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Wheat Straw With Bran Beats Sawdust for Growing Shiitake

Wheat Straw With Bran Beats Sawdust for Growing Shiitake

Shiitake

What they found

Wheat straw supplemented with 20% wheat bran by weight was the most effective substrate for growing shiitake.

Wheat straw supplemented with 20% wheat bran by weight was the most effective substrate for growing shiitake.

The number

20% wheat bran by weight

How solid is it?

Field study

Field study

Cultivation trial

Cultivation trial

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Growing gourmet

Growing gourmet

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So Long, Sawdust

So Long, Sawdust

New research found that wheat straw (supplemented with 20% wheat bran by weight) is the most effective substrate for shiitake mushrooms.

New research found that wheat straw (supplemented with 20% wheat bran by weight) is the most effective substrate for shiitake mushrooms.

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