MONOTUB SHIITAKE MEGABLOCK, 5 lb. Flush!
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
- I used a medium monotub from Microppose to make a ridiculously large Shiitake block and it turned out better than I expected. The first flush was pretty piddly, so I went with the a two week rest and soak method that has worked for me in the past to cycle nice follow up flushes. After the soak, the block exploded yielding nearly five pounds of quality fruits on the second flush. I actually think producing 20 lb. bricks like this could be a viable Shiitake production strategy as the brick tenacious held together during movement and handling and fruited beautifully with no surface contams.
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I'm fairly new mushroom propagation and mycology but I find your videos and your highly descriptive nature incredibly motivational and use em as my go to when I'm looking for accurate down to earth information or instructions thank you very much for your time and sharing your knowledge and experience!
That's really kind of you thx, means a lot to me. Glad you are finding the videos helpful 👊
Renegade doesn't trigger my king gamma radar. He seems like a regular dude, teaching tec that regular people can attempt.
Thanks for your videos.
You’ve taught me everything I know about mushrooms and I have a blast growing them.
That means a lot to me. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, appreciate you 👊
These are definitely my favourites!
7:30 omg that looks so fucking gorgeous. Now thats a block dude. I may do this exactly the same but in a martha tent
I will definitely do this again. I think you could refine these Shiitake mega blocks into a nice production regime if you were growing commercially. Thanks for watching and commenting 👊
That shot of the spores were pretty cool! And a massive mushroom!
Yeah I was excited to get that shot, the sun was hitting them just right. Thanks for watching and commenting 🧡
Wow! Great Vid!
Amazing! 😍
Wow I need to try that strain. My shiitake genetics are a royal pain to get a second flush off of. Thanks for the video!
It's a nice strain I think you'll like it. Thanks for watching 👊
I always get great flushes from my shiitake the first flush but never for the second. No matter what I get green mold before they pin the second time. I always use the dryout for a few weeks then rehydrate the blocks.
That happens to me too, but not on this block. It seems that trichoderma and shiitake just cohabitate nicely together. Two strategies I've heard that work to help combat that are adding a cap full of bleach to your soak water and rinsing your blocks a few times a day with fresh water during the fruiting cycle. The frequent rinsing seems to work well but isn't possible for everyone.
@@RenegadeMushrooms Yes. I've tried adding bleach. I've also tried adding hydrogen peroxide. Both work somewhat. But neither are perfect.
Wow!! Look at that second flush!!
Made an awesome recipe with them I will be sharing soon 🧡
Super video, thanks! Are straw pellets suitable for shiitake?
I did grow them on straw, but haven't tried straw pellets yet. Here's a link to the video of my straw grow if you haven't seen it:
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a local mushroom farmer told me he had been waiting on his shiitake blocks to popcorn for months, in the dark, and it only happened when he took them to a sunlit room
Light seems to be the key, I never knew that until I this experiment. The other interesting thing is that even the surface that wasn't really popcorned produced nice fruits on the second flush.
do you change the mico filters on your grain spawn jar lids everytime
No, they are good for 12 or 15 cycles before they need to be replaced. Then it's just peel off and stick a new one on.
What temperature did you maintain during colonization and for fruiting?
65 to 67 F for this experiment.
Is this with your standard sub with no bran or is it just your normal light supplement wheat bran pasturization method?
No bran on this one. Shiitake doesn't need much supplementation, especially if you spawn heavy like I usually do. This 20 lb. block had 5 lbs. of grain spawn.
@@RenegadeMushrooms thanks! Just pulled my culture out of cold storage after a year and a half construction project. Perfect timing on the video! Mush love
Eat that tiramisu
How do I grow small shitakes tho? I had one block where the 2nd flush was tons of TINY shitake. OH they were PERFECT in my bison and bean chili!
just food for thought- I got my genetics from Mycelium Emporium , Moonlight Shitake. I dont smack my shitakes, and I hose them down 3 times a day to keep them a reddish brown. I also no longer let them rest between flushes. I use scissors for a clean harvest and keep hosing them down daily for the 2nd and 3rd flush. I love ya, small pet peeve of mine- its pronounced shi-ta-"KAY" not, shi-ta-"KEY".
Damn that sounds good. I think the individual fruit size is somewhat strain dependent. Try S75 if you haven't yet. That seemed to produce less but bigger fruits for me.
Don't call the pronunciation police on me. I'm just a yankee redneck that likes growing mushrooms. Never tried their moonlight strain, but I'm diggin the S5000.
@@RenegadeMushrooms lol all good. Most Americans dont pronounce it correctly. I speak Japanese so it sticks out to me.
what temp range is ok for them?
65 to 70 F works well for me.
@@RenegadeMushrooms i got 80-85F for next 5 months..too high?
@@danielboomers That's definitely on the warm side for most Shiitake strains. You can try talking to the people at Field & Forest Products in Wisconsin though. They have some warm weather Shiitake strains that may fruit at those temps. You're probably better off growing some tropical oyster strains at those temps, pinks and goldens love it warm.
@@RenegadeMushrooms thankx for ur reply. have u ever grown almond shroom? any idea if they like hot? climate in japan mostly not much suitable for indoor shroom growing.