Redcap66 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 I like growing mushrooms as much as I like studying them These are Pleurotus ostreatus/ Blue Oyster. My lc/ Liquid culture is a corn water LC that I make from the leftover popcorn juice in the pressure cooker. As you can see the spawn I use for inoculation is popcorn. Fastest spawn medium I have ever used. My substrate is corn husk. Straw works great also. I just like using what I don't have to pay for. Fortunately for me,I live right smack in the middle of the country. Plenty of useful left overs to choose from. I will get into the details of How to do this Tek as I go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsmoker Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Neat stuff. Could I use ground corn cob as a substrate in this same manner? Do you pasteurize your substrates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianf Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Yes you can use corn cob in this fashion and yes you need to pasteurize. Corn itself has great potential for fungus growth. Little fun fact......a common corn-centric fungus ustilago maydis, or corn smut, is considered a blight or pathogen but it actually renders corn MORE NUTRITIONAL!!!! and great job redcap! take it from me.....this will eventually become a moderately obsessive financially draining obsession. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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