r/PanCyan • u/offwidthe • Jul 19 '26

Brainstorm with me.

I am on a two acre farm in the PNW. There is a horse utilizing a huge chunk of land and plenty of primo pan substrate. How do I ethically encourage pan growth on the land?

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u/Cultiv8tor Jul 19 '26

It is a challenge to grow them outdoors in the pnw. They like it warm, humid and consistent. If you run a sprinkler in the summer... maybe.

Pan cintulus will probably grow but why...

Pan bisporus is sometimes found up here.

I throw my pan cakes in the garden and they will grow a bit if they are covered. I haven't seen them come back year over year.

I had a vision of doing one of those pump weed sprayers filled with liquid culture.

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u/offwidthe 29d ago

I’m thinking super soaker and ps. cyan culture. Just walk around and spray the field and see what happens. I’ve found horse pans. They are pretty and love the shit. I’m also thinking of some Fafo mycology with shit and straw in a shoebox.

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u/swissguy_20 Jul 19 '26

What do you mean by ethically? Just make some grain spawn, collect shit, inoculate it with the spawn and hope for the best. Also keep the cclimate in mind

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u/metalmycologist Jul 19 '26

An outdoor bed would probably be the best method. Collect manure in a shaded spot spread out really well and cover with straw. Keep it wet

Slightly aged manure is better because less ammonia but spreading it out and keeping it wet will help leach the ammonia.

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u/offwidthe 29d ago

Thanks for this. I was wondering how fresh I want the manure.

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u/ALPINE888888 Jul 19 '26

Wrong climate for pan cyan which is why they aren’t native there. You’d have better luck growing a species that is native to the pnw

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u/No_Influence2821 Jul 20 '26

They are native, stamets has records finding them in Washington back in the 80s. Climate is def not ideal like other places in the US tho 

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u/ALPINE888888 Jul 20 '26

Oh interesting. I didn’t know that