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shirley knott
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pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) completed
#2281330 - 01/28/04 03:30 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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i put a wedge of gifted agar (thanks, Mr Pink!) into a jar of sterilised wild birdseed. when that was 100% white, i pasteurised some straw and let it cool. then i mixed the two together and stuffed it into a plastic bag. this bag was left in a tub covered by a black plastic rubbish bag for two weeks. first i hung it up in the kitchen, when i first noticed the bag had started to pin in the tub. i just liked looking at it. look ! then i decided that the house is too dry (snowing outside so i can't hang em out there, house centrally heated throughout to about 75) so i hung it in a tub. trouble is, i'll now have to fan lots (and it's not very securely held in the lid edge) to make them mature properly. the tub is a simple clear plastic storage tub, with wet perlite in it. when i've done oysters before, they only really opened up after i hung them outside. recommendations?
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Re: pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) [Re: shirley knott]
#2281541 - 01/28/04 05:02 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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hi shirley, have the same problem growing my pleurotus pulmonaris indoors. I have found out that covering the mushrooms with a clear plastic still leaving some air coming in from the floor works quite well. So CO2 which is heavier than O2 can escape at the bottom. I mist them several times a day in order to keep humidity high. Also had to put them in front of a window because they really do need a lot of light - at least for mushrooms . When the caps get enough light they grow much bigger then the ones in the dark. You can see some pictures of the first flush here. By the way: Would'nt you trade your p. dmajor against some another strain ? I have a lot of different edibles. I would really like to try the p.dmajor out cause I like their color very much.
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shirley knott
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Re: pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) [Re: ragadinks]
#2281551 - 01/28/04 05:08 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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thanks for the tip. my previous oyster experience: here
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ragadinks
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Re: pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) [Re: shirley knott]
#2282650 - 01/29/04 01:01 AM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Woow, nice link !
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Re: pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) [Re: ragadinks]
#2282842 - 01/29/04 03:15 AM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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awesome work shirley knott... boys and girls, the story is that I had an extra culture and rather then to throw it away I wanted to send it to someone who I thought would make good use of it. I definately made the right choice... I look forward to seeing the mature fruits in the future.
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shirley knott
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Re: pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) [Re: MrPink]
#2287503 - 01/30/04 03:40 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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whatja reckon?
lid off?
or lid on?
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ragadinks
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Re: pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) [Re: shirley knott]
#2287543 - 01/30/04 04:07 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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I guess lid off - they might need some air exchange so that the caps develop properly ...
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Re: pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) [Re: shirley knott]
#2296300 - 02/03/04 02:38 AM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
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Good work Shirl! They need quite a lot of air-exchange to develop nice caps. Mine always had a quite unpleasant smell so I wonder if that's always the case or I just had some sort of weird strain or contamination.
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ragadinks
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Re: pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) [Re: zeronio]
#2296346 - 02/03/04 03:24 AM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
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I guess I have the same strain as you ( how come ? ), but mine smell like a mixture between coffee and the soil in the woods.
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Re: pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) [Re: ragadinks]
#2296465 - 02/03/04 05:06 AM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
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The grain spawn and colonized straw smell normally, but mature mushrooms... I don't know how to describe it... rather unpleasant.
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shirley knott
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Re: pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) [Re: zeronio]
#2297130 - 02/03/04 11:27 AM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
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update:
i have the worst possible growing conditions (the usual cats and carpets, plus now the house if full of dust as builders are in) so i don't exppect great things from this project. i just like the challenge of a species never tried before. at least some seem to be maturing and no smell yet that i can tell. any symptoms of poor light / poor air exchange? tips?
they're definitely pink
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Re: pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) [Re: shirley knott]
#2299491 - 02/04/04 02:10 AM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
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Some of the pins have aborted but otherwise they started to develop caps and they'll mature soon!
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Re: pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) [Re: zeronio]
#2302870 - 02/04/04 10:02 PM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
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sweet
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shirley knott
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Re: pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) [Re: eatyualive]
#2305415 - 02/05/04 02:19 PM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
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they're ripe! i got a half dozen like this lol ...that's all! better not organise a shipment to the local restaurant just yet
oh well, i fruited pleurotus djamor!
and the pl eryngia are about to pin!
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Re: pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) [Re: shirley knott]
#2305943 - 02/05/04 04:17 PM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
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How did you prepare the straw and how long did it take till they showed the first pins ?
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Re: pleurotus djamor (pink oysters) [Re: shirley knott]
#2306022 - 02/05/04 04:39 PM (20 years, 1 month ago) |
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I gotta give these a go, got some prints.
They look fun Shirley, and I've heard many say they're good eating, I've never tried them...yet.
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