Anyone thinking of doing this please double check your mushrooms when harvesting as other types of mushrooms may start to grow there too. Never assume the mushroom you pick is the mushroom you planted. Be safe 🍄
@@beepboopbeepp Wood mushrooms like oyster and shitake mushrooms can only consume/infest dead wood and are not at all parasitic, once they are done decomposing the logs they die off or some biomass is transferred to new logs to continue producing mushrooms. The kinds of fungus you you be woredied about are powdery mildew, blight, etc, which are not closely related to woodmushrooms such as oysters or shitakes.
In nature, there is no such thing as waste space. You can grow anything from full sun, partial shade or no sun. You just need to know a good plant to grow.
Its well worth it. My mom.lost half a red maple summer before last and i asked if i could have a few logs. I ordered 200 plugs(in hind sight I'd order 400 cuz there were not 100 in each bag 😢) Last summer was our first flush and i only got a dozen big ones and about 6 little onez cuz something ate some on us but they were lovely and look to flush nice this year. I have 2 sets of logs with oystets too. Pearl oysters and golden oysters and they flushed hard. I got several pounds of golden.
Do you soak your logs prior to innoculation? Also a note for viewers…don’t use old/dead logs as they already have fungal cultures which will be in competition with your mushroom’s mycelium. Fresh cut works best. I ask about soaking because I’m still unsure whether it’s necessary.
Fresh cut isnt the best as the wood has anti fungible properties. Its best after 5 weeks when anti fungible properties become weak but other cultures havent taken over yet
If you're foraging fallen logs and branches then yeah, easy solution if you don't have a gigantic pot or oven is to steam them in big batches if you can make a rig large enough to contain the logs and steam, something like those big plastic sheets (obv gotta be heat tolerant) in a steam tent, sort of like how ppl smoke meats in bulk at home with no smoker
@@lynetteledoux2845 When I lived in Ohio, there was an organization near me that would sell spore plugs. I imagine you could find something online that you could pick up or have delivered. For the plugs, you would have to drill holes in your log, but whatever the type of spore inoculation you get, the vendor will be able to give you instructions.
Great video. We usually just buy our shiitake dried because we like that Asian flavor in our food but also because it's labor intensive. We grow oysters in straw mulch in the garden by just tossing spawn in the mulch. Our wood mulch pathways are spawned with king stropharia, and our hugelkulture beds are all spawned with ink caps. Toss and forget, add fresh mulch and you'll always have mushrooms. I did it all once and they produced forever, eventually i spread them to new beds by just grabbing a shovel full of soil and mulch and transferring it to the new bed.
i don’t grow my own shiitake, but during the pandemic i started drying my own - easy for me who lives in california where the air is dry, but if you live somewhere humid it’s best to use an oven or dehydrator. but if you live in a climate where the air doesn’t get too humid or if you have a nice dry spot in the house that you don’t mind having, er, strong smells in, you can dry them out on a large bamboo tray or anything with a breathable mesh (i don’t know if it’d work on a metal colander, but worth a try) for a few days up to a week, and once it has that hard, almost “wood” like density to it, it is good!
there are alot of uses for mushrooms in cuisine that don't involve directly eating them. For Shitakes, drying them drastically changes its flavor producing compounds like guanylate which like inosinic acid in meat greatly intensify the umami in your food. soaking dried shitakes provide an amazing base for broths and stews and you don't have to eat the mushrooms after soaking them.
Just adding to what the Mushroom inside said about dried Shiitakes, you can also easily grind them to powder and store in a jar with a sachet of desiccant: Instant vegan stock base or chuck a pinch into just about anything where you want an umami booster.
Adding again, the flavours and textures of mushrooms vary so wildly that it's impossible to you don't like mushrooms, because no one's tried them all. Give Lion's Mane a go. It tastes like fresh water lobster
i've seen people grind up mushrooms and mix them with what ever medium they wanna use. the spores get released and they're too small for the blades of course. so you basically get a spore paste or if you add water a spore soup. i saw a video of a farmer injecting corn cobs with grinded huitlacoche liquid and he says he gets to farm that fungus that way for his family and his customers.
Honestly, even though I don't eat mushrooms mush, this is a really cool subsection of gardening I really like. No tilling soil, no watering plants. Just set it and forget it. For half a year. Then come back and you got shrooms! It's so cool too because it auto generates compost passively.
I have morels in my pollinator wildflower garden that was once a wastfull lawn I will be putting in fruit trees next the morels will complete the cycle now l need logs for more mushrooms 😊
Beautiful remosa pattern. I think that shiitake in Japanese means "Dancing mushroom", because when a forager would come across a fruiting, they would dance in joy at their find.
