• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Carla Burke
  • Nancy Reading
  • r ranson
  • John F Dean
  • Timothy Norton
  • paul wheaton
  • Jay Angler
stewards:
  • Pearl Sutton
  • Anne Miller
  • Tereza Okava
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
gardeners:
  • M Ljin
  • Matt McSpadden
  • Megan Palmer

Oyster mushroom

 
Posts: 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Hello, has anyone used hydrated lime in pasteurizing mushrooms? I'm curious if it works, what quantity should be used, and does construction lime work?
 
pollinator
Posts: 265
Location: Oregon Coast Range Zone 8A
68
art purity forest garden fungi foraging trees books cooking bee medical herbs seed
  • Likes 2
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
I assume you mean pasteurizing straw substrate. A quick question: what kind of construction lime do you have?

There are four kinds of construction lime: quick lime, slaked lime, fat lime and hydraulic lime:

https://theconstructor.org/building/types-lime-use-construction/35045/

I cannot find any info about using any of these kinds of lime to pasteurize  straw substrate.

Therefore, I'd  probably stick with hydrated lime that's low in magnesium, as it's been proven to work. This video by Tony at Freshcap Mushrooms explains exactly how to do it:



Perhaps some else on here has experience with using construction lime. Here is more info about hydrated vs. hydraulic lime:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_lime

Good luck!




 
Always look on the bright side of life. At least this ad is really tiny:
The new purple deck of permaculture playing cards
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/garden-cards
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic