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Ray,

This is he first flush of Phutan (Nang Fhaa) Mushroom when using SuperMix.

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There were more sprouts and they developed to a flush of wild Tricholoma classum.

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The picture taken from another end of the mushroom bed to show the number of mushroom sprouts.

Yesterday I saw one sprout of wild Trocholoma Crassum started coming up from casing material..

The reduced rate of electricity for farmers the first 100 units = 0.6452 Baths/unit, from 101-more = 1.7968 Baths/unit.
Or Time of use (YOU) rate
Detail here http://www.eppo.go.th/power/pw-Rate-PEA.html
The user must be Juristic persons.such as state organization, farmers' co-op or farmer's group (the purpose for water pumping)

We can change from what we use to TOU (Time of use) meter but cannot change back to regular meter.
Off peak rate is 1.2246 B/Unit (2200-0900)
On Peak rate is 4.3093 B/Unit (0900-2200 and holiday)

The rate not including Ft

For changing to TOU meter we have to pay for a 10 (100) amp computerized meter and fee about 17,000 Baths.

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Last week I did mass casing the fully colonized wild Tricholoma Crasssum by peeling the bag out
and placed many blocka in the same bed next to my giant Milky mushroom bed.
Hope that the wild Tricholoma Crassum will give the fruit larger than the Milky.

(The size of mushrooms are exaggerated by wide angle lense)

There is a place like a Central agricultural market behind Maharaj Hospital in Korat, we call Maharaj Market.
It is the place for the wholesalers and buyers come to trade agriculture products.

Do not need to be a member.

Just go there with truck loaded of vegetable or mushrooms and ask or the price as much as we need.

Then the demand and supply of that day will automatically set the price for us.
It is 24 hours trading place.

But most activities occur from late evening.

New flush today.

Ray,
A Khon Khao grower here uses UV plastic to cover the top and uses slam to protect direct sunlight.
Inside the mushroom house is hot and humid

Another exaggerated Milky mushroom picture. But they are really big. The whole bunch weight about 2 kg.

Ray & tingtong

I tried to translate this article for you.

The great features of Hungary oyster mushroom.

1 . Tolerate cold (originally from Hungary) while the other mushrooms dormancy. Hungary but a mushroom can bloom well during cold season. And the most beautiful colors (blue) in this season.

2. During the summer, other mushrooms have problem leaf curl due to the interference of insects. The small caps of Hungary are no dried and kink , weighs more than other mushrooms .

3. During the rainy season, other flowering well. Hungary is still flowering well. Giving a big bunch and pure white. We just have to reduce watering to prevent blossom rot easily because too moist .

4. The bunch of Hungarians is large, and tight bunch , with more than 20 to 30 mushrooms. It tastes sweet. Hungary mushroom starts to become more and more popular among consumers . The mushroom can be stored in the refrigerator as long as other oyster mushrooms . Withstand transport because sticky texture not bruise easily.

5. Mycelium fully colonizes substrate bag only 25-30 days. The mycelium corset period is only 5-6 more days (this period the mycelium accunulates more nutrient to give better fruit body)

The current status and prospects of medicinal mushroom research
and development in Thailand
BY Prof.Dr.Anon Auetragul (Thailand)

The 7th International Medicinal Mushroom Conference in China.

Video clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wjfjVuN_oes

Photos

http://anonbiotec.gratis-foros.com/t1417-topic

"Growing mushrooms in the bags" 5 hours DVD by Dr.Anon.
Teaching every steps of mushroom growing.

http://www.anonbiotec.com/anonbiotec.html

Ray, there are some different supplements for boosting mushroom growing.

The detail is in this page. (sorry it is in Thai)

http://www.anonbiotec.com/supermix.html

Ask for only one, the SuperMix.

what is your approach to convert the local consumers over to this variety? as opposed to what they buy now , they tend to buy what everyone else buys ...i see the only variety here is ( nang faa) ... i like the idea of new varieties but concerned they will be rejected ....

I started to sale the Milky to a resort (http://www.banraijomthong.blogspot.com/), 12 km far from my farm.

The chef of this resort is expert about vegetarian dishes. Any mushrooms and vegetable recipes will become delicious and healthy dish.

I supply the resort the fresh Milky mushroom and the whole growing beds

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The customers get excited when they are asked to select the mushroom for cooking their dish from the growing beds.

Some customers want to buy DIY grow bags back home.

IsaanAussie, I will wait a few more days.
Yesterday a couple came to visit my farm, after seeing this giant Milky, they decided to buy 15 DIY grow bags, 250 Baths each.
I still have 10 fully colonized DIY grow bags.

Today photo.

I don't know this one can beat your record or not.
Have to wait a few more days.

I have changed to mass casing and the new beds are coming on nicely. Heres the wife again with a bunch harvested yesterday

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I follow you to do mass casing, it looks better than before.

I am not sure 100% that the Hydrogen cyanide gas caused their death.
The man used cassava peel as main substrate for growing straw mushroom.
Cassava peel is the waste of cassava starch processing.
Mushroom growers pay only 100 Baths for a metric ton of cassava peel.

Cassava is a cyanide containing crop.

The cassava peel releases Hydrogen cyanide gas unless it is treated properly.

Normally mushroom growers will compost cassava peel for a week.

Steaming the substrate in the whole growing chamber to bring temperature up and stay at to 70 – 80 degrees C for 3 – 5 hours will get rid of the cyanide.

In this case the man had already steamed his growing chamber and spawned the substrate.
After spawning the growing chamber will be completely closed for about 5 days to develop as much as carbon dioxide gas which increase the growth of mycelium.

It is the rule of straw mushroom growing that during incubation period do not open the growing chamber or no one should enter the growing chamber.

The man might forget this rule.

After the grain bottles of Tricholoma Crassum was fully colonized I multiplied the grain spawn into 400 grams grain bags.
I simply poured the fully colonized grains into the sterilized 400 gram grain bag in sterile condition.

Now the 400 gram grain bags are fully colonized.
Next step, I need pasteurized substrate to be spawned.

The record of cultivated Milky mushroom is now 3 kgs, made by a Philippines friend who gave me the culture.

Longan Center, Maejo University may help you.

http://www.longancenter.mju.ac.th/main/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=2&Itemid=99

Their services are every steps of Lamyai production from soil analysis, consultant, force the trees to flower with Potasium Clorate even pruning the trees.