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superfunkibey
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Straw Mushroom Cultivation technique
#14466177 - 05/17/11 03:08 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hello,
I want to try my hand on growing these tasty mushrooms. I got a lot of rice straw and rice hull which I can use. Although it seems most of the techniques used are for outdoor growing. I am also getting contradicting info from various internet sources about the ideal substrate.
I hope there is a more efficient and productive cultivation method suitable for future expansion.
Hoping people here can contribute their know-how.
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Terry M
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Re: Straw Mushroom Cultivation technique [Re: superfunkibey]
#14466432 - 05/17/11 06:02 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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My understanding is that rice straw is ideal. I haven't tried to grow these yet -- I'm waiting until summer. These suckers need temps above 80 F!
Chapter 11-2 in Book 1 of The Mushroom Grower's Handbook is about paddy straw mushroom growing. There are PDFs of the book on this site. Good luck, and tell us about your results!
-------------------- Liberté, égalité, humidité.
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bakenast
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Re: Straw Mushroom Cultivation technique [Re: Terry M]
#14466784 - 05/17/11 08:03 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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what type of mushroom are u trying to grow.. I had great success in my first attempt with pasterized cut up straw and pink,elm, and blue oysters
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MonkeyKnifeFight
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Re: Straw Mushroom Cultivation technique [Re: bakenast]
#14467460 - 05/17/11 11:27 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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bakenast said: what type of mushroom are u trying to grow.. I had great success in my first attempt with pasterized cut up straw and pink,elm, and blue oysters
I assume they mean paddy straw (Volvariella volvacea).
This species needs heat as has already been mentioned so hopefully you live in an area that stays pretty warm. Otherwise I bet you're going to be fighting gravity keeping the temps up.
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superfunkibey
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No problem with its temperature requirements since I live in the tropics. More concerned about a cultivation technique suitable for commercialization, most papers I've read espouse the simple outdoor method which doesn't maximize space.
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houdinihar
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Re: Straw Mushroom Cultivation technique [Re: superfunkibey]
#14473890 - 05/18/11 03:22 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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superfunkibey, most commercial production is done with cotton additives or substrates. Chang only makes mention of it in his book and I haven't seen any good writeups about this species from a commercial viewpoint. most is low-tech as you already pointed out. part of the problem, commercially speaking is its low BE even with cotton supplements. i am looking at it as a novelty myself, but i do have a commercial culture from Penn State. pm me if it interests you.
houdinihar
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