Katra wrote in message ...
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(simy1) wrote:


Any hints on how to sterilize small logs?
I have a rather large woodpile and do not grill a lot and some of the
bottom layer is already rotting and growing it's own wild mushrooms with
all the rain we have been having. G I'd like to try innoculating some
small logs.

I think you lost rotting logs. There are fungi down the food chain
that will use them if you grind them into chips and inject them.
fungi.com sells a triple, succession spawn in which oyster are the
higher ranked, then there is ink cap and then those red-capped
things... sorry, not my day to remember names.
check their website.


Did you bleach and rinse the stems to sterilize the surface before
blending?

No, I was just careful when I handled them to have clean hands, and
rinsed them off with hot water. I did, however, bleach the food
processor that I used to grind them.


I wonder if UV would work also, since I have access to a UV
machine.

Careful. UV kills tissue too. :-)


I suppose one can accept some killing of surface tissue if
sterilization is good.