Blue Oyster Mushroom Growing Plugs ~ Grow your own mushrooms for years!
You Are Bidding on a lot of 100 Plugs For Growing Your own Certified Organic BLUEOyster Mushrooms!! Use these plugs to inoculate stumps and logs, or other recycledmaterial like paper waste or even grow them on your used coffee grounds! As far aslogs go, freshly cut hard wood is preferred, but wait until three weeks aftercutting before you begin plugging your logs. Older wood will have fungi sporesalready in them that will compete with yours so dead wood is not recommended.Hardwood logs and stumps can be used for inoculation; after incubating thelogs may be partially buried, horizontally-oriented, to conserve water duringfruiting. Use approximately 25-50 plugs per 3 foot by 4-8 inch diameter log.Spring inoculated logs may yield first crops by fall, best fruiting occur withinone or two years. Plug size is 5/16 inch x 1 inch spiral grooved dowels. The Logscan be left outdoors over the Winter, under a layer of straw, Some mulch, or aburlap tarp, shade cloth or other vapor-permeable cover. Do not use plastic tarps:this can cause mold to form. In areas where the Winter is exceptionally harsh,logs can be stored indoors. A shed, barn, garage or other outbuilding will do fine.Oyster mushrooms prefer to grow on spruce and fir trees. Non-aromatic hardwoodssuch as oak, elm, maple, Alder and similar woods are also very good candidatesfor log cultivation. Logs should be cut a few months before you begin plugging.Cut your logs in lengths of 3-4 feet. Use a 5/16" drill bit to drill 2-inch holes2 to 4 inches apart, evenly spaced. Insert 1 plug per hole and whack it in with a hammer.A 3-4 foot log can take about 50 plugs, while stumps usually hold 30-50 plugs.The more plugs you use, the faster your log will be colonized with mushroom mycelium.Holes can be sealed with wax to protect the mycelium from weather and insects whileit's growing. Cheese wax or beeswax is best.These will last up to 2-3 months in a refrigerator before they need to be planted.