Home | Community | Message Board
You are not signed in.
Sign In New Account
Forum Index Search Posts Trusted Vendors Highlights Galleries FAQ User List Chat Store Random Growery


This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

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: MagicBag.co All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck   Original Sensible Seeds Bulk Cannabis Seeds   Myyco.com Isolated Cubensis Liquid Culture For Sale   Sporeworks.EU Spores for European Microscopy   Mushroom-Hut Substrate Mix   North Spore Bulk Substrate

Jump to first unread post Pages: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |  [ show all ]
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: LewDoja] * 2
    #29166282 -



I started my first bucket! Whoop-whoop! Blue oyster, alder chips. Starting 4 more tomorrow, 2 more blues and 2 King oysters. I came up a little short on filling my bucket to the tippy top. Does this matter? I can add more, of course, but my strainer basket holds just short of full bucket.I may add coir to the rest to make up the volume difference. Anyhow, Happy spring!


--------------------
. 

Down with O.P.P.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: Blopblop] * 2
    #29166759 -

Thanks so much for this Tek! Very well done:rockon:

Bloblop, That's exciting :smile: you'll have tasty oysters in no time. it's fine if there's some empty space up top, ideally it's filled more but it will certainly still produce well regardless. If you have any open holes in the unfilled area, cover them with some tape.

Edited by Agar Wedge (03/23/25 01:58 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: Agar Wedge] * 2
    #29169578 -

Thanks for the kind words,  Wedge :rockon:

Way to go blop! :fuckyeah:  Mine don't go all the way to the top either most of the time.  Makes it easy to do a steamer basket full which often settles down to like 4 - 4.5gal.  Keep those blue wet and in the shade/cooler area and you'll be very happy with the results.  Looking forward to your king bucket.  Apparently I lost my king culture (was mislabeled at some point) so gonna snag a new one and retry.  Will be nice to have an example for kings on here until I can get my own up:rockon:


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

THE 49TH OYSTER BUCKET TEK

FREE WILL IS A SHADOW

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: alaskappalachian] * 2
    #29169751 -

Of course, that info about soaking buckets was a game changer for me. Super thankful for it. Provided me a legit 3rd flush, not just a wimpy shriveled one haha. Especially since I use straw :rofl:

I've grown kings in a bucket. though as mentioned, kings don't take it as well. They cant seem to be able to grow well out of the half inch holes ime (clusters would form but were small). Occasionally a fruit would grow out of a hole, but not enough of them did. Then they stopped growing so I ended up just popping the lid and letting them grow from the top. Did get some large and dense kings from it though. And 3 flushes. Testing the unconventional is the tits:cool: and my hat off to you for doing just that, fellow mad scientists :cool::crazy2:

just wanted to share my experience in case it can be of use. Wish I had a picture of the clusters struggling to grow from the holes but I don't :frown: here's one of the first flush after I popped the lid. Second flush was just as good. 3rd was ehh. But if I had known about soaking buckets at the time .. could of been better.


Edited by Agar Wedge (03/26/25 07:30 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: Agar Wedge] * 2
    #29169887 -

Right on guys! If the kings stall out I’ll give the top fruiting a go.👍


--------------------
. 

Down with O.P.P.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: Blopblop] * 5
    #29174630 -


Final boss: Prepping buckets after 10 months sitting in the wood-line.
Have some reishi, pioppino, and oysters to send this week.  Hoping the weather cooperates for the pioppino...  Been still in the 30s for 4-5 hrs or so in the morning, so not sure what my unheated plant room is staying at for that period.  It'll be fun anyway.  Can't get too carried away with spring cleanup looming large,  but we'll get some fun species going here in Bucketville pretty soon.


