Mushroom Log

Basics

- This is a log of mushroom farming efforts at OSE's Factor-E Farm

Log

Mon Jan 22, 2018

Notes: last run produced 12 lb from 6 buckets, which can be stacked on a 1 square foot area. They take 1 month to fruit per flush. So in 3 months, all is done. 6 buckets are an average of 1 lb per week - which is very productive for a 1 square foot area.

Fri Dec 2, 2016

Second batch started fruiting, but bodies dried up. Garbage bag was used to cover 3-bucket tower. Result: this batch got contaminated, did not work. Only minor fruiting. Lesson: make sure to clean buckets thoroughly. It could have also been near-frozen substrate outside - left too long and temperature was not good for active mushroom establishment.

Thu Oct 6, 2016

Talked to Natalie at Field and Forest. Obags - [1]. Ordered Golden Oyster for immediate shipment - [2]. In 3 weeks - Pink and Grey Dove. Figure: one 4lb bag of grain spawn per 12 lb dry straw, or 1/3 bale - or One 4 lb. bag of grain spawn will inoculate about 40-80 lbs. of wet pasteurized substrate. Fruiting is 1 lb wet mushroom to 1 lb of dry straw. Total last time - 12 lb mushrooms produced.

Wed Oct 5, 2016

Started straw fermentation.

Thu Feb 18, 2016

2 oz more.

Fri Feb 13, 2016

1.75 oz more.

Sat Feb 6, 2016

Another 4 oz.

Pond 2 close up, May 2016. Second flush of mushrooms from 2017.

Sat Jan 30, 2015

Another 1lb 6 oz! They won't stop. Total 11 lb 11.25 oz.

Thu Jan 21, 2016

Last flushes keep coming. 11 oz collected, for a total of 10 lb, 5.25 oz. Dried about 5 lb of mushrooms for later use. Is this the last of the Nov. 10 planting? So far, the first batch is lasting 10 weeks, with significant dropoff (should do a graph based on numbers below).

Mon Jan 11, 2016

4.5 oz looks like last flush. 9 lb 10.25 oz.l total.

Mon Jan 4, 2016

7.25 oz. Still going. Total 8 lb 21.75 oz, or 9 lb 5.75 oz.

Thu Dec 31, 2015

7.5 oz. Getting to end. 8 lb 14.5 oz total.

Sat Dec 27, 2015

4,4,5,2,2,5. 22 oz = 1 lb 6 oz. 8 lb 7 oz total.

Wed Dec 16, 2015

3,3,3,3,4,4.5,2.5, 9 and 8 oz clumps, small ones collated. 40 oz harvest, or 2.5 lb for total of 7 lb 1 oz to date.

Sat Dec 12, 2015

2,2,7,4,3 oz. 4 lb 9 oz total so far.

Fri Dec 11, 2015

Harvested 2 clumps, 11 oz. 3 lb 7 oz total so far.

Dec 9

8 oz harvest from bucket 2 - one clump. 2.25 lb from bucket 1 flush 1.

Tue Nov 10, 2015

Started buckets inoculated with grain spawn from Field and Forest. One 4 lb bag for 5 buckets.

Thu Oct 29, 2015

See Oyster Mushrooms. Started straw medium fermentation for 'pasteurizing' straw. Temp outside - 54F/34, and sunny. 60/45 tomorrow. Do I need a tight lid? Pictures - [3]

See Also

• Oyster Mushrooms

• Open Source Controlled Environment Agriculture Construction Set (Could Reduce Contamination Chance (probably more for the small scale strain production, than all out farming though) )

• Open Source Laboratory Construction Set (Could Aide in Strain Development + Spore Processing (Freeze Drying + Packaging etc))

• Open Source Laminar Flow Hood