So who here is growing in true organic living soil?
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Mad Hamish
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How much soil is ENOUGH? Apparently I have a new addiction. The guys selling me my coco offered me bulk on credit... And it is getting a bit tricky moving around certain areas thanks to the huge Hessian bags all over the show. My wife is getting a little annoyed I think, the scullery has the perfect temps to cook batches in. I might need to build a Wendy-House outside somewhere shady lol.
Mad Hamish
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Very cool Java! Amazing is more appropriate. I am very inspired by this. I am going to make different kinds of spawn part of different soil mixes myself now. I like the idea a lot! Going to start with my beloved Blue Oysters
Maaaaybe some cubensis too, but I will have to make some spawn first...
Javadog
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LOL, well, it is funny, but P. cubensis is one of the easiest species to grow.
...but I recommend burying all species that you can get your hands on.
Fungi are mysterious, and you will be surprised how they can find a way.
I even got the very-cold-loving P. cyanescens to fruit in Southern California.
....it took the rare frost to make it happen, but fungi are patient. :0)
JF
...but I recommend burying all species that you can get your hands on.
Fungi are mysterious, and you will be surprised how they can find a way.
I even got the very-cold-loving P. cyanescens to fruit in Southern California.
....it took the rare frost to make it happen, but fungi are patient. :0)
JF
Mad Hamish
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Yeah once cubes get going there's no stopping them
Been a long time since I was interested but your pics changed the game for me a bit again. Now I am pretty amped lol
HGK420
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you guys have had me reading all over the place about fungus and i came across this page http://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/pathogengroups/pages/introfungi.aspx
For rrog and java it will prolly feel a bit redundant but for me the beginner this was the best resource ive found so far that is willing to pile on the info. ive spent alot of time googling the shit its talking about just to be able to keep up but at the same time it feels like a beginners intro to fungus. any nubs that have been lurking would prolly love it.
For rrog and java it will prolly feel a bit redundant but for me the beginner this was the best resource ive found so far that is willing to pile on the info. ive spent alot of time googling the shit its talking about just to be able to keep up but at the same time it feels like a beginners intro to fungus. any nubs that have been lurking would prolly love it.
Mad Hamish
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Wouldn't the fungi simply grab the air close to the surface and then still push the hyphae deeeeep into a pile of any size pretty much? Just wondering out loud, but if it is not going to be turned/tilled I can see them taking over a pile of any size easily. They can grow strands many many yards long after all right?...
Rrog
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OK Reporting back- I contacted the fine folks at Fungi Perfecti and received this response:
We have tubs of Stropharia woodchip spawn for remediation purposes that are fully colonized at about 4 ft. I would go with that species.
So 4' seems OK, at least for that Stropharia, and maybe it would even go deeper?
Maybe others would go that deep as well?
We have tubs of Stropharia woodchip spawn for remediation purposes that are fully colonized at about 4 ft. I would go with that species.
So 4' seems OK, at least for that Stropharia, and maybe it would even go deeper?
Maybe others would go that deep as well?
Rrog
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Mad Hamish
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Good point. This thread is getting really damn interesting now... I like fungi.
Mad Hamish
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I would like to share a little something I discovered completely by accident. I ran out of EWC while top-dressing a while ago, and made do with some very well composted horse manure as a top dressing instead. A little while later, some fungus gnats came to visit. They are Public Enemy no1 here on the farm. Impossible to do a whole season without seeing them.
So, the pots with the horse manure top-dress are CLEAN. Not a single flyer in sight. It does dry to a crisp, though. They don't like dry soil. Seems that one little mulching was enough to deter them completely. Might come in useful for somebody else to know. My ladies now get EWC and then the horse manure compost on top of that.
So, the pots with the horse manure top-dress are CLEAN. Not a single flyer in sight. It does dry to a crisp, though. They don't like dry soil. Seems that one little mulching was enough to deter them completely. Might come in useful for somebody else to know. My ladies now get EWC and then the horse manure compost on top of that.