How To Grow Shiitake Mushrooms In Oak Logs | Part 1: Inoculation
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- In the first video in this two part series, I cut a large limb off an oak tree and inoculate it with shiitake mushroom plug spore. My spore dowels and sealing wax are from FungiPerfecti.com. [ no coupon yet ] Part 2 will be produced in 9-12 months, once the logs are fully colonized and ready to produce mushrooms.
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This is my second time purchasing plug spore from Fungi Perfecti, as my first set of logs had reached the end of their production time and it was time to make more. It was amazing to see a log sprouting mushrooms from spore that I put there. I know you'll love the process too. Thanks for watching.
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Good video. A bit of advice though, regarding the oak tree--an arborist once told me that oak trees should not even be trimmed until they go dormant in late fall or the tree can become diseased and die.
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There ya go buddy! Ive been growing mushrooms at home for little over a year now and very fascinated with mycology. Keep making these kind of vids if possible brother, i know many people who are looking for content like this and self sufficiency. We personally are quite picky about who we watch🤘
Thank you for watching. I’m glad to have made the cut. :-)
Of all the videos I've seen on the subject yours is the first one to cover sealing the ends and any exposed areas on the logs.
I’m glad it was helpful. Thank you for watching.
Star Trek discovery has a character named Paul Stamets who is an astromycologist, obviously based on the real life mycologist.
Thanks for the tutorial! This is our first time in planning to grow shiitake mushrooms and we are excited thinking about it. As we watched you chopping down your oak branches, we're also looked at our oak tree as well to follow your directions. "Sa-buy-dee" is the greeting for Laotians! 😊
Yay! I’m excited you will try this. One tip, if you can, store your logs while they are colonizing away from oak trees…under pines for example. Oak trees will drop lots of spores from fungi that attack oak trees. It makes the shiitake have to battle for dominance. I lost about half of these logs to fungi civil war. Thank you for watching. Thank you for sharing the Laotian greeting.
I don't like to eat mushrooms but I do find them vary fascinating and would love to try and grow some different variety's because I do know a lot of people that do like to eat them. Also I think it would be fun and educational
Awesome! Smart man…oh that the world was as wise as you, lad. I love Paul Stamets and his company, fungi perfecti.
We have some oak trees stumps across the street and my neighbors are known to burn them but I urged one of my neighbors not to do that with the most recent stump, but to inoculate it with fungus instead so that it can be removed naturally overtime with an overall benefit to nature instead of the detrimental effect of burning it with fuel.
Please keep us updated with your produce.
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Thank you for watching. I’ve had challenges with these logs. They haven’t produced like I’ve seen in the past. Was still a fun project.
Quite a nice video. 2 years ago I grew pleurotus but only had a partial success. This year, I'll try putting more wax as you showed. BTW: next time say HI IN FRENCH: "Bonjour!" (which means "good(bon) + day(jour)"
so is there a part 2 yet? :)
I CUT A RHODENDRON DOWN WANTED TO SEAL THE ROOTWAD IN THE GROUND, USED A CANDLE TO SEAL THE CUT, TWO YEARS LATER NO CHECK, I AM HOPING TO CURE ROOT BURL, WORKS SO FAR, MOISTER CONTENT HELD INSIDE LIMB
I should point out that this was a white rhododendron that froze two years in a row
OMG, now I know why my plugs didn't grow! My log was too fresh. Thanks for the 'tut!
I've been thanked for a Tut. :-) Thank you for watching.
Do you have footage of your first mushroom project? And '' Hello'' in Austria is '' Servus''.
All your videos are quality and awesome 🔥🔥🔥love from Southern California
Thank you for the encouragement.
I tried this decades ago and failed, I think that I didn't control the micro environment properly.
Can you use a bee wax as well?
That is better but also more expensive.
Great info
Thank you for watching.
I am certain that a rick of wood is a volume and not a method of stacking it.
Thank you for the feedback. :-)
A rick is 4'x8'x16″ cubic feet, which is a third of a cord. But the volume lost by the logs being cylindrical doesn't count so it isn't really a volume. You make a pile and measure the length, width and height and multiply. The real volume is approximately π times 128 cubic feet.
@@charlesmrader nice
Cool stuff Tom! 😃👍🏻🍄👊🏻
That oak tree you cut the limb off from is a beech tree lol.
My arborist friend identified this tree as a water oak. Thank you for watching.
This looks fun Tom
Parkview! Are you in Lilburn?
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A CANDLE BURNING WILL DO THE SAME THING, WASTE OF TIME MELTING WAX PARIFIN WORKS GOOD ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS SEAL THE AIR TO CUT
Very informative, thank you!
Do you happen to know what type of oak that is? The bark doesn't look like the oaks that grow in The Netherlands. And the leaves are a much lighter color.
Hi Joris. It is a Water Oak. The leaves are just a few weeks old, so they are lighter at the moment. They darken to a forest green once they mature. Thanks for watching.
and all those light colored splotches on it is a type of fungus also
@@squirlboy250 I guess that's lichen.
