50 Organic Shiitake Mushroom Plugs Growing Kit Gourmet

Use your mushroom plugs to inoculate Hardwood logs or stumps.

Its Very easy to do. You Just drill holes for your plugs pound them in,  water and wait!

By doing this mushroom mycelium is encouraged to grow throughout and completely Colonize the wood. Once your log has been fully colonized, A process that usually takes 6-12 months, mushrooms will begin to spring forth from the cracks or channels in the wood. Giving you mushrooms for years and years! It is best to inoculate your logs and stumps Any time from early spring up to about 2-3 weeks before consistently freezing temperatures set in. Basically you need to allow a few weeks for the mushroom mycelium to establish itself in its new home before it goes dormant for the winter. The Logs can be left outdoors over the Winter, under a layer of straw, Some mulch, or a burlap tarp, shade cloth or other vapor-permeable cover. Do not use plastic tarps: this can cause mold to form. In areas where the Winter is exceptionally harsh, logs can be stored indoors. A shed, barn, garage or other outbuilding will do fine. Mushrooms prefer to grow on hardwood. Non-aromatic hardwoods such as oak, elm, maple, Alder and similar woods are very good candidates for log cultivation. Logs should be cut a few months before you begin plugging. Cut your logs in lengths of 3-4 feet. Use a 5/16" drill bit to drill 2-inch holes2 to 4 inches apart, evenly spaced. Insert 1 plug per hole and whack it in with a hammer. A 3-4 foot log can take about 50 plugs, while stumps usually hold 30-50 plugs. The more plugs you use, the faster your log will be colonized with mushroom mycelium. Holes can be sealed with wax to protect the mycelium from weather and insects while it's growing.

Cheese wax or beeswax is best. Although the waxing can be helpful, it is not absolutely necessary.

Your Mushroom logs will Produce Mushrooms for years to Come! I guarantee my Gourmet and medicinal Mushroom Plug Spawn to be viable. In fact, if left unattended on a shelf or in your refrigerator for too long, many of our Plug Spawns will begin to produce mushrooms right out of the bag! The total number of mushrooms you can expect to get from a log or a stump cultivation will vary from log to log, and from season to season. Any outdoor mushroom cultivation project involves a number of variables including climate, species, sugar and moisture content of wood, consumption of mushrooms or mushroom mycelium by insects and other animals, quality of care to name a few. Due to the many and various contributing factors involved in this method of mushroom cultivation, Rainbow Seeds cannot accurately predict the amount of mushrooms your Plug Spawn will produce.