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

THE 49TH OYSTER BUCKET TEK

FREE WILL IS A SHADOW

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: alaskappalachian] * 4
    #29174684 -

Hell yeah! Long live Bucketville :popcorn::cool::rockon:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: alaskappalachian] * 2
    #29174822 -

alaskappalachian said:
Thanks for the kind words,  Wedge :rockon:

Way to go blop! :fuckyeah:  Mine don't go all the way to the top either most of the time.  Makes it easy to do a steamer basket full which often settles down to like 4 - 4.5gal.  Keep those blue wet and in the shade/cooler area and you'll be very happy with the results.  Looking forward to your king bucket.  Apparently I lost my king culture (was mislabeled at some point) so gonna snag a new one and retry.  Will be nice to have an example for kings on here until I can get my own up:rockon:


Do you need a kings culture?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: LewDoja] * 2
    #29174880 -

I sent him one this morning :smile:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: Agar Wedge]
    #29174984 -

:wobble:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: LewDoja] * 1
    #29181704 -

sorry for the shitty picture; about half the holes in my buckets have myc starting to pop out. Would it be best practices to wait for all the holes to catch up? I’m tempted to remove the bags now. Either way exciting times👍


--------------------
. 

Down with O.P.P.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: Blopblop] * 2
    #29181841 -

:radman:nice
I wait until you have several bits developing a grouping of pinheads to form before removing.  Less likely to abort at that stage

(I stole this example for some reddit user to save time).


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

THE 49TH OYSTER BUCKET TEK

FREE WILL IS A SHADOW

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: alaskappalachian]
    #29181870 -

Copy. Thanks!


--------------------
. 

Down with O.P.P.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: Blopblop]
    #29182082 -

Is there a calculator for how many lbs of hwfp to use with 1lb of grain spawn to fill a 2gal bucket?

I have a 3lb bag that will be ready to spawn in about a week

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: san pedro guy] * 2
    #29182104 -

I can't even believe it, a promising 4th flush after soaking this bucket. So hype! Thanks again


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: san pedro guy] * 1
    #29182203 -

san pedro guy said:
Is there a calculator for how many lbs of hwfp to use with 1lb of grain spawn to fill a 2gal bucket?

I have a 3lb bag that will be ready to spawn in about a week


This is a recipe I'm trying now, it fills a 2 gallon bucket with a little left over. I mix with one quart of grain spawn.
The 'aspen chips' are actually bedding for pets that i added thinking they might help provide air spaces in the substrate as other members here have suggested, but the chips are so thin I doubt they help at all. 100 grams of them is fairly bulky.
Also, Im trying more bran than I have ever tried before, so adjust your supplement up or down, if any.
btw, I was drilling only two holes in the buckets about 1/3 of the way around from each other, thinking I could force the mycelium to fruit facing towards the light in the room. This worked to an extent, but it seems its a bad idea since there isnt enough oxygen exchange and the mycelium sometimes didnt fully colonize the substrate. I cover the holes with micropore tape to hold in moisture.

Recipe for 10 lbs
3200 ml water
2000 ml aspen pellets (1161 grams)
1600 ml bran (540 grams)
100 grams aspen chips
2 heaping tbsp gypsum
1 heaping tbsp lime

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: ShroomDad]
    #29182285 -

Ok cool, I don’t plan on supplementing since I was using just a boiling water “pasteurization” for bags and I don’t know of a good way to be able to do this in a bucket w/holes

I also don’t have gypsum or lime, does that help increase yields…?

But this gives me a great baseline to start.

So you would say 1 qt of spawn is enough for unsupplemented  2gallon?

Might just do 2 buckets and 1.5qts of spawn each…

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: san pedro guy]
    #29182340 -

Gypsum provides minerals and is pretty commonly used, but of course mushrooms in the wilderness dont have it. Ive seen in some recipes that people use a lot more than I do. I use a food-grade gypsum bought on Amazon.
Lime is used to adjust ph, and some people use it as a method of pasteurization. But even just a little of it in the air is bad to breathe in, so probably best to avoid using it. In any case, there are a couple different types of lime and you have to use the right kind.
I happen to sterilize grain in one quart mason jars, so thats what I use. Of course, the more the better.

Edited by ShroomDad (04/08/25 01:08 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: alaskappalachian]
    #29182382 -

Quote:
alaskappalachian said:
:petri: For subsequent flushes, treat as if colonizing: mist.  If they look really dry I take the bag off and soak the top between flushes and let it leech through a bit, but generally not until second or third flush. 



@Agar Wedge
is that the soaking  instructions you were talking about Agar wedge?  I missed that until now.

what do you soak the buckets in, another, larger bucket?  or something much larger so that the water level is above the top of the substrate in the bucket?

