I think I understand you from compost building perspective. Hay on the right is carbon rich with feeds the fungi. Where the greener samples would start to add nitrogen which would feed the bacteria. Makes sense to me. I think 🙃
Hi good day, I'm about to start using paddy straw as my substrate for oyster mushroom. I just wanna know which pasteurisation method is better between steam/boil and cold hydrated lime water. Not in term of cost but in term of effectiveness. Hope any experience grower can help. I've been using sawdust as my substrate for 5 years but now in my country it getting more difficult to get sawdust due to pandemic. Thanks in advance.
While lime naturally contains calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate which is beneficial to your substrate, it also increases PH, making it more alkaline. Since you are using paddy straw, not a wheat 🌾 straw, this can be beneficial, but be careful not to alter your ph too much.
Hey there, I want to know that is grinding better or chopping better of paddy straw for oyster mushroom? And for chopping, what should be the range of size of paddy straw? I accidentally chopped in the range of 1cm. So will it be okay?
Yea I'm trying to find an organic straw source right now. Straw is available for me but I want organic. How long does an oyster bed last before needing replenishment? And when replenishing is it just adding the same layers over the old bed or more spawn?
@@zacharyswain7034 Oyster beds generally only last one season. We have had Pohu fruit multiple seasons, but generally the mycelium loses vigor before it eats through all the straw, especially unpasteurized straw.
We have never worked with it, but it appears to be closer to Hay than Straw, in which case it would be a little too nutrient and nitrogen rich for good oyster production.
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That was so helpful, thank you!
I'm in Pittsfield Wisconsin and I enjoy your videos cuz I'm thinking about starting a block mushroom farm in my basement
Certainly doable! As long as you have a way to monitor temperature, humidity, and light growing mushrooms in your basement is not a problem!
I think I understand you from compost building perspective. Hay on the right is carbon rich with feeds the fungi. Where the greener samples would start to add nitrogen which would feed the bacteria. Makes sense to me. I think 🙃
Exactly!
Can one use pine straw from the forest floor? The pine straw I have on my forest floor is brown, would this work or has it lost all its nitrogen?
@Field & Forest Products Inc. Thank you. The rice straw needs to be fresh and dry before soaking it in lime?
Not that I knows anything of what you know.?,I'm so happy with you information
Hi good day,
I'm about to start using paddy straw as my substrate for oyster mushroom. I just wanna know which pasteurisation method is better between steam/boil and cold hydrated lime water. Not in term of cost but in term of effectiveness. Hope any experience grower can help. I've been using sawdust as my substrate for 5 years but now in my country it getting more difficult to get sawdust due to pandemic. Thanks in advance.
While lime naturally contains calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate which is beneficial to your substrate, it also increases PH, making it more alkaline. Since you are using paddy straw, not a wheat 🌾 straw, this can be beneficial, but be careful not to alter your ph too much.
Thank you, thank you, thank you 😊 😘 💓 💛
I wonder if you could use straw that has already started to decompose (like the rest of the one I use to grow tomatoes during the summer)?
Fresh straw is recommended, but if it's a deep mulch you could try. You would want to tarp the bed after inoculation however to lock in moisture.
Thank you so much 🙏🏻
Good video, thanks! I hope that mosquito didn't get you at 3:02!
Hey there, I want to know that is grinding better or chopping better of paddy straw for oyster mushroom? And for chopping, what should be the range of size of paddy straw? I accidentally chopped in the range of 1cm. So will it be okay?
It will be ok- you will just have to be more diligent about making sure the substrate doesn't overheat while colonizing.
@@FieldandForestProducts Okay, I'll make sure it doesn't overheat.. Thanks a lot! :)
Thank you .
my straw began to grow sprouts after inoculating with blue oyster. Is that okay?
Whats the best method of chopping straw?
We have a straw chopper that hooks up to a tractor, but you can also keep the straw in a bale and cut it down the middle with a sawzall to chop it.
I cant get straw! Is there anyway to treat hay?
Unfortunately not. Hay has too many nutrients and leads to overheating. If you can't use straw an alternative is aspen chips!
Can we grow mushrooms on rice Hulls?
Rice hulls would make a better additive to a substrate than the sole substrate. The hulls themself tend to be a bit too dense to stand alone.
What can be used besides straw if one has no available straw?
Straw really works the best for oyster cultivation, but people have used aspen chips as well.
Yea I'm trying to find an organic straw source right now. Straw is available for me but I want organic. How long does an oyster bed last before needing replenishment? And when replenishing is it just adding the same layers over the old bed or more spawn?
@@zacharyswain7034 Oyster beds generally only last one season. We have had Pohu fruit multiple seasons, but generally the mycelium loses vigor before it eats through all the straw, especially unpasteurized straw.
Can i use cogon grass as substrate?
We have never worked with it, but it appears to be closer to Hay than Straw, in which case it would be a little too nutrient and nitrogen rich for good oyster production.
@@FieldandForestProducts yes, they do munch a long of nitrogen from soil thus they are good at fertilizer if they stay dead.