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Anno
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Oysters on straw
#8751657 - 08/10/08 04:02 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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Chopped barley straw was sanitized in a hydrated lime bath (1 lb Ca(OH)2 in 100 lbs water at 40°C(104°F)) for 2 hours, then drained, let cool to 25°C, inoculated with ~10% warm weather oyster mushroom spawn on birdseed, packed in plastic bags, then around 20 holes were punctured in the bag with a pencil. The bags were put in a cellar, at ~18°C(65°F) and ~70°RH. After around 14 days fruits emerged.
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Re: Oysters on straw [Re: Anno]
#8751664 - 08/10/08 04:06 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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They look great, really decent sized clusters forming there. What's the latin name for the warm weather oyster?
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Re: Oysters on straw [Re: wisp]
#8751670 - 08/10/08 04:09 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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wisp

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Re: Oysters on straw [Re: Anno]
#8751675 - 08/10/08 04:10 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thanks, that goes by a few different names it seems. Would higher relative humidity be better or is 70% fine?
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Re: Oysters on straw [Re: wisp]
#8751745 - 08/10/08 04:36 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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Sweet> I cant wait to try some oysters.
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Re: Oysters on straw [Re: wisp]
#8751755 - 08/10/08 04:39 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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70 seems fine, but a little higher wouldn't hurt I guess.
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Re: Oysters on straw [Re: Anno]
#8751912 - 08/10/08 06:28 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thats great I guess I will be stabbing my ice cream tub with a pencil rather than cutting X's into it.
Anno how deep did you poke holes through the bag into the sub, or did you just poke holes into the bag?
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Re: Oysters on straw [Re: Juke Adro]
#8757290 - 08/11/08 09:11 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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Anno thats nice oysters Good job! added anything to the straw exept the lime? O.o
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Re: Oysters on straw [Re: Anno]
#8757309 - 08/11/08 09:25 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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How many bags or how much straw did you prepare with your mixture?
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Re: Oysters on straw [Re: Juke Adro]
#8758266 - 08/11/08 01:49 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
Juke Adro said: Anno how deep did you poke holes through the bag into the sub, or did you just poke holes into the bag?
Just into the bag.
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Re: Oysters on straw [Re: dstark]
#8758281 - 08/11/08 01:52 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
dstark said: added anything to the straw exept the lime? O.o
Actually yes, I added a spoonful of bio degradable dish washing liquid to the tub to help with the hydration.
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Re: Oysters on straw [Re: lipa]
#8758291 - 08/11/08 01:54 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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lipa said: How many bags or how much straw did you prepare with your mixture?
Hard to tell, I didn't weigh the straw, it was a big pillow full, perhaps 6 or 7 pounds of straw and the tub was around 1o gallons.
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Re: Oysters on straw [Re: Anno]
#8758408 - 08/11/08 02:15 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thanks Anno! I have tried this with cubes before with good results, but the mixture was pretty crude at the time (because of lack of knowledge) and I just used room temp water. The higher temperature water works better huh? Kinda like if you heat bleach water and it bleaches faster. I think I will attempt it on some oysters myself this week for a few new bags of Pink's. Firing up the old barrel can be quite a chore sometimes!
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