How to Grow Mushrooms | Selecting Wood & Forestry Management

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

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[@jacksongraydon2503]

4:56 Tulip Poplar is one of the most important nectar producing trees. Beekeepers get a large portion of their honey crop from tulip poplar. And they're beautiful! One of my favorite trees

[@Oktopia]

Having a forest of deciduous trees like that is pure gold. So many uses for the different types of trees than you would have with a uniform pine forest or fir forest deal.

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

It's a major blessing!

[@pmtrout]

Field and Forrest is the best!

[@nathanielgeltner8013]

Yes please make those follow up videos. I appreciate the integration of forestry management with this and the useful website reference.

[@Ebonyraeful]

This was awesome. Super helpful information! Never new about this method of growing mushrooms until one of your previous videos where you showed us how to drill the holes and insert the plugs. Wouldn't have known if it wasn't for your videos so thanks for sharing!

[@tonybolan7719]

In South Carolina hurricane Helene took down a lot of pecan trees. How are they for Lion's Mane?

[@okieinalaska]

I had some pecan logs and the only mushroom I saw on websites listed as possible was shitaki. It took 18 months but I did get some nice shitaki last month. Lions mane might work on pecan but it sounds like it's not recommended?

[@okieinalaska]

-I wanted to add we had a drought and I did not water the logs enough. It took a heavy rainfall and they finally fruited.

[@unnamedUtuber]

Amazing! Mushrooms must grow really well here in TN with all the rainfall/humidity and hardwoods. I would love to see what you DO and DON'T recommend growing in TN's climate!!

[@andrewmcdonald7077]

Tulip Poplar has terrific nectar flow for your bees!

[@dwr44]

Thank you for your videos, they are always well done and informative. This is the year I start my farm journey, so please keep the videos coming!

[@Xainfinen]

I'm very interested in trying to grow mushrooms in a tropical climat, I hope there is good options for those conditions. I'm looking forward to that Wine Cap bed video!

[@51rwyatt]

I have 3-4 acres of woods dominated by maple, so even though maple is not perfect I'm trying to keep/expand the oaks. Mushrooming is fun, it's sort of like you get mushrooms plus some forest management.

[@Dragonsbrath]

Super glad I found your videos. Excellent information. Thankyou

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Thanks for watching!

[@Carol-rw2lx]

Wow I love to watching your video specially the mushrooms its amazing thanks idol for sharing

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Thanks Carol!

[@markoscar8246]

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[@_JanetLouise]

so much great information! mahlo nui. carry on. 🍄🍄

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Thanks Janet!

[@fencserx9423]

Thank God. I saw your initial video and was hoping for more fungus content

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

More on the way!

[@kcw6263]

Beautiful and excellent 👍👍👍

[@markoscar8246]

hit up mycogene on Instagram and thank me later

[@jacksongraydon2503]

Black cherry is very important as a berry/fruit producer. Everything eats black cherries. Also the wood is one of the most expensive that grows in North America

[@DukesOfNormandyMusic]

Hey man, I'm sure you know about chainsaw mills but just in case you don't you should look into them. I'm planning on taking down a couple black walnut trees and processing the wood myself.

[@CBDubz]

I’ve got a pretty good video idea. I’m planning to utilize this process to grow mushrooms for my family. Not too many just enough for us to enjoy. I have access to logs but no Forrest to house them in. I can’t find any information on wether I can build a shelter for them and some of the pitfalls to avoid if I can.

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

I'd set them up somewhere you can keep most direct sunlight off of them using shade cloth. You want the logs to retain moisture especially if you don't live in a humid climate. May need to soak logs occasionally if dry climate.

[@sabinapuryear3032]

Thank you. Great teaching!

[@maxteel2u271]

Just started on your videos. Liking and subscribed. Learning a lot from yuh. Working and saving for a home to homestead on. Would like to stay in California but there are so many restrictions and regulations. Where are you? And how are you dealing with these problems?

[@ColleenCBooks]

THANK YOU! this is exactly what I wanted to know!

[@MayFlower21974]

So,I can't innuculate logs in the early spring?

[@triciamoss9074]

So helpful. Thank you!

[@traviselling1141]

I love your videos!

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Thanks Travis!

[@bkaleugher2678]

Question, is it possible to grow mushrooms in Florida? I'm in Ocala

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Ya absolutely!

[@jasonhatfield4747]

Dont cut down a beech or tupelo just for this;) Beech trees are climax species and can take 40 years to make their first crop of beech nuts!

