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**DooM CooN** lop guest User ID: 18064 12-18-2011 07:37 AM

Wyldflwr Wrote:

How long did it take for that first mushroom to form after putting the inoculated dowel in the oak log?

I planted them in march of this year.
and saw it today.

**DooM CooN** lop guest User ID: 18064 12-18-2011 07:38 AM

**DooM CooN** lop guest User ID: 18064 12-18-2011 07:38 AM

**Wyldflwr**

DooM CooN Wrote:

Wyldflwr Wrote:
How long did it take for that first mushroom to form after putting the inoculated dowel in the oak log?

I planted them in march of this year.
and saw it today.

That is fantastic. Will you get three or four 'flushes' of them over the next month if your weather holds out?

I love shittake mushroom - eat them at least twice a week. It is so neat that you can do that with Shittakes. If only they could figure out homegrown Morels.....

**Wolf Pup**

I'm going to watch the video but, What are the benefits? Are they better tasting than a portabella? Just curious...I LOVE Mushrooms!! Jhikpghf

**Wyldflwr**

Sad Wolf Wrote:

I'm going to watch the video but, What are the benefits? Are they better tasting than a portabella? Just curious...I LOVE Mushrooms!!

I've found shittakes to be "nuttier" on more 'meat-like' when cooked as part of another recipe. they definitely have a more distinct flavor than portabellas and i like both types. (Eat a lot of mushrooms since I'm a mostly-vegan)

yum Yum!

**DooM CooN** lop guest User ID: 18064 12-18-2011 07:45 AM

To answer Sadwolf and Wlydflwr's question's
I don't know about the flushing or the taste.
This is our first time ever growing them. My daughter
is running around crazy that we actually grew one.
It is pretty awsome. Jhikpghf

We're gonna pick it tomarrow.

**DooM CooN** lop guest User ID: 18064 12-18-2011 07:50 AM

Kill the Matrix Wrote:

When you get the oysters to fruit, and have some shitakes to harvest, get some button mushrooms from the store. Make Beef Stroganoff and take about 1/3 the browned mushrooms and the beef stock and put it in the blender with about 1/4 c of sour cream. The return it to the pan with the meat and the mushrooms.

It's unbelievably good.

Nice...
Thank's, will try that.

**Kill the Matrix**

Wyldflwr Wrote:

DooM CooN Wrote:
Wyldflwr Wrote:
How long did it take for that first mushroom to form after putting the inoculated dowel in the oak log?

I planted them in march of this year.
and saw it today.

That is fantastic. Will you get three or four 'flushes' of them over the next month if your weather holds out?

I love shittake mushroom - eat them at least twice a week. It is so neat that you can do that with Shittakes. If only they could figure out homegrown Morels.....

Morels are easy to cultivate outdoors. Simply get a morel mushroom next spring and some distilled water. Run the morel and water through the blender. Then put the liquid in a garden sprayer and spray all around your yard (not where you use pesticides or herbicides). A good place is near a compost pile.

Morels like areas that are nutrient poor, so areas that have been burned are especially good.

**Kill the Matrix**

DooM CooN Wrote:

Kill the Matrix Wrote:
When you get the oysters to fruit, and have some shitakes to harvest, get some button mushrooms from the store. Make Beef Stroganoff and take about 1/3 the browned mushrooms and the beef stock and put it in the blender with about 1/4 c of sour cream. The return it to the pan with the meat and the mushrooms.

It's unbelievably good.

Nice...
Thank's, will try that.

I find that shitakes and oysters are better combined with white button mushrooms. If you can get some dried morels to throw in the mix, that is even better. You can also add some to your beef stock to add a mushroom flavor to it.

When you cook them, be sure to use med heat and butter and give them plenty of room in the pan. They will throw off their liquid first, then brown.

I have done a lot of research on mushroom cultivation, so if you have questions, drop me a PM.

**Wolf Pup**

Well thats cool she is excited! She may start to like to garden or maybe cook!

**DooM CooN** lop guest User ID: 18064 12-18-2011 08:01 AM

Kill the Matrix Wrote:

DooM CooN Wrote:
Kill the Matrix Wrote:
When you get the oysters to fruit, and have some shitakes to harvest, get some button mushrooms from the store. Make Beef Stroganoff and take about 1/3 the browned mushrooms and the beef stock and put it in the blender with about 1/4 c of sour cream. The return it to the pan with the meat and the mushrooms.

It's unbelievably good.

Nice...
Thank's, will try that.

I find that shitakes and oysters are better combined with white button mushrooms. If you can get some dried morels to throw in the mix, that is even better. You can also add some to your beef stock to add a mushroom flavor to it.

When you cook them, be sure to use med heat and butter and give them plenty of room in the pan. They will throw off their liquid first, then brown.

I have done a lot of research on mushroom cultivation, so if you have questions, drop me a PM.

Thank's,
I'll keep you in mind.
This was just a little experiment that me and the munchkin
was trying this year. We all eat mushrooms here(wife,child,and me)
but I saw a mushroom growing kit in my mother in laws seed book
and it planted the idea. The one in the book was the white button mushroom's so I started looking online and came across the video about
growing them in logs. So me and the munchkin decided to try it.
The instructions said the oyster would flush in 6 months to a year and the shiitake said from a year to two before they flushed. But we innoculated the logs in march and the munchkin found it today.

It truely is awsome, especially to see her get so excited over it.
She's what makes me excited about it. Cheer

**SpeaRitual** · **SpeaRitual** Courage User ID: 68266 12-18-2011 08:04 AM **Posts: 3,707**

Congrats! Nothing like the delight of a child.

**Kill the Matrix**

You can't grow white button mushrooms on logs. Those grow on sterilized manure.

There are only two commercial growers of mushrooms and there is a reason why they grow button mushrooms. They don't bruise as easily, transport well, and have a longer shelf life. It is a total pain in the ass to cultivate though and require very specific conditions.

**Psychosocial**

DooM CooN Wrote:

Lapis Lazuli Wrote:
are you cultivating these?

or is this just an accident?

Cultivating.
I bought some dowels online for us back in
march. Oyster and Shiitake.
The oyster are still pinning.
But she found this one just
while ago.
OH MAN!!!!
I done created a little mushroom monster.

Can you eat them? I know nothing about them.