What mushrooms variety is better to grow?
Mon, 2007-05-14 07:37
#1
What mushrooms variety is better to grow?
Mon, 2007-05-14 07:37
#2
I have prepared a serious project regarding mushrooms growing. Having a good vegetable warehouse with the area 2000 m2 I took a firm decision to grow mushrooms but in the process of finding a partner, a reliable food company, who might invest in buying the necessary equipment
I faced the problem concerning what mushroom variety is more profitable to grow?
Those who are able to help me may see my idea.
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What is better to grow oyster mushrooms or agaric field mushrooms?
Mon, 2007-05-14 08:41
#3
mycosource.ca
Good site, nice people. I grow outdoor shiitake, with varied results. They don't do that well indoor, from what I've heard.
Mon, 2007-05-14 11:52
#4
I have a lot of chanterelles on my property, I am lucky.
Mon, 2007-05-14 22:33
#5
scott
I have morels on my land, which is nice because they are pretty hard to cutivate apparently. I tried to grow shitake on aspen logs outdoors, but wasn't able to get a crop. Either you grow indoors in a pefectly contolled environment, or you have to be lucky with the right combination of easily available substrate and an appropriate climate.
Tue, 2007-05-15 02:06
#6
Shiitake are traditionally grown on oak logs, because the bark is very tough, and won't fall off in a couple seasons. Using a drill and spore plugs I've had a 75% sucess rate with my logs. But not all regions have easy access to oak. The work is also exceedingly labour intensive. The bonus is the mushrooms are vastly superior to anything grown indoor.
Morels are fun to hunt. I'm not enough of a mycologist to hunt spiritual mushrooms.
Tue, 2007-05-15 04:44
#7
mushroomspro, my vote is for the shitakes! i am a total shitake fiend, and judging from the price might be quite lucrative.
farmpunk, do your shitakes make it as far as a toronto market? i make a miso/kimchi based soup with shitakes that is so addictive that once i start, i eat it every day for lunch at work! i love how you can make stock with them but they don't get mushy or break down, and then use them in dishes and they still hold thier flavour. i would love to have locally grown ones by a fellow babbler.
Tue, 2007-05-15 08:25
#8
scott
quote:
Originally posted by Farmpunk:
[b]Shiitake are traditionally grown on oak logs, because the bark is very tough, and won't fall off in a couple seasons. Using a drill and spore plugs I've had a 75% sucess rate with my logs. But not all regions have easy access to oak. The work is also exceedingly labour intensive. The bonus is the mushrooms are vastly superior to anything grown indoor. [/b]
Oak doesn't grow here. That is why I tried aspen. Apprently some people have had some success with birch, which would be the closest hardwood to oak that does grow here. In my test I used a power drill and innoculated sawdust spawn. I couldn't believe how much work it is!
Tue, 2007-05-15 09:01
#9
Farnival, sure, I've got shiitake coming out my ass at various times of the year, and no market. I dry them whole, too. I'll go and check the logs today and see if there's any to pick. PM me, if you like.
Yep, Scott, I do the sawdust spawn and drilling. Monstrous work, when cutting the logs from the downed trees are taken into account. A farmer I used to deal with innoculates 10 000 plus logs per year! I do mine all by myself. Don't have to worry about eating fattening food those days.
Thu, 2007-05-17 08:22
#10
quote:
Farnival, sure, I've got shiitake coming out my ass at various times of the year, and no market. I dry them whole, too.
Farmpunk, I hope the drying proceedure provides some relief, but jeeze man, have you been to a clinic?
Thu, 2007-05-17 08:31
#11
Gah! Not a single psilocybin joke? I am disappointed.