Urban Survival Gardening 3 Innoculating Shiitake Mushroom logs

[krafis1]

Buy? donde lo  compro el kit

[Tossdart]

@krafis1 Se puede comprar desde Fungi.com

[krafis1]

@Tossdart Pero soy de mexico no importa trato de contacatar ala pagina pero no contestan por correo

[Tossdart]

@krafis1 Estoy usando traductor MSN. Entiendo que están teniendo problemas con el cruce fronterizo marítimo. Puede que sea que tendrá que buscar localmente debido al Reglamento. Intente sporeprints en maybe You Tube Trad puede ayudarle.

[picaticatara]

to fruit them you use icewater

[Tossdart]

@picaticatara Thanks for the tip but its been raining icewater hear all summer its the only water we get. Still no fruit. I think winters are just to cold hear at -48C.

[feltes45]

I got a few ash logs freshly cut, Cant wait to give this a try! Great video!

[Soldier957]

Hi. How long between cutting the log and inoculation? Did you soak it or anything first?

[Tossdart]

@Soldier957 A good question, let the log set for 2 weeks okay. The tree produces a poison that deters mushrooms. No I did not soak but it was rainy, it sure can't hurt but you don't want them sour so maybe just overnight okay. Incidentily the only logs I got fruit from so far with our horrible winters & summers -15 in June & August were the ones I brought inside & soaked repeatedly after 1 year innoculated.

[Soldier957]

@Tossdart

Thanks! Also, what's a good way to keep the logs away from slugs? Maybe put them on a salt-impregnated pallet? Wouldn't be too good for the soil though...

[Tossdart]

@Soldier957 I don't know salt is not mycelium friendly. We have few to no slugs her I once saw some big ones to must have come in on a truck lol. Most everything freezes here including me.

[1hengelo]

You are right about using cold water to create a "flush" which is the appearance of a lot of mushrooms.But you need to cool the logs at least for 2 days,not one.Throw them in water colder then 17 degrees or so,use a little ice maybe..After 2 days take the logs to their shadow rich place and wait a few days,shi take's will appear in great numbers..Greetzz from Holland!

[Hyphal]

This is a good video. I am a bit skeptical on the crushing of the mycelium when hammering on the fungus coated plugs. I was under the impression that damaging the Shiitake fungus would allow for non-desirable fungi to grow, at plug location.

I know, on certain mushrooms, grown out of their natural environment, crushing mycelium would invite fungal growth, from spores of thay region.

Just wondering what your take is on this?

[Tossdart]

@Hyphal No the plugs are actually going in quite easily actually.  Since the mycellium is all throughout the plug it doesn't matter. However it is too cold here for them & only logs I brought indoors produced. This season though my oysters went mental. I had almost plate size. it is never certain if a happy native will plop out. Maybe trametes!

[yanikivanov]

hello.. i have question --- here in Ukraine i have a lot of logs and i can drill a lot of holes lol...but where and how do you get those incerts plugs.. how you make em or you buy it/.?

[jieboysky]

if shiitake thrive in tropical country? like philippines? thanks for posting. 

[Tossdart]

@jieboysky They are native to Japan. I only got a few mushrooms from my shitake logs so far & it was by bringing one indoors & soaking it. The oyster mushrooms though yikes as big as plates no kidding. I am certain they will grow in tropics in damp shade of course.

[MisterClean121]

have you ever grown your own Psilocybin mushrooms?

[Tossdart]

@MisterClean121 No & I maintain a drug free lifestyle. However Psiloscybin are very important in remediation efforts. Also studies are being done on them towards helping mental illness. Now that I think about it I'm a bit crackers lol. Where are those spores?, just kidding.

[AnadAnad1]

What size is the drill bit? Nice, informative video.

[Tossdart]

@AnadAnad1 Rewatch video. Green page.

[tdietrich20759]

sawdust spawn works and it is so much cheaper, the palm inoculaters are junk so be gentle, keep them clean by taking them apart periodically and use a mallet not your palm. please don't kill your trees for oak mushrooms(shiitake). find tree tops that will never be anything more than firewood. thank you mother earth, or whatever you want to call it.

[Tossdart]

@tdietrich20759 These logs were actually piled up in a burn pile. As with firewood I get most from dump. The plugs are only $10 for 100. The deforestation for new housing seems to have no bounds.

[tdietrich20759]

@Tossdart

fungi perfecti sells sawdust spawn for $20 if you ask, they don't have it in the catalog. one bag will do up to 50 logs. i have always had good luck with it, knock on wood. keep up the good word on the shiitake revolution. peace

[dianemie]

Thanks, TD. I've grown oyster mushrooms, but not shiitake. Would they work in coffee grounds, do you think? And could you stuff some of the mycelium from the grounds into holes in a log?

Loved your idea of mixing the loose spore and molasses (and salt?? why's that?) and pouring it over wood chip piles. Thanks so much for this site. Diane Miessler

[Tossdart]

@dianemie I haven't tried them. So far my shitake logs have not produced but I hope this year. I don't live in an ideal climate for them it is very cold & dry here. Also my maitake & my Stropharia (garden giants) I am reordering this year a bunch of in house & out. I think they might but haven't tried it yet. The reason is the non iodized salt acts as a mild deterent to bacterial competitors & molasses acts as an early food. Pleurotis are tough!

[lencg]

nice video - agree with you on the rubber mallet. How cold is cold? You could maybe cover them up in the winter if you don't have that many.

[Tossdart]

-43 C last winter + windchill, maybe -80 or so. Ya bit late for that. I brought a stub log in soaked it & it presently is colonizing but whether it is shitake will be seen. If so mycellium survived last winter then very likely next June or so should get some fruiting. Only the oysters did well & fruited this summer.

[koreath]

dang next july wat a rip XD

[Tossdart]

Time will tell, sooner or later time will tell.

[321gocog]

It's a good idea to wax the ends of the logs too.

[Tossdart]

Yes, I did. No shrooms though from Shitake or Mitake, my Oysters did good though. They may need to innoculate longer as we had a horrible cold season. It may be too cold here for them.

[erminatti]

Hi Toss, would I drill holes all the way around the log or just on one side? May God bless you with beautiful healthy mushrooms.

[Tossdart]

Drill all the way around in a diamond like pattern.

[ekorom]

Thank you for this video, you are a very good person. God bless you.

[maydaohio]

Very informative thank you. Please do show fruiting this summer. We just bought our first shitake log in the farmers market a few days ago. We are looking forward to creating our own, since we have ample logs available here in central Ohio, US.

[Tossdart]

Ya all kinds of nice maples & stuff lucky devils. Tossdart

[sk8cre8]

good videos, make sure you post a video with results when they start to fruit. i'm exited to see your garden giants when they decide to fruit also