Other uses for an incubator?

[rebrascora]

 

[Boonie Stomper]

But I have my own horse poop that I could use in it to grow mushrooms out of... perfect. ... I've actually been considering how I might achieve that .... but there are a lot of things that would need that £60 before I can think of spending it on an incubator to fill with horse manure and grow mushrooms in.

Most mushrooms do NOT grow in manure. The suggestion for the incubator was to propagate spores to make mycelium on a suitable spawning medium which becomes the mother for mushrooms grown from a properly inoculated substrate generally taking more space than the incubator.

 

[rebrascora]

It is their natural medium.... it is why they grow in horse pastures. I grow my tatties and tomatoes and courgettes(zucchini to you) in horse manure so why not mushrooms? I believe that in Ireland where many of the mushrooms are grown for the UK market, they are grown in horse manure.... I could be wrong though.... will have to head off and google now!

 

[rebrascora]

Here we go....
https://www.monaghan-mushrooms.com/what-we-do/composting/

Phase 1 of the process is to make compost from poultry and horse manure and straw.... I have 3 of the essential ingredients!

 

[ThatParrotLady]

See this is why I come here, education, I know nothing about mushrooms but I'll be getting into that and if I fail at least now I know my grandfather will borrow the incubator to activate yeast for his baking!