Cultivation

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Study

Cocoa Pod Husks Grow Oyster Mushrooms

Cocoa Pod Husks Grow Oyster Mushrooms

Oyster mushroom

What they found

Oyster mushrooms grown on cocoa pod husks yielded 1.3 kg per 2 kg of substrate.

Oyster mushrooms grown on cocoa pod husks yielded 1.3 kg per 2 kg of substrate.

The number

2.9 lbs (1.3 kg) per 4.4 lbs (2 kg) of substrate

How solid is it?

Field study

Field study

Cultivation trial

Cultivation trial

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At a glance

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Published in

hsd.ardascience.com

hsd.ardascience.com

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Section

GROWING & GOURMET

GROWING & GOURMET

As it ran in Shroom Scan

Cocoa Waste

Cocoa Waste

Cocoa pod husks, a byproduct of cocoa production, were used to cultivate oyster mushrooms, yielding 2.9 lbs (1.3 kg) per 4.4 lbs (2 kg) of substrate.

Cocoa pod husks, a byproduct of cocoa production, were used to cultivate oyster mushrooms, yielding 2.9 lbs (1.3 kg) per 4.4 lbs (2 kg) of substrate.

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