Also mushroom proteins are complete proteins, meaning you could live off of it for the rest fo your life if you only get your hands on some essentials fats.
Go girl. I had wood for the pit. It started to grow mushrooms. But now watching you. I can have a process now to grow something we can eat. Thanks for the info
Anyone thinking of doing this please double check your mushrooms when harvesting as other types of mushrooms may start to grow there too. Never assume the mushroom you pick is the mushroom you planted. Be safe 🍄
Very true. Every year we have dozens of severe mushroom poisonings. Don't be part of that statistic.
you can mushroom kit on line and then seed them like how she did in the video and will be safe!
@@christypham3386not always out in nature you should always be 100% sure what ur picking is safe. You can worry far less if you grow them inside
@@ImAshlynnCarter Thanks
If you're so worried plant chanterelles, morrells or other mushrooms that are damn near impossible to mistake
And the second best part is that mushroom compost is one of the most nutritious types of soil for growing vegetables there is.
all it needs is a sprinkle of guano
Wouldn’t the mushroom compost infest the plants though? I’d be worried about that
@@beepboopbeepp Wood mushrooms like oyster and shitake mushrooms can only consume/infest dead wood and are not at all parasitic, once they are done decomposing the logs they die off or some biomass is transferred to new logs to continue producing mushrooms.
The kinds of fungus you you be woredied about are powdery mildew, blight, etc, which are not closely related to woodmushrooms such as oysters or shitakes.
@@beepboopbeepp How could that happen? That is not part of the life cycle of shiitake mushrooms, so no.
Im going to have to do a control test now 👍🏻😁Thank you
Ive been trying to figure out what to utilize the shady side of my house for and i think I'll give this a try!
In nature, there is no such thing as waste space. You can grow anything from full sun, partial shade or no sun. You just need to know a good plant to grow.
Its well worth it. My mom.lost half a red maple summer before last and i asked if i could have a few logs. I ordered 200 plugs(in hind sight I'd order 400 cuz there were not 100 in each bag 😢)
Last summer was our first flush and i only got a dozen big ones and about 6 little onez cuz something ate some on us but they were lovely and look to flush nice this year.
I have 2 sets of logs with oystets too. Pearl oysters and golden oysters and they flushed hard. I got several pounds of golden.
Also indirect light plants😊
Geez just wait six years!
@@connordrake5713exactly. Especially when you look at native plants that grow on a forest floor. More of those are edible then you'd think
Well Shiitake, I am going to have to try that!
You alr are 24/7😂❤
I would try this, but I sadly don’t have mushroom in the backyard 😂
what a shiitake!
yOU fUNNY .
Do you soak your logs prior to innoculation?
Also a note for viewers…don’t use old/dead logs as they already have fungal cultures which will be in competition with your mushroom’s mycelium. Fresh cut works best. I ask about soaking because I’m still unsure whether it’s necessary.
Fresh cut isnt the best as the wood has anti fungible properties. Its best after 5 weeks when anti fungible properties become weak but other cultures havent taken over yet
You could boil the old logs first and kill any other fungus present while increasing the water content
Lol. That’s a funny sight. Boilin’ logs in the back yard 😂
@benadams5557 cannot imagine that
If you're foraging fallen logs and branches then yeah, easy solution if you don't have a gigantic pot or oven is to steam them in big batches if you can make a rig large enough to contain the logs and steam, something like those big plastic sheets (obv gotta be heat tolerant) in a steam tent, sort of like how ppl smoke meats in bulk at home with no smoker
For anyone not able to commit to something this long term, you can grow oyster mushrooms on soggy straw bales!
And it doesn't take near as long for the oysters to colonize straw as the wood that shitake like.
Where would I buy the spores to inoculate the logs?
@@lynetteledoux2845 When I lived in Ohio, there was an organization near me that would sell spore plugs. I imagine you could find something online that you could pick up or have delivered. For the plugs, you would have to drill holes in your log, but whatever the type of spore inoculation you get, the vendor will be able to give you instructions.
@@ixchelssong could you just put an oyster mushroom on a bale of hay an would reproduce ?
@@timmynormand8082 Yes,... I think I forgot about what the OP said when I answered! 😅😅
Y’all are gonna be living till you’re like 120. All the organic and healthy home grown food. I love it.
Really cool. Just a tip for easier cleanup of the wax. Crockpot liners. Disposable or silicone ones
I did not know that about the compost. So the entire thing is a WIN WIN.
Super impressive method of growing mushrooms in one's backyard! Thanks for sharing!
