JP wrote:windchime wrote:Has anyone tried this? I've seen cultivated outdoor beds of Cubensis in the Southeast US and Cyanescens in the PNW but nothing aside from indoor grows in the Northeast US. There is a similar climate during part of the year albeit perhaps not quite as humid but it seems like it could be worth a shot especially with Cyanescens.
My hope is that an outdoor bed of wood chips inoculated with Cyanescen mycelium and kept shaded/moist might be feasible. There has been limited success reported but it would be amazing if the mushrooms somehow managed to acclimate themselves to the area and over time make themselves at home.
Is there something about the PNW that would keep them happy aside from their preferred substrate, fruiting temperature, and relative humidity or could it be as simple as relocating the spores/mycelium into a similar environment and lending a helping hand until established?
What's your USDA zone? I pack azurescens beds with straw and they survive the winter in 5A, I should note that even though I'm in 5A the temps haven't been much below 0 F since I starting growing them. I'm also just south of a huge "scary" lake that keep's the humidity very high through the cold fall.
I'm in 6a and going for it! Feel like I have indoor cubensis pretty well figured out and both azure and cyan spores on the way. Hoping to have things prepared far as spawn goes and will be getting some nice beds of alder ready in a few locations.
From what I've been reading, it won't be a problem getting jars of grain ready to transfer to the alder chips and sawdust so I'm hoping that if mycelium will thrive in the lower 70s I can have them out by the end of summer and with a stroke of luck, maybe some fruits in the fall or early winter.
If it does work, will definitely be looking into locations with other native faster decomposing hardwoods in the spirit of Johnny Appleseed
