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ksdoob
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shiitake substrate formula advice needed

#3136199 - 09/14/04 08:05 PM (21 years, 11 months ago)

well after long thought i decided to go with shitake mushrooms for my next growing project i have access to ass loads of oak wood and saw dust but im not sure what else needs to mixed in there peat, bran,
lime? and do i compost the sawdust substrate mix before using it?

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Re: shitake substrate formula advise needed

[Re: ksdoob]
#3137390 - 09/15/04 01:31 AM (21 years, 11 months ago)

Read http://www.mushroomcompany.com/200108/shiitake.pdf

Excerpt:

Sawdust-based Substrate Formulae for Shiitake

A. Wu (1993)
sawdust 100 kg
wheat or rice bran 23.25 kg
gypsum 2.5 kg
calcium superphosphate 0.5 kg
sucrose 1-1.5 kg
water 10-140 kg

B. Stamets 1993, p.162,; 2000
sawdust 100 lb (or 64 gal.)
woodchips 50 lb (or 32 gal)
rice or rye bran 40 lb (or 8 gal)
gypsum (calcium sulfate) 5-7 lb (or 1 gal)
water 60%

C. The Forestry Research institute of New Zealand
pine 6 parts (monterey pine-Pinus radiata)
Hardwood 3parts (beech or poplar)
Grain 1 part (barley)

D. Straw-based substrate( Oei, 1996, p. 198)
rice straw 50 kg
wheat straw 20 kg
sawdust 20 kg
sucrose 1.3 kg
CaCO3 1.5 kg
citric acid 0.2 kg
CaSO4 0.5 kg

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Re: shitake substrate formula advise needed

[Re: Anno]
#3137734 - 09/15/04 05:00 AM (21 years, 11 months ago)

thanks anno

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