shiitake. spawn on dowels

[mushfun]

Hello all, I would like to get hold of some shiitake spawn on dowels and suggestions on good strains for eucalyt logs in tas. Plates maybe useful is anyone has a good source for dowels.

[Zen Peddler]

Forest fungi may be able to help.

[mushfun]

Cheers Zen.

[Keenter]

Or you could try these ones on: eBay.com.au

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SHIITAKE-MUSHROOM-LOGS-ready-to-fruit-in-3-days-/111408315790?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=wF5bBUGHDjIUoRCd9evHXlTM%252B24%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Shiitake-Mushroom-Seeds-Spores-Grains-DIY-Grow-Your-Own-At-Home-Yields-Min-1kg/261530420173?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140107090050%26meid%3D874661

6868513229412%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D20140107090050%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D231281884454

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Shiitake-Mushroom-Growing-Kit-commercial-grade-/231281884454?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=wF5bBUGHDjIUoRCd9evHXlTM%252B24%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SHIITAKE-MUSHROOM-SEEDS-MUSHROOM-SPORES-GROW-YOUR-OWN-10-000-SEEDS/290641161199?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140107090050%26meid%3

D8746616868513229412%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D20140107090050%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D10%

26sd%3D231281884454

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/291173300411?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

or

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/161294546144?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

from USA

[Keenter]

About Growing Shiitake on logs:

http://library.rawlingsforestry.com/ncces/woodland_owner_notes/20/

http://www.fungi.com/shop/grow-mushrooms-on-logs-and-stumps.html

On Eucalyptus logs:

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0103-90162004000300003&script=sci_arttext

Reading info:

http://ausfoodnews.com.au/2012/10/17/australian-shiitake-mushroom-production-set-to-%E2%80%98sprout-up%E2%80%99-everywhere.html

Otway Forest Shiitake

http://www.otwayforestshiitake.com.au/

Bingo! I found a good link from Victoria:

250 Wooden Dowels inoculated with Shiitake $70:

http://agroforestry.net.au/main.asp?_=Shiitake

Edited August 3, 2014 by Keenter

[mushfun]

Thanks keenter, I'll check those links out.

[Keenter]

Happy to help Mushfun.

[NSF]

If you'd like some oyster saw dust spawn then let me know.

[mushfun]

Cheers NFS. what sort of oyster you got?

[NSF]

On sawdust I've only got white oyster. Proven to be a great performer though.

I've got king and blue cultures too. Hopefully getting grey back soon too.

[mushfun]

Have you tried the white oyster in eucalyptus logs NSF?

[NSF]

No I've never tried it on either eucalyptus or logs, but it loves oak sawdust and pretty much every other substrate that people have thrown at it, including conventional compost.

Edited August 4, 2014 by NSF

[Shrooman]

I got it (white oyster) to fruit on cypress pine mulch, it's a great culture for starting out with!

Edited August 4, 2014 by Shrooman

[mushfun]

Sounds really aggressive. What is our like to eat. Is this the "don't feed after midnight" strain that zen peddler has?

[NSF]

It's delicious to eat. I haven't experimented with ZPBG's strain that's aggressive on agar. I don't know how it compares. I do know that my strain is a proven commercial strain and sets quite a number of pins:

Here it is...it's go so many fruit it doesn't know which ones to enlarge:

http://ediblemushroom.net/index.php/topic,832.0.html

and here it is previously on straw:

http://ediblemushroom.net/index.php/topic,537.msg3120.html#msg3120

[Zen Peddler]

Looks great on straw there nsf. Nice even flush.

Edited August 5, 2014 by Zen Peddler

[Shrooman]

Very reliable fruiter:

On steralised supplemented woodchips:

http://ediblemushroom.net/index.php/topic,751.0.html

On Lime-Soaked sugarcane:

http://ediblemushroom.net/index.php/topic,749.0.html

On steralised mix of woodchips and sugarcane:

http://ediblemushroom.net/index.php/topic,753.0.html

[Zen Peddler]

My white oyster strain was given to me by an old friend when I got back into the hobby and I had no intention of selling it as I'm not really an oyster fan myself but literally broke open four Petri dishes by cracking them it got my attention.

not sure of its origin but I doubt its an official aloha bank strain or any other similar commercial strain. But then again I have ko1 and ko3 king strains and my Aussie sourced one seems way better.same thing with pioppino - have swordbelt and workie's and Worowa's performs.better.

Edited August 5, 2014 by Zen Peddler

[Zen Peddler]

Nsf's does look very tidy!

[NSF]

Yeah it does produce pretty bouquets when you side fruit it.

Right, I'm kicking all my bags over tonight. Side fruit the bastard!

[NSF]

ZPBG I'm happy to test the two strains side by side, in a dual in which the winner shall be showered with glory and the loser shamed, booed and potentially sent to the compost heap.

[Zen Peddler]

That flush of shrooman's looks fantastic - dud you notice a taste difference between wood v straw pr similar substrates?

[Zen Peddler]

Haha - my wife sends me to the compost heap quite often. ;) your defibately throws off some very uniform flushes

[mushfun]

Looks very keenly into it. Might have to have a go with it if I don't get my hands on some shiitake plugs

[NSF]

Oh sent to the compost heap, bummer, I generally get sent to the dog house.

So have you fruited yours?