greek_mystique
New member
Hello good sirs,
Ive just started posting again the last few days and unfortunately all my pictures from the past i lost 2 years ago. These mushroom pics are the only ones left of that era and represent a production run in 2005. I'm not going to get into too much detail and will just present the pics sort of as-is and then if anyone has any specific questions I'll be glad to answer. This was just before upgrading to a rather large autoclave and vacuum bag system which vastly increased production. Within a few months the regional market crashed from the glut and soon after the property i was renting (hehe) was sold and I havent returned to a full on production run. So basically these pics consist of an operation that yielded an average of 10lbs per month over approx. 1 yr. I used a liquid inoculant and a brown rice/rye flour and vermiculite medium. Losses from contamination averaged 3%, with lowest being 1.4%. The exact number escapes me now but I had more than 1200 frickin bernardin jars! Surprisingly not that much labour, i had a helper with me and it required about 10-15 hrs each per week on average which was why i was always pushing for the big bad autoclave. Running that many jars in 6 pressure cookers on 2 stoves was a bastard, to be sure.
Anyhow, enjoy!
Ive just started posting again the last few days and unfortunately all my pictures from the past i lost 2 years ago. These mushroom pics are the only ones left of that era and represent a production run in 2005. I'm not going to get into too much detail and will just present the pics sort of as-is and then if anyone has any specific questions I'll be glad to answer. This was just before upgrading to a rather large autoclave and vacuum bag system which vastly increased production. Within a few months the regional market crashed from the glut and soon after the property i was renting (hehe) was sold and I havent returned to a full on production run. So basically these pics consist of an operation that yielded an average of 10lbs per month over approx. 1 yr. I used a liquid inoculant and a brown rice/rye flour and vermiculite medium. Losses from contamination averaged 3%, with lowest being 1.4%. The exact number escapes me now but I had more than 1200 frickin bernardin jars! Surprisingly not that much labour, i had a helper with me and it required about 10-15 hrs each per week on average which was why i was always pushing for the big bad autoclave. Running that many jars in 6 pressure cookers on 2 stoves was a bastard, to be sure.
Anyhow, enjoy!