Home | Community | Message Board


This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: Mushroom-Hut Substrate Mix   North Spore Bulk Substrate   Original Sensible Seeds Bulk Cannabis Seeds   Unfolding Nature Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
OfflineMbrooks1024
Male

Registered: 05/17/14
Posts: 50
Last seen: 4 years, 8 months
outdoor questions
    #21687476 - 05/16/15 03:51 PM (8 years, 8 months ago)

Hello everyone, I was researching outdoor grows and just had a few questions regarding their setup. For the purpose of this thread the substrate mentioned is hpoo and straw.

So my first question is whether or not to pasteurize the substrate when spawning outdoors. There doesn't seem to be a clear consensus on which is better, and both claim to be better for promoting mycelium growth.

Another Question I have is regarding the layers of the outdoor bed. I have seen some people use cardboard and say that it's good for drainage and I've heard people say to avoid cardboard and to just put the bed directly on dirt because it's more natural. I was wondering if drainage would be a problem if cardboard wasn't used.

For the layers of sub I have come to the understanding that it is best to mix the hpoo and straw into a homogeneous mixture rather than having layers of straw and layers of hpoo. I was just wanting to make sure this is correct.

It also seems like the layering of the bed itself isn't too important. I have seen some people mix the spawn and sub together and add a final sub layer. and I have seen people layer the spawn and sub. If this is incorrect, and there is a best way to layer your outdoor bed I would love to know.

Finally, my last question is regarding a casing layer for an outdoor bed. If it is  recommended to use a casing layer on a particular strain, would it still be beneficial to make one for an outdoor bed? Or would the top layer naturally dry out a little and act similar to a casing layer to reduce mutants? and if the casing layer should still be applied, would it be pasteurized or just brought to field capacity?

Sorry for the stupid questions, I just want to make sure I don't sabotage myself with bad information. I would appreciate any feedback. Thanks for taking the time to read and respond.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisibleuncle_rico
my own worst enemy
Male User Gallery

Registered: 03/28/06
Posts: 2,664
Re: outdoor questions [Re: Mbrooks1024]
    #21687725 - 05/16/15 05:35 PM (8 years, 8 months ago)

outdoor beds. the concept is so appealing.  I imagine you will be spawning colonized grain to your bulk substrate materials.?

the reality of outdoor beds, for me, has been frustrating / heartbreaking.

Birds (chickens and birds in coveys) and rodents find the grain and tear-up the beds. If birds and rodents don't destroy your project, SNAILS and SLUGS will find the newly emerging fruitbodies and chow down.

Difficult to control outdoor beds in my experience.

If you have the right conditions for outdoor beds, outdoor (in the shade) monotubs will also work and are much easier to manage.

good luck.  whether to pasteurize ... mix or layer and what to use as a top covering come with experience and consideration of your unique, local conditions. many different methods will work.  good luck


--------------------


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: Mushroom-Hut Substrate Mix   North Spore Bulk Substrate   Original Sensible Seeds Bulk Cannabis Seeds   Unfolding Nature Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Outdoor Question iloveraving 701 1 01/02/03 03:54 AM
by neonhigh
* Some outdoor questions (p. cubensis) Tripz Versus Kaboom 845 3 05/09/03 06:34 PM
by Tripz Versus Kaboom
* Even more outdoor questions/suggestions Mycelium 1,806 10 07/19/02 07:20 AM
by Mycelium
* Outdoor questions... GoodOlBattonAss 872 6 04/14/03 08:26 AM
by shirley knott
* Some Outdoor Questions iloveraving 852 8 11/16/02 01:21 PM
by Floydseamus
* outdoor question mellojello 546 6 08/20/02 05:16 PM
by mickey_rourke
* Not-So-Discrete Growing Outdoors - Question
( 1 2 all )
MrSleep 2,289 21 05/21/03 02:00 PM
by Ekstaza
* outdoor question... peacinanarchy 468 4 07/17/02 05:08 PM
by TM

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
306 topic views. 26 members, 210 guests and 41 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.024 seconds spending 0.01 seconds on 14 queries.