Grow your own SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS!! Detailed instructions + cost breakdown

[@FarmtasticJourney]

This video is so inspiring! I love how you showcase the beauty of farm life. Keep it up!

[@Primitivemycology]

Oak is a very good wood for growing mushrooms, probably the best. I have found through a little experimentation that fruit woods such as cherry, apple, peach etc. work incredibly well for most mushroom species as well

[@Katskraftkorner]

This is great information. I really want to grow my own shitake, portabrlla, and oyster mushrooms since mushrooms are expensive to buy.

[@4N4L4Seinfeld]

Incredibly informative and insightful. The organization of the cheat sheet is satisfying. Thank you.

[@honeybeezen]

Great instructional video. Perhaps you can follow it up with a video on what to do with these mushrooms, and how to preserve them. Where we live in southeastern British Columbia we don't have oak, but there are probably alternatives.

[@Storystein]

Thank you so much for sharing the clear information! A couple of months ago I bought two small logs, already completely done, and today harvested the first batch. Saving this video for future plans where I would like to make them myself :)

[@citylotgardening6171]

Great video thanks for sharing 👍

[@katfoley890]

exactly the right amount of information, thank you

[@user-oy6fg4gd6g]

Thank you for sharing your expertise.

[@firedansr4041]

I’ve heard Becky talk about your book.. I had to check you out. Your channel is amazing! Wildly entertaining and informative. This is great content… I hope your channel explodes- you deserve it!

[@wholefedhomestead]

Well I really appreciate that, thank you so much! 🥰🥰

[@christinehbailey]

I would love to try this just not sure how they would do in Florida!😬 Thank you for the great information!

[@jennifersmith5682]

Can you leave them up in chimney stacks after initial set up or do they need to be buried each winter? Thank you Crystal… great video

[@wholefedhomestead]

Thanks! Yes- once stacked they can stay there forever!

[@colemitchell6728]

This is a really great video! I'm curious how many mushrooms I can expect per year if I replicate this 25-log set-up. I want to do this, but I'm not sure how they will do in southern Texas.

[@chelseasrusticroots]

Would they do good in zone 3 , Alberta Canada ? I would love to try them! Oh and just found your channel! LOVE IT!

[@wholefedhomestead]

Yes! They should do just fine in zone 3. 👍🏻

[@TheKrispyfort]

I found a random Danko Shiitake growing in my garden bed. Was exciting

[@freedomalways8025]

Thank you, great video.

[@wholefedhomestead]

You are welcome!

[@cynthiafisher9907]

I don’t even eat mushrooms, but I think this is cool! I have a mushroom grower about a mile from my house. He grows them and provides them to upscale restaurants and sells them at farmers markets.

[@dont.ripfuller6587]

Mushrooms are very cool and good environmental health barometers. 😊

[@jamesdenby2706]

Hi where is the link for the cheat sheet? Please? By the way great video very informative and detailed. Do you have any advice for growing in the UK?

[@wholefedhomestead]

Thanks! It’s on my website, which is linked in the description. I don’t really know anything about growing in the UK, sorry!

[@Nivek-g3y]

Great Detailed video I have one question, Does the mushroom fruit from the same inoculation point from one harvest to another?

[@wholefedhomestead]

The mushrooms come out of the holes you drilled, or in other places there is a significant break in the bark. And they come out of the same holes again and again year after year. Does that answer your question?

[@Nivek-g3y]

@@wholefedhomestead yes, thank you so much. It's very kind of you. God bless .

[@mrnobody1456]

Hello. Quick question if I may. Should I cut some slits in a bag to give shiitake block some air to help it brown or just keep them sealed and wait?

[@thenewplantationisinyourmind]

I've yet to grow shiitake from a bag, but every other mushroom I have grown from a bag, cutting holes in the side has been a requirement, it gives it a path for the fruit bodies to grow out. Make sure to fold the excess plastic at the top tight and tape it down to somewhat help guide the growth towards the hole. You can make a single horizontal slice or a couple of Xs on the bag. Doing it on the sides towards the top is normally most effective with other mushrooms I've grown. Hope this helps, good luck.

[@agrippanyagwaya2308]

Were can I buy plug span

[@riaagarwal6840]

Can we do this in zone 9/10 in India?

[@melodyulbrich4115]

How would I change this for mushrooms just for a family of 4? Not an army as shown here?

[@wholefedhomestead]

We’re a family of 2 here. 😬 The spawn only comes in a certain size bag… I guess you could throw some of it out and not use it all if you wanted.

[@LynGossage]

How come North Spore Mushrooms say you probably should wax the end of the logs???

[@wholefedhomestead]

I don't know why they say that. We learned from a very experienced professional grower local to us who grows thousands of pounds of mushrooms every year.

[@belindadunne4312]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@StaceyP23]

❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏

[@WakandaFu]

How

[@lilli1259]

This is a ridiculous amount of hard work! It’s incredible how people come up with such things, 2 years? There has to be a easier way… To hard to long… hard work.

[@wholefedhomestead]

It’s not like you’re doing work the entire 2 years…

[@Primitivemycology]

One day of work to eat for 6 years doesn't seem like a lot to me, processed food is cheap and easy to obtain though if that is the focus. Good healthy food is either gonna be $26 a pound for shiitake maybe more or 1 days labor for 100 pounds over the next few years. Rotate species year to year and u have one day a year and constant mushrooms forever. Plz think about the benefit and savings here. We trade our excess lions mane and shiitake for beef locally saving us a ton of money each year, talking about $1600 worth of beef each year- half a beef for monthly mushrooms they sell at the farmers market and I think dehydrated online. IDK who gets the better deal between us but I'm happy with it. But yes it is either expensive or there is work involved to live and eat healthy

[@dont.ripfuller6587]

It's not hard work at all. 😂

[@janineogg2231]

Excellent video thank you!