I'll post a few pics here:




Thanks for looking everyone. It's nice to be a part of something that builds upon itself. I also very much enjoy being at the forefront of advancement. Okay we're not exactly at the FOREFRONT by growing oysters but mycology and fungus somehow got overlooked during the entirety of modernization and we're just now starting to take advantage of fungus' symbiotic nature. I feel like there's lots of industry that still exists to be exploited concerning the realm of fungus.
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Re: Mini/Side project. Oysters (pulmonarius) outdoors sans container; pictures [Re: Humility]
#14363234 - 04/27/11 07:57 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Cool to see them growing in their natural habitat, even if that wasn't your original intention! It goes to show that oysters can eat just about any contam and fruit no problem. Sorry, but I don't know anything about firefang, but thanks for sharing pics.
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Re: Mini/Side project. Oysters (pulmonarius) outdoors sans container; pictures [Re: curry]
#14363915 - 04/27/11 10:00 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Thanks for posting . I did in fact intend to give them a more natural appearance sorta growing up the tree. My hope is that they are able to colonize the tree and move on permanently.
Either way I won't be here to see. They'll be on their own.
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Re: Mini/Side project. Oysters (pulmonarius) outdoors sans container; pictures [Re: Humility]
#14364778 - 04/28/11 12:50 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hmmm i think you'd have to ring bark a bough of that tree to perpetuate oysters, but then that too is short sighted. They're primary wood digesters so they won't go for live wood, they decay dead wood.
I really like the trunk patch idea though, very clever, natural appearance, providing shade and trapping water.
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Re: Mini/Side project. Oysters (pulmonarius) outdoors sans container; pictures [Re: NSF]
#14365057 - 04/28/11 03:08 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Excellent! i think this is an amazing use of resources . Have you tried using cardboard to keep the straw/mycelium moist and protected?
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Re: Mini/Side project. Oysters (pulmonarius) outdoors sans container; pictures [Re: deadmandave]
#14370279 - 04/28/11 11:15 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I likey. Very good use of space, congrats
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Re: Mini/Side project. Oysters (pulmonarius) outdoors sans container; pictures [Re: Humility]
#14370772 - 04/29/11 12:58 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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that manure look okay
actinomycetes indeed.
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Re: Mini/Side project. Oysters (pulmonarius) outdoors sans container; pictures [Re: Humility]
#14371347 - 04/29/11 06:27 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Thanks for sharing brother!
Some beautiful clusters you got there.
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