Great video. We usually just buy our shiitake dried because we like that Asian flavor in our food but also because it's labor intensive. We grow oysters in straw mulch in the garden by just tossing spawn in the mulch. Our wood mulch pathways are spawned with king stropharia, and our hugelkulture beds are all spawned with ink caps. Toss and forget, add fresh mulch and you'll always have mushrooms. I did it all once and they produced forever, eventually i spread them to new beds by just grabbing a shovel full of soil and mulch and transferring it to the new bed.
Woah this sounds super interesting! Could you please explain it more in detail? Thank you!
I would also like to know more
Me too. Are you saying the mushrooms are growing in your garden pathways?
i don’t grow my own shiitake, but during the pandemic i started drying my own - easy for me who lives in california where the air is dry, but if you live somewhere humid it’s best to use an oven or dehydrator. but if you live in a climate where the air doesn’t get too humid or if you have a nice dry spot in the house that you don’t mind having, er, strong smells in, you can dry them out on a large bamboo tray or anything with a breathable mesh (i don’t know if it’d work on a metal colander, but worth a try) for a few days up to a week, and once it has that hard, almost “wood” like density to it, it is good!
Beautiful living.
This is great. I Would like a couple more details but overall this is excellent idea. Thank you
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@@HomegrownHandgathered thank you
@@HomegrownHandgathered what tool was used to plug the logs and links to it?
This is all I want in life.
Never expect such informative vid in 1 shorts that answer all my worries
This is honestly the best mushroom growing video ive seen..... Thanks for sharing
This is amazing.. living with a minimum footprint and in harmony with nature
That "harmony with nature" thing barely exists anymore, if it ever existed in the first place.
*Cuts to the part with them chopping down healthy trees to grow some shrooms*
I do not like mushrooms, but I will be trying this.
They’re beautiful living beings, and I don’t think I would mind having some in my garden.
there are alot of uses for mushrooms in cuisine that don't involve directly eating them.
For Shitakes, drying them drastically changes its flavor producing compounds like guanylate which like inosinic acid in meat greatly intensify the umami in your food. soaking dried shitakes provide an amazing base for broths and stews and you don't have to eat the mushrooms after soaking them.
@@themushroominside6540
Oh, wow.
Sometimes, it’s almost like magic to be as ignorant as I am sometimes!
Thank you so much!
Just adding to what the Mushroom inside said about dried Shiitakes, you can also easily grind them to powder and store in a jar with a sachet of desiccant: Instant vegan stock base or chuck a pinch into just about anything where you want an umami booster.
Adding again, the flavours and textures of mushrooms vary so wildly that it's impossible to you don't like mushrooms, because no one's tried them all. Give Lion's Mane a go. It tastes like fresh water lobster
@@ScorpioIsland
No.
those broken down logs look incredible! mushrooms are so amazing :)
Your fabulosity is through the roof!!!
Thank you for sharing this!
YES! We're close to a treeline and have little useable gardening space. Lots of damp, shade, and old trees....Thank you!
I have always loved mushrooms now definitely try this when I move out of my parents house.
Omg this is amazing you get mushrooms and compost!
Love the music.
Where is this? Do you get winters?
I'm not a huge mushroom fan but this is a very useful skill none the less
That’s so cool, definitely a full length how to!
They already did.
Wow so cool!!!
love this homestead inspo- for sure!
Grow mushrooms canada has an alternate method of this using furniture dowels for spawn
Love this! Thanks for sharing.
Nice. I've found that the most difficult part is finding good logs because I haven't worked out the local schedules for tree surgeons
Oh how I love mushrooms! I wish I could do that ( I am in Fl)😢
Great project. I look forward to seeing the mushrooms growing. ❤
This is so cool. I would love to learn more from you about this process.
We actually have a full online course with detailed videos on how to grow the main crops we use in our garden 🙂
I will always be too afraid of eating mushrooms that someone else didn’t pick! 😂
I absolutely love this idea, I'm just waiting to get a house in the next 8 years so I can utilize everything spend less and live happier
good luck!
🙏😁✌️
That is a great idea. Can you do a video and post your links to where you buy your stuff to do this?
Japan there's a few kinds investigating first
Wow. That's the perfect crop . What a great video. I had no idea mushrooms broke down trees. Thanks. Best short educational video ever.
That's awesome! Thank you for sharing ❤
This is brilliant! I'm putting it on my list!
I have to try this 👍👍
SO useful!! What a great way to make full sustainable use of everything - space, logs, compost, etc.! ❤❤❤
That is absolutely brilliant. Thanks for posting. ❤
Now if only I could find info on how to make my own starters for mushrooms so I don't have to keep buying them online.
i've seen people grind up mushrooms and mix them with what ever medium they wanna use. the spores get released and they're too small for the blades of course. so you basically get a spore paste or if you add water a spore soup. i saw a video of a farmer injecting corn cobs with grinded huitlacoche liquid and he says he gets to farm that fungus that way for his family and his customers.
