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Oyster mushrooms in coffee grounds
I got my hands on a German gardening magazine that
suggested/demonstrated growing oyster mushrooms in coffee grounds. Can't read the german but would getting an oyster mushroom and letting it rot (or shaking it over the grounds) be sufficient to get some spors in? Also suggested/showed shiitakes grown from oak and someother hardwood logs. We only have poplus or various confier woods handy here. Also a matter of getting the shiitake spores. |
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Oyster mushrooms in coffee grounds
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Not the Karl Orff wrote: I got my hands on a German gardening magazine that suggested/demonstrated growing oyster mushrooms in coffee grounds. Can't read the german but would getting an oyster mushroom and letting it rot (or shaking it over the grounds) be sufficient to get some spors in? Also suggested/showed shiitakes grown from oak and someother hardwood logs. We only have poplus or various confier woods handy here. Also a matter of getting the shiitake spores. You don't need spores... ;-) Pureed fresh mushroom (use a sterlized blender or food processer) are suitable for starts. Do NOT let the mushrooms rot! Here is a method that was sent to me for growing oyster mushrooms on unbleached toilet paper. Oyster mushrooms are cellulose metabolizers: Oyster mushrooms are the easiest mushroom in the world to grow.Buy them from a store(make sure they are very fresh looking).Put in a sterile blender or food processor,puree to liquify.Take a roll of unbleached natural toilet paper,put in a large zip lock bag.Pour in enough boiling water to soak the toilet paper roll.Stuff the pureed Oyster Mushroom in the tube of the toilet paper roll,then seal up the bag and put in a warm dark place for a few weeks until fully colonized.Then bring into the light and poke a few dime sized holes in the sides of the bag.Then when they fruit,pick and fry in a little butter.Yummm. -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
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Oyster mushrooms in coffee grounds
il Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:51:45 GMT, Not the Karl Orff ha scritto:
I got my hands on a German gardening magazine that suggested/demonstrated growing oyster mushrooms in coffee grounds. Can't read the german but would getting an oyster mushroom and letting it rot (or shaking it over the grounds) be sufficient to get some spors in? Also suggested/showed shiitakes grown from oak and someother hardwood logs. We only have poplus or various confier woods handy here. Also a matter of getting the shiitake spores. There are some web sites that not only sell you mushroom starter kits but give info on growing mediums. Some even supply the medium. :-) Unfortunately it was years ago I looked at them, so no URLs to pass on. -- Cheers, Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ] |
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Oyster mushrooms in coffee grounds
il Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:11:31 -0500, Katra ha scritto:
You don't need spores... ;-) Pureed fresh mushroom (use a sterlized blender or food processer) are suitable for starts. Do NOT let the mushrooms rot! Here is a method that was sent to me for growing oyster mushrooms on unbleached toilet paper. Oyster mushrooms are cellulose metabolizers: Oyster mushrooms are the easiest mushroom in the world to grow.Buy them from a store(make sure they are very fresh looking).Put in a sterile blender or food processor,puree to liquify.Take a roll of unbleached natural toilet paper,put in a large zip lock bag.Pour in enough boiling water to soak the toilet paper roll.Stuff the pureed Oyster Mushroom in the tube of the toilet paper roll,then seal up the bag and put in a warm dark place for a few weeks until fully colonized.Then bring into the light and poke a few dime sized holes in the sides of the bag.Then when they fruit,pick and fry in a little butter.Yummm. I like it, an urban growing medium. :-) -- Cheers, Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ] |
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Oyster mushrooms in coffee grounds
I like it, an urban growing medium. :-) I even found a site. http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~mushspor/oysterdetails.htm What I'd like are home grown porcini :-) or even shop bought fresh ones for that matter. I've never seen any. -- Cheers, Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ] |
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Oyster mushrooms in coffee grounds
Not the Karl Orff wrote in message ...
I got my hands on a German gardening magazine that suggested/demonstrated growing oyster mushrooms in coffee grounds. Can't read the german but would getting an oyster mushroom and letting it rot (or shaking it over the grounds) be sufficient to get some spors in? www.fungi.com has an espresso oyster kit. Also suggested/showed shiitakes grown from oak and someother hardwood logs. We only have poplus or various confier woods handy here. Also a matter of getting the shiitake spores. poplar could be OK. Conifer is not, but fungi has specialized spawn for conifers. Whatever you do, make sure that shade and moisture are OK. Most mushrooms, even in logs or woodchips, will like a source of nitrogen (such as coffee grounds or manure) to cover them until they reach maturity. In fact, I use the espresso kit in a woodchip-coffee mixture. |
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