Hi Andy,
If you're talking about the fertilizer - it works ok, but is not close to where it needs to be. There is one particular ingredient that I need to have certain properties that are missing from the one I used. That didn't hurt anything, but just didn't allow it to be what it needs to be. I think I found a source for what I'm looking for - just have to get that and brew another batch to test.
I've used it for beneficial plant use but evidence is anecdotal since I didn't do a controlled test. In one secret spot where my mushroom master friend takes me to go chantrelle and matsutake hunting, I used the machine to massively boost the matsutake crop up to a month ahead of time. For benefit on something like this, there is the witness (picture) and remedy (cure) or whatever you're using to treat or cure, etc... - in this case, I'm using proprietary method to generate the "instructions" to deliver to the mycelium in the ground to massively boost it's growth under ground of this old forest growth. It's a symbiotic mushroom that has a relationship with the roots of certain trees. Anyway, when we went, it was by far the largest crop my friend has seen in over 25 years of going to that spot and at that time.
Did the machine contribute? I can't claim that it did, but it sure is an interesting synchronicity.
Literally, ever step I took and every direction I looked, there were Matsutake popping out of the ground EVERYWHERE - it was crazy. There are only a few people that know about this area and nobody has ever seen anything like this there ever. The mushrooms in my pic below I posted last year but was actually taken in around 2010 or so. That was less than half of what we got. My friend had an even more massive haul. Might not look like a ton, but that actually took a lot of hours to get because of the terrain. Those things get heavy in the the bags we carry them in - especially when I have to scale a tall 45 degree slope to the top and back down safely. There were a lot of bigger wormy ones, but there were LOTS of primo buds where the cap didn't rip from the stalk yet. The variety in the Northwest are closer to a Korean variety and are pretty good, but are not quite as good as the Japanese variety, which are browner. Anyway, would like to do some controlled tests on something at some time, but not enough hours in the day.
http://aaronmurakami.com/2014/11/09/...aron_murakami/
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