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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: Land Trout]
#28609352 - 01/04/24 10:35 AM (23 days, 12 hours ago) |
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Has anyone tried to grow PNW woodlovers in climate zone 4a (Edmonton, AB) outdoors using pots? I'm thinking of trying it with milk crates and moving them inside before it gets too cold.
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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: rhizoRider]
#28616625 - 01/10/24 04:55 PM (17 days, 6 hours ago) |
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I'm hoping to grow Azures and Cyans in pots. What type and size of wood should I be looking for? Should I pasteurize or sterilize?
I've found some aldar chunks, but they seem to be rather large (around an inch). Would I want to add cardboard or sawdust to fill in the gaps? I also saw some apple wood that seems to be smaller in size and cheaper.
Any advice is appreciated. .
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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: rhizoRider]
#28616665 - 01/10/24 05:30 PM (17 days, 5 hours ago) |
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rhizoRider said: To last poster how are you starting off? Spores? Spawn? And most any wood will do just need azure to be well established and get cold to trigger fruits . It will test your patience but worth it
My plan is to go purchased LC - Agar - Grain Spawn - G2W Sterilized Wood - Outdoor pot with Wood/Coir/Spawn mixture topped with dirt and a strawberry plant.
I'll probably let the Wood/Coir mixture consolidate for a month or two before adding the dirt because the growing season starts late where I live. Shooting for Wood/Coir at mid-March and Dirt/Strawberry end of May.
I understand I may not get anything until the late fall or at all. I live in a place where they don't grow naturally so my plan is to take the pots inside before the deep freeze and bring them back out next spring.
The only thing I'm struggling with is what Wood to use for Spawn and in the pot. I'm thinking of a mixture of hardwood pellets, aspen shavings, apple shavings, and large aldar chunks.
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Re: The Official Woodlovers Thread [Re: rhizoRider]
#28635507 - 01/26/24 11:05 AM (1 day, 12 hours ago) |
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I finally got my woodlover genetics in. I have P. Alennii, Ps. Cyan, and Azures. I would love some critique to my plan:
1. Bought LC -> Agar -> Oat Grain spawn
2. Aldar and Applewood Smoker Chips (I'll call around to tree services to look for a cheaper option, but I don't live in an area with a lot of hard wood trees). I'll do a 24 hr soak then load them into xl bags and PC at 15 PSI for 4 hours
3. Grain spawn to Sterilized wood
4. Mix with Coir in cloth pots sometime in April. I also have a line on cheap milk crates, I'm thinking of trying them to see if I can get it to fruit from the sides.
5. Allow to colonize until mid may, cover with dirt and plant strawberries on top
6. Water weekly with a hose whenever we don't get much rain
7. Winter comes early where I live, I plan to bring the pots inside late September/Early October, depending on when we start seeing below 0 temperatures during the day. Fall lasted well into November this year, but that was a rarity. It's not unheard of to get snow in September.
8. Barely water through the winter, just enough to keep it from going completely dry
9. Bring the pots back outside late March 2025
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