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Sufficient reishi substrate?
    #14524756 - 05/28/11 02:16 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Hello, I needed a bit help to get a sufficient substrate down, primarily for reishi, later shitake.  Im going to test varying amounts of ingredients in my substrates, in order to find a good method for my self, but this will be my main substrate idea to work around.

So my final mixture is going to be 60% hardwood sawdust, 30% mesquite wood chips, 5% wheat bran, 5% gypsum.

Im going to boil the wood chips for an hour before adding to the mixture, but how do I go about humidifying the rest of the mix? Should I just boil them?
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Re: Sufficient reishi substrate? [Re: iDmt]
    #14525126 - 05/28/11 06:18 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)



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Re: Sufficient reishi substrate? [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #14525772 - 05/28/11 10:50 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Thanks, now I know my mixture.
but i'm still wondering how do I go about humidifying the substrate?


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Re: Sufficient reishi substrate? [Re: iDmt]
    #14532973 - 05/29/11 08:55 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

I mix about 70% hardwood wood shavings, 10% wood chips, 10%straw, 5%rice bran, 5%gypsum (all of which total around 10 pounds) in a polypropylene bag.  Then I add about 3 cups of water to this mixture and microwave for 20 minutes (rotating bag).  After letting the bag set in the steam for another 20 minutes, I'll take it out of the nuker and then add the proper amount of water (around 13 lbs in my case).  If your water is not clorinated, add a few drops of bleach to it.  Then I mix in two quarts of rye grain spawn, and dump all of the polypropylene bag contents into a bag I make from tubing.  So I get 25 pound bags which produce a lot more mushrooms and doesn't take as long as doing 6 pound bags.  This setup will work on any woodlover-  good luck.


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