Growing Mushrooms On Logs - Everything You Need To Know

[@simplifygardening]

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[@aradvi2143]

It's not many times i am surprized however watching this certainly would make anyone think but have you looked at the website called Gregs Mushroom Grower look for it on google

[@vasabi5135]

Can i use clay if i didnt have wax or somenthing other?

[@isladonaldson9988]

@@vasabi5135 no. The wax is used as a seal to prevent moisture escaping the log. Clay is porous and would absorb it.

[@ileardgz7691]

I have spent months studying how to grow mushrooms then we discovered a fantastic resource at gregs mushroom grower (google it if you are interested)

[@rafaelalejandrosoto428]

It's not very often Ive been impressed but this video really would make anyone say wow I need to ask - have you looked at the resource called Gregs Mushroom Grower just google for it

[@simplifygardening]

Folks, I really appreciate all the comments and feedback, Check out the video description for links to be able to grow your own mushroom logs, Thanks for all your support. Tony

[@joichupp2867]

We are in SW Missouri, USA. We are preparing our logs today. So excited.

[@MrGravity01]

Also Missouri here! KC Missouri!! Starting brand new with lions mane!!

[@ramona_ms_]

I live in London but I am originally from Romania , we usually have an abundance of whild mushrooms in our forests and they are free to pick but here in London are very rare and usually very expensive so this is something to look forward to ,thank you for this video 🙏 and Happy New Year 🍾🎉

[@lloydymk2013]

Yeah we ruined the soil in London decades ago, most green areas are public parks, tended regularly and the commons were cared for badly with cheap pestercides etc, the outskirts of London get better, Surrey isn't bad

[@mrme8019]

Planting today !

[@simplifygardening]

Awesome gd luck

[@growingcloser4918]

From scotland. I started helping my dad in the garden when i was 13 now im 29 and have always used your videos as guides if im ever stuck. Keep up the great work mate .

[@simplifygardening]

Oh that is brilliant, Thanks for letting me know that. Things like this mean the world to me when folks find the info useful :)

[@karinamachadoescobar20]

Cheers for this, I have been researching "caterpillar mushroom cultivation" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Heenyan Mushroom Organifiction - (search on google ) ? Ive heard some decent things about it and my friend got amazing results with it.

[@hannahgauche]

I live in Pretoria, South Africa 🇿🇦 love your videos ❤️

[@donegal53]

Hi I am Irish but have lived in the UK for 36years and now in Newfoundland Canada Like your way of gardening and have subcribed

[@simplifygardening]

Hey Anthony. Really appreciate the sub, mate. Thanks. Hope you enjoy the rest of the content

[@gartengreenhorn8337]

Bavaria, Germany. I just found your channel and have spent hours of watching your interesting videos.Great job. I will definitely stick to it.

[@simplifygardening]

Hey Garten. Thanks for checking me out. Welcome to the channel hope to get to know you over the coming months. Tony

[@jamesbutler5908]

Good man Tony,warm greetings from windy and wet Ireland

[@simplifygardening]

Hey James welcome

[@bjornmundt5801]

A friend of our family grows champions (Agaricus campestris) on his lawn in his garden. This type grows wild in nature on grassland, meadows, parks and is delicious. How? He once found that mushroom, made 100% sure it is the eatable one. This is very important. There are toxic "family members" that look familiar. Then he "milled" the mushrooms hat/cap with some water in a kitchen blender. This fluid was spread on the lawn with a watering can. Waited. This mushroom "eats" grass cuts. In late summer and autumn It looks nice. Food 4-3 on an unused peace of land. With this simple method everybody easy can generate spores from most mushrooms. Kitchen blender and cotton swab.

[@guymitchell9765]

Hi, Yes... we are planning a mushroom garden here in Nanaimo, B.C. Canada. Thanks for the tips!

