Brown Rice

[Lion]

Can i grow mushrooms on just brown rice?
So if i fill a jar halffull with water and brown rice, let this cook form 90 minutes and then add my spores..
Will this work??

If not can i then just grind my brown rice and use that as brown rice flour?

Thx, cuz it's hard to find vermiculite here.

 

[GOD]

Yes , but you wont get as much sucess and it will take longer than with vermiculite , the vermiculite is there to help the myceleum get water and to help it penetrate the substrate . Rice on its own clumps to much and trying to grow on rice powder is even harder becausee that forms a solid lump . Try using cat litter instead of vermiculite , but you will probably need to use a little more water as the cat litter will probably soak it up . You need something that is PH neutral and chemical free . Try experimenting with different amounts of water and different types of cat litter . Round corn rice works better than long corn rice . You can get vermiculite in grow shops , big garden shops and builders markets . If you havent allready looked at the PF Tek site you could try that and you might find more information .

 

[Lion]

I read a lott about PF Tek.
I spent my saturday looking for vermiculite and it was nowhere to be found.
I'm gonna try a reptileshop tomorrow and else :

 

[user_1919]

Vermiculite can be found at any gardening store. It is usually very easy to come by. Where about do you live in this world?

 

[Lion]

Belgium.
And as i said: i spent my entire saturday going to gardenstores to look for it. Most haven't even heard off it.

 

[user_1919]

WTF that is really odd.... have you tried online venders. I'm sure one of them carry it. I thought it was vital to soil??

 

[Lion]

I found a company that makes it somewhere in the lower part off belgium, so i'm gonna give them a call tomorrowmorning.
But since they make it for soundisolation and such i doubt that i will get my hands on some.

 

[user_1919]

I wish I could just send you some, how much do you need? Shipping costs are the only thing. Also it is very inexpensive here, something like 2 dollars.

 

[Lion]

I think i just have to drive to holland, since you can find it there.

 

[GOD]

I used to have difficulty getting it to , nobody new the name . And i wasnt joking when i said try using the stuff you can get from the supermarket for your cat toilet , its also vermiculite or another neutral , chemical free mineral . Have you looked at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermiculit .

 

[Guest]

I think i just have to drive to holland, since you can find it there.

Not every gardeningshop has (heard of) it over here, so don't get your hopes up yet...

 

[GOD]

"Katzen klo , katzen klo , ist wo die katzen like to go......

 

[flyingkite]

"Katzen klo , katzen klo , ist wo die katzen like to go......

I'm also having problems to find vermiculite. Haven't find any store that sells it and since I don't drive, I spend most of my vermiculite-hunting time in buses, being driven in odd places around my city...

Well, about the kitty toilet stuff, I used to have some of it lying around in my house but as far as I remember, it was in pellets and it smelled weirdly, a bit like pine and button mushrooms (not joking). Thus even if I manage to get my hands on it, I'm not sure it'll be okay for my cubensis culture.

However, the vermiculite you get with cat herb growkits looks kinda good and I think it'd be an interesting solution if there's no vermiculite available around.

 

[Lion]

I found a buildingcentre that sells vermiculite(at least i hope it is) in bags of 110 L for 10 euro.
So I'll get me a bag later today.
Thx for the possible tip God.

 

[Guest]

That's a lot cheaper then €2 for 250 grams!!!

 

[Lion]

If you need bags, tell me and I'll buy some more.
And we'll meet somewhere so you can take em hooooome.