Smellyhobbit said:

I used Pennington’s for a year and a half or so and it has added nutrition. Just give it a good wash with hot water and a tiny bit of dish soap and you’re good. It does t hurt anything

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nektar61 said:

Smellyhobbit said:

I used Pennington’s for a year and a half or so and it has added nutrition. Just give it a good wash with hot water and a tiny bit of dish soap and you’re good. It does t hurt anything

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I use that too, have since I started here. I do 5 wash/ strain steps with it, to wash out that "Bird-Kote" they add, includes bird nutrients but also some sort of sand stuff, which I sort of "pan for gold" to get it out (it's heavy and falls to the bottom each time.

Then I soak it for about 16 hours before draining and jarring.

Someone on here said that sandy stuff is "to help birds with their dinosaur gullet."

I also do not pick out the sunflower seeds, you don't either, right? Some people do but it's not needed, mycelium grows on that too.

I bought some oats recently and am going to try that as an alternative to Penningtons bird seed. I've been seeing some oats grows here recently that look beautiful.

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callmehippie said:

I know I already basically asked this. But anybody mind giving me their top three favorite grains to work with including cheapest and easily accessible.

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RoscoeReturns said:

Oats can fuck right off.

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cybork said:

I'm trying to fruit from the jar (with only grains in them). I am not very successful with that. Only with Lion's Mane I get some success. And actually that one I gave the least chance, as that one was the only one with seeable green contamination. Anyways, because of that one, and the desire to understand better what the mushrooms need, I 'sacrificed' some jars to see how it works. I have PE, Lion's Mane, Pioppino and King Oyster put under a small layer of coir, with a ziplock bag over it (with some holes). And I try to keep it moist. Doesn't really work. So I must do something really wrong. (all their brothers and sisters have already fruited in boxes and/or bags).

Could anyone point me to a place in shroomery where I can learn the basic understandings of jar fruiting?

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Huskies said:

After pouring boiling water on coir, can I cool it down outside (winter) to be able to make a tub quicker? Does waiting matter besides getting the temperature workable?

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RoscoeReturns said:

callmehippie said:

I know I already basically asked this. But anybody mind giving me their top three favorite grains to work with including cheapest and easily accessible.

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Wheat is my favorite to work with, and it’s cheap for me at $17/50lb.

Rye is about the same to prep and work with, but costs a bit more at my local feed store.

If I can’t get either of those and I really need something now I’ll use milo/sorghum or a wild bird seed mix that doesn’t have much corn or sunflower seeds, sometimes called finch mix. I really prefer to wait for wheat or rye if I can, though.

I know you’re looking for millet, and some here love it for any number of reasons, but I don’t like it. It gets everywhere if you spill even a little bit, I find prep to be problematic, and it’s become more expensive in my area.

Oats can fuck right off.

PS a google search for “feed store near Houston Tx” netted a dozen results. With as much ranching and horse riding that goes on in Texas I would not think finding grain would be a problem.

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Huskies said:

After pouring boiling water on coir, can I cool it down outside (winter) to be able to make a tub quicker? Does waiting matter besides getting the temperature workable?

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