anybody here growing mushrooms

I've grown oyster mushrooms. Lot of fun on the kitchen counter.

I've always wanted to try this, but it seems that the yield/expense is off. Would be fun to try. Will be interested to hear your experiences.

I thought morels took a couple of years to get going???

PH

Go g-man go

You grow them and I'll stuff them with fois and truffles and if steve8 is around he can show us how to eat them.

I have thought about this myself. Could you grow them in a wine cellar? Or would there be a risk of cross-contamination to your wines?

The logs need to stay wet over many months. The humidity and resulting mold would ruin the wine labels. Best done outdoors.
My son-in-law and his father have been growing shiitake in logs at the father's farm in coastal Oregon.
Pretty much ideal conditions, and highly successful. I'm thinking of bringing on of the logs to Seattle to give it a try. Morels sure sound good.
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Originally posted by mangiare:
Go g-man go

You grow them and I'll stuff them with fois and truffles and if steve8 is around he can show us how to eat them.

that was my one concern

i cure meats in the cellar too and would be worried about the contamination there.

mm gotta find a cool spot somewhere to start this project =T

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Originally posted by g-man:
that was my one concern

i cure meats in the cellar too and would be worried about the contamination there.

mm gotta find a cool spot somewhere to start this project =T

I think I want to move into your cellar.

I've got a nice shady spot in my yard and the temp/humidity should be pretty good here in SF.

Will give morels a shot this year, haven't tried outdoor mushrooms.

i forgot about a bag of mulch i bought last year that sat under my fig tree

because of the crappy weather my fig tree had to be pruned and the soil repreped, i opened the bag of mulch thinking might as well use it.

to my surprise there was a 5 lb chunk of oyster mushrooms growing inside the mulch bag.

I was half tempted to wash and eat it until i saw the thousands of ants and various other bugs crawling around it.

How do you grow morels on a log? Maybe I can make a rack of sorts.

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Originally posted by Danyull:
How do you grow morels on a log? Maybe I can make a rack of sorts.

i see this kits

it's not a wood log

it's like this mulch/pulp thing they innoculate with spores

My father tried this up in Maine. Skunks ate his shrooms nonstop.