mistmann wrote:I was debating cakes for mushrooms and we got on the topic of inoculation.
We can inoculate, saw dust, brf, bird seed.
I was curious if any one has read any thing on adding dextrose to a pf cake before inoculating. Theroising that it will act like a super food for the mycilium.
Here is my experiment:
3.5c of verm
1c of brf
1tb of dextrose to make my pf jars
My hypothosis is that it will has a more rapid growth due to:
1, existing dextrose LC and it's been colonized initially in dex
2, more of a spectrum (on the nutriance scale) that it will just have a healthier growth.
I will not be able to execute my experiment till next week but I'm curious as to every ones feed back.
Please note, I have basic knowledge of chemistry and botiney (college 100 classes) so I might need help explaining thing thank you for your time.
***edit*** one thing I was concerned on the theroitical side is, dextrose can carmalize during sterilization of grains.
Exp. 15psi 45-55mind on pf cakes VS 15psi 15mins on dextrose LC.
Dextrose is what all the carbohydrates from brf will be metabolised to so as to be used as sources of energy inevitably. Adding extra dextrose means that dextrose will be used up first so you might make it easier for the mycelium to get energy.
But making it easier to get energy does not mean that it will grow faster. Growth needs robust protein synthesis ans dextrose cannot directly provide that. You need those extra nutrients (e.g. amino acids, lipids, inorganic salts etc) along with an energy source for growth.
I do still think that your experiment is worth performing even though the rationale behind it is not extremely sound -as it often happens, no amount of theory can replace practice.
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