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 hippy_lettuce
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 Thinking of growing 
#528540 - 01/22/02 09:50 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hey there, I was thinking about trying my hand at growing some edible mushrooms but I have some questions,
1)What's an easy mushroom to start out with?
2)Are there any edible growing teks online? and
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Elektrolurch
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I would go for Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster Mushroom) becuase it grows very fast, it grows on different cellulosic substrates like past. straw for example, it doesn't need a casing and tastes great.
I don't know if there are any growing teks online. You can find tn TMC instructions though. And still you could give a search here, some days ago someone asked about the cultivation of Oyster mushrooms. You won't probably find a "Oyster mushrooms for Dummies" Tek as for Psi. cubensis (if you were thinking about something like that).
Have fun,
Elektrolurch
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Re: Thinking of growing [Re: Elektrolurch]
#528825 - 01/23/02 04:16 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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do oyster mushrooms taste like oysters? i'm guessing they do.
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Elektrolurch
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Re: Thinking of growing [Re: felix]
#528877 - 01/23/02 07:25 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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They taste like mushrooms, and have a very fine taste.
They are called oyster mushrooms because of their appearance.
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Re: Thinking of growing [Re: Elektrolurch]
#530598 - 01/25/02 01:08 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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most websites i've gone to either have cultures for sale for hefty prices like $99 at fungi perfecti or spawn bags for real cheap, im trying to figure out why that is
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Elektrolurch
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I bought colonized wood dowels for maybe 8 USD. They are often clean enough to gain a pure culture on agar, exactly what I did...
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r05c03
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Oysters are the easiest for sure.
There are some techs on line:
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/mushroom.html#ChoosingMushroomSpecies
http://members.aol.com/peroxyman/index.html
but it will save you time to go buy a Stamet's books. They are complete, and the best I have seen so far. Cultures are expensive, that is all there is to it. The cheapest I have seen are here.
http://www.mushroompeople.com/cat2000/frames.html
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 zilch
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Re: Thinking of growing [Re: r05c03]
#531768 - 01/26/02 09:41 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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I fried some this thursday in butter and to the end som salt. They tasted DELICIOUS!
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