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Brown Rice Flour
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Gypsum
Powdered gypsum is used to increase the pH in mushroom growing substrates such as coco choir, sawdust, coffee grounds and straw. It is a yield enhancer as it supplies minerals and trace elements to the mycelium.
It is also used when preparing grain spawn to stop the grain from clumping together.
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Hardwood Sawdust
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Paul Stamets Sawdust Recipe:
73 % Hardwood Sawdust
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2.4 % Gypsum
65% water added to the above mix.This mixture is added to a mushroom grow bag and steralized at 15psi for at least 2 hours ( depending on the size and amount of bags being steralized.Once cooled grain spawn is added, the bag is sealed for sterile colonization.
73 % Hardwood Sawdust
24.6 % Bran
2.4 % Gypsum
65% water added to the above mix.This mixture is added to a mushroom grow bag and steralized at 15psi for at least 2 hours ( depending on the size and amount of bags being steralized.Once cooled grain spawn is added, the bag is sealed for sterile colonization.
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Red Sorghum
Red Sorghum is a great grain to make grain spawn with. It hold moisture well without being damp on the outside.
Coco Coir
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Barley Malt Extract
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