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InvisibleHyphalTryptamin
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Barley- use not!
    #5464445 - 03/31/06 02:57 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

At last I got round to initiating a cultivation effort. But anyway, to cut to the chase, originally, in my area, I could only get hold of Barley grains or WBS, and had already done birdseed, and currently have spawned it to a large tray of fine horse manure.

So, I tested out Barley grains to see if they could match rye or WBS:


Preparation:

directly jarred and added about 85ml of water to 100g of grain - 1st thing - Barley does not hold as much water as rye can

Pressure cooked for 75 minutes, let to cool down for about two hours, jars taken out, shaken whilst warm.

Inoculated after cool down, with a thick maltwater LC



The growth on them is surprisingly weak compared to some stunning rhizomorphs I've been getting with birdseed and poo.
But yes, once colonised,i laid down a hydrated and sterilised amount of vermiculite at the bottom of the 3litre tray. Substrate filled in and cased with vermiculite again.

The results:





In conclusion - quite disappointing. Barley doesn't have great water retention ability, is slow-ish to colonise, and myc doesn't seem to colonise it too thoroughly either. Even with the inclusion of extra moisture source - ie - the base layer - inspired by the 'rez-effect' idea, the fruits were still tiny but quite an even pinset.

Stick to horse manure fellow shroomerites, peace  :mushroom2:


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InvisibleHyphalTryptamin
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Re: Barley- use not! [Re: HyphalTryptamin]
    #5466364 - 04/01/06 03:25 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

bump


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Offlinemikeownow
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Re: Barley- use not! [Re: HyphalTryptamin]
    #5466371 - 04/01/06 03:30 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Hmm good now I wont use that ever if the thought to ever crossed my mind =P


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