Saturday, January 24, 2009

Shitake Mushrooms Anyone?











Another interest I have developed is that of growing mushrooms. I have read numerous articles on the net and have read (The Mushroom Cultivator) by Paul Stamets and JS Chilton. It is a very good book for the individual whom is interested in this sort of thing. I have recently (1/19/2009) inoculated the growing substrate (oak log). I purchased my fungi from fungiperfecti.com. The process is quite simple. Simply cut some fresh oak logs, seal the ends with wax, after 2 weeks you can inoculate the logs with your fungi and seal the holes with wax. I chose to grow shitake but I also want to inoculate some portabella as well. I have published this post to serve as a reminder to me as to the date of inoculation. Some photo's of the fresh cut growing medium, melting of wax, wax on ends of growing medium, and my moisture meter showing 99%. Best to keep logs around 40% moisture content.

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