Letum911 Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 Nope. I'm interested in growing edible mushies. Not sure where you are located, but head to your local food market over the weekend. I have seen a fair amount of wild and different mushrooms at these markets. Should you get into contact with the right one you might just end up with a few interesting variants as well Rata-tat-tat 1
Rata-tat-tat Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 Not sure where you are located, but head to your local food market over the weekend. I have seen a fair amount of wild and different mushrooms at these markets. Should you get into contact with the right one you might just end up with a few interesting variants as well I like the effort of producing one's own. That's why we're doing beer, cheese, biltong and other cured meats.
Tabula Rasa Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 Looking for a new dealer?You know one? Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk Rata-tat-tat 1
Cav' Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 You know one? Sent from my LG-D855 using TapatalkI don't live in Cape Town. Tabula Rasa and Mojoman 2
Halfdoesyn Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 Incredible. A thread that has been dead for more than 10 years is suddenly awake!
Letum911 Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 Incredible. A thread that has been dead for more than 10 years is suddenly awake!Very few things can resist the call of a shroom... Cav' and Tabula Rasa 2
Letum911 Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 I like the effort of producing one's own. That's why we're doing beer, cheese, biltong and other cured meats. I meant go there and ask for info. I doubt that it will be a protected trade secret as to how to grow
Rata-tat-tat Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 I meant go there and ask for info. I doubt that it will be a protected trade secret as to how to growwww.google.com check it out, remarkable about of info there. But seriously, I was hoping someone was already growing mushrooms and maybe we could trade spore prints etc. The premade syringes are quite dear.
DJR Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) Anyone into Mycology. I know there is a long standing hubber who harvests wild shrooms.That'll be me, although we've had 2 very bad years in the Cape for wild mushrooms (only have a little stash of dried ones left). Unfortunately I know nothing about how to grow them except this: 1. Some of the more desirable edible wild species, like Ceps and Pinerings, grow only in symbiosis with certain species of trees, in this case pines and oaks, which make them near impossible to grow on demand2. A mate once grew his own magic mushrooms from spores he ordered on the internet. Basically he got a sealed envelope with spores and instructions on what to do. He grew it on a bed of rice inside a totally sealed aquarium that was first sterilized. The idea was to exclude all other spores and the growth of other fungi. It worked.3. That's all I know. Edited January 17, 2018 by DJR Rata-tat-tat 1
DJR Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 To add: Whatever you do, even if you grow your own, be 100% sure of the ID before eating it. Get an expert to ID it if you have to. If you get it wrong, you may not get a second chance. Oh, and if you do grow your own, it would be great to see some feedback here Rata-tat-tat 1
Rata-tat-tat Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 To add: Whatever you do, even if you grow your own, be 100% sure of the ID before eating it. Get an expert to ID it if you have to. If you get it wrong, you may not get a second chance. Oh, and if you do grow your own, it would be great to see some feedback hereJip you're the person I was alluding too. My plan is to purchase spore syringes from sporeworks. If I may ask. What seasons are the wild specimens available for harvest. I have no desire to harvest from the wild, what I want is spore prints that I can cultivate on agar.
Fruity Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Besides cycling, video games and photography, and I quite enjoy cooking and braai'ing. I would be carrying on with running, as I was starting to enjoy it, but my Chiropractor told me he doesn't recommend running.
Baldrick Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Bird watching (feathered type) Rata-tat-tat 1
DJR Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Jip you're the person I was alluding too. My plan is to purchase spore syringes from sporeworks.If I may ask. What seasons are the wild specimens available for harvest. I have no desire to harvest from the wild, what I want is spore prints that I can cultivate on agar.Different species fruit at different times and it is very weather, moisture, temperature and moon phase? dependent (so, unpredictable). Here in the Cape we have "Chicken of the Woods" from February to April/May. Pine Rings from May to September. All the Boletus species from may to August/September. Mostly our summer is way to dry, but sometimes you find the odd Boletus as late as November. Rata-tat-tat 1
DJR Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) My riding buddies have learnt to not ride on my tail on the mountain during mushroom season, because I have a sneaky way of spotting them out of the corner of my eye and am then bound to brake sharply to stop and pick mushrooms. I must confess that I have caused a few near crashes in this way. One riding buddy (Beattbox) has learnt what Boletus Edulis smells like and more than once, when riding through a certain patch of oaks, he said he could smell them. We stopped and I searched......lo and behold.....to find exactly what we were looking for. So, now I have my own cycling/mushroom sniffing friend (also my stage race partner). Edited January 28, 2018 by DJR Rata-tat-tat and deanbean 2
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