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Rustik
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Rank species by cultivation difficulty!
#1605875 - 06/03/03 06:21 PM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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I am hoping to start growing some edibles soon. I'm experienced with 'other' species, but edibles are too tempting to pass up!
Hopefully someone with experience growing edibles can post a list of a few species, from least difficult to most difficult.. I would like to start out with something easy, and work my way up. This will be my guide.
I have never had the opportunity to try any gourmet mushrooms, except for the traditional buttons that are commonly sold at grocery stores.. I think they are buttons anyway. I'm going to purchase some portabellas if I can find them at the grocery store, because I hear they are excellent!
If anyone has any advice, it would be appreciated.
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rommstein2001
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Re: Rank species by cultivation difficulty! [Re: Rustik]
#1606814 - 06/04/03 12:57 AM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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well I'd say pleurotus. I cannot spell tonight.
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Raadt
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Re: Rank species by cultivation difficulty! [Re: Rustik]
#1607550 - 06/04/03 10:22 AM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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From easiest to hardest, in my opinion.
Pleurotus var. Osteratus, Cornucopiae, Djamor are of similar difficulty in my opinion - Eryngii is a little harder than the rest, and i think that Pulmonarius is easiest.
Hericium Erinaceus - These are very easy to fruit, if you're familliar with making sawdust blocks.
Shiitake - With a good culture, it's easy to get fruit from this species. Again, important to know how to make sawdust blocks.
Stropharia Rugosoannulata - I have had an easy time getting fruit using just straw, with a casing layer (pasteurized 50/50 verm/peat, with a bit of oyster shell that I crush with mortar and pestle, into a fine dust). I keep it in conditions similar to that of cubensis.
And the hardest of the easy for me were
Agaricus (blazii / brasiliensis) - I got decent yields after some trial and error, a few green casing layers, etc. Finally realized that I needed to leave the cooling sack of casing outside for 24h. After that it seemed to work. (biological, i guess)
Agaricus Brunnescens - same as above, was working on them at the same time, and success came at the same time.
A few that I have had trouble fruiting, or low yielding fruitings were..
Lepista Nuda (blewitt), I only got 2 fruits - medium sized, have cultured a clone now - so we'll see....
Coprinus Comatus - My bane! I cannot get pinning with this species, no matter how hard I try. I don't know what i'm doing wrong.
Pholiota Nameko - I have only gotten a few fruits, in my climate it is hard for me to keep anything at the temp they like during fruiting. My results have been mediocre at best. A full block and only got barely enough for an addition to some stir frys.
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Baby_Hitler
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Re: Rank species by cultivation difficulty! [Re: Raadt]
#1608815 - 06/04/03 05:37 PM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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Never done Agrocybe Agerita?
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r05c03
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Re: Rank species by cultivation difficulty! [Re: Raadt]
#1609140 - 06/04/03 07:39 PM (20 years, 7 months ago) |
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Wow Raadt. You are the man! You have fruited all those indoors? That is great. I will have to give my SA a try for sure then.
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taGyo
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Re: Rank species by cultivation difficulty! [Re: r05c03]
#22716576 - 12/30/15 11:14 AM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm wondering how you edible and gourmet people list your difficulties now?
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oregon.trailboy
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Re: Rank species by cultivation difficulty! [Re: taGyo]
#22716609 - 12/30/15 11:26 AM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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Damn tagy this is a old one
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taGyo
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Oldy but goody imo.
I was gonna make the thread but I found this one already from the same guy that did the VVVV wedge thread.
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