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Who has done mushroom logs before? Have the dowels and will be cutting some logs for them this weekend. What are your experiences with growing mushrooms?
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Bryant...Franklin County, VA...Zone 7a. Wish List: a 32 hour day....more sleep -
Funny you posted this, I just started up a small mushroom project at work. Seems easy enough! What I've gathered to be crucial for success is lots of moisture and shade.
What types are you trying out? I ordered shiitake, oyster, and lions mane plugs. Cut about a dozen logs yesterday, more to go next week. -
Here is a nice comprehensive article I read: http://www.uvm.edu/~susagctr/resourc...itakeGuide.pdfComment
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Have plugs for warm blue oysters and chicken of the woods.Bryant...Franklin County, VA...Zone 7a. Wish List: a 32 hour day....more sleepComment
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I've been wanting to do logs. Proper hardwoods are hard to come by and spendy here. I've been growing oyster mushrooms in the kitchen from a kit.Scott - Colorado Springs, CO - Zone 4/5 (Depending on the year) - Elevation 6266ft
“Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.” – Bill MollisonComment
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Check this out: https://www.fieldforest.net/pdfs/Tre...es%20Chart.pdf
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Gina--They are very distinctive, very tasty, and can grow to considerable size.
Bryant...Franklin County, VA...Zone 7a. Wish List: a 32 hour day....more sleepComment
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You can grow them as big as you want but the big ones are inedible except *possibly* the leading edge. Young ones have more tender (edible) mushroom than huge ones. 6" away from the tree is about as big as you want them. After that the tender leading edge becomes increasingly thin.
If you grow Maitake (hen of the woods) you have to lay the log down on soil horizontally for best harvest. The others do better standing up.
As was said, keep the log from drying out and sunshine.Bob C.
Kansas City, MO Z6Comment
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I tried many varieties over the years in our dry and at times hot weather.
Successful were:
Oysters on Cottonwood.
Shiitake on Oak with some slight production in Cottonwood as well, way fewer numbers but bigger shrooms which were not an even trade-off
Limited success with Garden Oyster
Failures:
Morel patch
Bluets patch
Chicken of woods in horizontal logs and half buried vertical logs
Hen of the woods "..same as Chicken"
Phoenix Oyster on Douglas Fir were a failure, but when I moved and trashed the logs(many years ago) they were completely colonized and probably ready to flush just need the right time/prompt
Scott, Cottonwoods are easy to get this time of year, just call the tree companies. Scrub Burr Oak can be found occasionally by someone clearing fire hazard, although they usually want some $Calvin, Wish list is to finish working on the new house, someday.
Bored? Grab a rake, paint roller, or a cordless drill and come over!Comment
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Getting started... Shiitake plugs on pin oak.Comment
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Those are some hefty looking logs. You've got them inoculated well. Did you use dowel or sawdust spawn? Man you must get a lot of moisture, even the rocks and building are green! It really saves on wax when you don't have to seal the cut ends of the logs too, which is something I do to combat the super dry air here at times.
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