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Old 27-09-2008, 05:53 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Growing Shitake, Lions Mane and Oyster Mushrooms

I've had the logs I inoculated with spawn sitting in large plastic bags for
about 9 months and thought it about time they came into the air seeing as
most of the logs are showing good signs of infection by going black at the
ends, even showing some Mycelium on the outside of the logs in the case of
Shitake and Oyster. I appreciate Lions Mane can take a much longer time but
even that is showing a spreading of the mycelium.

My problem is I've lost the instructions, put them somewhere safe, so do I
now stand the logs upright against the house wall in a shady and damp spot,
lay them down on the earth there, or lay them down on a plastic sheet where
they can stay damp (and so they don't get infected by something else nasty
in the ground).
Or do I "plant" the logs (one end buried in the soil) out on the allotment.

Anyone done it successfully?

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Bob Hobden