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 Swami
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 Most profitable small-scale species... 
#597580 - 04/03/02 01:57 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Say I wanted to home-grow some mushrooms as a part-time hobby to deliver to specialty gourmet markets. What species fruit well and would give a good dollar return on investment?
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 hippy_lettuce
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Re: Most profitable small-scale species... [Re: Swami]
#597995 - 04/03/02 10:58 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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im thinkin of reishi
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Champion des Champignons
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Re: Most profitable small-scale species... [Re: hippy_lettuce]
#598598 - 04/04/02 02:19 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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I saw a box of reishi "for soup only" in a chinese supermarket yesterday for ?20 (~$30?) for about an ounce.
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Anonymous
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Re: Most profitable small-scale species... [Re: Swami]
#607105 - 04/13/02 09:46 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Some people grow oysters and sell to thier local restuarants. You might realize a small profit, you gotta enjoy it as a hobby.
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DreaMaTrix
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Reishi available here for $14 for 4oz:
http://www.jhsnp.com/store/reishimushrooms.html
IMO from what I've read on reishi, there is a long fruiting cycle.
Good luck
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uniboner
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Re: Most profitable small-scale species... [Re: Swami]
#689622 - 06/20/02 05:45 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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If you're up for a challenge, look into Agaricus blazei, and look hard.
these mushrooms go for quite a large sums of money as they have been found to contain very promising anti-cancer polysaccarides.
have fun.
.uni
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Re: Most profitable small-scale species... [Re: Swami]
#695647 - 06/23/02 06:54 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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shiitake are nice if you can find the right outlet. i haven't grown them yet but friends of mine have.
i went to buy some at the supermarket last week and couldn't believe how high they where, 6.50 for just over 3 oz. that's almost 35 bucks per lb and they wheren't even close to fresh.
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rb2002
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Re: Most profitable small-scale species... [Re: uniboner]
#1468824 - 04/18/03 12:17 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Holy Crap-o-mongo! Those are some expensive mushrooms uni... I'm guessing their hard^(very hard) to grow...
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rb2002
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Re: Most profitable small-scale species... [Re: rb2002]
#1468827 - 04/18/03 12:18 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Whoops, didn't realize I was on a page from so long ago... sorry 
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