I think what needs to be taken to heart are all the delicious Mushrooms to come!!! I’ve been seeing a good few clusters of “chicken of the woods” in some oaks around James Island. Just too much traffic and no area to pull over and get em. Haven’t seen them this year like last year, but still got a good amount of time for fall mushrooms.
I saw some in the woods I thought were. But, after some web searches, they were not.
Other day I found a bunch of what I thought was turkey tail. Nope, false. My web search regarding real turkey tails was not that good, and used more for tea…
Thanks, and I understand I should wait for leaves to drop before cutting logs from live trees, then wait at least 2 weeks till I do the plugs and wax…suppose to kill the anti fungal protection in the log…
Doug, I’ve read the deer will eat them, but that’s the web. I will cover these with something.
From mesh netting, to perhaps chicken wire or something. Gonna take awhile before I have to worry about that part.
Hey Stump, my 3 week mushroom 101 YouTube course mentioned in one class that an already dead Stump, lol, has some fungal activity already in it that will compete with anything you add.
You can do those oysters mushrooms in straw bags really easy.
Oak is good enough for the shitakes, but in my experience ld go with maple if it were me. They will flush faster and more often, on the other end the maple wont last as long.
Best guess 1st flush with maple 1 year, maybe a little longer depending on log, depth of hole, bees wax, spores etc…
Best guess on the oak 1st flush is over two years, plus they wont fruit as often as apple or maple.
Thats just my experience, and my mushrooms are the snowcap shitake variety so yours may vary
ive had the stuff to inoculate for several months, just too lazy/busy to go cut some wood.
Its a great long term low physical output way to eat the best of the best.
Don’t have any maples around here. So many opinions on this. I’m gonna have these close to creek where it stays cooler and have an open top 55 gallon drum if needing to soak…
Just dont make the logs so big, use a kids plastic swimming pool to soak them in. Bigger isnt better, just takes longer for the wood to break down and start producing. Anything larger than you can easily lift is too big on my opinion
And yes, drill holes, innoculate, pour wax in holes, wait
Yes sir… except for the deleted posts of recent. but please carry on, unbiased as if nothing happened.
DoubleN thanks a million for posting this mushroom stuff. Love it!!! I believe I’ve got a couple of maple logs left… Like Ef said they don’t last long. They rot quick in the weather.
