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Rye Grain
Total Dry Per Ct. 89.5
Protein Per Ct. 12.6
Fat Per Ct. 1.7
Fiber Per Ct. 2.4
N-Free Extract Per Ct. 70.9
Total Minerals Per Ct. 1.9
Calcium Per Ct. 0.1
Phosphorus Per Ct. 0.33
Nitrogen Per Ct. 2.02
Potassium Per Ct. 0.47

Most of that is greek to me =) But if it makes any sense to you, great! Also, alot of people make Rye broth extract. This is a simple method of just boiling rye in a pan with water, eventually the water will boil down add, more. Then it will begin to "bubble" so to speak, and then you want to remove it from the heat, drain the juice, then I simmer this juice to boil off excess water, this is a pure nutrient and can be used for liquid cultures. Producing huge mushrooms doesn't take rye, it takes manure though =P

Happy Growing!

[This message has been edited by Condi1 (edited January 21, 2000).]

Aright later....

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Hey Ryche,
how are you on experimentation with substrate variation; that is what kind of different substrates have you tested. Do you think a mix of rye and bird seed(what kind of bird seed) how much water. Do you think it would be an interesting experiment to cultur mycelium with this mixture and thouroughly mix it with compost/manure? You wouldn't have to sterilize the compost/manure because I believe it has symbiotic bacteria wich allow very favorable growth of mycelium and you tend not to have to worry about contams.

Here is a message from someone on this forum which I copied for sake of reluvency:

This idea came from reading about an 8th grader who was doing a science fair project on plant tissue cultures and he was having trouble with them getting contaminated. Well, this company (Plant Cell Technology, Inc.) sent him a sample of PPM (Plant Preservative Mixture) to help him out and it worked. Well, then I wondered, what if this was used on mushrooms? Would it work? So, I set out to find this out. I contacted the scientist who discovered PPM and asked him what he thought about it. Note: I didn't say anything more than medicinal mushrooms. Well, he said I should test it and see. He suggested I start at the 0.05-0.1% range and if that is too toxic to lower it to 0.025%. Well, here's where you may obtain PPM:
Plant Cell Technology, Inc.
I would also like to point out another interesting product for Tissue Cultures that could possibly be used for Mushroom Cultures as well:
Nutri-Mister 0100 - Ultrasonic Nutrient Mist Delivery System
And for more Tissue Culture fun:

-PsiliPharm

Plant Cell Technology, Inc.
I would also like to point out another interesting product for Tissue Cultures that could possibly be used for Mushroom Cultures as well:
Nutri-Mister 0100 - Ultrasonic Nutrient Mist Delivery System
And for more Tissue Culture fun:

-PsiliPharm
All thanks goes to PsiliPharm

Why don't we try birdseed as Ryche suggests, but steep or add the rye broth!!!
It seems like birdseed is very nutrient filled as Ryche says, but why not use the Rye broth instead of any water?
It seems like a logical idea??

If everyone agrees someone should make an advanced substrate tek!!

Any comments?

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