This is the start of a season long thread. It will be updated and added to throughout the season.
This is the first two projects to be started. Strain~ 3 jars Pesa from Sporeworks
(two jars were PF Redspore, its bad to not lable)
The first is a straw tub project. To see if there was any benefit and less critter destruction by not coming in direct contact with the ground.
Project 1~~~
First, the tub, clear with drain holes. And a pic of the soaking straw.
Second, 5 jars of Mycrotopias premium cake mix. The plastic containers are great :thumbup:
Third, bottom layer of wet straw (un-pasteurized and un-chopped). Packed down as tightly as possible. Advise chopping if you can.
Fourth, crumbled the five cakes. Again, packed down tight.
A close up
Final, after mixing, heavy layer of dry straw on top. (not sure if this was wise)
And a pic of the side.
Update as of today:
The top after a good rain
Mycelium colonizing and looking good
Project 2~~~
This is also a straw project. Only a straw log project.
No pics to share of how it was made, so history given:
Mycrotopia jars bought in January. Two PF Redspore jars grew nice and healthy. (mycelium syringes were made and inoculated the two jars for the above project). Those jars were birthed sometime in March. They didn't fruit after birthing.
The cakes sat in a ziplock bag with verm and just fuzzed up, never pinned or fruited.
There was left over wet straw from project 1.
The two cakes were crumbled and mixed with the verm in the bag (all done outside)
The wet straw was shoved into the ziplock bag and it was all mixed together. (just like straw, small and simple.)
Then it was packed down and the bag rolled up. A zip tie helped hold it in its rolled up state.
The corners of the bag were cut off, the zipper at top was not zipped. And scissors were used to puncture some holes into the bag.
The bag was placed in a box outside inside a shed.
Pics from today:
Pins were noted so the zip tie was cut off. The bag unrolled.
An outdoor holding container was needed. An old dub tub was put to use. Not cleaned or anything, rinsed with a hose.
Some Hydroton rocks added to the bottom for the small straw log to lay on and help aid in humidity.
The top (not shown) has two large side holes for air exchange.
Close up of pins
Salamander was found under the straw tub when it was picked up to move to its home in the woods.
This will be updated whenever the next project begins or there are photos to share.
Outdoor growing can be accomplished so easily and in so many different ways. I love Nature's Way :)
Thanks for reading, and happy funging :)
***Stupid me just realized the max pic file size is almost 2 MB, (i'm used to the old, under 500k) so the pics are small cuz they were resized. Update pics will be better for viewing. ***
Keep us posted
