
First Oyster Grow
#1
Posted 03 October 2008 - 01:11 PM
Got a Pleurotus Ostreatus culture syringe from a fellow member,
Used it to noc up 4 WBS quarts (prep'ed using Lazlo's tek :bow:)
After they colonized, spawned to two bags (provided by another great member) of pasteurized straw.
Two quarts per bag.
The oysters tore that straw up!!!!
Introduced light, and within a few days.... w00t, we got pins!!!!!!
One bag is ahead of the other for some reason, only grabbed pics of the fruiting one... but the other is well on it's way.
The one that is fruting has the one big cluster on the one side, hard to see with my crappy pics, but the other side has about 5 more clusters ready to pop through.
Man, I can't wait to munch down on some fresh oysters!!!!!!!!
Wanna thank..
[user]jason_[/user] for the culture,
[user]crazy1[/user] for the bags,
and everyone here, for the inspiration, and knowledge. :eusa_clap:bow::eusa_clap
Fred
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#2
Posted 03 October 2008 - 01:53 PM
did you not cut slits all through the bag around it? i've only ever done this on oysters, slit the bag, they tend to BOOM out of the slits, I'd put a 4 x 4 inch slit every six inches between slits. THis image looks as if they're just going invitrro that shows the patch of oysters, those are blues?
i'd cut slits like this, and all teh way around it, but that's just me, any other oyster growers agree? I would guess that you'd do fine invitro, but i think most cut the slits, you can see the slits i'm talking about being represented by the rudimentary lame red lines, you can cut them in an X shape, or a cross shape, whatever u choose, but make them slits.
http://mycotopia.net...=1&d=1223060366
i think that'll help maximize your yield on that big bad ass bag of oyster you have going there!
great work!
#3
Posted 03 October 2008 - 02:01 PM
Thery are pearl oysters, at least thats what the culture said....
Fred
#4
Posted 03 October 2008 - 02:05 PM
pearls then they are!
great work, all of my oyster cultures got froze in the back of the fridge, then thawed, the resulting mess, was unusable, i've been too lazy to order more, I am realllly trying to find lions mane.
What other edibles have you grown?
#5
Posted 03 October 2008 - 02:07 PM
the slits weren't as big as 4 x 4, however... maybe, I'll add a few.
Thanks for the coments !!
Fred
#6
Posted 03 October 2008 - 06:12 PM
Any observations or plans for the next go-round?
#7
Posted 03 October 2008 - 09:19 PM
#8
Posted 04 October 2008 - 01:59 AM
Lime, these are the first things I have grown besides cubes.
Sideshow, these worked out just fine, with the process I used, perhaps some more slits, and bigger next time. Gonna use some of these fruits for my first cloning attempt, so very excited about that.
Wavelength, tons of good recipes online that I have found, but what I am looking forward to is fried with some onions over a nice rare steak :headbang:
And definitely a stir fry of some sort...damn I can't wait..
Fred
#9
Posted 04 October 2008 - 11:07 AM
You can also see the clusters on the other side of the bag better, as well. These things grow pretty fast...
Also, got the second bag out of incubation, and into the light.
Fred
#10
Posted 04 October 2008 - 11:25 AM
#11
Posted 04 October 2008 - 11:28 AM
#13
Guest_psi_*
Posted 06 October 2008 - 10:13 AM
Pick them while they're still young, they look pretty good right now.
According to Stamets, once they start producing abundant spores, they're storability is greatly reduced. I never had any success printing those pink oysters, they were fairly close to sporeless.
#14
Posted 06 October 2008 - 12:42 PM
They're looking great! Nice work man. I like how you've suspended the bags off the ceiling.
Pick them while they're still young, they look pretty good right now.
According to Stamets, once they start producing abundant spores, they're storability is greatly reduced. I never had any success printing those pink oysters, they were fairly close to sporeless.
Thanks bro!!!
That's a shame about the spores, was hoping to get at least one to print, in case my cloning attempts fail.
Fred
#16
Posted 11 October 2008 - 10:08 PM
#17
Posted 12 October 2008 - 02:36 AM
Bags are shrinking, with no production for almost a week...
They defiantly need water.
Guess I'll just throw the bags in some ice water for a couple of hours, and see what they do.
Thanks for all the feedback, gang :love: :bow:
Fred
#18
Posted 04 December 2008 - 12:34 AM
Blessings,
Oakchild
8-)