The bulletin describes five more methods. The cage method packs 60 short bundles, treated in boiling water for 20 to 30 minutes, into a wooden cage with 2 bottles of spawn; pinheads come in 10 to 15 days. The box method uses chopped straw in shallow boxes. The outdoor method lays 4 layers of bundles in summer and 7 in the rains. The indoor method composts cotton waste or straw with lime, steam-pasteurises it and spawns at 1.4 percent; colonisation takes 4 to 6 days at 32 to 34 °C. The circular method winds soaked bundles around poles. Master the bed first; every other method reuses its logic.
Straw Preparation
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