Call out to Tallpines, mushroom growing.

[Gwendolyn]

I was reading earlier today on an old thread about you growing mushrooms. Are you still doing it?

[tallpines]

My logs innoculated with mushroom spawn are all buried under 12 inches of fresh snow.

I'm not a dedicated grower!

Last season we harvested very few mushrooms. If I had soaked the logs I probably would have gotten a few more.

Come spring I should start a few fresh logs, because my current logs are getting well past their prime.

We had very little success with the spawn we mixed in with a pile of wood chips.

[Mike in Ohio]

Gwendolyn,

DW and I grow mushrooms (Shiitakes). We currently have 70 logs going. Like tallpines most of ours are out in the cold. We keep a few going inside during the winter for our own mushroom consumption.

Did you have any questions in particular?

Mike

[o&itw]

I bought some mushroom spore, and sprinkled on the manure under my rabbit cages...It was a long while later.... so long I almost forgot about it, I had mushrooms poping up all over the place. Wish I knew more about growing them, I was afraid to eat them at first untill I had somone confirm they were "good" mushrooms.

[Gwendolyn]

Thanks for asking Mike, I was just wondering long term how things worked out with growing mushrooms. Is it something that is viable for the long term or is it just a fun project.

I have a ton of "fun projects" so I am looking for some long term profitability. I checked the local farmers markets on line and it looks like no one in my area is selling locally grown mushrooms in season.

It appears the closest is a couple in Akron which is 50 miles from me...give or take a few miles.

[Gwendolyn]

Thanks Tallpines, I saw the previous thread was from long ago and I wondered what had happened long term.