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  • #1

    growing mushrooms

    So I am going to have a bash at growing mushrooms this year. I have bought some shiitake and oyster impregnated plugs from Dobies. You are meant to get logs and drill holes in, pop the plugs in the hole and then the spawn in the plugs do their thing and eventually you get the mushrooms come.

    First question: has anyone tried these before and how did you get on?

    Second question: a friend of mine has just had some elm trees taken down due to Dutch Elm Disease. Do you think the wood from this would be suitable to use? I'm thinking that fungus thrives on dead wood, but just wondering whether the disease would affect anything.
    Are y'oroight booy?
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    Loads of threads about this = search for "Shiitake" as a start.
    I tried growing them in freshly cut oak. Nothing happened.
    Most of the threads tell a similar story, sorry.

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    • #3
      Many moons ago we tried....

      https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr....html#post1769

      Nothing ever grew

      But ya never know.....good luck...go on...impress up
      "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

      Location....Normandy France

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      • #4


        Oh well, nothing ventured. Got a shady cool damp corner by the top shed, so we'll see how it goes.
        Are y'oroight booy?

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        • #5
          The suggestion here is not to use diseased wood:
          https://www.mushroomadventures.com/t...struction.aspx

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          • #6
            ive thought about trying this myself at some point , i watched a yt vid and the bloke grew his in a shipping container and said a constant temp was key , not sure you can do that outside , i found this vid might be worth a watch , it doesnt use logs tho ,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc75VWsrnbM gl and pls let us know how you get on , seems like a few are intersted in growing them ,cheers
            The Dude abides.

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            • #7
              I did the same, followed the instuctions .....nowt happened with the Shitake but Oyster did ok ...think i put some pics on here somewhere ??
              Gp
              Never Let the BAD be the Enemy of the GOOD

              Conservation and Preservation for the Future Generation

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              • #8
                Decded that I can buy in local supermarket for about .70p so.....Iknow its not like growing your own but hey ho ..
                Gp
                Never Let the BAD be the Enemy of the GOOD

                Conservation and Preservation for the Future Generation

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Vince G View Post
                  Second question: a friend of mine has just had some elm trees taken down due to Dutch Elm Disease. Do you think the wood from this would be suitable to use? I'm thinking that fungus thrives on dead wood, but just wondering whether the disease would affect anything.
                  I believe Dutch Elm disease is a fungal infection. It's likely that any present fungal infection will out compete anything introduced.

                  Many attempts, no luck so far!

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                  • #10
                    I would be very reluctant to store or use diseased elm wood. From the RHS website:

                    The fungus is spread by elm bark beetles, particularly Scolytus scolytus. Beetles breed in dead and dying elms, including those killed by the disease, where the larvae tunnel in the bark and outermost wood, forming galleries. The fungus produces sticky spores in these galleries, which contaminate the newly hatched adult beetles as they emerge. They then fly to healthy elms, where they feed on young bark and introduce the pathogen into the conducting tissue (xylem) of the tree. The fungus grows in the xylem, blocking water flow and causing rapid wilting and death. It can spread rapidly down rows of hedgerow elms through root grafts formed between adjacent trees. https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=154

                    By storing the dead wood you are providing a habitat for the pest that spreads the problem.
                    A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                    • #11
                      Use freshly cut wood, preferably a hardwood. Tree's contain natural fungicides as a defence. Advised you give it 5+ weeks until you inoculate the wood with mycelium.


                      From my observations last year was not particularly good for fungi.

                      This was my Shiitake crop;

                      Shiitakes ; https://ibb.co/dj24Xy9


                      You can achieve several flushes of fruiting shrooms by soaking the wood in dechlorinated water (water butt filled with tap water left over 24hrs) and giving each log one violent bash to tigger the fruit pinning (primordia).

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                      • #12
                        Good afternoon,

                        When using the log and plug method, you have to remember that it takes a long time for the mushroom mycelium to grow through the log, the bigger the log, the longer it takes.
                        The biggest failure comes when you've not realised your logs have dried out, smaller logs dry out quicker than larger diameter logs, they need to be regularly wetted.
                        All my plug/logs are in my hugelkutur, keeps them wet and feeds the hugelkutur bed.
                        Your best chance of success it, especially with oyster mushrooms is to grow them in bags of sterilised straw or wood chips. works really well in my opinion.
                        You can use pelleted straw or wood, hardwood is better than softwood.
                        Im not too sure exactly about Elm, but I would definitely give it a go, worth a shot. Most wood eating mushrooms are adapted with the necessary enzymes to utilise as a nutrient source, just remember to keep you logs regularly wetted, especially small diameter logs.
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