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  2. Posted

    "fairly cool here"-give me a break shortly... my fish ponds are frozen!!

    The job in the desert...one led to another...same mob, different location...much better horticulturally. I'll find out in August sometime. As it turns out, an old friend of mine is working there-small world, full of synchronicity. The current job..hard to tolerate the dregs that float their way up the APS...don't get me started.

    BTW, thanks for the shiitake spawn Punkin-I was getting nervous with a dead flow hood.

  3. Posted

    Did they have access to light? My best oysters form pins in the bag, then I move them outside, cut open the bag and they form beautifully. The gnats go for the mycelium, and leave the shrooms alone...at least here in Canberra, IME.

    Oysters in the dark go wonky...and high CO2 causes deformities. Leave some kings to fruit in the bag, and soon you'll get mushrooms pinning from the caps of others. I had some photos...too hard to find now.

    Cut off the duds as soon as you realise they're duds-a new cluster will form quickly. And cook those duds up-maybe not saleable, but still edible.

  4. Posted

    Hi Punkin,

    I just put a new motor in my flow hood...huge difference in air speed.

    I've got heaps of cultures in the fridge, which I want to plate up to give away next weekend. Pretty sure I've got yellow oysters, plus I've got cystidiosus fruiting again-weird life cycle.

    You got any bags about to pin?

  5. Posted

    Agar to wheat, then wheat onto sawdust (I've been using ecologs-don't use redheads, they're full of shipping pallets and assorted waste timbers that may have been treated) supplemented with either wheat germ or rolled oats or black strap mollasses.

    I pour boiled water onto the sawdust logs, then let them expand. Tip off excess water. Add oats (or other supps) at the rate of about 20% by weight of the dry sawdust. Add gypsum if you want/remember. Mix around, load into bags, PC for 2 hours, cool, add grain spawn, seal bags, put them somewhere they get dappled light and wait 'till they fruit in the bags. Cut bags open and allow them to get bigger.

  6. Posted

    Innoculated a bunch of King Oyster bags yesterday, did a few shitakes as well as putting some other random stuff to jars.

    Those who have been asking me about the best, easiest to grow and tastiest mushrooms can get back in contact as they'll be ready to send next week. :drool2:

     

    Hi Punkin,

    What sort of shiitakes? The plate you sent me was great...75 I think?

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    Hi Marcel,

    I copped the same "you look like that kid from the wonder years" back in the day.

    Benefits of ecologs...easy to make supplemented production blocks, no drilling/hammering/waxing/watering, quick to produce mushies using filter patch bags, can be used to make sawdust spawn for logs...

    Benefits of logs-cheap, long lasting, produce several crops, no need for filter patch bags, if you buy spawn-no need for a PC...

    I've tried using free sawdust from various sources with mixed success-these sawdust logs just make it a bit easier to replicate recipes as they're a standard size and no risk of contaminants such as sandpaper/furniture maker debris other than wood etc.

  9. Posted

    Hi Watertrade,

    I'm still keen to do some workshops with you.

    You're more than welcome to come along to any workshops I run.

    Just scored about 1/2 a ton of sawdust logs-I pour boiled water on them, add some rolled oats, PC, innoculate, and so far have had heaps of shrooms, including a 107gm shiitake fruit-and lots of smaller ones, chestnuts (more irrepressible than oysters), lentinula tigrinus, abalone oysters and the other oysters, heaps of kings...We should catch up and I'll give you a bag of logs.

    I'll post some tutorials here after the course.

  11. Posted

    Several soaks. I use a wheelbarrow, soak the coir for a day, drain off dark brown water, soak again etc.

    I do a minimum of three soaks...but with all the rain lately, some batches have had extra rinsing.

    I've tried to get clean coir (washed and steamed), but no luck yet. Apparently some coir has lots of salt from being treated with sea water-so a soak and rinse should remove some salts as well as tannins.

  12. Posted

    Thanks-the video I watched used "magic dirt" or something similar, which looked like coir. I've had some good results with other species and coir, but I leach away most of the tannins first-seems to make a difference.

