Comments on: DIY mushroom housing: research

By: Gregory

Gregory — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 06:17:59 +0000

Have you read Sepp Holzer’s methods for mushroom growing?

By: Isaac

Isaac — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:15:40 +0000

Mushroom growing and aquaponics – I would have never thought of the two working together. This is fascinating!

By: Andi Houston

Andi Houston — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:01:29 +0000

This is so inspiring! We tried the mushroom log + fish pond idea a couple years back. We left the logs in the water too long and the fish ate out the plugs! They scoured that log clean. Never got a mushroom out of it again. An important lesson.

By: milkwoodkirsten

milkwoodkirsten — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:32:27 +0000

Bloody font of knowledge you are, Speedy!

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:40:54 +0000

saw some really cheap 2nd hand coolroom panels online at greysonline..may help
good luck

By: Speedy

Speedy — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:12:31 +0000

yes, Mushworld…
I was so sad when mushworld.com suddenly evaporated.
there were so many great research papers and articles available there.
from very well funded universities to small projects in remote places in Africa trying to alleviate poverty and malnutrition by growing mushrooms on agricultural wastes.
It all dissappeared before I managed to obtain hardcopies of their books
downloads are good, but I like books.

I’ve given it some thought over the years (mushroom house for dry climates).
I think a polytunnel type shadehouse/hothouse lined with with geotextile right up along the sides covering about 80% of it, just leaving a strip at the top open.
Cover that with polyfilm to keep humidity in and allow a bit of sunlight from above.
Then some heavy shadecloth above that to temper the intensity of the sunlight comming in.
Ventilation at the ends and a bit from the sides (rolled up a bit on hot days)
the whole house to be surrounded by shrubs that can humidify the air comming into the house.
geotextile inside the house wetted by a weeping hose that has been wrapped up in
the top of it
hessian could be used instead of geofabric, but would need more to exclude light.