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it's best to cook mushrooms first if you're eating them - firstly, because the chitin in mushrooms isn't digestible when raw, but also to ensure there's no microbiology on them that you dont want to eat (wee're not the only species of life who likes mushrooms)
What a delightful video. Beautifully entertaining and oh so informative. I learnt so much! Thank you. I've been wanting to pickle for a while now. My nan always pickled and I loved it. Feeling confident to have a go now. Thank you so much gorgeous 💗
heya - yes, absolutely it is - the methods of mushroom cultivation are designed to preference the species you want to grow, in a was that the species you add to the substrate *should* have no problem out-competing any other fungi spores that might be present. if you're worried though, read up on local 'look -alikes' to the species you're trying to grow, so you can tell the difference?
63 year-old white girl here... my first ferment was kimchi - I LOVE KIMCHI! First try was about 20 years ago. Turned out great but didn't do it again until about 8 years ago. I think I have it down to a science now (at least to where it comes out how I like it - hot and garlicy). Just now venturing into fermenting other veggies. Looking forward to trying mushrooms. Thanks for the vid!
9:29 "Spores have been found in space." I'm not surprised. There's so mushroom out there. But OH! My, my ... mycelium, give me a hypae five. May the spores be with you. 🖖
I’ve got some other random inedible mushrooms that came up in my garden bed. Will adding these to the beds cause them to take over instead of the others?
Best not, I rekon - the mycelium of each species will necessarily need to occupy the same general space - and while they might not 'compete' with your edible varieties, it's probably best to keep them seperate, if you can?
Heya peter - it's a 'Deluxe Express Drill Tool' which is permanently attached to a converted angle grinder - we got it from this mob, and it's great :) - www.fieldforest.net/product/tool-guide-use-comparison-maintenance/tool-guide-use-comparison-maintenance - you can also get special mushroom drill bits that go on drills (search on 'mushroom drill bit') but it's a slower process - depends what scale you're drilling logs at, I guess :) - best of luck!
The problem now is the precedent this sets - all Milkwood videos from now on need to have dogs gesticulating along with the audio. If you will set this high a cute overload bar, I reckon that's on you 🤔
What a great video, guys! Thank you for the information. We want to start a mushroom bed on our allotment garden in the south of the UK but not sure if Garden Giant gorws in our climate. We do have -5C freezing temperatures (like right now, in the middle of January 2024) and inthe summer sometimes it reaches +35C or more (rarely and for short periods, but it still does). Nobody seems to be growing musrooms around us so we are still learning and figuring things out. Is it better to go on a local foraging tour in the local woods, with a professional mycologist, identify what mushrooms are edible and start from there? Too many questions right now...
Heyas, well, Paul Stamets grows King Stropharia in Washington State in USA, so I rekon they'd be fine in your climate :) - up to you where to start! Definitely start learning to ID in the wild, it's so good for your knowledge (and relationship w your ecosystem) but if you need a cultivation guide to get started, here's our mushrooms resources : www.milkwood.net/category/mushroom-cultivation/
Honestly the best use I have had for the jar test so far has been telling fine and ultrafine sand from silt. The sand will settle rapidly but the silt will stay in solution much longer
