Subject: Re: [permaculture] Re: Poplars ||| Save The Trees
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 11:34:08 -0500
georg parlow 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"
(Liriodendron, actually a cousin to magnolia) rots in about a year on
the ground (even the big logs turn to mush) while, usually without
inoculation, volunteering a fair amount of oyster species.
Keith Johnson