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

I'll be keeping plenty to get huge. Just looked up tupelo didn't know it produced edible fruit!

[@rudolfsfabians4075]

Are those mushrooms expensive?I am learning as forest engineer ( 2nd year) and it is first Time I am seeing that someone grow mushrooms purposly on logs,i know that they grow if you leave them for too long in forest and that they deteriorates assortment.

[@robertvoll2460]

Thanks

[@jthadcast]

so if we're getting buds in Jan because of crazy climate but also just got hit with our first sub-zero days this week can the logs be harvested or should i wait anothing month?

[@markoscar8246]

want some trips check out mycogene on IG he legit and got some dhope shit you can thank me later

[@jthadcast]

@@markoscar8246 sorry, google says nothing exists

[@CBDubz]

How many years of harvest should you expect from logs of that diameter?

[@travisdykstra3790]

You typically get about one year of fruiting for each inch of diameter. Less if you are “force fruiting” by soaking in water.

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Travis answered perfectly about 1 year per inch.

[@kmfm1025]

Ok

[@GNSWNTR]

Tried to hold my tongue but I've failed. I'm a retired professional forester and would like to point out some issues with the selection of the tree that was cut. It was stated that the tree on the right was the same species as the tree on the left which was harvested and I have no doubt that is the case. But look closely at the tree on the right. Its bark is much rougher and darker than the tree on the left. It has multiple unhealed branch stubs. You see a dead branch coming out about 5 feet above the ground that has not shed. My professional guess is that the tree on the right is almost exactly the same age as the tree on the left - it is just a much poorer quality tree. It will never grow to be the quality of the tree that was removed even though leaving it to grow was the stated intent. I would have harvested the tree on the right and left the one on the left to grow. Just looking at its tight, smooth bark I can tell it is a very healthy, fast growing tree. In essence, what happened here was high-grading: taking the best and leaving the rest. Additionally, look at spacing. There is a large opening that was made larger by removing the tree on the left. Perhaps that was the intent as they want to plant other species there or get more sun on the ground to enhance natural regeneration, however, that doesn't really appear to be the case. More information about their long term management plan would be informative.

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

I appreciate the try to educate I love when professionals teach me things or a better way but if you are talking about the first tree I cut, that is a poplar, the perfect diameter for my logs. The tree to the right was not thick enough yet I'm letting it grow another year to harvest next year, obviously I'd never keep a tree like that long term. Most people haven't even heard of forestry management, I was introducing them to the concept and how you can balance that with the logs you want to cut specifically for mushrooms and future planning. Mushroom farming is a totally different context than purely forestry work. If you actually listened to my video rather than trying to find something I did wrong, you would have known this.

[@GNSWNTR]

@@NaturesAlwaysRight I also grow mushrooms and have over 500 logs under production. I know that tree was the perfect diameter for your logs. It was also a healthy, fast growing tree perfect for growing mushrooms. I fail to understand, however, how that was an introduction to the concept of forest management. It was an introduction to the concept of high-grading.

[@timothylongmore7325]

black cherry is not good for smoking I've heard. Probably the most valuble of the three ( [potentially). Beech is the prettiest , IMAO.

[@RugMann]

So many links in the description but none for the website with the chart you use. Shows your priorities

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

www.fieldforest.net/category/growing-mushrooms-on-logs

[@uncertaintytoworldpeace3650]

Shit i gotta get on that

[@markoscar8246]

want some trips check out mycogene on IG he legit and got some dhope shit you can thank me later

[@robertshawgreenspon9392]

really sounds like environmental crime against tulip poplars etc... what happened to coffee grounds and cardboard?

[@focusedfilmw2168]

As a note for you bro chainsaw oil for the blade is toxic and it’s necessary to keep the blade lubricated. However I have used in a bind before olive oil. Yeah sure it’s probably not the best for lubricating the chain. But as you know the chainsaw goes through a decent amount of Lubrication oil. Where does some of that oil go? Into your tree you’re cutting… Permanent… Hence olive oil or some kind of other natural plant-based oil

[@snakey973]

Black cherry is NOT poisonous to wild ruminants like deer- only domestic animals. It's also excellent for pollinators- why in the hell would you label it bad and cut it down unless you have cattle out there?? Very misleading information

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

I have sheep.

[@snakey973]

@@NaturesAlwaysRight ok, VALID then, sorry