From: downtime@samurai.localnet   
      
   songbird  wrote:   
   > derald@invalid.com wrote:   
   >> songbird wrote:   
   >>>derald@invalid.com wrote:   
   >>>...   
   >>>> Boys!  Grow Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!   
   >>>   
   >>>  wish i had one Derald!  :)   
   >   
   >>       Well, that's a reference to a Ray Bradbury story from a decade long   
   >> past.  If I had a cellar that did not collapse, I'd probably spend more   
   >> time pumping it dry than growing mushrooms!   
   >   
   >   that is the problem here, the water table is   
   > too high for any kind of basement unless you   
   > pump water continually.  if i stay longer term   
   > i've thought of putting a small divider in   
   > this room to give me some storage/pantry space   
   > along the north wall, but it still wouldn't be   
   > a cellar.   
   >   
   >   
   >   songbird   
      
   I've recently taken an interest in mushroom cultivation and I'm working   
   on making my first grain spawn from some mycelia that a friend gave me   
   (pink oysters). I'm planning to grow them on a straw and coffee   
   substrate in a plastic tote. No basement or cellar required.   
      
   I've found Fresh Cap Mushrooms to be a great resource for step by step   
   instructions. You can find him on YouTube and they have a good website.   
   He shows how to do it all! How to grow cultured on agar dishes, prepare   
   and inoculate grain spawn, grow in an outdoor bed, build a laminar hood,   
   etc. If you're interested in growing mushrooms, you should really check   
   them out.   
      
   Also, northspore.com has a great selection of spawn and other resources.   
      
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