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Are oysters and shiitakes easy? I did Teachers and they were soooooo simple, it was fascinating! It’d be nice to have some just to eat for yum and not expedience.

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INeedANewUserName@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
If you order a spawn block of shiitake or oyster they are pretty easy indoors in my experience. Outdoor shiitake making my first attempt wont likely know until fall of 2027

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- Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Outdoors takes that long?! Wild! Teachers were flushin’ in like a month or two. Good luck on your outdoor grow! :3
  
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  - INeedANewUserName@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I used dowel plugs instead of sawdust as first attempt so a bit slower but easier to avoid contamination from what I read. Also depends on the size of the logs, weather conditions, how heavily you inoculate, etc. Have a winter season here where the shiitakes are likely to go dormant. Might see something earlier than that but if I don’t see anything by winter 2027 will assume it has likely failed.
    
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renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Oysters are probably the easiest edibles to grow. Shiitakes on the other hand, I am just cursed even though they shouldn’t be hard. If you had success with Teachers, Oysters aren’t a problem.

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- Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Thank you, I’ll look into that! I’d love more stuff at home that I can make vegan meals with for friends who don’t eat animal products (and I just love eating mushrooms!)
  
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OozingPositron@feddit.cl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Are teachers that easy? I’ve only ever done albino tidal waves, and not only do they take like 6 months to grow but they always find a way to fuck something up and I end up with 10 grams per canopy. Life is suffering with ATWs.

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- Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Oh yah, all it takes is a plastic tub with a latching lid and a fine mist spritzer! The first time I did super poorly but had pins in a couple weeks, and got a couple flushes (which I harvested way too late.)
  
  Another try and the first flush was WAY more thicc, got about seven flushes over the course of two or three months before I stopped them. Just threw em in a room with no special light or anything, just spritzed twice a day or so. Barely touched them or did anything, just went in to wet em a little and admire them occasionally. They were extremely self-sufficient!
  
  Took ages to dry, but once completely dried out, easily 120+g total from the second batch!
  
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