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bananas16
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Growing hens and lions mane on oak. QUESTIONS
#23366182 - 06/21/16 08:52 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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So I have in my possession 100 plugs of hen of the woods as well as 100 plugs of lions mane I got as a freebie! I also have 4 red oak logs as well as two white oak all 6 of which are at least 3 foot in length, possibly 4 foot. So I have the plugs and wood and for the most part 95% understand what I am doing. Couple of questions I still have. By the way i plan on building a log cabin type structure.
1. Should I keep all 6 logs off the ground using another dead log(s) or a couple red bricks (got a lot of those right now. too many in fact) or should I just build my little cabin structure on the ground?
2. Since I have red and white oak should should I try a mish-mash of the 2 different species on all 6 logs?
3. This should be in a very shady place correct, like where sunlight barely gets through?
4. Should I soak down the logs? I read about that it in another thread and if I should, should I simply water them every now and the? Like during dry spells?
5. Finally how necessary and what are the best things to cover the plugs with? I have heard all sorts of things. Your' opinions: needed vs. not needed vs. a specific sort of covering.
Thanks
Much appreciated!!!
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hellolion
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Re: Growing hens and lions mane on oak. QUESTIONS [Re: bananas16]
#23366576 - 06/21/16 11:11 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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1. Yes, get them off the ground.
2. Yes, since it's all oak it may not make any difference but it would be neat to try a both mushrooms in both types of wood and see if there's any difference in how they behave.
3. Shade is generally good during incubation. You might even want to cover the stack with a tarp or blanket, but remove it once a week for a little while if you're going to do that.
4. Don't soak the logs until you're trying to fruit them, but do keep them wet. There's differing opinions about how much to water incubating logs, some people say just a little when they're dry, some people say water heavily several times a week. I tend to be slightly more in the "more water" camp but you don't want to water them to the point that the wood begins to rot.
5. Beeswax is the best covering in my opinion. You definitely will have more success if you cover the plugs.
One more tip: Lion's Mane is a tough one! Don't expect them to produce quickly, sometimes it takes up to 7 years for a Lion's Mane log to produce.
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Edited by hellolion (06/21/16 11:14 AM)
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bananas16
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Re: Growing hens and lions mane on oak. QUESTIONS [Re: hellolion]
#23366627 - 06/21/16 11:35 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Dang 7 years! Well I see why they sent it as a free one! LOL Thanks so much for your' advice I tried the search function did not come up with the correct answers or the ones I was seeking. Plus I dropped one of these logs on my hand so it hurts to type. Had to get it x-rayed and all. Luckily nothing broken but it look like I punched a wall about 100 times these buggers better fruit because I have spent a good amount of time and money on em.
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hellolion
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Re: Growing hens and lions mane on oak. QUESTIONS [Re: bananas16]
#23366801 - 06/21/16 01:04 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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bananas16 said: Dang 7 years! Well I see why they sent it as a free one! LOL Thanks so much for your' advice I tried the search function did not come up with the correct answers or the ones I was seeking. Plus I dropped one of these logs on my hand so it hurts to type. Had to get it x-rayed and all. Luckily nothing broken but it look like I punched a wall about 100 times these buggers better fruit because I have spent a good amount of time and money on em.
Glad to be of help! Hope your hand feels better soon. I don't blame you for making a new topic, log culture is kind of confusing for people at first, but it's pretty simple once you get used to it.
Don't let the 7 years scare you off, I'm just telling you the worst case scenario there, haha! The better you take care of your logs during incubation the more chance you have of it producing faster. Lion's Mane is a secondary decomposer though so it's always going to be slower than primary decomposition mushrooms.
If you want fast producing logs, get some poplar logs and plug them with oyster mushrooms of a variety that suits your climate.
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bananas16
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Re: Growing hens and lions mane on oak. QUESTIONS [Re: hellolion]
#23366988 - 06/21/16 02:26 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yea I plan on buying some oyster plugs and gathering a bunch of poplar logs, do you know the best kind of poplar for oysters? Where I live Tulip Poplar is prolific, like out every 4 trees one is a tulip poplar. LOL
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Re: Growing hens and lions mane on oak. QUESTIONS [Re: bananas16]
#23367358 - 06/21/16 04:23 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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I don't know what the "best" kind is but Tulip Poplar is also prolific around here, and definitely grows oyster mushrooms just fine.
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