[@PatrickDustman]

Wow, what a great video, high quality and very entertaining. SurvivalAustria

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks, SurvialAustria. Really appreciate that :)

[@ravejuliennerodolfo7388]

hi! i'm from the Philippines and i've been fascinated in having mushrooms lately. They're just so cute and unique compared to typical houseplants. your videos are very helpful. thank you so much!

[@thelittlefarmersfarm5706]

I'm from the celestial palace of glittering delights Tony... Castle hill, Hindley nr WIGAN! … Boomshanka mate!

[@simplifygardening]

Lol Mate. Keep it coming, Love the banta

[@thelittlefarmersfarm5706]

@@simplifygardening Loads of stuff planned for the weekend Tony... Keep an eye on the Little farmstead mate... have a good one Mr O.

[@simplifygardening]

@@thelittlefarmersfarm5706 Will do pal, been real busy got a few to catch up on, had some personal stuff going on, been a job to make videos atm tbh

[@thelittlefarmersfarm5706]

Tell me about it mate.... Torus are merging with LMH and will then be the biggest social housing provider in the North so it's bloody mad at the mo for us middle management PIGS... LOL... You're doing great with the uploads pal so don't worry about the quantity tone... It's great quality that really counts man. Cheers as ever. @@simplifygardening

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah I may step it back If things dont calm down until they do, but lets see what happens when all this stuff gets to court

[@billyallen7371]

I love all your tips. I will watch these videos over several times to make sure I dont miss anything important. I live in Hebert Louisiana USA. THANK YOU FOR SHARING

[@thelittlefarmersfarm5706]

I've been really wanting to do mushrooms mate.. Shitake are fantastic anti cancer and blood sugar regulators/heart friendly Fungi… Great UPDATE SIR!... Thank-you very much for this one T. ATB from the Little Farmers Farm Bro. ;-)

[@simplifygardening]

Yes mate they are fantastic and these will be brill when fruiting

[@thelittlefarmersfarm5706]

O'Neill Mushrooms for 2020??? I sure hope so Brother. ;-) @@simplifygardening

[@simplifygardening]

@@thelittlefarmersfarm5706 How cool would that be matey :)

[@aaronblount3999]

I didn't realize they had that much going for them. I guess I should look into growing some on the tree's that have to come down this winter. I'm always looking for good healthy food to grow in my little patch of Louisiana.

[@simplifygardening]

@@aaronblount3999 Oh Aaron. Mushrooms are fab, Especially if they are decent mushrooms, not just your button or chestnut ones

[@billkeindel4785]

Watching from Quebec Canada Intend to grow in logs .Thank you for the demo! Much appreciated. Sally

[@josephjude1290]

Great video; from New Jersey in the States.

[@simplifygardening]

thanks welcome to the channel. Sorry for the late reply. had some issues with comments not showing that they had not been answered, so I am getting through them

[@Travelgirl0224]

Long Island, New York. USA here 😊 Thanks so much for this informative info. Learned so much. 👍🏼😊

[@soycongero]

Tony, thanks for your video. I'm from the Mother Lode country of Northern California. I have a lot of oaks on my property and will give this a try.

[@simplifygardening]

Wow thats awesome, Id love to have enough land to have my own oaks :) sorry for the late reply :)

[@fresnomycologysociety5004]

Thank you for making this resource. Tuning in from Fresno, California, USA. Cheers!

[@simplifygardening]

Glad it was helpful Welcome to the channel

[@anetakastrickiene9526]

Zarasai, Lithuania. Just found your blog. Very interesting & informative . Thanks and all the best

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@joncarrigan466]

I am from Paducah Kentucky. I appreciate your content and need all the help you can lend

[@TheOutdoorsman]

From PA in the states! Awesome video, I have shittakes growing now

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks. Sorry for the late reply. had some issues with comments not showing that they had not been answered, so I am getting through them

[@LloydyBey]

Pembrokeshire, judging by your accent you're not too far away which gives me confidence that everything will work in my garden. Never had better veg than this year despite the weather and i think a lot of that is down to you, never going to have potatoes in the ground, everyone was shocked when i showed them the potatoes i had out of one container! Diolch!

