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Author:  big worm [ Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:15 am ]
Post subject:  king stropharia bed
heres a how i did it look at a mushroom bed.

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File comment: fresh wood chips...an lots of them
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Author:  big worm [ Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: king stropharia bed
next keep making layers until its full then wait a couple of months, these should start to flush in june or july..i expect around 20-30 pounds of kings from this one each season.

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File comment: sprinkle sawdust spawn over wet cardboard
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File comment: cover spawn with 2-3 inches of chips and re apply more spawn and wet again
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Author:  big worm [ Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: king stropharia bed
keep layering until the bed is full and wet down real good. this bed has 7 cardboard layers, and 60 cubic feet of fresh oak chips...and 5 pounds of spawn
this bed is 8'x4'x2' or 64 cf

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Author:  earthbound [ Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: king stropharia bed
Beautiful..... :thumb:

I'll be interested to see what happens with this Worms... :thumb: I had to go and look up what king stropharias were..

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Just yesterday I was shopping at my favourite fruit and veg shop and I saw "black fungus" for sale. $5.99 for a small foam tray with this one jelly like fungus thing on it.. I reckon there must be a $ or two in different fungus, especially with this resurgence in cuisine and cooking that we seem to be having of late.

Black fungus, also called Jelly fungus, and this looks about the same size as what I saw at the shop for $5.99.

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Author:  big worm [ Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:39 pm ]
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black witches butter? i do think that i could turn a nice coin on the fungi farm. lord knows i'm willing to work for it.
Author:  earthbound [ Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: king stropharia bed
Yep, black witches butter looks exactly right... I was amazed, 6 bucks for just a little bit of mould...

Cool found a place here in Perth that has oyster mushroom growing kits http://www.swanvalleygourmetfungi.com/ that makes a nice change from the standard button mushroom kits.
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