Our full notes on the Agaricus subrufescens:
Plant the spawn in layers after the soil temperature is going to remain above 50°F for the rest of the season.
Half a bag of spawn does a 9 sq ft bed.
Layers:
- 4" finished compost
- Moist enough to squeeze a drop of water out & stick into a ball
- Egg-sized pieces of spawn, 4-6" apart
- Do not crumble spawn
- 1" finished compost
- 3-4" straw or wood chips
And the Stropharia rugoso-annulata:
Bag of spawn does a 50 sq ft bed.
- Prep ingredients
- Soak a bale of fresh straw for 24-72 hours
- Soak cardboard for 30+ minutes
- Layers
- Cardboard
- Peel in half (the difficult way)
-bCorrugation up
- Poke drainage holes
- Straw
- Crumbled spawn a la brown sugar on oatmeal
- Tease into straw with pitchfork
- 2-3" aged hardwood chips
- Compress by walking on it
- Water weekly to get up to 1" precipitation
- Harvest in fall
