c\n ratio of oyster mushrooms?

Keighan

Keighan

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Have dried oyster mushrooms added some to a vermicompost pile can't find any info on c\n of oyster mushrooms, they are one of the highest protein containing mushroom.
 
greasemonkeymann

greasemonkeymann

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Keighan said:
Have dried oyster mushrooms added some to a vermicompost pile can't find any info on c\n of oyster mushrooms, they are one of the highest protein containing mushroom.
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I haven't used those before but I routinely throw in the big-ole redwood tree mushrooms in my compost, those things are huge, and they dissolve in like a couple days, so I suspect they have a really low carbon value, mine melted on their own
 
Grandpa GreenJeans

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Keighan said:
Have dried oyster mushrooms added some to a vermicompost pile can't find any info on c\n of oyster mushrooms, they are one of the highest protein containing mushroom.
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I don't it would contribute that much N. You say that they're the highest in protein, that mean N when it's composted. But mushrooms are 90% water so I would think your good to add freely, not over zealously. Can't hurt anything if it's composted.
Mother Nature doesn't care what she composts, and plants don't choose where they're offspring resume life. Rich, fertile soil is always a good thing.
 
Keighan

Keighan

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Idk but the middles heating up in the middle and ive had to keep moving around the straw to keep it from over heating how much will rotating daily upset the worms? Could it be to moist? Theres probably around 100 small air holes threw container.
 
greasemonkeymann

greasemonkeymann

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Keighan said:
Idk but the middles heating up in the middle and ive had to keep moving around the straw to keep it from over heating how much will rotating daily upset the worms? Could it be to moist? Theres probably around 100 small air holes threw container.
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you want it to overheat, that's normal.
The worms will migrate away from it, but they can tolerate some heat, it's weird when they get that warm they move really fast.. like reptiles..
 
greasemonkeymann

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Grandpa GreenJeans said:
I don't it would contribute that much N. You say that they're the highest in protein, that mean N when it's composted. But mushrooms are 90% water so I would think your good to add freely, not over zealously. Can't hurt anything if it's composted.
Mother Nature doesn't care what she composts, and plants don't choose where they're offspring resume life. Rich, fertile soil is always a good thing.
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reminds me of the time I composted a bunch of kale... cuz you know... it's super loaded with a bunch of micronutrients, etc...
well...
lets just say that the smell of composting kale is EXACTLY the same as a rotting deer carcass...
First and last time I've tried that...
 
Keighan

Keighan

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greasemonkeymann said:
reminds me of the time I composted a bunch of kale... cuz you know... it's super loaded with a bunch of micronutrients, etc...
well...
lets just say that the smell of composting kale is EXACTLY the same as a rotting deer carcass...
First and last time I've tried that...
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Ha, so theyll be fine in there if it heats up? What about me moving them around so much? Sorry ive honestly spent probably a couple hours searching those two questions on google and cant seem to really find a decent answer
 
greasemonkeymann

greasemonkeymann

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Keighan said:
Ha, so theyll be fine in there if it heats up? What about me moving them around so much? Sorry ive honestly spent probably a couple hours searching those two questions on google and cant seem to really find a decent answer
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I've turned my pile when it's still steaming (keep in mind steam is mostly dictating by ambient temps/humidity), but the pile was hot, and I still saw the reds wriggling through it, they seem to "know" where is safe, and the outsides of your pile will be cool.
It;s not like it gets so hot they die, they just go away from the heat.
I wouldn't worry about it, even if your worm numbers go down, when the conditions are right, they'll EXPLODE with cocoon and babies
 
Keighan

Keighan

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greasemonkeymann said:
I've turned my pile when it's still steaming (keep in mind steam is mostly dictating by ambient temps/humidity), but the pile was hot, and I still saw the reds wriggling through it, they seem to "know" where is safe, and the outsides of your pile will be cool.
It;s not like it gets so hot they die, they just go away from the heat.
I wouldn't worry about it, even if your worm numbers go down, when the conditions are right, they'll EXPLODE with cocoon and babies
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Ok that makes me feel a little better especially since mines not quite steaming hot.
im new to this organics\vermiculture thing and its been consuming me (which I dont mind) but im sure you know how it goes theres always gray areas when learning anything, thats why I got all you guys ! :bigjoint: not that I really have enough experience to talk but from everything ive learned and understand its fucking cheaper, safer, 110% better for the environment, and it seems to result in alot healthier plants. I mean Im learning every day but ive always said if youre trying to replicate something that happe s NATURALLY than stop playing with beakers and engines, smoke a joint, observe (oh so carefully) and then duplicate. Ive used that theory in every aspect of life from growing mushrooms to goin fishing. It baffles me how anybody can think they can do something better than nature, if its happening its happening for a reason "random" isnt a verb i feel could ever be used while describing our natural surroundings. Unfortuneatly Im a little late to the party on the cannabis/soil/gardening part but thats history and historys old news.
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it was absolutely brutal man... just awful..
Ruined me on kale forever I think
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lol, thats to funny but I deffinatly bet it mustve been ungodly.
 
greasemonkeymann

greasemonkeymann

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Keighan said:
Ok that makes me feel a little better especially since mines not quite steaming hot.
im new to this organics\vermiculture thing and its been consuming me (which I dont mind) but im sure you know how it goes theres always gray areas when learning anything, thats why I got all you guys ! :bigjoint: not that I really have enough experience to talk but from everything ive learned and understand its fucking cheaper, safer, 110% better for the environment, and it seems to result in alot healthier plants. I mean Im learning every day but ive always said if youre trying to replicate something that happe s NATURALLY than stop playing with beakers and engines, smoke a joint, observe (oh so carefully) and then duplicate. Ive used that theory in every aspect of life from growing mushrooms to goin fishing. It baffles me how anybody can think they can do something better than nature, if its happening its happening for a reason "random" isnt a verb i feel could ever be used while describing our natural surroundings. Unfortuneatly Im a little late to the party on the cannabis/soil/gardening part but thats history and historys old news.

lol, thats to funny but I deffinatly bet it mustve been ungodly.
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with that attitude I see grand things in your future cannabis production.
get a good compost, get a good wormbin, grow some comfrey, and the rest is reaaaally easy
 
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