Comments on: Journey Ends for the Shiitake Mushroom Logs http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/ Featuring Vegetable Gardening Tips, Organic Growing Techniques, and Unique Plants for the Backyard Gardener Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:33:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kenny Point http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-160826 Kenny Point Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:56:30 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-160826 Hi Debbie, the beeswax helps to seal the logs but it is not a requirement. I would not place the logs in the swampy section of your woods. In with the pine trees and the bamboo sounds like a good spot to me. That's great that you have such a range of environments and ecosystems on your property. Good luck with your mushroom logs. Hi Debbie, the beeswax helps to seal the logs but it is not a requirement. I would not place the logs in the swampy section of your woods. In with the pine trees and the bamboo sounds like a good spot to me. That’s great that you have such a range of environments and ecosystems on your property. Good luck with your mushroom logs.

]]> By: Debbie http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-160623 Debbie Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:11:50 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-160623 Hi, I'm very happy to have found your video on growing mushrooms. Very Helpful! Two questions, Is using beeswax a most do and I have bought 4 mushrooms kits and we are not sure where to keep they the logs. We have a damp, swamp like part of our woods. We have large pine trees, which have a boarder of bamboo, that we thought we could put the logs there. Or the outside of the woods or directly in the woods. Just not sure what to do. Help! and Thanks! Hi,
I’m very happy to have found your video on growing mushrooms. Very Helpful! Two questions, Is using beeswax a most do and I have bought 4 mushrooms kits and we are not sure where to keep they the logs. We have a damp, swamp like part of our woods. We have large pine trees, which have a boarder of bamboo, that we thought we could put the logs there. Or the outside of the woods or directly in the woods. Just not sure what to do. Help! and Thanks!

]]> By: Mycorrhizal http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-143146 Mycorrhizal Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:38:11 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-143146 These are really good tips for veggie gardening.. Happy to see this.. These are really good tips for veggie gardening.. Happy to see this..

]]> By: Kenny Point http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-121430 Kenny Point Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:06:17 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-121430 Todd, I'm not sure of the process to actually propagate the spawn itself and believe they are usually cultured under almost lab-like processes. Paul Stamets has published books on producing mushroom spawn and he also presents <a href="http://www.fungi.com/seminars/index.html" rel="nofollow">cultivation workshops</a> on the subject through Fungi Perfecti in Washington State. The spawn is probably weaker and diluted by the time that they finish consuming the log, but some gardeners do add whatever is left to their compost or wood chip piles to try and coax more production out of them. Todd, I’m not sure of the process to actually propagate the spawn itself and believe they are usually cultured under almost lab-like processes. Paul Stamets has published books on producing mushroom spawn and he also presents cultivation workshops on the subject through Fungi Perfecti in Washington State.

The spawn is probably weaker and diluted by the time that they finish consuming the log, but some gardeners do add whatever is left to their compost or wood chip piles to try and coax more production out of them.

]]> By: Todd http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-121256 Todd Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:14:19 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-121256 At the end of the cycle, when the log is depleted, is it possible to harvest spawn or spores to repropogate the mushrooms? At the end of the cycle, when the log is depleted, is it possible to harvest spawn or spores to repropogate the mushrooms?

]]> By: Cooking With Richard » Blog Archive » Mushroom book recycler http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-97833 Cooking With Richard » Blog Archive » Mushroom book recycler Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:30:19 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-97833 [...] Growing shiitake mushrooms on logs also seems to be popular. [...] [...] Growing shiitake mushrooms on logs also seems to be popular. [...]

]]> By: Kenny Point http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-84157 Kenny Point Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:21:56 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-84157 Hello Resheda, unfortunately it looks like the decayed logs did not have enough life or energy left to produce any mushrooms in the pathways, but hopefully they still yielded some benefit by contributing mycorrhizal fungi to the garden's soil. Thank you! Hello Resheda, unfortunately it looks like the decayed logs did not have enough life or energy left to produce any mushrooms in the pathways, but hopefully they still yielded some benefit by contributing mycorrhizal fungi to the garden’s soil. Thank you!

]]> By: Resheda http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-84065 Resheda Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:28:41 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-84065 I have just read your delightful post about your use of the decayed log after your long mushroom harvest. Seeing that the post was in 2007, I was wondering if you ever got any other mushrooms from the garden's paths? Thanks a lot for your wonderful comments - they are very inspiring! Happy 2009 Resheda I have just read your delightful post about your use of the decayed log after your long mushroom harvest. Seeing that the post was in 2007, I was wondering if you ever got any other mushrooms from the garden’s paths?

Thanks a lot for your wonderful comments – they are very inspiring!

Happy 2009
Resheda

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