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loggrower
Log Cultivator


Registered: 08/02/13
Posts: 273
Loc: Oregon - Coast Range
Last seen: 6 years, 5 months
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Light gray airy mold...
#18753803 - 08/25/13 01:30 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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This stuff is kind of annoying me, but I'm not sure it's really dangerous. It appears magically and widespread on the ends of some logs nearly instantly 2-4 days after they are cut... With wood that still has a lot of antifungals active.
Now, here is something interesting... A slice of fresh wood I sprayed with some salt solution and 20% H2O2 exploded with the stuff a few days later in the area the wood was killed.
All wood is stored indoors or in low airflow barn.
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phir3
citizen scientist



Registered: 04/14/13
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Loc: straya
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Re: Light gray airy mold... [Re: loggrower]
#18753854 - 08/25/13 02:08 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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i use peroxide dilute too, i was wondering about adding salt....any noticeable differences between having salt and not?
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loggrower
Log Cultivator


Registered: 08/02/13
Posts: 273
Loc: Oregon - Coast Range
Last seen: 6 years, 5 months
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Re: Light gray airy mold... [Re: phir3]
#18755748 - 08/25/13 04:01 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I would stick to using around 3% H2O2 only, this was just an experiment.
I have done some testing with salt... With logs, I would recommend keeping salt away from the ends. If you get it in the grain it has a tendency to go deep into the log. It can help on the outside of the bark of thin barked species to control Trich, but you have to be careful not to get it into the wood where the mushroom mycelium is growing. It will retard it's growth. Salt is too tricky... Small amounts of Isopropyl alcohol on a paper towel is safer used on the outside of the bark.
For log ends... I have settled upon using chainsaw shaving and a propane torch to stop early infections.
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cubenpete
Aminita good excuse



Registered: 03/13/12
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Loc: Kentucky
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Re: Light gray airy mold... [Re: loggrower]
#18755807 - 08/25/13 04:15 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
loggrower said:
For log ends... I have settled upon using chainsaw shaving and a propane torch to stop early infections.
Can you elaborate on this please?
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loggrower
Log Cultivator


Registered: 08/02/13
Posts: 273
Loc: Oregon - Coast Range
Last seen: 6 years, 5 months
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Re: Light gray airy mold... [Re: cubenpete]
#18756697 - 08/25/13 07:33 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
cubenpete said:
Quote:
loggrower said:
For log ends... I have settled upon using chainsaw shaving and a propane torch to stop early infections.
Can you elaborate on this please?
I walk along my logs and just torch and char areas with suspicious molds and other things on that appear on the ends of the logs. However, I won't do that anymore after the mycelium is grown to around a half inch of the ends. I am keeping a test log with a few plugs in it for chainsawing apart and analyzing growth every month.
As for chainsaw shaving... It's the ticket! I shave a quarter inch off the ends of the logs after they are plugged and it gets rid of all the dirt and crap that ends up on them when getting them out of the woods, then I crib stack them indoors and let the ends dry nicely. I'm very careful not to drop the ends in dirt or touch them before they are dry, or gray MOLD BLOOM! Btw, I am in western Oregon and working with Red Alder currently.
I'm seeing less issues with wood from trees I have left on the ground for a couple weeks till their leaves have died. That late fall japanse/korean technique for dropping the wood to optimal moisture and triggering the death of the wood appears great so far!
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