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  • From: "TxBeeFarmer" <txbeefarmer AT hotpop.com>
  • To: <wizard1 AT kih.net>, "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Shiitake Mushrooms
  • Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:05:41 -0600

Wonder how I could find out for sure. I really do have A LOT of still standing, dead elms.

TxBeeFarmer
Mark (West Texas - Zone 7b)

----- Original Message ----- From: "MARK A. ABNER" <wizard1 AT kih.net>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Shiitake Mushrooms


Mark
Probably not. The key seems to be the first fungus in wins so you need to
cut live trees while the sap in down so your spawn gets dug in first ..


Mark


[Original Message]
From: TxBeeFarmer <txbeefarmer AT hotpop.com>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: 12/23/2005 12:01:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Shiitake Mushrooms

Thanks Mark. I have a lot of dead elm trees. Do you think they'd work
if I
cut them up and soaked them?

TxBeeFarmer
Mark (West Texas - Zone 7b)

----- Original Message ----- From: "MARK A. ABNER" <wizard1 AT kih.net>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Shiitake Mushrooms


> Mark
> I just took a class on growing shitaki. I am going to try it on a small
> experimantal basis. The basics are you need logs from live trees cut > now
> while the sap is down idealy white oak but other oakes will work. No
> conifers though. you drill holes in the log about an inch deep ever
couple
> inches and fill them with spawn then seal over the holes with wax. > stack
> them up in the woods like a mini log cabin. where they are shady and
> somewhat damp protect them from completely drying out cover them with
> plastic palate covers if you have too in windy areas. let them set like
> this for a year as the mycelia impregnates the logs(proper size seems
to
> be
> about 42 inches long and 4" to 6" in diamiter) the second spring after
> the
> weather has warmed up well past frosting you submerge you logs in cold
> water and let them soak over night then reastack them in about a week
you
> will have a flush of mushrooms about 1/3 of a pound per log. you let
the
> logs rest for 10 weeks then soak them again depending on your season > you
> get 3 to 4 flushes per season.
>
> Mark Abner
> BriarPatch Farms
> Monticello KY zone6b
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: TxBeeFarmer <txbeefarmer AT hotpop.com>
>> To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Date: 12/22/2005 5:45:02 PM
>> Subject: [Market-farming] Shiitake Mushrooms
>>
>> Any Shiitake Mushroom growers in this group? I have lots of logs and
>> thought I might give it a try, but don't have a clue where to start.
>>
>> TxBeeFarmer
>> Mark (West Texas - Zone 7b)
>>
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