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20-10-2007, 10:03 PM
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| | | Mushroom Kits
I'm going to buy some mushroom kits that you drill into logs but not sure where or which ones to buy.
Any suggestions please?
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25-10-2007, 01:53 PM
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| | | Re: What's the best to buy?
Hi
I've tried a few, but have had most success with Shiitake and Oyster on Silver Birch. Shiitake are particularly good as you can "shock" them into fruiting 3-4 times per year. The difficulty can be sourcing the correct type and size of log. I've had minimal success with Chicken of the Woods and Lion's Mane.
It's certainly worth a go, there's nothing better than stripping a log of a dozen or more shiitake and frying them up for breakfast...  |
25-10-2007, 02:35 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Berkshire
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| | | Re: What's the best to buy?
Where do you get them from Buster? I've done some Oyster ones in birch and theres some sort of fungi growing on the top of the log but I don't think it's the oysters, I got them for christmas last year and they came from croatia!  I think they were off ebay. |
25-10-2007, 02:39 PM
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25-10-2007, 03:38 PM
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| | | Re: What's the best to buy?
I've bought from Ann Millers Speciality Mushroom 3 times and have always had success with the Oysters & Shiitake. |
25-10-2007, 03:52 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kenninghall, Norfolk
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| | | Re: Mushroom Kits
Although I'm a huge fan of the culinary aspects of fungi, I'd never want to 'grow my own' as such. The whole experience of finding your own and then consuming the found fungi makes the sequence quite special for me.
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26-10-2007, 08:56 AM
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| | | Re: Mushroom Kits
Nick I understand your sentiment, give me a pan full of field picked bluestalks any day, particularly if they're picked by my own fair hands. But everything has its place and I'd rather pick a few cultivated mushrooms from my back garden than eat the rubber you get at supermarkets. Not everyone has the time or ability to regularly explore the great outdoors. |
26-10-2007, 11:19 AM
| | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kenninghall, Norfolk
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Sure, I understand that, I'm merely stating that food hunted for tastes better for the specific fact that you found it 
Unless it's Dryad's Saddle |
27-10-2007, 04:02 AM
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| | | Re: Mushroom Kits
I did buy a pre-spored (?) Oyster Mushroom log as a present once ... the recipient had great results from it. |
27-10-2007, 07:33 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Gloucestershire
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October at Wiggly Wigglers used to do the mushroom logs
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27-10-2007, 12:40 PM
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I had a go at one of the loo roll ones years ago and it just went manky, also have done the garden centre box jobbies a couple of times and have ever only had 1 shroom.  | | |
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