David asks…
hello all,
am interested in growing my own mushrooms to cook with using the pftek method & brown rice flour. only one question about the process so far. after inoculating my jars do i tape the syringe holes back up or leave them open before putting in a moderately dark environment to colonize?
You are supposed to put a “filtered” tape or cover over the hole to allow air exchange. I covered the holes with tape in a few. I also put a disk shaped cotton swap with tape around the edges on the top of the jar to block any incoming microbes to enter. I would prefer grain substrate if you are looking to have a decent harvest and get the moneys worth of your spores
Michael asks…
How do I collect spores off of a blue oyster mushroom so I can re start another batch?
Dig the entire pant up and place in a shaded , heavily composted area..
Donna asks…
It seems like the price market for foods is somewhat manipulated, after all anyone with a garden could grow hundreds of pounds of hop shoots, and yet they are charging a thousand euros per pound of it. Is it only the wild ones that are appreciated? And what about ‘gourmet’ mushrooms? Can people just get a log, some spores and grow their own? I realize some people – like me – live in apartment complexes and don’t have gardens, but I don’t get why some of these prices are so high. Aren’t they artificially inflated?
As 99% are left to flower and are used in beer production the few one from lower stems are used, I have cooked them in both the UK and France when I was a chef, yes like truffles they are a limited and rare commodity.
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