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- From: mjharris@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Harris)
- Subject: Re: Some anonymous posts
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.213444.4631@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
- References: <Bzuqt8.6D1@ddsw1.mcs.com> <1992Dec26.083952.2769@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 21:34:44 GMT
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- >: I am wondering if anyone else has tried the rice cake method of growing
- >: mushrooms and has had similar problems to mine (and hopefully knows
- >: what to do about it). I followed the directions given in an article
- >: several months ago. (mid-August) and was quite excited when 4 out of 5
- >: jars had uncontaminated white fluffy growth permeating the medium.
- >: (several weeks later) Unfortunately, there has never been anything
- >: resembling stringy fibers which was the signal to give the jars some
- >: light. I am wondering if I have done something obviously wrong, or if
- >: this method isn't as foolproof as using different mediums for different
- >: stages. I still have 2 jars that are uncontaminated; should I consider
- >: transferring the culture to a different medium? Should I give the jars
- >: light even though I don't see the stringy growth? Should I give up and
- >: go back to having little success at buying mushrooms from someone
- >: else?
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- >Check the instructions again. There may be some temperature or humidity
- >requirements that you are not fulfilling.
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- >Bill
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- Also I think you could say that this whole process sounds much simpler
- than it really is. I've heard nothing about growing shooms more than the
- comments about how hard it is to get decent results - or even results at
- all. When I read that faq I kind of was skeptical. He makes it sound so
- easy. Must have a white thumb about these things. Me - I can't even grow
- weeds too good. I'm curious. How many others have had sucess with the rice
- cake method or for that matter any other method?
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