Growing mushrooms

[Charlieh]

Anyone one on here grow their own mushrooms? im considering getting some of the plugs that you drill into lengths of timber to leave out in the woods,

 

Has anyone else done this if so any tips? especially on species to grow, although its looking like being chicken of the woods, oyster and shiitake

 

does anyone know of any decent wholesalers for this as the kits i can find are aimed at a domestic market and will cost about £13 per log which i think is a bit steep really, unless i by the liquid spores, which for the first time out i think is a bit tricky

 

Cheers

 

Charlie

[David Humphries]

Try these Charlie

 

Rustic Mushroom Company

Cherry Trees

Ghyll Road

Heathfield

East Sussex

TN21 0AG

 

[email protected]

01435 860935

 

http://www.rusticmushrooms.co.uk

This is their link, but I can't seem to work it

 

 

Left one up at the alotment last year, which got pilfered.

 

Going to set at home this year.

 

 

They supply;

Oyster - Shitake - Chicken of the woods - Hen of the woods, plus others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited January 26, 2009 by Monkey-D

[Ben Ballard]

hi i did some the other year with chicken of the woods used a oak i felled in winter was important that it wasnt infected with any other fungi so the plugs would infect the wood found ann millers speciality mushrooms web site realy good she even sells lions main plugs ,iam still waiting for my logs to fruit,i been putting aside in my yard large horsechestut logs as i have found them to be realy good for oystermushrooms had one oyster grow that was worth 20 pound this year and havent had to do anything to them and they worth more that if id just logged it up

[John Hancock]

Lets all buy a load, travel down to London and pop them into the trees down there.......It'll bug the hell out of you know who...!

[Charlieh]

found a company that does packs of either 1000 (£50) or 5000 plugs, recon with those and one of my colleagues new stihl wood auger we could have some fun then John? its just quite a lead in time isn't it considering some species wont fruit for upto 3yrs but i recon its worth doing on a larger scale, can see the point doing one log and waiting 3yrs!

 

Cheers for the other contacts may well give them a ring for prices, my brother in law sells veg to the local farm shops and pubs so i suspect i wouldnt have a problem off loading any excess produced

[Ben Ballard]

thats handy you got a market for them good luck with it mate ,i found fancy resturants love to get there hands on them and can pay up to £20 a kg for most wild types ,i just sell to a game dealer that i split the money with mainly just ones i find when i am working

[Justme]

found a company that does packs of either 1000 (£50) or 5000 plugs,

 

Who, Where?

 

Justme

[Charlieh]

pdf is on the other comp will post a link tomorrow, after i have confirmed prices with them, make sure its not a 10year old price list

[David Humphries]

pdf is on the other comp will post a link tomorrow, after i have confirmed prices with them, make sure its not a 10year old price list

 

Prices from Rustic are;

 

Oyster £70 for 1000 Oyster plus p&p

 

All other plugs £90 for 1000 plus p&p

 

 

Last years prices

 

 

 

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[sylvestris stew]

FC research branch did work on commercial mushroom farming , prices methods etc.

It was pretty good , I think it may be on my pc somewhere, if I find it , I'll send it to you.