DV8
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Glad u stumbled by dv8. What's your system for growing outside. I've wanted to have a crack at that for a while. We live in the same land btw.
Its not complicated and Ill try to explain best I can.
On the south side of the house is a walkway that sees no sun in winter. Its 1.75m across and about 13m long. I put concrete black plastic down over the sand and back filled with seasoned hardwood pallet chips, non painted, with some native hardwood (redgum) sawdust, and watered all summer, until it started its blackening decomposition.
The following winter went to an area I knew they grew in chipbark and put cheap bamboo skewers into the beds and left for around a month. Perfect time is 2 days after the first rain following the first frost, or recently watered after first frost.
When I collected the skewers the pointed ends and shaft were covered. Much easier than spores, and in those conditions it will travel just fine uncovered for a hours. I then pushed them into the prepped bedding in a staggered pattern. Each season across the entire season I do the same thing in the beds to fill in the gaps.
First year I got good growth but no fruit, by the second season first flush yielded around 20g dry (240 wet). They will multiply like mad, just need shade, ongoing damp, and first frost to bring them on.
I have stepping stones to leave them undisturbed as much as possible.
If you wanted to kickstart one you could just remove the understory of the chipbarks,I reckon if you moved a few buckets in May you should have results by late July if you used a seasoned substrate already settled in.