Fruiting the Oyster Mushrooms It took about 2 weeks for the mycelium to colonize the buckets and began to push off the transpore tape on a couple of the holes. At that point, I removed the rest of the tape from those holes only, and began misting the exterior of the buckets 3 times daily. …
Spawning Buckets With the bucket clean, micropore tape over the FAE holes, and the pasteurized straw now cooled, I filled or “spawned” the colonized grain jar, layering it with the pasteurized straw until the bucket is full. Start with a layer of straw on the bottom of the bucket, 2-3 inches deep, then break apart …
PREPARING THE BUCKETS I purchased a few 3 gallon buckets with lids from my local store. 5 gallon buckets can also be used. If you can find used ones with lids, great! But make sure there hasn’t been any toxic materials stored in them previously. (Tip: Some fast food businesses throw away their buckets they …
