This is from the first grow I did, PF tek style but with a few updates. I did a couple monotub grows a year later that went great but I can't for the life of me find any pics.

The white pebbles are perlite and the cake is mostly rice bran meal and fine vermiculite, with a little coffee and gypsum.

  • Darthsenio_Mall [he/him]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    This is a top notch post. The mention of Black Panther breakfast has me wondering if the Food Not Bombs chapter around here would be interested in mushrooms grown by some random hobbyist.

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      If not them, I see potential in local mutual aid orgs (Here we have an anarchist militia, the Colorado Mutual Aid and Defense) and whatever party/movement steps up when the economy goes to shit. With something like log colonies, that's a foolproof method of recycling waste (I just got like two dozen logs for free from a guy cutting down an invasive hardwood species, municipalities and homeowners trim theirs all season) with 1-3lbs of mushrooms per log per year growing anywhere there is shade and a hose. I keep looking at the space I'm putting my new batch of logs, a barren rock path between my garden and garage, and seeing it as a small contribution to a project which is still larger than I'd be able to contribute in vegetables. A few large straw oyster logs cost all of $5~ and make 6-12lbs of high quality protein that has positive effects on poverty-linked illnesses like diabetes and cardiovascular/immunological/neurological dysfunction. When meat is unaffordable, that's a very powerful niche providing the luxury part of a meal and the bread book to go with the bread.