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\\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb.
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It's relatively straight forward. Cut some nice wood fresh in Mid january. around mid feb, drill the holes, plug with spawn ordered from a good supplier, and then cap with wax. Stack and wait.

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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: Fiery]
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Look on Craigslist for free fresh cut logs

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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: cannabinated]
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Soap you're growing shrooms huh fiery?!  :awegold:


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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: cannabinated]
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cannabinated said:
Look on Craigslist for free fresh cut logs


You don't want them cut at willy nilly times of the year or you risk revitalization.


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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: bodhisatta]
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bodhisatta said:
cannabinated said:
Look on Craigslist for free fresh cut logs


You don't want them cut at willy nilly times of the year or you risk revitalization.


I was planning to cut some myself. I've heard they have to be cut fresh, and about a month later used.


I know a place to get some perfect logs for free, cut myself.

I'm excited.

YES I MAKE SOAP TOO LOL :orly:

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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: bodhisatta]
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bodhisatta said:
or you risk revitalization.


Please xplain what you mean?:confused:

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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: Fiery] * 1
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I think its if the log puts out a baby tree and fights off the plugs.

I thought timing was about sugars or something tho

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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: cannabinated]
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cannabinated said:
I think its if the log puts out a baby tree and fights off the plugs.

I thought timing was about sugars or something tho


Yes, it's best to cut the logs in the winter while all the sugar is stored in the trunk/roots, preferably about exactly a month before you plan to inoculate.

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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: Fiery]
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The best time to cut healthy, living, green wood for the planting of any of the wood decay fungi (Shiitake, Oyster, Nameko, Lion's Mane, Comb Tooth, Reishi, Maitake, Olive Oysterling) is in its dormant season. For trees, that means the period of time between when the leaves start to turn color in autumn to when the buds start to swell in the spring. Do not use any wood that is of unknown condition, dead, or showing signs of decline.

Logs CAN be cut during bud swell, or in the summer about a month after full leaf out, but the overall yield of mushrooms from this wood will be less (especially nice if the wood is gleaned from storm damage, etc.).

The time period that logs should NOT be cut is from leaf out to full leaf development. These logs will still grow mushrooms, but yields may be reduced and the bark tends to deteriorate quickly (intact bark is necessary for quality mushroom development). Avoid cutting during this period. This is especially important for soft hardwood logs such as cottonwood, aspen (poplars), box elder, silver and red maples, and many others.


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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: bodhisatta]
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If you don't let the logs dry after cutting they risk revitalization and scabbing off the plugs from colonizing.

When to Inoculate
If you've ever noticed how sometimes logs will "leaf-out" after cutting, it's because fresh wood maintains vitality that slowly diminishes as the wood cells of the log start to dry. Logs inoculated with spawn soon after felling tries to hold off the invader mushroom spawn but as the wood cells lose strength, the mycelium follows closely to start the decay process.

Wood dries at different rates depending on species, bed log diameter, heat, wind and time. Figuring out when to cut and when to inoculate is often a decision based on your climate, subsequent incubation temperatures and wood species.

Basic Rules
Winter and Early Spring Cut
In both the North and South, age the wood for about two weeks, and inoculate as soon as possible after that. However, wood that is shaded and stacked in a protected place can often sit for up to two months prior to planting.

While it is great to have rules, the bottom line is to plan to inoculate as soon as possible after felling. We all know how "life just gets in the way" and it's better to get spawn in the logs soon (despite antifungal agents lurking around every green cell) rather than letting the wood get too dry before you inoculate.

Fall Cut
In the North, cut wood in the early fall and inoculate within a month of felling. You can relax and inoculate throughout the fall if you can subsequently incubate in a heated structure for winter. For a large amount of logs, incubated indoors, see our blog post, "A Peek Underneath". For just a few logs, put them in a plastic bag but make sure the end of the bag stays open to allow some ventilation. If you can't do either, hold off on inoculation and stack logs in a protected area outdoors low to the ground on rails and plant when daytime temps exceed 40 degrees (F) come spring.

In the South, cut and age the wood about two weeks and then inoculate as soon as you can. Logs that will be aged longer should be shaded, dead stacked and protected from excessive wind and sun.

How Dry is Too Dry and Some Acceptable Fixes
You can often tell, regardless of knowing when it was cut, if wood is getting too dry to inoculate. Logs that have cracks (up to 1 mm) at the ends are starting get "too dry" and need watering. Bulk stack the logs, sprinkle periodically through the day and tarp the logs after sprinkling. (Fruiting blankets work here as a tarp, too).

Log ends that have deep cracks (more than 1-2 mm) at the ends will benefit from a 24 to 36 hour soak in water two days prior to inoculation; just make sure the bark surfaces are not wet when drilling/waxing. Log ends with deep furrows and are dark gold in color indicate the log may not be usable for inoculation without cutting 6 inches or so off each end, and even then the logs may be too dry.


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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: bodhisatta]
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I terraced my garden with shiitake logs I got them beta glucans on deck

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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: bodhisatta]
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Sweet. It seems so easy. And I've grown more fond of mushrooms over the years and at the store they are just so dang expensive.

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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: Fiery]
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I gotta cut down a tulip popular that has grown from a little sapling to about 30 feet in a half decade. How are they for oysters


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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: koods] * 1
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I've read to stick to hardwoods, but not walnut or american cherry .


ALthough, I read that it depends on the strain.

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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: koods] * 1
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Quote:
Oysters will grow on any hardwood but prefer soft hardwoods like aspen, birch sweet gum, tulip polar, and soft maple. Oyster mushrooms aggressively colonize the wood outgrowing its fungi competitors. Trees must be felled live, preferably in a dormant season, and inoculated as soon as possible.


THANKS GOOGLE

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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: koods] * 1
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That's great. Those tulip poplars are fricken everywhere here. SO are the maples

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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: Fiery]
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Tulip poplars aren’t the most common tree in the mid Atlantic but they do account for the most masss due to their size. They grow super fast and have relatively soft wood.


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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: koods]
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I’m gonna make an oyster garden sukkas


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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: koods]
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I figured oysters would do better with softer wood.

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Re: \\I'm getting excited to start my Shittake and Oyster Mushroom grow logs this feb. [Re: cannabinated]
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I just realised there are some lions mane logs down the road mane

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