I walked into the room after 8 hours and temp had topped out at 146. I was losing a tremendous amount of heat out the top.

I covered the top of the top with cling wrap and laid beach towels over it to insulate. After a few hours I had temps up to 205-208, which I allowed to run for 6 hours. I’m feeling pretty good that I got a decent kill on pathogens with that temp.

After that I pulled the logs out in the bags to cool to 80 or so, took about 4 hours, added 2 cups of spawn per bag, sealed and shook per the article.

Packed up and ready to go

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3-4 weeks now in the garage after which I will bury when fully inoculated. Fingers crossed. Best part is I have some spawn left over so I can go do that dying oak tree in the wooded lot next door greensicko-laser

  • EnsignRedshirt [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Oh hell yeah, mycology and an immersion circulator in the same post. What are you inoculating with?

        • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]M
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          1 year ago

          Thanks! One of the fun (?) things about this is it takes a couple of years to know if it worked. Maple is “not recommended” for the species per north spore so it’s a bit of a gamble

          • EnsignRedshirt [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            Totally, and relative to the input cost and potential reward it's a reasonable gamble. Worst case scenario, you stick some logs in the yard and they decompose, nbd, you spent a few hours enjoying a hobby. Best case, mushrooms for years.