How to make shiitake mushroom logs! Full detailed instructions for growing your own shiitake mushrooms! Is growing shiitakes hard? Nope! Is it expensive? Nope!
SHIITAKE LOG CHEAT SHEET
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A handy printable page with all the details of how to make mushroom logs, including which types of wood to use, full materials list, and instructions to accompany this video.
COST OF SHIITAKE LOGS
Assuming you have or can borrow an angle grinder or drill, can source the wood for free, and have some basics like safety goggles, here’s the cost breakdown:
•25 logs, 36-48” long and 3-8” diameter ($0)
•5.5 pound bag of Shiitake Sawdust Spawn ($26)
•Angle Grinder (preferred) or Drill ($0)
•Angle Grinder Bit Adapter if using angle grinder ($36)
•12.5 mm Soft Steel Screw Tip Bit with Stop Collar ($16.50)
•Palm Style Brass Inoculator ($43)
•2.5 pounds of Cheese Wax ($11.50)
•2 Wool Daubers ($1.60)
•Metal can for holding sawdust spawn ($0)
•Something for melting the wax ($0)
•Safety goggles ($0)
•Straw (optional)
(materials sourced from Field & Forest)
TYPES OF WOOD
Best: All species of Oak.
Good: Alder, American & Blue Beach, Hornbeam, Ironwood, Hard Maple, Sweet Gum.
Satisfactory: Basswood, Bitternut Hickory, Butternut, Sulphur Bud, Black & Paper Birch, Black Gum, Tupelo, Cherry, Eucalyptus, Soft Maple (Silver & Red), Sassafras, Sourwood.
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22 фев 2024