That is a beech tree.
Thank you so much for this great instructional video. I am brand new to this and found your instruction very clear. I found a source for oak logs and can get them tomorrow. I have a heavily shaded area in the yard that is a little bamboo forest. Wanted to put the logs there while they inoculate. I’m thinking there is enough shade there not to need to cover them. Any thoughts on this?
Glad you are going to try this. It is pretty amazing to see a log sprout mushrooms. I think you’ll be fine with the natural shade. Thank you for watching.
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Hi man. Thanks for sharing . I've a question, how old should be' have the wood? Thanks a lot
Hey there! Your Chainsaw Needs some sharpening!! Like the show!!
It seems like it always does. :-) Thank you for the feedback. Thanks for watching.
Dang, I inoculated after about 5 days, after cut. I did soak them though. Now I know why nothing is growing 2 months later
Don’t give up on them yet. It takes at least 9 months for the logs to be ready. Inoculating early probably just slowed down the process a little. I’d wait a year to try forcing the mushrooms. Thank you for watching.
@@GreenShortzDIY oh great! Tyvm!
can you grow shiitake mushrooms in mesquite logs?
What is the music at 4:30? Also...great vid! ;-)
Our oaks grow so slowly here in the high desert of the southwest. And we need the oak for heating and cooling many times. Have to be choosy about using them so a fungus can rot them down.
Is the residue any good for a garden?
Thank you!!😎👍🐶
Thanks for watching.
What temperature would you suggest as optimal for shiitake cultivation?
Hello great video! Could you tell me what brand and size log peavy you are using? Thank you!
My peavy was a gift and it doesn’t have a logo on it. I think the foot on it is about 12 inches and then length of the handle is 4 feet. Hope that helps. Thank you for watching.
@@GreenShortzDIY Thank you, these details are really helpful! Keep up the great content!
Ive seen mixed reviews about wax, not sure if it's necessary.. think its a nominal thing?
Like maybe a few less flushes over the course of a year or 3?
I’ve heard this as well…that the wax is optional. My understanding is that it preserves moisture and speeds up colonization. After that is complete it’s likely less important. It could also protect the purity of the colonization, which might be more significant. This batch of logs has poorly because of contamination of other fungus, mainly on the surface. I’ve heard it’s best to culture the logs of oaks in the shade of other tree species. Under other oaks, they just get showered with spores of stuff that affects oaks. Unfortunately, in this case, all I have are oak trees. :-) In the next go round, I’d move them to other side of my house with no trees. I’d have to create shade, but that’s doable. Hope this helps. Thank you for watching.
Thanks for this video! I was hoping to find out, do I need to replug after harvest, or will the plugs produce continually?
The logs will produce mushrooms for multiple years, every 3-4 weeks, on a single inoculation (colder weather slows down production). The rule of thumb is one year of production for every inch in diameter. I've not gotten that much longevity out of mine. I'll be producing part 2 of this video in a month or two, once it gets warmer. To get the logs to flush they are soaked in rain water for 24-36 hours and then sheltered under a shed roof. They will sprout mushrooms in 4-6 days. The mushrooms are picked and then the logs are rested for 2 weeks. Then the process can be started again. I'll divide my set of logs into 3 groups, so I can be flushing one group all the time. Thanks for watching.
@@GreenShortzDIY Wonderful, I really appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge. God bless you and yours.
Are you really down the street from me I'm in Lawrenceville
can I use bees wax?
My Dawg, I’m using bigger logs. I’m going to inoculate at the ends and I’m going to stack it like a tree grows. Congrats to your daughter, IT could be worse. I’ll make a video.
Excellent! I’ve seen logs stood up more vertically like you’re talking about. Good luck with your mushroom project.
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Good job. Hello in Polish "czesc" (cheshcht).
Thank you for watching, Marcin. Czesc.
Any update?
Yes. I did part 2. It was a year later (which was recent). If you click on my “videos” tab, it should be a few rows down.
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Bad idea heating a galvanized bucket, especially modern galvanized. That smoke from the bucket is bad for you, ask any welder. Other than that love your content.
Yes. Thank you for the reminder. Thank you for watching.
SHARPEN YOUR CHAINSAW DUDE, WHAT TYPE OF OAK WHITE OR TAN
Cut the logs in Winter, not in spring when the SAP is flowing 🤦♂️🤦♀️
According to what I’ve read, the mushrooms utilize the lignin in the wood, which is present regardless of season. The sap isn’t a factor. Thank you for the feedback.
@@GreenShortzDIY that would be good news! Then a Person is not so sqeezed to a timeframe. I'll give it a try
My first batch of logs, I cut just after Thanksgiving (didn’t make a video at that time). Initially, I was concerned about the sap already being down in the roots. That’s when I did further research and read about the lignin angle. That initial batch of logs did pretty well.
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Haiiii master...
that is not an oak. LOL
Hi Norby. It’s not a white oak, but it is a water oak, which have spatula shaped leaves.
I doubt any mushrooms came out of this 🤔
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