[@exeterbeekeeper]

I am thinking about growing mushroom on my woodland beekeeping allotment plot in Devon UK. This is the most practical video on mushrooms I have seen thank you. I have seen quite a few other videos on mushrooms in last few weeks they have been useful background information your is very practical and most helpful

[@simplifygardening]

Hey thanks for your support. How many hives do you have? I got 24 here atm

[@exeterbeekeeper]

@@simplifygardening only got 2 but Which to expand. It is proving to be expensive

[@exeterbeekeeper]

@@simplifygardening have you tried chicken of woods

[@rodger603]

Shiloh Ohio.USA I pick turkey tail, oysters, morrels, chicken and hen of the woods in my area. Getting ready to try this out! Thanks!

[@simplifygardening]

Sounds great!

[@remocarpeneto4350]

Canada here. Thanks for the videos.

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for watching welcome to the channel

[@dianaalvarado4168]

Warwickshire, UK. We're going to try to grow shiitake and oyster on willow logs for the first time. Thanks for the tips!

[@northlandcarpetservices4940]

Hi, I'm from new zealand. Thank you for the great easy to follow content. I'm pretty keen to these logs.

[@davidmarlow481]

Your videos are great for novice gardeners like me, very well made and informative, thanks Tony great job, Aylesbury Buckinghamshire

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you kindly David. glad you are finding value in them

[@ellisesmith869]

I’m from Australia and will definitely apply some of this advice to utilise some tree stumps I have around, I think I’ll cut it low and keep a small log, prep it and sit it back on the old stump

[@adamrubinstein9084]

Thank you Tony. I'm in Cumbria and started off some logs earlier this year, Oak and Beech with shitake and oysters.

[@lesliewilliams2554]

Wesley Chapel, Florida, USA. I love your videos. THANK YOU.

[@Rosheefm]

I live in Atlanta, Georgia very excited about this topic and your channel.

[@simplifygardening]

Welcome to the channel Rosheefm

[@Donald10569]

Just starting growing mushrooms in Ann Arbor MI USA. I was looking at growing on sawdust, wood chips..., but creating a log that lasts years seems way better than having to remake a 'fake log' for every several batches of mushrooms. thanks for sharing!

[@50shadesofgreen]

excellent information Tony on growing mushrooms on logs

[@simplifygardening]

Hey, thanks pal. Hows tricks?

[@gordonlowok549]

Inspired, I've ordered mine. Thanks Tony.

[@mikepollard4662]

I live in Jersey. I have used your advice on how to grow mushrooms on logs, and how to grow early potatoes in tubs. Great site content!

[@cliffsurtees5150]

I am english but have lived in Bulgaria for 12 years.. Thank you or this video.

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@fionaatbromleycottagenz393]

Tuning in from Featherston, New Zealand. Cheers Tony.

[@simplifygardening]

Hey Fiona, Started to pick a few folks up from New Zealand and Australia, always great to have you folks here, even though our seasons are reversed :)

[@fionaatbromleycottagenz393]

The good thing about our seasons being reversed is that we get some great ideas to try and the time to plan them.

[@freddimble7024]

Great videos Tony i am learning so much even at the age of 70, Manchester

[@simplifygardening]

Thats great Fred Sorry about the late reply, YT didn't let me know this comment was here and I just found it

[@annebarrer1344]

From New Zealand

[@simplifygardening]

Hey Anne. Welcome to the channel

[@johndix1820]

East Texas. Just considered growing mushrooms. Don’t know one species from another. Yours is the first mushroom growing video I’ve watched. Will try learning a bit more before I cultivate any myself. Thank you for the good information!

[@simplifygardening]

Hi John. I am glad it was of interest to you

[@igorgarcia7217]

We live in Utah, USA. Thank you for the information. We love mushrooms and it will be amazing if we can grow our own.

