[GSBN] FW: straw bale construction and mushroom farming

[John Swearingen]

Briefly, bale walls will approach the ambient temperature and humidity,
which for oyster mushrooms, if I'm not mistaken, is beyond the levels where
the straw could be effected by fungi.

Besides potential damage to the bales, you might be encouraging growth of
agents that could harm your mushroom crop.

John "Shroom-head" Swearingen



On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Joyce Coppinger <jc10508 at alltel.net> wrote:

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> Joyce
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> *From: *Charles Tresidder <chuckisnutz at yahoo.com>
> *Date: *Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:22:54 -0800 (PST)
> *To: *<TLSEditor at thelaststraw.org>
> *Subject: *straw bale construction and mushroom farming
>
> Hi there, i'm interested in using straw bale construction with plaster
> inner barriers as a means of insulating and guarding the moisture of a room
> which would serve the purpose of fruiting oyster mushrooms. This room would
> have to maintain temperatures up to 80 or 90 degrees while holding humidity
> at over 90%. Is straw bale with plaster a viable method for maintaining
> humidity and temperature, or are there other, more effective yet sustainable
> methods I should look into?
>
> -charles
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John Swearingen

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