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  • September 5, 2015 at 12:36 pm #767
    Judit Pinol
    Participant

    Hello, I have a question regarding the Fruiting Cycle on Module 4:

    when you talk about reusing the bags for a second crop (after the rest period) does this mean that we empty them, put in new coffee, inoculate it, start the process all over again on the same bag – but this bag will already have holes in it?

    or are we using the same mycelium and making it fruit a second time?

     

    I’m sorry if I missed it, I’ve only watched the course once, but I was really curious.

     

     

    Thank you very much,

     

    September 11, 2015 at 1:55 pm #776
    Adam
    Keymaster

    Judit asked:

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    Hello, I have a question regarding the Fruiting Cycle on Module 4:

    when you talk about reusing the bags for a second crop (after the rest period) does this mean that we empty them, put in new coffee, inoculate it, start the process all over again on the same bag – but this bag will already have holes in it?

    or are we using the same mycelium and making it fruit a second time?

    I’m sorry if I missed it, I’ve only watched the course once, but I was really curious.

    Thank you very much,

    September 11, 2015 at 2:00 pm #777
    Adam
    Keymaster

    Hi Judit,

    Good question and sorry if it wasn’t clear in the course.

    It just means that we get a 2nd crop from the same bag without needing to do anything to it. Depending on strain, it will tend to rest for 1-2 weeks after you harvest the first crop whilst it gathers more nutrients from the coffee, before starting to grow again with a 2nd crop.

    The only thing you really need to do during this time is to make sure it doesn’t dry out too much. If you continue to spray daily, this should be sufficient, but if no crop begins after 2 weeks you can dunk the whole bag in water overnight and this can help to kickstart fruiting again.

    Hope this helps,

    Adam

    October 7, 2015 at 2:55 pm #826
    Ute
    Participant

    Hello Mushgroom growers,

    during the rest period, do you leave the bags in the same condition as during fruiting, or do you move them back to the conditions of the inoculation period?
    Many thanks

    Ute

    October 19, 2015 at 12:33 pm #833
    Adam
    Keymaster

    Hi Ute,

    During the rest period between crops, you can just leave the bags in the same fruiting conditions. They will take 5-10 days ‘resting’ whilst they break down and gather more nutrient from the coffee, before fruiting again when they’re ready. It’s best for them to be in the fruiting conditions so they are able to fruit as soon as they’re ready.

    Hope this helps.

    best wishes,

    Adam

    October 23, 2015 at 2:23 am #836
    Lucy Landon-Lane
    Participant

    I have another question about this rest time!  So, we leave the bags in the fruiting conditions for 5-10 days, do we then need to take them back to the incubation conditions or do we simply leave them in the fruiting area, and they will start fruiting automatically?

    Thanks, Lucy

    October 27, 2015 at 9:23 am #840
    Eric Jong
    Keymaster

    Hi Lucy,

    you can leave your bag in the fruiting area which is what we do. It simply means that there won’t be any mushrooms forming whilst the substrate is recovering and building up some more ‘oomph’ for the 2nd crop.

    I trust that helps

     

    Eric

     

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