It's So Easy! How to make Shiitake Mushroom Logs!

It's So Easy! How to make Shiitake Mushroom Logs! Today we'll go out and cut some logs on the farm and show you how easy it is to Make your own mushroom logs! Hope ya'll enjoy!
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[ptrain]

Why are you waiting for a year and a half before soaking the logs?

[taohuang]

Love your channel Josh. I have a cost saving tip for you regarding your mushrooms. What I do is buy the spawn one and only one time for $20. Then I go to Lowe’s and buy some red oak plugs for a few dollars more. I boil the plugs to kill any bacteria and to get the wood moist. Then I put the plugs in the bag with the spawn. Bingo more inoculated plugs. I keep the spawn in my refrigerator in a double freezer bag. I’ve had the same spawn now for 5-6 years and have inoculated 100s of logs. All those delicious mushrooms for just 20 bucks and a little sweat. I call that a deal. That’s how we do it down here in the Ozarks.

[thephotographicauditor]

A fella I know, built a tin coverd grow shed for his mushrooms, equipped with a water misting system. Tin covered on 3 sides and a roof, with a tarp cover on the 4th side as the entrance. Nice job, Josh!!

[TheUserid]

When farming mushrooms like this you want to inoculate and seal the logs ASAP as the longer you leave the logs exposed the higher chance of a wild fungi infecting them. Depending on the trees you have you can grow different types of mushrooms so don't fear if you lack maple and oak. If you are growing lots of logs a section of split rail fence between 2 trees or 2 posts makes a good spot to lean the logs on for fast inspections.



For fungi the term is fruiting when the mushrooms start sprouting



Have you thought about growing ginseng in the woods also? It is a plant and forget about it till you want to harvest in 10-20 years for the most part other then watching for stealing.

[lisacastano]

Yum my favorite and sun-dried concentrates the flavor of them. Dried then soaked has better flavor

[rummysworld]

I took a class on this at a local farm nonprofit and they recommended cutting the trees in January and inoculate in spring.

[dyana]

Thank you for sharing this neat way to have mushrooms.

[semco]

You just showed me something I didn't know before and I have to try doing that and see how it turns out. I thank you for showing us how it is done and maybe I can make my own logs and get some mushrooms growing at my place.

[KevinJones-cpqv]

300 K right around the corner congratulations brother

[alicesmith]

We've got tons of Black Jack trees on our farm here that's going to be cut for future firewood, glad I have seen this informative video, that offers us another option, as to using it So glad you gave us a heads-up as to what time of year to start this project, thanks so much from a fellow Sandhill Carolinian.

[Caberoni]

My father in law does a bunch of logs, I bought him an angle grinder for the drill bit. Makes it pretty nice drilling holes if you are doing a bunch. Love shiitakes... Good work man!

[deanbarr]

Thanks Josh, i never knew this. We love mushrooms at the Barr House. I'm gonna give her a try. That was awesome buddy.

[scottt]

Hey Josh thank you so much for the video never knew you can grow shiitake mushrooms from a tree but now I know from watching your video very interesting I just learned something new today like they say you never stop learning you learn something new everyday but not really every day every once in awhile

[casey]

Mr. Mushroom, who knew 😀👍🏾 Thank You. Love your videos . Geo. 😀👍🏾🚜🚜🚜🚜

[Will]

You might also like trying to grow some Chicken of the Woods. I've never cultivated them, but I've gathered and eaten them. They are extremely good. Shiitakes are extremely good too though. Enjoyed the video.

[davidwestervelt]

That is really neat. I look forward to see how they make out in the future. Thanks

[hapnewsom]

Another great source of mushrooms and such is Fungi perfecti out of Olympia WA ....good people!!

[BuddhiYoga]

nice work! I stagger my rows so that the plugs on each row are also four to six inches apart. I also only use trees that have been downed recently and naturally, but I'm on enough land to do that. Also, make sure the plugs don't mold or dry which happened to me because of delays. thanks

[sherylannejacobs]

Thank you. You give us so much useful and important info.

[runtmalone]

loved it, , @ 9:00, you were mushrooming the mushrooms so they won't fall out, , , :)