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Josh Pemberton
Anyone added apple or pear wood to outdoor mushroom beds? The google says they are both considered hardwood, but in having trouble finding specific references to their use in forums or books..
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ZachariahTheBold
I thought we are supposed to avoid orchards I read it in one of my mycology books. I'll see if I can find it.
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ZachariahTheBold
In the growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms by Paul Stamets it say you can use fruit trees but they are a more dense wood that requires a longer gestation period. And basically it would take longer to colonize and fruit compared to alder, cottonwood, poplar, willow, or aspen. Hope that helps. Mus... View More
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Josh Pemberton
Yo thanks ZachariahTheBold. I’m using bags of Kirkland bbq hardwood pellets for the bulk of my substrate, but have read it’s good to have materials of different sizes mixed together in your substrates, so it’s not just a super dense bed of sawdust.
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Josh Pemberton
Thanks for the positive thought HappyKB!
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