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  • From: Richard Moyer <ramoyer@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] cherry as a shiitake substrate
  • Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:51:55 -0500

Evan,
Thanks for the info. We have much cherry in our fence rows, so inoculated
cherry logs last spring with shiitake spawn from Field and Forest. Their
'Bolshoi Breeze' strain is supposed to work well on cherry. It did run to
the end of the logs; we'll see about the mushrooms this season.

Richard Moyer
SW VA

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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:44:36 -0500
From: Evan <kodama@riseup.net>
Subject: [nafex] cherry (Prunus serotina) as shiitake substrate
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Hey all,

In April/May 2009, a friend of mine and I got some Prunus serotina logs
from a neighbor clearing a fence row. These logs, ranging in diameter from
4-8", we inoculated with shiitake sawdust spawn leftover from a previous
inoculation of sweetgum. Now, whereas sweetgum and oaks seem to be the
preferred substrate for shiitake in all the literature I've run across, we
figured it was no loss if nothing took from our little experiment. We had
no mushrooms in 2009, and in 2010 I think one or maybe two of the logs put
out a mushroom. I believed the experiment had proven unsuccessful until
this past year (2011) when the rains off one of those Hurricanes came
through induced at least 70% of the logs to fruit! There were many gorgeous
and delicious shiitakes jumping off these logs, and even later in the
season I had a few other logs give off a few more mushrooms.

We'll see how it goes through the next few years, but I feel comfortable
saying that P. serotina makes an acceptable if not good substrate for
Shiitake. Hope this helps!

cheers,
Evan
Southern Appalachians
elevation 2800-3000'
zone 6b



  • Re: [nafex] cherry as a shiitake substrate, Richard Moyer, 02/16/2012

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