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Nice work :) keep us updated with pics. I'm really interested to see how they do.

happy growing

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excellent work wt!

What are you running them on?

Are they just normal garbage type bags, non-PC-able?

Cased at all?

Great to see more edibles :) Did you do any Reishi this summer??

hehe lots of questions :)

Fantastic :)

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What are you running them on?

These ones are on 2kg paper, 10 wheatbix & 4 tbs milk powder +water. split into three bags approximately 2.5 kg each. - My breakfast mix ! :lol:

Are they just normal garbage type bags, non-PC-able?

Cased at all?

they are in oven bags then wrapped in black plastic bags for light once they are put into the fruiting chamber. I baked the substrate for about 2 hours and left to cool overnight. I didn't case, although I think they would fruit better if I did and I would get bigger yeild too. I just wanted to keep it simple first time around with this culture.

Did you do any Reishi this summer??

I havn't ..yet! I'm running out of time but I do have 3 litres of grain spawn ready for some paper pulp. I did actually try some outdoor blocks but they were eaten pretty quick by insects.

I have used this same mix for White elm which has provided a few meals in the last few weeks too. I also have some chesnut mushrooms on this same mix which I havn't tried to fruit yet.

I will be making a 'block' shaping frame which will help produce rectangle blocks of substrate. it will be easier to case this way.

Cheers - its good to have some other people interested in edibles! ;)

Jim

Jim

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:drool2: nice flush :)

really nice work wt, I haven't played with paper for a while but I'm going back to it this winter, such a pleasure to work with, cheap/free and always in abundance, producing great fruits.

Think I might even use up the left over oven bags after seeing your efforts, much easier than luggging around and setting up the steamer drum.

I like the idea of your block shaping frame, simple tools like that make it a lot easier and fun hehe

it'll be years away, but up high on my list are shredders for paper/straw, bacticinerator for sterilising tools for agar and impulse sealers for larger spawn/fruit bags...oh and an industrial autoclave/laminar flow bench LOL

Great photos :)

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:drool2: :drool2:

lovely flush :) Is that Agrocybe still?? H. ulmarius??!?!

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the 2nd pic a few posts up is H. ulmarius, the pics just above is 2 days later (H. ulmarius)

The Agrocybe haven’t really worked out very well. The terrarium has let fungus gnat in - I think I'm going to toss it on the compost. I'm still pretty happy with the grow as I now know I can grow Agrocybe on paper. :)

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phewf I thought I'd finally lost it lol

Perfect timing WT re: ulmarius...have you been growing these this summer?? How are you finding them in relation to the heat? I vaguely remember them fruiting in an outdoor patch around here during some heat, but generally I thought they only really produced well in the cold of winter/autumn/spring.

Great :) have just revived some old FF syringes of this in the last week and grain spawn is rapidly colonising.

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I was a bit worried about the heat but I put them under my house where the temperature pretty good. When it’s in the high 30s outside, under the house is probably in the mid 20s. I can grow colder weather species this way.

I'm hoping to get some pink and yellow oysters growing to take advantage of this warm weather

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