I have found this book invaluable for growing mushrooms. It also details how and when to use sawdust, wood pellets or straw pellets for growing mushrooms.
http://www.mycomasters.com/index.html#Top?FAQs Growing Mushrooms the Easy Way Home Mushroom Cultivation with Hydrogen Peroxide - Steve N From: Renee [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 6:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Bulk Mushroom Powders Hey Ode. We have very few soft woods here--do hard woods work? I read once that if a person has a pond near by they can place the ends of the logs in the water (most of the log is out) to suck up water and keep the spawn moist and growing. I tried growing a bag of mushrooms once--a kit I bought. Got a handful of shrooms, hardly worth the cost of the kit. But we are very hot and dry here in south Texas, not a lot of humidity. I wonder if there are shrooms that will grow here? In the early spring after the rains start I see a few small wild non-edibles that last for a day or so, and that's about it. I miss the wild morrels we use to pick back home. Samala, Renee -------Original Message------- We've been growing Shitakes for several years now in NC...on Sweet Gum logs, a tree that's more of a pest than anything else. Gum soaks up water like a sponge, rots fast and has lots of sugar in it. ...
