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DIY Shiitake Mushroom Logs—Harvest!

I dedicated four posts in early spring based on a do-it-yourself DIY log-grown mushroom class. This harvest-related update is built on upon those four posts: Start: Phase 1, Substrate Acquisition Phase 2, Inoculation Phase 3, Spawn Run Finish: Phase 4, Production Did I Harvest? Yes! Round about early June I noticed one small pancake-sized shiitake ...

DIY Mushroom Logs Part 2: Log Inoculation

Now that I’ve convinced you—and myself!—that growing your own mushrooms on a log is the thing to do, and also explained the details about Phase 1 of DIY mushroom growing—Substrate Acquisition—it’s time to put down the chainsaw and pick up the power drill for Phase 2. Supplies Log inoculation is the goal of DIY mushroom ...