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Pasteurizing manure? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago by WeeSheep@lemmy.world to c/mushroomgrowers@lemmy.ca

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I have chickens, who create quite a bit of poop I can use to grow mushrooms, but I'm not sure how to pasteurize/sanitize it. I was thinking pressure cooker?

I ordered some spore syringes and I'm not sure if i should get premade bags with injection ports or if I should make my own bags. It's the same cost to buy bags and a used instant pot, and I already have coco coir. Once I get some mushroom colonies going I was planning on keeping it going by breaking it up and mixing it with fresh substrate, but I don't want to keep buying pasteurized manure.

How do people do this? I'm very new

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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

It’s more sanitary to use (compost, mulch, chipped branch wood, green manures), and mineral supplements.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

yeah but if you're already abusing animals, why not exploit them right down to the shit they produce.

[–] WeeSheep@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Even if I'm pasteurizing in a pressure cooker?? What are green manures? What kind of mineral supplements?