[@simplifygardening]

Welcome

[@meehan302]

Growing mushrooms in logs is fantastic ,Tony London here

[@simplifygardening]

Hey Patrick. For some reason I always thought you were down devon way. Great to put me right lol. Have you tried growing mushrooms in logs Patrick?

[@lonewolfshepherd2348]

I've been watching your channel for a while now. Great info simple explanations easy to understand. I have two allotments in Milton Keynes and the family have asked me to try to grow some mushrooms. Just collecting a few logs and saw your vid. Today I'm off to finish the area prep behind a shed. Morning light but shady most of the day. Dowels are ordered and on the way. thanks for all the helpful info.

[@simplifygardening]

Excellent, good luck

[@lifewiththelightlys2119]

Oh Wow! Have only just started looking into this and this is the first video I came across yet so informative. Thank you so much 😁👍

[@arcticspirals]

Oregon,USA. Great video, I was trying to figure out how to propagate mushrooms on my property for wild forage. But this is awesome too. Thanks!

[@simplifygardening]

Hey welcome to the channel. They are fantastic but it takes a year or so before you see any crop from them, but when they do you will have a supply for around 7 years. How many do you intend on making?

[@arcticspirals]

@@simplifygardening my property used to grow plenty two decades ago, would like 40 to 50 harvest if possible. Four acres of woodlands, one plus of gardens.

[@hughdman]

This is great information! Thanks Tony! Hugh, Cherokee, NC USA

[@lesliewilliams2554]

Watching you in Wesley Chapel, FL. Completely different weather, but I enjoy your videos. And I lived in England as a child.

[@norinovak9778]

Currently im in Turkey but soon going back to USA. I was just thinking how can i grow mushrooms. Well done thanks👍

[@simplifygardening]

Best of luck!

[@agreatalternative]

Another great video 👍 Do you know if any particular growing varieties harm/ help being near other mushrooms? Either in a log next to them or in the ground a set distance away? We’re planning to grow these as well as other varieties but are trying to learn what’ll be best to try first.

[@tristanbuckoke9121]

From south Australia mate cheers for the great video

[@iiirenee3574]

from the Philippines...love your contents

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks and welcome to the channel

[@rationalbabble]

Hello from Vancouver, Washington, USA!

[@deirdrebest8482]

Thanks for the video! From New Jersey, USA

[@simplifygardening]

Welcome Deirdre

[@mayamission1]

Thank you from Waxhaw, NC, USA & will be growing on logs.

[@simplifygardening]

Good luck! and welcome to the channel

[@matildenogueira7974]

Hi from home ‘Uk’... a very helpful video, thanks . I’ve got a kit for Xmas and I can’t wait to get it started ☺️

[@simplifygardening]

what a great gift Matilde I am sure you will enjoy them when you get to do it.

[@mimiseeyou]

Watching from the US

[@silviadias7791]

Watching from North Central Washington, USA

[@PaulChan1000]

Just found your channel. I'm from New Zealand. Thanks for the useful information.

[@simplifygardening]

Welcome to the channel :)

[@elaineoneill1884]

Really enjoyed this video Tony. Good stuff.

[@simplifygardening]

I am glad you enjoyed it :)

[@jennifersinclair6044]

California. Another fantastic video that always gives more details than any of the rest. Thank you!

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks so much Jennifer. That means a lot to me. Im really glad you find the videos informative. Have you tried this before?

[@jennifersinclair6044]

UK Here We Grow, you're very welcome! No, I haven't yet. But in my research, no one seems to give the full details. Each one has a little more. Your's was filled with details I've never read or seen before. I truly appreciate informed & complete details. 😊

[@simplifygardening]

Oh I am glad the information will help you. After all that is why I made the videos, to try and pass on information to you guys to try and inspire you all to grow it yourself.

