Maple logs inoculated from sawdust in summer 2021. Red stuff is cheese wax which I used to seal the inoculation sites

  • FakeNewsForDogs [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Nice. Did they take this long to colonize and fruit or is this just the latest flush? I tried this last year but I think they ended up getting contaminated with something else.

    • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      Usually with logs you don’t get anything for a year, a massive flush year 1 and then it calms down but keeps going for a few years depending on the log size. This is with shiitake . The oysters took 2 years.

      • FakeNewsForDogs [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        We’ll I’m not holding my breath but I guess I will keep an eye on those guys and maybe they’ll come through. Congrats on your harvest anyway.

        • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
          hexagon
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          1 year ago

          Luckily shiitakes are very easy to ID so you might even get some out of a contaminated log