Starting off, with our gratitude towards Mushrooms Canada, for allowing us to use their video.
Pieter J.C. Vedder Author of modern mushroom growing 2020 harvesting (click link)
For all those that never met him in person, as an educator, see video below.
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P.J.C. VEDDER TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER DURING COMPOSTING, CASING & MUSHROOM CULTIVATION Tape 1 of 2
Don't forget to click on 'CC' for seeing English caption...
Best also to view on YouTube as there are clickable points built in—below video in text!
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Readers and/or viewers, should realize, that such a Technology Transfer Seminar was done in a 2nd language for us. Always so for the impromptu, without paper or any note points.
Also, answering any upcoming questions from the audience.
Try doing this, for hours on end...
You must thrive on a lot of knowledge and experience for being able to do this spontaneously, time and time again, and with the same enthusiasm as you did for the very first time!
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View on YouTube for being able to see the built–in clickable points!
That's me, in the video, looking on... We always got invited together, to such a Technology Transfer Seminar
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7th North American Mushroom Conference Pieter J.C. Vedder CO₂ and Temperature Management | previous post by me
Karangbakal, Indonesia Exemplary Compost Ricks | showing compost made about one month after this seminar
Hello Mariette, It looks like you and Pieter never had a chance to sit still--too many mushroom growers needed instruction. Here in Taiwan of course individuals cannot create compost, but there is a citywide program to bring compostibles when the garbage trucks come around every day, so things like vegetables peels are put to good use instead of creating more waste.
ReplyDelete--Jim
Dearest Jim,
DeleteThis is not about composting your own vegetable and fruit peel waste, but about how to make the substrate (compost) to grow mushrooms on, in a commercial way.
While living and working in Indonesia, they had up to 800 metric tons per day of compost production...
Hugs,
Mariette
PS we do have our own compost bin in the yard, for composting vegetable peels and such!
Hello again, From reading your blog filled with your and Pieter's expertise, I know there is a difference between generic compost and specialized mushroom compost and how it is created and employed. Mushrooms do not grow in compost the same way as do "regular" plants, so certainly special requirements are needed. --Jim
DeleteThat is very true Jim! Mushroom compost in the early days was on horse manure but there are not enough horse stables around for supplying enough of that. So they started using 'synthetic' compost from straw, sugar cane bagasse, rice straw etc. Mushrooms have a different function in the cycle of life as they are able to break down lignin. You often find mushrooms on decaying wood. Mushroom growers just mimic mother nature, what happens in nature in about half a year, they do in a very short cycle.
DeleteHere in the UK people are encouraged to have a compost heap in their gardens.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Dearest Victor,
DeleteBut that is aside from creating the substrate (compost) for commercial mushroom growing. We too have a compost bin in our garden for vegetable peels and such but that is just at a mini scale compared to the mushroom industry where many metric tons get produced daily.
Hugs,
Mariette
Mucha actividad ha tenido en toda su actividad. Me imagino, que ya tiene tiempo para descansar.
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Querida Antónia,
DeleteSí, mi Pieter siempre ha sido un tipo muy activo, pero seguro que disfruta de su retiro. Esto sólo está destinado a todos aquellos, en todo el mundo, junto con nuestro libro, para beneficiarse de consejos útiles y tales.
Abrazos,
Mariette
Listening to your husband Pieter and until you mentioned, I forgot English was your second language! Giving seminar in your second language is just amazing!
ReplyDeleteDearest Tamago,
DeleteGuess it just comes with dedication and a lot of passion for what you do!
Like you yourself, English has become our 'native' tongue in a way.
Hugs,
Mariette
I came I read, I liked so I will be back
ReplyDeleteDearest Jo-Anne,
DeleteThank you and these posts are meant of course more for all those involved in the mushroom industry. But still it is interesting!
Hugs,
Mariette
Your husband is an excellent speaker Mariette, he speaks English beautifully and makes listening to him speak about his specialised subject very easy 💜
ReplyDeleteDearest Grace,
DeleteThank you and yes, he always got lots of compliments about his clear and understandable speaking ability. An excellent teacher!
Hugs,
Mariette
Hi! Yes, I live in Cumming!
ReplyDeleteDearest Kelleyn,
DeleteThat is not too far from us, a good 2.5 hours driving distance, depending where you are. We've been often to Roswell and also to Alpharetta, where we stayed at Hyatt Place and of course, the North Georgia Premium Outlets...
Hugs,
Mariette
Complimenti Pieter e Mariette!
ReplyDeleteCara Olga,
DeleteGrazie e abbracci,
Mariette