[@thinkingoutloud8460]

Love this! Thank you! Hello from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you enjoyed it. Welcome to the channel. So many viewers from Canada now :)

[@ninjasanthecleverone]

North Carolina USA Thanks for this great content, support Mycology 😎🍄

[@jonbailey9825]

great videos packed with top info,brookland in kent

[@rosewood513]

I live in Tennessee, that is a warm state in the USA. Thank you for this video. I have grown mushrooms begore from a kit I would love to grow on a log. I tried that but I moved and forgot to take them.

[@JoseighBlogs]

Hi Tony - I had to search your channel about anything 'edible mushrooms' and 'edible fungi' having just picked like we used to do way-back-when when we were kids. I am confident my field mushrooms picked from Ladywell Cemetery, in SE London where I hail from, are the genuine 'field mushroom'. I wish I could show you a photo of them that I plan cooking and eating. Which does prompt me to petition you once again to give your advise about what's out there in the wild and how to recognise it as 'edible'. All the best!

[@allengalong42]

Tropical Country. Philippines. Some plants like blueberries are difficult to grow here. been watching your videos almost everyday. lol. Cheers

[@romet333]

Enjoying your video mate. Greetings from Estonia!

[@simplifygardening]

Awesome, thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. Welcome to the channel :)

[@sirnearlyheadlesnick]

Johannesburg, South Africa 🇿🇦. Lovely stuff, keep up the splendid content

[@simplifygardening]

Welcome to the channel Nicholas

[@paulahenderson8865]

I enjoy watching you from Mayfield, Kentucky in USA

[@simplifygardening]

welcome Paula, I am sorry for the late reply, YT didnt tell me about your comment. I just found it

[@granniegrainne]

This is my first time trying to grow mushrooms on logs. I have some apple branches and the bole of a shaggy bark maple that I'm trying with. I'm in Ontario.

[@firecrakker1]

Hailing from Edmonton Alberta Canada and I really enjoyed the content. Well formulated very informative thank you.

[@shannachristensen7777]

I just ordered Lions mane, golden oyster and snow oyster. First time, but very excited.

[@andyg9940]

I’m going to have a go at this. Would be interested in bee keeping in future

[@simplifygardening]

Andy the beekeeping is ver addictive

[@GIVC-yc5xg]

Hello from México. Great videos, I just started with the grape bines videos. Last week I Just harvest my first set of grapes and looking foward to follow your advice to get better grapes ✌🏼

[@simplifygardening]

That is awesome! great to hear

[@colleenwright-kakkar6384]

Once again very informative. Checking in from East Tennessee USA

[@simplifygardening]

Hey Colleen, Thanks for checking in :) So many folks viewing from the US really happy to have you guys viewing. Have you tried growing mushrooms yourself yet?

[@dinobernardi170]

Michigan USA thanks Tony another great video. My 5 year old grandson loves to build with Me around the homestead. Got him his own drill for Xmas....i think he sleeps with it lol. Looks like we're trying some mushroom plugs this year. Obviously supervised. Keep up the great work love your videos.

[@simplifygardening]

That is awesome I am glad you have him working with you in the garden, they are our future, get him growing now he will remember these days as I do with my grandfather

[@jayzeeshawn]

I will do this. Thank You

[@simplifygardening]

Wonderful!

[@thefrenchgardener1865]

Great video. I am planning on cutting mushroom logs in January and inoculating them. I live in northwest Georgia, USA. Thanks!

[@simplifygardening]

Oh I am sure you will do great with them

[@jackieb9549]

Hello from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Thank you for this video (and all your others). Anything needing shade will be a welcome use of my garden and I do love mushrooms.

[@simplifygardening]

Oh Jackie that is perfect and you get to fill your face with something tasty too. Win Win ]

[@YogiUToo]

I live in North Carolina, USA. I found you (I'm learning a LOT from you!) from watching Liz Zorab - Byther Farm.

[@simplifygardening]

Hey Cami. Welcome to the channel. Liz is fantastic and has a great channel. Shame she is having issues with that sink hole. What do you think is causing it?

