Reasons Why to Start Growing Mushrooms on Logs in Fall
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- There is a common misconception that logs need to be harvested and inoculated in the spring of the year for successful mushroom cultivation. While spring is an excellent time to go through the process, did you know you can also do the process in fall?
In this video we will go over the pros of fall time cut and inoculation, as well as how to ensure your inoculated logs make it through the winter.
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On advice from you guys at F&F, I inoculated in late November (I had already cut the wood [box elder] before consulting.), and bagged and stored in my basement until mid Spring.. It worked very well for my oyster mushrooms (multiple fruitings the last 2 years), so that's also an option for northern climate folks..
Absolutely! Indoor incubation is an excellent choice if you have the space for it- glad to hear yours did so well!
@@FieldandForestProducts Wish I could say the same for my Lion's Mane logs. My box elder logs didn't produce any LM at all. I know box elder is far from ideal, but it's what I got. I wish there was a "log trading" program. I have plenty more box elders that I need to cut down and would LOVE to trade for some beech or sugar maple logs.
@@corymarinan2996 Definitely don't give up on the Lion's Mane yet- those logs can take up to 18 months to produce so I think you'll still see something, but probably not until next fall.
wonderful video, I love turkey tail & plan on getting some spawn soon
Why would summer be a bad time? I would think that the tree has the most nutrient density in summer. It's it mostly for bark retention?
Bark retention is big part of it, but also because the wood is actually fairly nutrient depleted as all of the nutrients stored in the wood go into making new leaves and twigs in the spring so the tree needs the summer to restock nutrients from photosynthesis.
@@FieldandForestProducts I guess that makes sense. In the fall the trees draw everything back in to send to the roots so I can see that. The reason I was interested is because I travel for work and it seems I'm always gone during the spring and fall. I'm headed home in a couple weeks and will be there for about a month and I've got an entire fence row of trees up to 20" that I have to take down and didn't want them to go to waste.