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  • January 31, 2017 at 3:31 pm #2075
    lee morris
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    Can you tell me what type of wood pellets you use? Do they have to be hardwood pellets? I can get bags of cheap wood pellets locally but they all seem to be made from softwood material which im guessing may not be ideal because of the resin in softwood.

    Great online course by the way, watched it over a few times so looking forward to getting going!

    Many thanks.
    lee

    February 1, 2017 at 11:49 am #2076
    Adam
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    Hi Lee,

    hardwood pellets are ideal if you can source them, but we’ve found them difficult to get hold of in the UK, and have had good results just using softwood pellets. Their main function is creating a more open structure in the coffee mix, but we’ve also grown Oysters in bags of 100% softwood pellets as well.

    It’s possible that some of the resin content is reduced in the pellet production process under high heat/pressure, and also Oysters are just really versatile and will grow on lots of materials that other mushrooms won’t, so you should be fine with softwood pellets.

    best wishes, Adam

    February 1, 2017 at 12:23 pm #2079
    lee morris
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    Thanks Adam, yes they are hard to find and expensive. the only store i found was shop.americanbbq.co.uk but quite pricey. I will try the softwood pellets and the straw too and see what results i get.

    Thanks for your advice

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