Freshly cut logs of hard wood can inoculated within 4 weeks of cutting down. In this case used sycamore wood. Certain culinary and medicinal mushroom species are suitable for this method. For example Shiitake mushrooms are Asia’s most popular mushroom. The practice of growing Shiitake logs goes back thousands of years and it is very successful. Besides it’s medicinal benefits, it has a very pleasant flavor and it is sold in food markets and restaurants alike.
Turkey Tail Mushrooms – Nearly 2 years later
Late autumn and there is an interesting development, looks the mycelium has grown out from where the spawn was place in the dril holes of the logs.
Late autumn and there seems to be some interesting developement
Stacked in the shade so the logs don’t dry out
Finished
at work
Cover each with candle wax to stop other fungi from entering the log.
Hammer the dowels into hole drilled
Dowels in place
Holes drilled
Fresh log
spawn comes in many form, i.e. dowel, saw dust or grains
