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Polar Permaculture Garden
Polar Permaculture Garden
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Commenced:
01/10/2012
Submitted:
18/07/2013
Last updated:
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U-14 Stormessa, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, NO
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lyr-svalbard.com
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Polar





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FROM USED COFFEE GROUNDS COMES MUSHROOMS

Project: Polar Permaculture Garden

Posted by Benjamin Vidmar almost 11 years ago

Started growing oyster mushrooms on 26.01.2014 from used coffee grounds and shredded cardboard.

So we are just beginning to use used coffee grounds and shredded cardboard as a medium to grow oyster mushrooms and have just started it two days ago, so hopefully we will have more to report in a few weeks. Am really excited about this project and just the whole process of turning what most people view as waste into something very valuable.

Buckets Used coffee ground Growing mushrooms Oyster mushrooms

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Vladixa Blackford
Vladixa Blackford : Where do you get the spores for your mushrooms? Do the coffee grounds have to age for a while first prior to adding the spores for the mushrooms?
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Benjamin Vidmar : Hey Vladixa :) I got the spores from http://www.fieldforest.net/ and it's best if you use the coffee grinds within a day of collecting them. If you cannot get enough, then freeze them because if they age, then the mushrooms will have to compete with other molds in order to grow. I also use cardboard, and I process it by soaking it in boiling water until it is soft enough to tear apart. I make about a 50/50 mixture of coffee grinds and cardboard for the shitaki mushrooms and about 70/30 coffee grinds and cardboard for the oyster :) Hope it helps and thanks for your time...
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