@Alaskaappalachian
Am I understanding correctly that after a first flush harvest, we cut/pull off aborted clusters, choose to soak the bucket or not, depending on water content and substrate.  Then it is best to put a bag around the bucket again like it was when it was first colonizing, so that pin formation encouraged?  Then do we take off the bag once the pins are getting pretty big and pressing up against the side of the bag?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The 49th Oyster Bucket Tek [Re: Agar Wedge]
    #29182383 -

san pedro guy said:
Ok cool, I don’t plan on supplementing since I was using just a boiling water “pasteurization” for bags and I don’t know of a good way to be able to do this in a bucket w/holes

I also don’t have gypsum or lime, does that help increase yields…?

But this gives me a great baseline to start.

So you would say 1 qt of spawn is enough for unsupplemented  2gallon?

Might just do 2 buckets and 1.5qts of spawn each…


1.5qts will do a five gallon, tbh - so plenty for a 2gal.  I never supplement mine, and it offers little benefit (and a decrease in time until contamination, IME.  Save the gypsum.  Never had a place in this hobby,  and it makes no sense to use when you zoom in and examine what it does to a sub on a micro level.  Wishing you all the best luck!  Look forward to your results.

Agar Wedge said:
I can't even believe it, a promising 4th flush after soaking this bucket. So hype! Thanks again




:chestpound:
The hits just keep coming with buckets.  It's all that available oxygen:dealwithit3:  Excellent work, broski.
Generic said:
Quote:
alaskappalachian said:
:petri: For subsequent flushes, treat as if colonizing: mist.  If they look really dry I take the bag off and soak the top between flushes and let it leech through a bit, but generally not until second or third flush. 



@Agar Wedge
is that the soaking  instructions you were talking about Agar wedge?  I missed that until now.

what do you soak the buckets in, another, larger bucket?  or something much larger so that the water level is above the top of the substrate in the bucket?

@Alaskaappalachian
Am I understanding correctly that after a first flush harvest, we cut/pull off aborted clusters, choose to soak the bucket or not, depending on water content and substrate.  Then it is best to put a bag around the bucket again like it was when it was first colonizing, so that pin formation encouraged?  Then do we take off the bag once the pins are getting pretty big and pressing up against the side of the bag?


Absolutely.  That's exactly what I do.  Thanks a million btw because I have been very unclear about that and now recognize the need to amend the writeup.  Good catch.
Also, I don't think it's what he meant about soaking the buckets.  You would have to take the sub out to layer it in again with spawn.  I may be confused though.  I'm quite stoned and multitasking :stoned:


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

THE 49TH OYSTER BUCKET TEK

FREE WILL IS A SHADOW

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |  [ show all ]

Shop: MagicBag.co All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck   Original Sensible Seeds Bulk Cannabis Seeds   Myyco.com Isolated Cubensis Liquid Culture For Sale   Sporeworks.EU Spores for European Microscopy   Mushroom-Hut Substrate Mix   North Spore Bulk Substrate

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Native Oyster grow Tek FerretWhip 728 1 09/16/06 07:02 AM
by Anno
* Is it possible to cultivate oyster mushrooms using cakes? Wheedhead! 5,584 8 04/24/14 10:40 AM
by tiltajoel
* oyster logs in the martha - anyone ? ohmatic 4,298 14 04/14/05 01:41 PM
by YidakiMan
* Bio-Bag Options for Oysters mattymonkey 2,597 7 11/27/05 10:29 PM
by mattymonkey
* Growing oysters on coffee grounds esp 9,166 19 05/02/10 12:15 AM
by PowerBarDC
* Annos oysters. Loki 920 2 04/24/04 03:02 PM
by Loki
* Oyster/Reishi Growth? daba 3,559 6 03/11/03 02:07 PM
by MushMushi
* oysters in jars? closetgrower 2,225 15 07/17/05 10:11 AM
by srgtm1a

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: RogerRabbit, cronicr, Pastywhyte, Forrester, Stromrider, SHROOMSISAY01
9,883 topic views. 0 members, 23 guests and 16 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2026 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.025 seconds spending 0.004 seconds on 16 queries.