Yup. Pick the right wood for the mushrooms, drill holes, inoculate, cap with wax, stack in a dark humid place, wait a year, profit.
That_Put5350
Start with oysters, they’re the easiest. You can even try them in a straw bed first to get used to the care and harvesting before investing all the time and effort in plug spawn.
Doing it in straw is kind of like an annual, it comes up quickly and it’ll fruit until the straw is used up, then you have to start over. Doing it in logs is more like a perennial, it’ll take a year or more to fruit, but then it will come back every year because it takes a lot longer to use up the wood.
BoredVet85
Worked for a farmer for a summer did a couple days worth. Lost a chunk of skin using the tool. My finger decided not to move as i went to smack it.
kadrin88
You’ll want to use plugs or sawdust and inoculate fresh wood (generally oak, best in the fall).
It’ll take 8-12 months to start getting fruit. I get quite a bit of shiitake throughout the summer and fall with this method.
socalquestioner
I have a friend who has. Tasty little hobby
forgeblast
Yes. If your going log get the drill bit and make str you wax over the opening. You could also use dowels. Or if you have a pressure cooker you can use masters mix.
Any_March_9765
nothing is forever, except taxes, ticks, and death
joj1205
Yup. Tried 6.
6 have failed
Rheila
Yes. And wine cap mushrooms in wood chips. Highly recommend!
Agrimuris
Waiting on my first inoculation now. We chose to try a 3 foot alder stump. Blue oyster variety. I believe the company that makes them is North Spore. Hoping it will produce for many years…
ysleem
Yes! I did shittake. It’s awesome!
62SlabSide
I have about 40 logs inoculated.. oysters and shiitake. I’m on year 2 and no fruit yet. The logs look fully colonized – from what I’ve read this isn’t uncommon and I’m likely to see lots of shrooms next year.
Voyager_32
I did with shitake, after 2 years nothing happened so I tossed the log at the bag of the garden. Two years later we were having a cookout and I was reaching for another log to put on the fire and…whoa. It was covered in them. They tasted great too.
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Yup. Pick the right wood for the mushrooms, drill holes, inoculate, cap with wax, stack in a dark humid place, wait a year, profit.
Start with oysters, they’re the easiest. You can even try them in a straw bed first to get used to the care and harvesting before investing all the time and effort in plug spawn.
Doing it in straw is kind of like an annual, it comes up quickly and it’ll fruit until the straw is used up, then you have to start over. Doing it in logs is more like a perennial, it’ll take a year or more to fruit, but then it will come back every year because it takes a lot longer to use up the wood.
Worked for a farmer for a summer did a couple days worth. Lost a chunk of skin using the tool. My finger decided not to move as i went to smack it.
You’ll want to use plugs or sawdust and inoculate fresh wood (generally oak, best in the fall).
It’ll take 8-12 months to start getting fruit. I get quite a bit of shiitake throughout the summer and fall with this method.
I have a friend who has. Tasty little hobby
Yes. If your going log get the drill bit and make str you wax over the opening. You could also use dowels.
Or if you have a pressure cooker you can use masters mix.
nothing is forever, except taxes, ticks, and death
Yup. Tried 6.
6 have failed
Yes. And wine cap mushrooms in wood chips. Highly recommend!
Waiting on my first inoculation now. We chose to try a 3 foot alder stump. Blue oyster variety. I believe the company that makes them is North Spore. Hoping it will produce for many years…
Yes! I did shittake. It’s awesome!
I have about 40 logs inoculated.. oysters and shiitake. I’m on year 2 and no fruit yet. The logs look fully colonized – from what I’ve read this isn’t uncommon and I’m likely to see lots of shrooms next year.
I did with shitake, after 2 years nothing happened so I tossed the log at the bag of the garden. Two years later we were having a cookout and I was reaching for another log to put on the fire and…whoa. It was covered in them. They tasted great too.