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mopinko

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8. really interested in mastering mushrooms.
Sun May 17, 2015, 10:21 PM
May 2015

i have a patch from fungi perfecti making pearl oysters right now.
have some sawdust i am planning to sow in a compost patch. almond something.
i did some log inoculations 2 years ago, w little success. did do some winecaps, tho, that gave me a beautiful flush. 15 lbs, not counting a bunch that managed to hide from me.

i have a lot of landscaper buddies thanks to my hugleculture beds, so i am hoping to get just the right logs for shitake and maitake.

have a few logs dowel inoculated with chix of the woods. no bloom yet, but nice and nobby.

i think mushrooms are a great crop for urban farmers. you can build soil w a cash crop. i have several wild mushrooms that came in on dead logs. one, at least, i know is a nice edible. many, many i dont know, or know how to use.
even if they arent edible, tho, they are working hard to turn my hugelpile into really delicious soil.
so brain stretching, tho. i barely know the lingo. names make my head hurt.
working on it, tho, and have a nice basement to set up when i get everything in place.

if you have it down to a system, it is an easy high $$ crop.
good luck.

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