Burying Your Chicken of the Woods, Maitake, or Brick Cap Log
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2020
- Picking up where we left off in the life of this Chicken of the Woods log, here we'll go over when and where to bury your fully colonized Chicken of the Woods, Hen of the Woods (Maitake), or Brick Cap Mushroom log.
this is an incredible share, thanks so much. I came upon a naked dead oak last year that gave me 35 + pounds of Chicken of the woods. I found a few Hens that were already eaten by bugs. Yeah this is awesome, thanks again.
Nice job, i need identification on my logs. 2! I can't remember what all types i put in the woods, lol!
Along with replacing some of my ageing oyster and shiitake logs, this is definitely on next year's project list!
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I have a production block that I made with colonized wildbird seed (chicken of the woods mycelium) oak wood saw dust and wheat bran. It’s almost fully colonized but I hesitant as to what to do next. Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated. ✌🏽❤️✊🏽
Great question. I would suggest burying it much like we do logs. Even if it is cold outside the mycelium should be established enough to make it through the winter while also stopping anything that might be tempted to get in your substrate and outcompete your Chicken.
Love the video. For those of us concerned about microplastics in food, what would happen if we pressure cooked the log without the bag? Would it still work and colonize?
It would certainly have a higher risk of contamination due to exposure. Another concern if it's not incubated in a plastic bag is that the spawn will dry out.
@@FieldandForestProducts well I was thinking about just forgoing the plastic bag in the pressure cook process. I'm thinking pressure cooking the plastic will introduce a lot of microplastics into the log and future mushrooms. But maybe just use the bag for the colonization process.
@@FieldandForestProducts I've been reading a lot of studies about microplastics and their effect on human health. Scary stuff and I'm trying my best to eliminate plastics in my food prep.
@@Anamericanhomestead Absolutely, do what you got to do to make yourself comfortable! Keep in mind though that the mushrooms will be drawing from the wood beneath the bark's surface, which should be clean.
hi, would you recommend this mushroom for growing in a tropical environment? i live in the Caribbean and looking into mushrooms for cultivation in this climate. Any recommendations?
You could try this method! But what might work better is growing Pink Oyster. Pink oyster is native to tropical environments and produce wonderfully for you.
Can you bury the log in any medium; compost, sand, woodchips? If I found a perfect spot for it for example, do I have to mend the soil or whatever is there will do?
All of these will be fine! Just make sure that the compost is well-drained so it doesn't cause any premature decay.
I saw the hen produced last year. Did you get anything out of the chicken this year? I was given plugs for Christmas but feeling discouraged to learn they are hard to grow.
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@@lauragriffith5390 excellent!
Will the hen of the wood or c.o.w create a mycelium mat or expand through the bed if it was all oak mulch?
No. Both species need a hardwood log to colonize to produce a fruiting body.
@@FieldandForestProducts 👍👍 sweeeeet thank you. Prolly because the mycelium would need to have its resources consolidated.?. to produce fruits. Mulch may not provide that, i know oysters can spread and fruit on mulch.
Harvest any yet? I couldn't find a video on your page about it.
Yes! You can see a video of the maitake we harvested under the "Hen & Chicken of the Woods" section of our channel and a video of the Chicken of the woods under the "Mushroom Minutes" section of the channel.
Any updates?
Yes! Next week we will be posting a video on the updates of both our Chicken and Maitake logs!
Don’t forget to protect from deer
Would love to see an update once they start spawning :)
Absolutely! Watch for one in late August/September :)
Cool! How long will those logs fruit for?
They'll last approximately one year per inch in diameter of the log. So an 8-inch diameter log should last about 8 years.
Could you grow this indoors?
We have grown it buried indoors in pots, but it fruits far better outdoors. There is probably something with soil microbe activity that the indoors is missing that the log needs. Indoor cultivation with this method is still something in the trial and error phase.