Growing Mushrooms on Alder Logs

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5 жыл бұрын

I have grown dormant over the winter but I am budding out again now that spring is here. One of my early spring projects has been to start a mushroom patch or two. I have just "planted" shiitake, maitake, blue oyster, pearl oyster, turkey tail, and king stropharia mushrooms. It ended up being 2,400 plug spawn plugs and two sawdust bags worth of spawn. It has been a lot of fun and now that everything is set I get to wait and watch for the first mushrooms to show up.
For those who are interested I bought my mushroom spawn through Fungi Perfecti at fungi.com/ I'm not being paid to promote their products but they did offer me quality service so I feel happy to tell you all about them.
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@zingodingo2816 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings, very nice video. I have two things to add: don't let the logs get too dry. Nearly all places have a Summer that unattended logs won't survive without an occasional soaking. Also, inserting plugs in a spiral pattern instead of rows allows the use of significantly fewer plugs per log. The mycelium runs much better with the grain then across it. Thanks for the vid!

@usdpaulp 5 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you're back friend. Although I am not a big fan of mushrooms I am curious to see what sort of success you will have.

@Simplegroundlife 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks I'm excited too.

@chestnutplanter 4 жыл бұрын

I recently started using an angle grinder with a bit adapter instead of a drill to make the holes, it goes soooooo much faster and you don't have to push on it. Plus it uses the same battery as the drill I already have, which saved some money. Good luck with your logs! The couple that I burried in leaves colonized faster than the ones I stacked, but I don't know yet if it was with shiitakes or a volunteer/competitor.

@philipdan202 5 жыл бұрын

Who wants to watch videos of snow anyhow, right? Now it's spring, and welcome back. Hope your able to continue!!

@The_Archer-he2ft 5 жыл бұрын

it is honestly amazing just how nice these comments are compared to the hectic and crazy videos that I watch and are out there

@eastf8377 4 жыл бұрын

loving your videos, I love simple videos.

@panPan-kj4vz 5 жыл бұрын

Really like mushrooms.nice to see your child helping you.all the best to you and your family

@richardfrieman 5 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about how I haven't seen updates from you in a while! Glad to see you are doing well.

@Simplegroundlife 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm doing what I can. Thanks for thinking of me.

@buffyvachon8026 5 жыл бұрын

So happy to see you back. You have such a calm demeanor. Love your channel. And Mushrooms are so good for you! I hope it goes well 😊 The kitty is adorable.

@anninmo5546 5 жыл бұрын

It is great to see you are back. I look forward to seeing more of your journey.

@aitj100 5 жыл бұрын

Look who is back

@Simplegroundlife 5 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@aitj100 5 жыл бұрын

Any updates on bees and the bond

@johnjohnstone254 5 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you back bud stay strong love to your family.ALBA

@eddiewatson3759 5 жыл бұрын

Hey I always enjoy your videos you don't make enough of them. Hope everything is going well looking forward to your next video

@redhoundoom 5 жыл бұрын

Glad to have you back. I'll watch whatever you decide to put out in the future.

@Simplegroundlife 5 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks a bunch.

@jeremygenslinger4874 5 жыл бұрын

You can do this with all mushrooms and just about all of them will grow in wood chips. I have a friend who buys cheese cloth wraps up wood chips in sacks makes holes around them and puts the plugs in or soaks them in the concentration then hangs them around in the woods in shady areas if the sacks start to fall apart she puts webbing sacks from onions around them to contain them.

@jeremygenslinger4874 5 жыл бұрын

She sells them at local markets and restaurants

@eddiewatson3759 5 жыл бұрын

hey there.WOW so long.good to see you

@peterw2845 5 жыл бұрын

wonderful to see you back and happy to see youre doing well and things are working out , sometimes stuff gets in the way of doing things , so its perfectly understandable , and of coarse life always comes first… ive been meaning to write to by dad for the last 6 months and am goung to do it at long last tonight and tommorow , you kinda gave me a kick in the butt with this video :) , congrats on the 10,000+ subs too , well done !

@Simplegroundlife 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support. I'm glad my video helped too.

@keandric2765 5 жыл бұрын

So good to have you back! =D

@Simplegroundlife 5 жыл бұрын

Good to be back.

@tlbelknap 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool.

@dirtyswayze6017 5 жыл бұрын

Yaaaaas mushrooms on the home stead wooooo love the work man

@Simplegroundlife 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@dirtyswayze6017 5 жыл бұрын

Cant wait to see the video of you harvesting those awesome fungi:)

@captjack8133 5 жыл бұрын

"I've just had a good winter" lol

@simonforget280 5 жыл бұрын

I was starting to wonder if I've missed some video lately. Glad to see that you're back online! You might have to fence in your mushroom crop at some point, especially if you consider selling some. I'm not really concerned about animals snacking in but more about the loss of value of your crop. Anyhow, keep up your excellent work!

@Simplegroundlife 5 жыл бұрын

Good to hear from you too! Hope all is well.

@simonforget280 5 жыл бұрын

@@Simplegroundlife All is well. Still working a bit too much but plans are coming along to lessen the burden.