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rSin wrote:is that packing bored holes in logs method as genius as its cracked up to be???
Well, it works. That's how my shiitake log was innoculated (but not by me). Probably gets boring after doing a couple of dozen logs, though. :eek:
You can use dowels or sawdust to pack the holes, depending on what your chosen species prefers.

Using rope spawn is probably easier if you have a lot to do.. most wood-loving mushrooms will grow on hemp or cotton rope, so you just colonise a coil of rope, then make a groove round your logs with a chainsaw and pack the rope into the groove.

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my chainsaw would certainly like more to do!!!


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Weird...I posted here yesterday & now it's gone! WTF??? :stinkeye:
Is it another April Fools Day joke?

Anyway... :mrgreen: Bloke..my son that grew 'shrooms
is staying w/ me & is impressed w/ your grow.
I love looking at them..am a reg mushroom fan..
the eatin' kind :mrgreen:
Great pics!! :toker1:

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And a couple of pictures of the South African cakes just before harvest:
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I'm aiming to get some straw pasteurized and spawned over the weekend, but depends on whether I find time.

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nice show bloke thx.

i'll get around to the shrooms and very well might do my rookie grow with the infamous EZY grow kit . lol gotta start somewhere you dig. 2 steps is cool by me.

are the paneolus you grow stronger then the ones that grow on the lawn , gotta eat too many of those imho.
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Hopefull Stoner wrote:are the paneolus you grow stronger then the ones that grow on the lawn , gotta eat too many of those imho.
Depends what's growing on your lawn. :toker1:
If you mean P. semilanceata (Liberty Cap) then weight for weight, they're probably a little more potent than the Pan. cyanescens.

To be honest, I haven't yet managed to produce more than a few shrooms from the Pan. cyans, so I haven't been able to give them a thorough testing. I've got half a dozen jars ready to use as spawn though, and I'm hoping for a bit more success this time round. :oops:
Hopefull Stoner wrote: i'll get around to the shrooms and very well might do my rookie grow with the infamous EZY grow kit . lol gotta start somewhere you dig. 2 steps is cool by me.
My first grow was a kit (from De Sjaaman I think) and worked reasonably well, but it's an expensive way to grow. :smoke:
How much do the kits go for these days?

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lawn shrooms are dicey!!!

i never found nothing id any hope of positively identifying...
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rSin wrote:lawn shrooms are dicey!!!
i never found nothing id any hope of positively identifying...
No, until you've been at it for a while, it can be difficult separating all the "little brown mushroom" species.
The P. semilanceata is fairly distinctive though, nothing similar has the little nipple on top, and it's the most common wild "magic" mushroom in the UK.
Having said that, I've never lived anywhere they've been common locally, and I've only ever seen a few dozen "in the wild".

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Damn fine pic bloke, I see you got the subcool, multicolored photo light array!!

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