We’ve been busy in the mushroom yard, rearranging to make room for and inoculating our new “long logs.” It always takes a bit of searching to find all the trees we want to use. They need to be accessible, retrievable, and just the right species. Like a houseful of kids at dinner time, each type of mushroom prefers a different kind of tree (of course). Given what trees make up our woods, the menu is indeed somewhat limited. Oyster mushrooms like maple trees. Chestnut mushrooms prefer birch. Shiitakes love oak trees. Hericium prefer cottonwood, but do “well enough” on our readily available maple trees, so that’s what they get. Like my mother used to say with a loving smile, “Sorry, THIS is what’s for dinner.”
I think I remember your mother saying that! LOL
You're inspiring me to try growing mushrooms!
6 months instead of two years...that's incredible!
Fascinating! Congratulations on your experimentation results.