Mushrooms

[Robbyrasta]

Has anyone grown mushrooms in logs outdoors, from plugs.

 

I ve got a pack of shiitake dowels. Just got to find some suitable sized oak that needs thining.

[daltontrees]

Has anyone grown mushrooms in logs outdoors, from plugs.

 

I ve got a pack of shiitake dowels. Just got to find some suitable sized oak that needs thining.

 

I thought shiitake grew on straw...?

[Paul in the woods]

Shii is the name of the tree the take (mushroom) grows on. It's related to our oak I beleive.

 

Anyway, yes I've grown Shiitake on oak and they've been successful. They did take a couple of years to fruit but that's probably down to the fact it was my first attempt.

 

First crop:

 

[Eddy_t]

I thought shiitake grew on straw...?

 

 

Shiitake means oak mushroom, they can be cultivated on oak chip or logs

[Robbyrasta]

Logs cut, just need to leave them a while before I place the plugs.

Any advise on where to place the logs once planted.

Thanks

Rob

[Eddy_t]

Logs cut, just need to leave them a while before I place the plugs.

 

Any advise on where to place the logs once planted.

 

Thanks

 

Rob

 

 

Somewhere warm and damp

[Beardie]

I thought shiitake grew on straw...?

 

The ones grown on straw are called straw mushrooms.

 

Hope that helps.

Edited February 19, 2015 by Beardie
To add the smart-alec emoticon.

[TurtleWoods72]

So are button mushrooms grown on buttons?

 

[bumble B]

This thread is a mine field!

[daltontrees]

Shiitake means oak mushroom, they can be cultivated on oak chip or logs

 

Thanks, I must have been thinking of Straw Mushrooms (Volvariella volvacea).