Thanks. Was wondering if mixing in inorganics helped open up the soil and drainage or not.
"The mushrooms have only been in Thailand for some 6 months. Only one commercial grower I know of. Ground floor..."
I'm not so sure of that. Bear's wife was telling us last week she has a Thai guy in Theep Thani selling the same sort of shrooms around the neighborhood. I believe he said he grows them himself at home. They looked good (she showed us some she had bought from the guy), and he sold them to her pretty cheap as well. 5 bags at 20 baht each I think she said. I think he sells from a cart or motocyke around their neighborhood. How he is growing them I have no idea. Possibly a different style of shroom the Thais grow.
By the way, I believe Ludo who owns the Time Out restaurant and bar in Prakonchai has a worm farm. Very nice guy, a Belgian, who you may want to contact and have a chat with. I think he raises crickets as well. Nice place he has there (and he sells some nice Belgian beers as well), and, he has some nice rooms to rent too. You might want to take your wife and visit there (Ludo's wife is a peach and your lady will likely get along famously with her) and possibly stay overnight in one of their rentals, which I think are like 500 baht or so a night.
He has a fishing hole there too with some big 'uns in there (catch and release for the big ones I believe), a Krazy Golf course, and some good fun 'live' music on Sunday afternoon's, and he has a pool table there if you like to play. Nice people/customers in his place as well. You might want to check him out, maybe talk shop some. He may be interested in the shrooms as well for growing and using in his restaurant, or selling. And his customers could be another market as well, as many live there in the rice field boonies and may want to give this a shot themselves.
He's a sponsor here and has a clickable linked banner on the front page too. Check it out IA. Good people there, both Ludo and wife, and the customers he has out there.
Just a thought that crossed my mind.
Mike