  15. Posted

    Hope you've saved mine too?

    will send you another PM

     

    Yes, I've actually saved some for everyone who indicated they wanted some. Just don't want people to miss out, because it's basically first in.

    I'm working this weekend, will PM people by Monday with bank details.

  20. Posted

    Ok,

    I've updated my website, forestfungi, and now in the bag section, choose options, and you can get 100 bags (14s or T3s) for $50. That's about 35cents each plus express postage.

    Easier if you just order there, using Paypal.

    Unless you pick up from Canberra, in which case, 35c each.

    And they're coming by air now, so here in a fortnight.

  21. Posted · Edited by worowa

    Hi worowa,

    put me down for 300 which works out to be about $105 if you go by sea ( which would be my preference ) & I will pick up ;)

    thanks

     

    No worries. My Hops are 5ft and booming this season-wonder if it's the King Stropharia trench?

    I'll take another 300 if that's ok. Don't care if it's sea freight or air.

    I have emailed the other lot again this morning but haven't heard zip (tiz the middle of the night over there though).

    I'll want em stuck in a satchel and shipped to me.

    Let me know when and how you want the cash.

    Assuming the 14's are T3 bags?

     

    14s are the same size as T3s, the filters are different, .5microns vs .2microns. Could get 1000 of each, price would be the same.

    I'll put a bulk category on my website, and you can use Paypal.

    Good on you Worowa

    Im in but I only need 100 and that should last me a while :unsure:

    Im happy to pay sea or air but I would need them sent to me

    Let me know a total when you have it all worked out and how to pay and I will send you some money

    Cheers

    Got

     

    No worries.

    I will grab 100 too if thats ok.

    Let me know when you need the cash.

     

    Once I've ordered, I'll post here. Payment would be appreciated soon after I order.

    Put me down for 200 bags in total, i don't mind whether its sea or air. Then posted on.

    Cheers worowa

     

    I don't think they get cheaper if I order more, but I'll get a quote on 2000 14s and 1000 T3s. Let me know how many T3s you want (much the same as 14s, higher gas exchange).

    Cheers

  22. Posted

    Sounds like a decent deal.

    What size are the 14s?

    Gusseted, or pillow style?

    If they are a decent size, holding 2+kg then I'd definitely be

    Up for some!

     

    Gusseted, 20cm x 50cm x 12cm, industry standard for shitake production and spawn.

  23. Posted

    Ok, I've got some quotes...

    I can get 1000 no.14 bags for 20cents each, plus postage.

    By sea, takes up to 8 weeks, bags cost 35c each. ($145 postage)

    By plane, 10 days, 48c each. ($280 postage)

    That's in US dollars, about the same in Aus$ ATM.

    Then either arrange pick up in Canberra for free, or I can post them on.

    Anyone able to get a better deal?

    Let me know who wants what, and I'll order on Friday.

    Cheers,

    W

  24. Posted

    I'll get some quotes soon-based on last time, and the new exchange rate, I'm hoping that after postage they'll be around 50 cents each.

    Let me know numbers and sizes 1) small spawn bags, 2) no 14 standard production bags, 3) Xlarge bags.

    The 14s are the best all round bag IMO, good for spawn and invtro.

    I'ld like to order by the end of October.

  25. Posted

    Go for it Punkin, there is definitely a market for spawn, and I reckon the market in oz will grow.

    Diggers are selling a small bag of Oyster spawn for about $50 plus p&h, if you can do them for $20, you'll be busy.

    I started selling spawn while I was a stay at home dad, on the NEIS program. I was still learning as I went, and basically was running my business as a charity-cost me more to make and post spawn than I was charging.

    Now I work every weekend, some days and nights during the week, and still have 2 young kids, it just became too much work and stress trying to keep (I mean get)organized.

    The endless questions from keen newbies who have done no research gets frustrating.

    Doing it all alone is a struggle-but maybe Bourbon girl can be your lackey?

    I'm going to do a bulk order of spawn bags soon, before the $aus falls again-if anyone is keen, we can split the costs of postage.

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