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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Cool, old logs tend to get colonised and create issues for your prefered choice. Not sure about the cuts though would think better to make them fresh? Are you burrying or loose stacking? did they give you an idea of prefered method? just interested
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    the man says crane!
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    all i can se is centre<>centre?
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    you might find it yields poor results, what fungi are you inoculating with? and how old are the logs and cuts? those logs will already be colonised
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    are you being funny AGAIN! what pic!
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Now thats a bet! half an hour, clean logs, no problem will beet you hands down, are we talking a single bladed splitter though, has to be a fair game!
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Local supplies are the new thing, people are becoming more responsible for their food miles, and there is PLENTY of market out there.
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    it wouldnt matter if the fruit bodies where present in a group of trees you would know that these trees have protection against pathogens etc that the soil rootzone is in good health etc
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    I had an idea some might be doing it but thought it was worth mentioning, do all i can to promote the shrooms!
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    trouble is we dont have the space, sweden is twice the size of englan with only 10'000'000 people!
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I have been looking at producing shrooms at home on logs for a little while, has anyone considered the potentiasl for crops grown on waste logs? In this day and age with a need to diversify and turn a buck in a difficult financial climate it might be worth looking at. Of course you may be happy with the fuel market, but I think there is a bigger income to be had by the shrewd. Just a thought to put out there for all? I should add, this isnt that laughable an idea, some shrooms are delicacy and highly sort after in london resturants ganoderma lucidum grifola, and many more.
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    My next dog is probably a cocker spaniel, great dogs.
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Beavers bore wolves bring em all back
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    i can split faster with an axe than a hydraulic splitter, have the axe any day, but hard work, I use it as therapy!
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    they sound as though they got wet? or where stored without ventilation?
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    i believe the shitake is the portabelo mushroom here agaricus bisporus i think? that might be the latin for buttons though!

     

    use beech or chestnut for the oysters, impreganted sawdust appears to be the best way for cultivating in beds of loose material.

  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Was never a problem when we ate them no doubt, they are beautiful animals though.
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    sorry fella, will sort it!
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    and you now use/prefer?
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Ditto, like shigo said, to learn just go out and do it, the old fashioned way. There is little out there specific to trees
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Yes, as long as they dry out, simples!
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Root girdling does constrict, and we look after a tree with an Identical root, thought you might have worked the same job for a mo! ours isnt suffering die back. I suspect like the other fella this is more than just the root. Roots do constrict, I even have photos of one tree throwing its roots around another and outbidding it for the space and several where you can clearly see the old depression where once another tree stood close but has long since decayed away and new roots have migrated towards this new food source. It does happen, but a bigger problem in small trees and nursery stock/planting out stages. one tiny root like this on a seqioua isnt IMO going to be that big an issue.
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    Big euk's! tell me what kind of fungi do these get in their native habitat? dont see much on them here?
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    of course there is the distinct posibility i make a complete arse of myself! The hardest thing I found when starting on this journey was the images in the books, 1 image is next to useless, It may well be a perfect photo of the genus in perfect or classic pose and form but fungi are so varied in shape colour and form within thier own genus and individual species. I dont know how I am going to include enough images to do it but i want to show them in all thier peculiar differences and in dessicated and aged form. Some fungi have certain characteristics that can be usefull for identifying them long after fruiting. i dont think there is a need to find if a tree has an infection before fruiting, this isnt required in the proscess of tree inspection and should not ever be considered needed. There are however detective signals that indicate the possibility and these need carefull representation.
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