Tips for a Healthy Maitake Crop with Buried Blocks

Over the past several years we've been working with ready-to-fruit blocks to create a fairly labor-free method to grow Hen of the Woods. These blocks are made with an outdoor-specific strain that takes advantage of the natural fruiting time for maitake. These buried blocks produce big clusters with the deeply flavorful woodsy signature you may be used to from foraged Hens.
This video shares some of the tricks we've learned over the past years to get the most robust hen of the woods crop possible.

[@bluegills]

You're rockin it Phoebe! 😘

[@FieldandForestProducts]

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[@CarolEWatkins1]

Will these repeat in subsequent years after they have fruited once? WIll they work with maple wood chips?

[@FieldandForestProducts]

They typically fruit for two seasons, but it's dependent on how large the first fruiting is. And the type of chips does not matter as the food for the fungi is all located within the sawdust block!

[@nhband1t]

Very limited basis... already sold out 😢

[@FieldandForestProducts]

Check again! It should be back up. :)
www.fieldforest.net/product/maitake-8-block-outdoor-bed-set/outdoor-block-sets

[@nhband1t]

@@FieldandForestProducts Thank you! I just put in my order!