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Buckeyes (horse-chestnuts, not the people) as substrate?
    #27087570 - 12/13/20 04:47 PM (3 years, 2 months ago)

I have a bumper crop of buckeyes falling on my property from California Buckeye. That's Aesculus californica. I was ready to crush and compost them, but then it occurred to me that these might be a good substrate to grow spawn. Maybe for oyster mushrooms? Buckeye logs rotting in local forests tend to host turkey tails or other polypores.

Supposedly native peoples would eat buckeye in years when the acorn crop failed, but only as a last resort.

If anyone has experience with turning these nuts into mushrooms (active, gourmet, medicinal,...) I'd love to hear about it.


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Re: Buckeyes (horse-chestnuts, not the people) as substrate? [Re: sonoramo]
    #27087638 - 12/13/20 05:26 PM (3 years, 2 months ago)

you could probably grow oysters on them if they were sterilized. nuts/seeds are usually high in nutrients and contam easily.

the hulls/shells would probably be a better substrate but thats a lot of work for a few mushrooms.

but see what others have to say.

I tried using pasteurized hazelnut shells for oysters and had trouble with left over nuts inside the shells that would contaminate easily.


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Re: Buckeyes (horse-chestnuts, not the people) as substrate? [Re: deadmandave]
    #27087703 - 12/13/20 06:07 PM (3 years, 2 months ago)

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you could probably grow oysters on them if they were sterilized. nuts/seeds are usually high in nutrients and contam easily. ...





To clarify what I intended, I'm thinking about cracking the nut or possibly just boiling them, then packing into jars or bags, sterilizing and inoculating with LC. So I'd be using the nuts instead of grain. Wait until the oyster (or whatever) has fully colonized the material until opening and possibly spawning to cardboard.

I did some more searching and found a vendor recommending Aspen, Poplar, Cottonwood, Balsam Poplar, Hackberry, Mulberry, Willows, Birch , Tallow, Buckeye hosts for their plug spawn. But that doesn't really say anything about growing on the nuts.


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Re: Buckeyes (horse-chestnuts, not the people) as substrate? [Re: sonoramo]
    #27087738 - 12/13/20 06:28 PM (3 years, 2 months ago)

you should do some trials because it is interesting and you have the buckeyes to play with.

one of the benefits of wheat/oats/millet/etc is that they are small and you get tons of inoculation points per jar.


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