@Fungaia Farm Care to comment on this one?

Good question, the inoculated straw/sawdust spawn, and burlap plus the uninoculated straw added on-site are fully composted when done. (this project took two years and three inoculations) So the amount of material added once fully composted is a very, very small fraction of the overall total mass. It may look like a lot in the beginning but by the time all the organic matter was decomposed, we basically had three garbage cans of soil just like we started with. In this project, we did not do control but we have on other projects. The goal here was just to help this landowner not have to throw the soil in the landfill. Check out our mycoremediation report on our website if you are interested in more scientific data. Thanks!

Thanks Austen!

Thanks!🙂

Thanks!

It would be possible to either set up a bioswal catchment that was regularly reinoculated with fungi. Or use natural waddles to absorb any oil onsite and set up a remediation bin to remediate the material. Hope that helps!

@@levondurr thank you!!!

Yes

I'm not sure. I have not grown button mushrooms personly. :)

Yes. We did three deferent inoculations and because of the location, the mycelium was really only active during the spring and fall. The winter was too cold and the summers too hot.

Levon Durr how long would this typically take if it were in a controlled environment?

@@mini_blessings In a controlled setting you could most likely remediate soil in three to nine months. Depending on how many treatments were necessary and assuming each treat was over a three-month period. :)

Pleurotus ostreatus

Yes, we wear gloves whenever we need to touch the contaminated soil but not needed when handling the straw or mycelium. :)