permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

Keith Johnson wrote:

> > Maybe you can grow shittake mushrooms in poplar logs. 

> You can grow shiitake on poplar, but they decompose SO FAST , especially 
> in warm humid climates like the south, that your better choice is oyster > mushrooms. We have found, here at Earthaven in NC, that our "poplar" 

Great idea. Do OM's produce more poundage than shittake per growing season?

> (Liriodendron, actually a cousin to magnolia) rots in about a year on 

Now I remember, liriodendron tulipfera.

and sweet gum, liquidambar styraciflua, also used for shittake, so I hear

Doesn't rot that fast here and about equals southern yellow pine if left out
in the weather.

> the ground (even the big logs turn to mush) while, usually without 
> inoculation, volunteering a fair amount of oyster species.
> Keith Johnson


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