Big Jon said:

I’ve been seeing that it is optimal to cut wood in the winter when the sugar content is highest and mine was cut on June 4th.  How critical is it to cut the wood in the winter/early spring?

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Stipe-n Cap said:

This applies to species like Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) but unlikely to effect actives providing you don't use fresh wood materials which would be very difficult indeed considering you require dead/dry wood debris to cultivate actives ; )

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Stipe-n Cap said:

This applies to species like Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) but unlikely to effect actives providing you don't use fresh wood materials which would be very difficult indeed considering you require dead/dry wood debris to cultivate actives ; )

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Stipe-n Cap said:

felling a tree is usually bad for it's health across the board.

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Stipe-n Cap said:

The logs destined for shiitake inoculation require at least 2 weeks to rest before inoculation because tree's have a natural defense against fungi, so inoculating fresh logs is counterproductive.

If you read the link posted on the previous page you'll see why wood harvesting seasons apply to shiitake farmers but not at all to Psilocybe farmers. Whether the wood is harvested in or out of season, whether it is chipped from trunk, limb, or branch is all irrelevant so long as you've allowed the materials to dry and you haven't used pine or cedar.

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Generic said:

Stipe-n Cap said:

The logs destined for shiitake inoculation require at least 2 weeks to rest before inoculation because tree's have a natural defense against fungi, so inoculating fresh logs is counterproductive.

If you read the link posted on the previous page you'll see why wood harvesting seasons apply to shiitake farmers but not at all to Psilocybe farmers. Whether the wood is harvested in or out of season, whether it is chipped from trunk, limb, or branch is all irrelevant so long as you've allowed the materials to dry and you haven't used pine or cedar.

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I just don't think allowing the materials to dry is necessary at all. 

Even for log cultivation, people recommend cutting the wood and letting it age 2wks+ in a shady spot off the ground, so it doesn't dry too much before inoculation.

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Stipe-n Cap said:

I really do not understand why you can't read my responses.

Read carefully:

Shiitake growers use limbs of a certain length and diameter cut from trees and allowed to sit for 2 weeks prior to inoculation, they are not dried, not even slightly.

Psilocybe growers:

Have you ever once in your entire life grown Psilocybe mushrooms on wet chips freshly produced from limbs or felled trees? No, I'd say you likely haven't, neither have I, and I'd bet others would report the same experience.

When you plant beds of Psilocybe cyanescens, ovoid, allenii, or azure, you are not inoculating wet fucking chips or sawdust, you are using dried chips/sawdust which have been appropriately hydrated for the application intended.

Shiitake log grows have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the cultivation of Psilocybe mushrooms, period.

Can we get back on topic, this is becoming ridiculous.

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Generic said:

Well I have a lot to learn, but this year i cut and chipped fresh big-leaf maple and fed it to cyanescens.  I cut and chipped it green, just as they were beginning to bud out.  I took the chips home and made the beds the next day, because they were sitting in my truck, I know I didn't let them stay long.  All done within a week.  No drying of anything.  No hydrating wood chips, either, because they were fresh.

Look at them eating the maple:

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