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Mushroom cultivation => Cultivation => Topic started by: HomeShroomStudent on January 21, 2011, 09:06:59 AM

Title: can it be done ?
Post by: HomeShroomStudent on January 21, 2011, 09:06:59 AM
In nature in happens all the time its called "winter" , so if i reason it like that i can concluded my answer to be"yes" but i want to know from someone whos actually done it or has a reliable source to confirm weather or not you can get away with freezing ur fully colonized jars for a prolonged period not more than a few months or so ?
Title: Re: can it be done ?
Post by: Mush14 on January 21, 2011, 09:34:45 AM
The mushroom mycelium will die when the temperature reaches 0 if you want to slow down growth use a fridge

Title: Re: can it be done ?
Post by: Vandal_xx on January 25, 2011, 06:46:19 AM
In winter, in nature, I think only the spores survive.
Title: Re: can it be done ?
Post by: substrate on March 20, 2011, 11:13:50 AM
Also, "in the wild" myc grows deep into the soil.  The myc at the surface is killed off by the cold, but the strands that are deeper are not frozen.  When it warms up, they reextend themselves up toward the heat.  Nature finds a way.  The clinical lab version, not so much.