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, 19 Mar 2010 03:36:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 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

]]> By: Kenny Point http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-24513 Kenny Point Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:57:55 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-24513 I came across a few shrooms that had been munched on, but for the most part I didn't have much of a problem with animals eating the mushrooms that wee growing on the logs. I also frequently see large stands of edible mushrooms growing wild in the woods that the deer and other animals don't appear to be too interested in. If you enjoy eating gourmet mushroom varieties, growing your own on hardwood logs with spawn plugs is the best way to go. It takes a little effort but it's not difficult and once inoculated the mushroom logs will continue to fruit over many years. I came across a few shrooms that had been munched on, but for the most part I didn’t have much of a problem with animals eating the mushrooms that wee growing on the logs. I also frequently see large stands of edible mushrooms growing wild in the woods that the deer and other animals don’t appear to be too interested in. If you enjoy eating gourmet mushroom varieties, growing your own on hardwood logs with spawn plugs is the best way to go. It takes a little effort but it’s not difficult and once inoculated the mushroom logs will continue to fruit over many years.

]]> By: Robinson http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-24503 Robinson Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:58:32 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-24503 I love the idea of growing my own mushrooms. Do you have to worry about animals eating them? I have lots of shady space but a lot of it is shared with deer and other woodland critters. I love the idea of growing my own mushrooms. Do you have to worry about animals eating them? I have lots of shady space but a lot of it is shared with deer and other woodland critters.

]]> By: Philip Voice http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-23855 Philip Voice Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:50:08 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/journey-ends-for-the-shiitake-mushroom-logs/#comment-23855 Hi Kenny What a delicious post :) You have rekindled my appetite for foraging again. It is always something I intended to take seriously and I think I will indulge myself with a kit and try it out. I have summarized your post on Landscape Juice. Phil Hi Kenny

What a delicious post :)

You have rekindled my appetite for foraging again. It is always something I intended to take seriously and I think I will indulge myself with a kit and try it out.

I have summarized your post on Landscape Juice.

Phil

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