From: pintiha@jhmi.edu
On Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 11:36:52 AM UTC-4, downtime null wrote:
> 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.
Thanks, I'll take a look at Fresh Cap.
I started some morel mycelium in jars of rice a few years ago. It grew well
but nothing edible has been produced from the beds I inoculated outside.
Paul
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