Monday, July 16, 2007

Mushrooms: Phase II continued

The project continues (and I need to get a better picture) . . .

Last month, I had innoculated the spores into ball jars, and set them aside to fungus away. This weekend, I 'birthed the cakes' - basically openned them up and stuck them in a new home to go fruit. I'm trying two techniques, since online resources can't decide on which one is better - plus I want to see which one yields the most.

The first way is just basically popping the cake out and leaving it in a humid environment - hopefully the aquarium tank with a couple daily sprays of water should be enough. The second way is to put it in a soil mixture in a plastic container with a lid on. Not sure if the second way will be tall enough, if the mushrooms get going - but we'll see.

Cross your fingers, the cakes are doing something - but time will tell if they really fruit out.