Honestly, even though I don't eat mushrooms mush, this is a really cool subsection of gardening I really like. No tilling soil, no watering plants. Just set it and forget it. For half a year. Then come back and you got shrooms! It's so cool too because it auto generates compost passively.
More like 3 years
That's fantastic! Ty for sharing!
Fantastic! I like that!
Shitake Mushrooms are thought to be the real reason behind the long lifespan of many asian-pacific peoples, including the Japanese.
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Sun dried shiitake mushroom is a good source for vit D
@Dee Dones well if you arleady have fresh shiitake and live in dry area its kinda fun to drying it yourself.
The two of you amaze me!
That seems amazing, I love mushrooms and would use them in every dish if I could
Where do you get your sawdust spawn?
Somebody please educate me😅,what is the sawdust spawn,and how do I get it ?! Pleasesssss
@@user-ju4nx8rg6hsawdust mixed with your spawn, being your rice bag or grain jar.
I have morels in my pollinator wildflower garden that was once a wastfull lawn
I will be putting in fruit trees next the morels will complete the cycle now l need logs for more mushrooms 😊
You were able to cultivate morels?!? What did you do?
I'd love to learn to grow morels too. My grandpa(91yrs old) and I both like them.
good to know & now is something that is easy to do on my, farm. thanks for the information
TY 4 the brainstorming ideas 🙃
I worry about rats roaming around them. Would it affect it? I live in the city and rats invite themselves in our yards.
Start killing the rats, they won’t come around a hostile environment if it continues to stay hostile, they’re smart and will avoid ways to die
This is a good question.
@@drewski5730 question good this is
That was very interesting. When you grow your own food, you must have PATIENCE. Blessings Always Ms.P ❤️ 🙏🏿
Don't stop. I want more!
This looks so much simpler than other kits I've seen! Great idea.
I love i can just go into the forest where i live and find them freely 😊
That's amazing i didn't know mushrooms could break down logs
SOME kinds can break down everything from wood, to plastic to literally rehabbing land from nuclear contamination. 🍄🤟
I love this... Imagine having your own home grown shiitakis? ❤❤❤
Wow awesome
Amazing 😍 Only ever seen mushrooms grown in plastic so love this natural version!!
Damn cool. Love that it's basically compost at the end since it decomposes the wood so much faster
I’m sooo doing this!!! Thank you!
This is amazing! Good work !
That's freaking awesome! 😊
Wow! Cool!❤
Awesome!
What a brilliant idea...wish I knew this before dedicating a spot inside my house for indoor growing lol
Beautiful remosa pattern. I think that shiitake in Japanese means "Dancing mushroom", because when a forager would come across a fruiting, they would dance in joy at their find.
Love your videos!❤
Thanks! Glad you’re enjoying them 😊
I really loved your 0 waste technique. Thanks for posting. And yes! You must make a full length video of this.
Converting inedible wood into complete protein. Unsung heroes of society
Your videos are so amazing ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much! 🙂
I’ve heard of this! Well done video. Thank You so very much.
I love this couple. They're so wholesome 🫶🏼
Thank you for sharing this knowledgeable way I can grow my own mushrooms.
Interesting to hear that psychedelics has been of high relevance to the Human society. Mushrooms helped me heal from anxiety and depression
I got my stuff delivered discreetly by this mycologist whose get lsd, dmt, mushrooms and more
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Dude is on telegram and Instagram
Wow 🤩
Wow I love that you’re able to use what’s leftover as compost!
You ever just stumble upon a channel and just know it's going to change your life
Love this video!!!
That's sooo smart! ❤❤❤
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
This is seriously one of the best ideas ever. Fresh shiitake are expensive as hell and how cool is that!
You just got a new sub! Gr8 video. Can't wait to watch others on your channel❤
I would love to have my own little space so I could try things like this , long term
Wow!!! Couple goals🔥
Also mushroom proteins are complete proteins, meaning you could live off of it for the rest fo your life if you only get your hands on some essentials fats.
Nice job guys and great suggestion 👍
a very good video, already has me thinking about some projects
I never knew you could get drill bits for angle grinder…. Thanks for the tip 🙏
Interesting! I diddent know that the Mushrooms would eventually break down the logs! And you can then use that too as COMPOST! AWESOME! Thanks!!
Thank you so much for share with we all, it's my first time ❤
This is so amazing!
Go girl. I had wood for the pit. It started to grow mushrooms. But now watching you. I can have a process now to grow something we can eat. Thanks for the info
I'm trying it in my garden and hopefully should see some results next summer.😄
Wow I haven’t seen this method of growing mushrooms.. awesome
I love it!!!