Recording Mushroom Logs
We finished up mushroom
innoculation on Tuesday, more than doubling our number of logs.
Two years ago, I didn't really take any data during innoculation, so I
went a bit overboard this time, recording the number of plugs, mushroom
variety, and the diameter for each log. In a few years, I might
be able to tell if there's an optimal diameter and number of plugs in
order to bear early and/or continue to bear for a long time.
The disappointing part of the day was when I added up the number of
plugs we'd pounded into logs and discovered that Field
and Forest Products had shorted us on every variety! We
ordered 250 plugs of two varieties and 100 plugs of a third variety,
but ended up with only 580 plugs (20 short.) The good news is
that when I called them up and complained (nicely), they immediately
offered to send out "something" to make up for it. I'm excited to
see what our something will be! I thought you all should be
warned that they pack their mushroom plugs by weight, not number, and
seem to lean toward the light side (and that you can get "something"
very easily by calling up when you're short!)
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I have been thinking of growing from plugs but am limited for space. Tell me please if the logs need laying down, standing up or does it not matter (I assume standing logs will have less chance of rot.
Chris Jagger