We will be inoculating fresh oak logs with spores of Shiitake and other mushrooms. The tree will be felled previous to the workshop, and the spores finally have arrived.*
Time: May 4, Saturday, 3 pm to 5 pm (and if we are not finished, also on May 11, Saturday, 3pm to 5pm)
Location: 44 Beston street (Gabor’s house)
The process:
- Cutting log to manageable lengths and clean it from branches,
- Drilling holes into logs,
- Applying spores via inoculated plugs into the logs by hammering the plugs into the holes,
- Protecting the filled holes by waxing the surface,
- Placing the logs to a moist location without direct sunlight.
The logs, treated this way, will produce the first batch of mushrooms in roughly a year, and for several times a year for several years thereafter.
Please let Gabor know you are planning on coming: we will be using power drills and other tools, so our numbers are important for the logistics of organization.
Workshop is free of charge. Logs for you can be arranged at cost.
* First I tried to order plugs from “Mushroom Patch”. They did charge me but didn’t deliver. Then ‘Everything Mushroom’ came through beautifully. In fact they have a workshop parallel to our first.
