Alternative method for soaking mushroom logs
We were thrilled yesterday to
notice the first shiitake
mushrooms popping up.
These logs are mounted in the
ground like a fence post, which will hopefully allow each one to take
up as much water as it needs compared to our old
method of dipping each log in a small kiddie pool.
At least two of the logs are
still pumping out fruit, which makes me wonder if I need to sink the
other three logs a few inches deeper. It might be that those logs are
finished up. One amateur mistake we made in the beginning was soaking
some of them too long, which may have drowned the mycelium in the logs
that are now dormant. I think it depends on the condition of the log,
but now if we were still soaking we would be on the safe side and limit
the time to 12 hours.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I didn't find all your mushroom growing posts yet. I'm excited now, mushroom growing has been on my to-do list for years. I have always put it off to do other more importantant things though.
Looks like I have plenty of reading for the next few mornings as I drink my coffee.