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 Suntzu
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 Dowels 
#664614 - 06/05/02 04:14 PM (22 years, 4 months ago) |
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This is a great source; It was less than $17 for a thousand, a couple bucks shipping.
http://www.midwestdowel.com/dowelpins.htm
These are part no. "PIN 0375"
I wish I had gotten these a little sooner though 
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 shaggymane
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 Re: Dowels [Re: Suntzu]
#666958 - 06/07/02 05:31 AM (22 years, 4 months ago) |
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nice score!
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#699635 - 06/25/02 03:54 AM (22 years, 3 months ago) |
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Anno
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They are used for inoculation of logs with diffrent mushrooms species(Oyster species, shiitake, nameko...)
The dowels are soaked, sterilized, and inoculated with grain spawn.
Once they are colonized, holes are drilled in logs, the dowels hammered in and the hole sealed with wax.
After 19-18 months mushrooms appear.
More information:
http://www.google.de/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=de&querytime=y64xwB&q=log+inoculation+shiitake
Edited by Anno (06/25/02 05:53 AM)
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zeronio
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Re: Dowels [Re: Anno]
#699939 - 06/25/02 08:40 AM (22 years, 3 months ago) |
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Does anybody know how long does it take for dowels to be fully colonized. I have inoculated some dowels with Reishi and Fomitopsis pinnicola about one month ago and the mycellium has overgrown the surface. Does it have to penetrate also inside dowels before they can be used?
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Anno
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Re: Dowels [Re: zeronio]
#699980 - 06/25/02 09:00 AM (22 years, 3 months ago) |
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If mycelium spreads all across the surface, this should be enough.
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shaggymane
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Re: Dowels [Re: Anno]
#700099 - 06/25/02 09:55 AM (22 years, 3 months ago) |
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check this out
NEW !!!!! : SAWDUST SPAWN PLUGS
New technology -- You can now get sawdust spawn in the form of plugs backed with a styrofoam cap. Just pop each plug out of its holder in the sheet and insert it into the pre-drilled hole in the log with your fingers.
Save time and money
NO INOCULATOR
NO HOT WAX
Each sheet contains 520 plugs. Enough to do at least 10 logs at an average inoculation rate of 40-50 holes per log.
Certified Organic Spawn Plugs:
1-2 sheets any one species CDN$ 25.00/sheet US$18.75/sheet
3-6 sheets per species CDN$ 20.00 /sheet US$15.00/sheet
7-21 sheets per species CDN$ 18.00 /sheet US$12.00/sheet
22-100 sheets per species CDN$ 16.00 /sheet US$10.50/sheet
Shipping extra. Contact us for quotes on larger orders
These plugs make it much faster and easier to inoculate your logs. You also get the benefit of the much faster spawn run available from sawdust spawn with the ease of insertion of dowel plugs.
Available for delivery - March 1 to May 31
Custom or off-season orders subject to minimum quantity & surcharge
Other Species:
Reishi(Ganoderma lucidum)
Maitake or Hen of the Woods (Grifola frondosa)
Tree Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
Sawdust spawn : 2.5 kg. bags...........$ 30.00/bag (U$ 22.50)
Sawdust Plug spawn: 520 plugs................ $ 25.00 (U$ 18.75) priced as above
the is the link
http://www.mycosource.com/spawn.htm
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dragonfly6234
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Help, I need advice! We bought shitake plugs and they arrived two weeks before the logs. Ignorantly we placed them in the back of the closet where it was dark, but also warmer than what it should have been. When we opened them to start hammering them into the logs, lo and behold a couple of mushrooms had started to grow out of the plugs. We went ahead and used about half of them. Now we're wondering if the 'spring has already sprung' so to speak. In other words, did all of the spores come out of the dowels and now they're no good??? Most of them look like the pictures I've seen, all clumpy and white. Please advise......THANKS!
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bluecat
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Registered: 04/28/05
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they will be fine. store them in a refridgerator. they will be good for many months that way. they are covered with mycillium, not spores.
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