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Re: Oysters on recycled paper [Re: Buckeye Oysters]
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I have done cardboard with oysters (probably the same strain as Lipa would have used).  Used bleach to pasteurize.  I hadn't ever used bleach before and wanted to give it a try.  However, I don't recommend the method unless you have no other method of pasteurizing.  The bleach and it's byproducts are harmful in large quantities to the environment.

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Re: Oysters on recycled paper [Re: MycoAu]
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So which substrates will give you the highest quality fruits?  Straw is superior to wood based substrates as far as productivity is concerned, but if I'm going to try marketing oysters to restaurants I'll need to produce something superior to what they get from mushroom growers with big operations.

Are mushrooms grown on hardwood logs better?  It seems logical to me!  I didn't notice any huge difference between paper grown oysters and those I grew in bunker bags, aside from cap size and thickness.

My next bunker bag project will involve a small mountain of partially decomposed green pecans.  I freakin' hate squirrels.  Damn tree rats.  One tore open a bunker bag to try burying pecans in it.  Damn tree rats!!


I think there is a general consensus that mushrooms grown on regular old cut logs have the best flavor. I have talked to a number of chefs who say this is true.

For oysters I personally think the best substrate for flavor is straw. Although to the average person I doubt a difference would be noticed.

That being said there are many advantages to growing oysters on supplemented sawdust in bags shiitake style. Better shelf life, ability to isolate contamination and using less spawn are the main ones. I am in the process of changing over from straw to all sawdust with my commercial operation.

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Re: Oysters on recycled paper [Re: Paresthesia]
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No no . Although I am sure if you used a lot of straw reishi might fruit from it. What I said was that I place the books on top of the submerged straw to hold it down in the barrel. Since the books are submerged also they are pasteurized and I spawn reishi to them or oysters or whatever then bury them in the yard. I also add straw to my sawdust blocks as a supplement  and to speed colonization. It works good as an additive.

Lipa

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Re: Oysters on recycled paper [Re: Buckeye Oysters]
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I have used cardboard indoors and it works good!

Lipa

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