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from "Franz Heymann" contains these words:

You can roll up more or less any untreated paper (so don't
try Bronco or
Izal) and use that.

A few questions:
How long does it take from spawning to eating?

How long is a piece of string? But you can bank on a good six months,
I'd guess.

Does one have to tie string round the roll to stop it
unrolling as time goes on?

No. The dampness and the mycelium do that for you.

Do you have to water it?

Yes.

If so, how much?

Ah. That's the important bit. It shouldn't be quite dry, but it mustn't
get too wet.

Can I keep the roll in the dark in the garage right from day
nought?

Yes.

How long does a roll remain productive?

No idea, but it's not a one-day-wonder.

It doea seem rather like expensive mushrooms at over £9 for
10 roll's worth

You buy gilt-edged bogpaper or something? Go to Aldi or Lidl and get a
dozen for a couple of quid....

However, you can do it even cheaper by making 'logs' out of
tightly-rolled newspaper. Higher quality paper has too much clay in it,
I would think.

I've seen somewhere else that oyster mushrooms will grow on chipboard -
but that might depend on the wood the chips came from.

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[A slightly different subject: for some reason I chucked a couple of Oyster
Mushrooms out in my parents garden(I can't remember exactly why or when) on
to a piece of chipboard. I looked somewhen later and noticed some oyster
mushrooms growing. I'm going to get a log and innoculate it with oyster
spawn, should be interesting.]

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