Need Help Groing Mushrooms
Coolride
coolride at aol.com
Sat Jul 23 13:44:05 EST 1994
I am attempting to grow several kinds of edible mushrooms for the first
time. I started from spores, and now have several mycelia pure cultures
w/o contamination. I transferred the cultures to testubes filled with
birdseed for spawn. The tubes have been incubated and are ready to be
used in inoculation of the compost (composted cow manure).
QUESTION 1: How do I "mix" the spawn with the compost (does the spawn need
to be under the compost, on top, throughout)? 2: How much spawn do I need
for the compost (can I use just one testube for 40 lbs of compost, and let
it sit and spread)? 3: Do I put the casing soil on immediately, or do I
wait until the mycelia has spread? 4: After I have sucessfully grown the
mushrooms, what is the easiest way to inoculate additional compost
(transfer from compost to compost?)?
Please E-Mail me with info.
Thanks.
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