[@YogiUToo]

@@simplifygardening I'm really not sure what has caused the sink hole, sometimes, heavy weight on soft soil can cause it to collapse, perhaps the weight of the wood chips and trucks? But, rocks tend to erode as acidic water passes through them. When rainwater passes through decaying plant debris, it tends to become more acidic. Over a period of time, overlying sediments collapse and a sinkhole develops. Or, perhaps any number of reasons. I feel awful for them, and hope the collapse stops, and the hole can be repaired.

[@simplifygardening]

Its a real shame the Insurance wont do anything. I wonder what the costs will be. Hopefully its just a case of moving the water pipe and fill it in

[@VanceBoot]

Hello from West Wales! Ive wanted to try this for a while. Might get on it soon! Thanks!

[@simplifygardening]

Hey VanceBoot, your in the perfect country for it mate. Wales is damp and usually mild so what you waiting for lol

[@VanceBoot]

@@simplifygardening So can you start doing it now yeah?

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah they will lie dormant through the winter growing slowly and then in spring fly off

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

Excellent work as always, thank you for the clear and concise presentation.

[@simplifygardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@imtiyachetlongchar2630]

Wow, amazing! nice video.. I wonder if it would work in any type of hard wood? I am from India and I can't find any highclass mushroom dowel or any type of mushroom dowel, as a matter of fact, but I enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing.

[@brianaustin2135]

Great video thank you very much!! Plan on trying at my new homestead in southern New England 👍🏻👍🏻

[@simplifygardening]

Wonderful! good luck

[@markhorton3504]

Here in tangent oregon USA we are starting a family garden with wood chips and logs. Thanks for the info.

[@simplifygardening]

Hugelculture Mark?

[@markhorton3504]

We took a 1/8 acre garden made a u shaped path with wood chips. Then a dug the drirt added wood chips under. So yes hugelculture. Then on out side we put the branches from poplar trees, soft wood, around the edge and added wood chips with king strifaria spawn.

[@simplifygardening]

That sounds awesome Mark. Id be interested to see how that does. do you have a channel you put videos on?

[@Travelgirl0224]

Just had Shiitake mushrooms for dinner tonight! Chopped up the lovely meaty mushrooms and sautéed them in chopped up bacon. Yum 😋

[@simplifygardening]

Hope you enjoy

[@dkmiller8420]

Great video. Now let's see if I can grow mushrooms out in the tumbleweed desert of Eastern Washington, USA.

[@simplifygardening]

Good luck!

[@jeancampbell4341]

Garden Route. South Africa. Thanks for the great info.

[@simplifygardening]

Sorry for the late reply

[@ggolding5]

Greetings from Canada. I have been a subscriber since 2500 subscribers. Happy to have found you.

[@simplifygardening]

Wow George. You been here a long time lol. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Things changed a bit since back then on the videos huh?

[@MrYeast5999.9]

I'm from Montreal Canada. Thinking of doing this at my cottage up north.

[@simplifygardening]

Oh you should Jeff, It takes a while to get going especially in colder climates like Canada but when it does you will reap 7 years of harvests

[@alphatoomegabeyondthematri5166]

Thank you :) I am going to try to grow in every method as a vegetarian I need a meat substitute. Mushrooms is great also off grid but also sales when necessary. I'm in South Wales :)

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[@armandourdaneta270]

Hi Armando here watching from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺❤

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for coming

[@flock_ness]

I'm going to give this a go! We are in north east Scotland so no worries about them drying out in the sun 😂

[@15nely]

California, USA Great video

[@BRM101]

Nice video enjoyed this, mushrooms fascinate me, I’m over in Liverpool and have just started a turkey tail log which is about 6months old and doing very well, the lions mane I started is slower but showing signs of activity, this is just the start of my mushroom adventures I look forward to seeing your progress as it comes 👍

[@simplifygardening]

Hey Brother Mark. Yes it takes a while when doing logs but this is a long term thing and the crops will come year after year