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Growing oysters on gorse??

 
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I was in a lecture Paul Stamets was giving many years ago and the one thing I remember was him talking about chipping scotch broom and growing oyster mushrooms on it. So neat. I’m moving to a place with tons of scotch broom and even more gorse, and am really looking at various ways to approach gorse other than clear cutting it.

So, any of you have experience or know of people growing oysters in gorse?? I’d love to hear about it. Thanks so much!
 
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Not sure about oysters on gorse, though they do have the reputation of eating eat nearly any type of wood. The oyster species Pleurotus pulmonarius will even eat conifer wood. I have seen wood ears growing on chipped gorse mulch on a friend's farm. Might be a fun one to try! :-)
 
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