Growing Oyster Mushrooms With Corncobs 🌽🍄‍🟫

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Growing Oyster Mushrooms With Corncobs

Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) grow on various substrates. They are saprotrophic, meaning they feed on dead organic matter like wood and other plant debris, which is made of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. The decomposition of these substances releases nutrients and minerals. A few oyster mushrooms are parasitic, and some eat bacteria and nematodes. Oyster mushrooms are used in mycoremediation and are known to remove contaminants in soil, water, and wastewater.

In this video, we used spent corn cobs as the substrate or medium. The substrate and grains provide nutrients to the mycelium to grow, establish, and produce fruiting bodies. The corn cobs were pasteurized in boiling water for 2 hours.

The grain spawn (rye grains inoculated with mushroom mycelium) is added between the layers at a 25% grain spawn ratio to 75% corn cobs. After the corn cobs are inoculated with the grain, they are put in an undisturbed area with temperatures between 65–75 F to allow colonization. This is the incubation period, which can range from 2 to 4 weeks, depending on the environment. Four ½” holes were cut from the lid to allow air circulation.

Grey Dove/Blue Oyster needs a cold shock to stimulate fruiting, so we put the container in the refrigerator for two days. It was placed in a well-lit area away from direct sunlight. The air has been dry with our heater on, so we had to mist it with water 4-5 times daily. Some of the caps started cracking due to a lack of humidity. The container was kept in an open plastic bag for fresh air exchange and to retain moisture. The whole process took approximately five weeks.

✅Please do your research and make sure your working area and tools are clean and sterilized. We sterilized them with 70% isopropyl alcohol.

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Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) grow on various substrates. They are saprotrophic, meaning they feed on dead organic matter like wood and other plant debris, which is made of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. The decomposition of these substances releases nutrients and minerals. A few oyster mushrooms are parasitic, and some eat bacteria and nematodes. Oyster mushrooms are used in mycoremediation and are known to remove contaminants in soil, water, and wastewater.

In this video, we used spent corn cobs as the substrate or medium. The substrate and grains provide nutrients to the mycelium to grow, establish, and produce fruiting bodies. The corn cobs were pasteurized in boiling water for 2 hours.

The grain spawn (rye grains inoculated with mushroom mycelium) is added between the layers at a 25% grain spawn ratio to 75% corn cobs. After the corn cobs are inoculated with the grain, they are put in an undisturbed area with temperatures between 65–75 F to allow colonization. This is the incubation period, which can range from 2 to 4 weeks, depending on the environment. Four ½” holes were cut from the lid to allow air circulation.

Grey Dove/Blue Oyster needs a cold shock to stimulate fruiting, so we put the container in the refrigerator for two days. It was placed in a well-lit area away from direct sunlight. The air has been dry with our heater on, so we had to mist it with water 4-5 times daily. Some of the caps started cracking due to a lack of humidity. The container was kept in an open plastic bag for fresh air exchange and to retain moisture. The whole process took approximately five weeks.

✅Please do your research and make sure your working area and tools are clean and sterilized. We sterilized them with 70% isopropyl alcohol.

[gabybop]

This is genius! Hubby and I love corn and I love to compost but these fukcers take forever to break down. I’ll have to try this!

[vanessakdavis]

So now it's full of mys. Can you restart with dividing it up ? And start processing again

[NeoStreamLive]

Oh wow you made mashroom and a white forest cake, good😂

[KelloggKoKopuff]

can you keep growing from that or is it done once you harvest?

[gelanemabila]

What are the seeds put in? Is
It oats

[alhenrymorgan-pirateking]

How about the wild mushroom that taste like seafood 🦞 and the other1 taste like chicken 🐔.

[deepakumar]

Can you share the step by step procedure pls

[MadamNdita]

Pls is that corn steach that u put on the corn com