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  • #1900
    Mirela Seimeanu
    Participant

    HI,

    The link for micro perforated bags is dead. I have tried to search the internet for it and all I can find is “bread micro perforated bags”. I would like to buy some (smaller sizes to try it out) but I can’t seem to find a supplier. Do you have an updated link by any chance?

    Also, I have couple of questions please:

    1. If the bags are perforated, do you still have to cut any larger holes when fruiting time comes? To me, micro perforated translates to very tiny pin holes…are the mushrooms capable of puncturing these tiny holes? How do you do it?
    2. On larger bags if you increase your percentage of straw (to reduce density of the substrate) how do you take that into consideration when adding the spawn? What percentage of grain spawn would you use per weight of coffee + straw?

    Thank you for your help, it is much appreciated.

    Mirela

     

     

    #1901
    Eric Jong
    Keymaster

    Hi Mirela,

    thanks for pointing this out. Unfortunately that business is no longer trading but there are some other option for the bags:

    http://shop.ukmushroomsupplies.com/10x-Unicorn-14A-Mushroom-Substrate-Spawn-Filter-Grow-Bags-68423.htm

    Or you can buy it from us with some spawn as well (UK Only)

    https://shop.grocycle.com/products/oyster-mushroom-spawn-uk

    with regards your questions: The mushrooms would come out of small holes but it won’t be for a great harvest. They’ll need a bit more space and we cut small slits in the bag of up to an inch or so. The spawn rate we use if typically 5% nowadays but has been as high as 15% when we were still trying to get the mix right.

    I trust that helps and if anything else please ask.

    Best wishes,

    Eric

    #1902
    Mirela Seimeanu
    Participant

    Hi,

    In module 3 of the course you mention to use 15% spawn rate. In the first reply you are saying that in the past you used 15%  when you were trying to get the mix right. Is the mix in the lessons not right then? I’m totally confused, could you please clarify?

    About the grow bags- are you using the ones with the patch or micro perforated? Sorry I didn’t see the patch in the pictures.

    Thanks and have a great day!

    Mirela

    #1904
    Adam
    Keymaster

    Hi Mirela,

    was it the larger micro perforated bags that you were looking for? Here’s a link for those which we source from the Netherlands: http://www.eblaak.com/eng/materialen-en.asp

    We mainly use these larger bags in our farm, and the smaller 10T and 3T Unicorn filter patch bags sometimes as well.

    To clarify what Eric said regarding spawn rates – we used to use 15% a few years back when we were still experimenting with growing on coffee grounds. The higher rate increases chances of success which is why we would recommend starting higher and then reducing it once you have had some bags grow well and have got a feel for the process.

    We are about to update all the course materials in the next couple of weeks and the ideal mix that we will teach will just be 3 ingredients:

    – coffee grounds
    – pasteurised straw (20% of coffee weight)
    – spawn (10% of coffee weight)

    This should give you good results with a substrate mix up to 3kg in each bag. If you grow with larger amounts per bag then you need to increase the straw to 30%.

    It is best to get the process right in smaller bags and then move to larger bags later, as besides using the ideal mix there are lots of small things you will get an intuition about from watching how the mycelium behaves. This knowledge is useful when you grow in larger bags as you tend to encounter more problems and you then have a good idea of how you can rectify them.

    Hope that makes sense – feel free to ask more if not.

    best wishes, Adam

    #1906
    Mirela Seimeanu
    Participant

    Hi,

    That’s exactly what I needed to know.

    Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

    Have a great day!

    Mirela

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