Faith Mountain Farm Shiitake Mushrooms

After 18 months we finally get some mushrooms!! The logs fruiting in this photo are the ones we inoculated in a previous video. I thought we had failed, but after moving the logs to a new location they started sprouting lots of mushrooms. We have had a really wet summer which must have helped keep the mushrooms growing.

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[willy987s]

does it matter if the log is from a dead tree or live tree and can i use a citrus tree log?

[cantreadgood]

@willy987s Has to be from a live tree ... best within a few weeks of cutting it. Should also be a hardwood. Guessing citrus is not good.

[jieboyskybwi]

Good day! question pleas!...im from asia in the philippines and wants to grow shiitake mushroom, what is the ideal temperature to grow shiitake?......thanks.

[cantreadgood]

@jieboyskybwi

I do not know the best temperature. My guess is not too hot and not too cold and not too dry. You may be on the too warm side, but you should look around on the web for someone who knows. We are in the 70's and 80's F in the summer when we harvest mushrooms. We are too cold in the winter for them.

[LennyMayGump]

I'm glad I found your video. I innoculated logs May '09 and only had 1 log grow about 10 Shiitakes in May '10. So I'll have to be patient.