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Hen of the woods (grifola frondosa= - Mycelium dowel

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Drill holes, insert dowels and seal with wax. The dowels are made of birch (8x30 mm) 100 dowels inoculates 3 meters of logs/stumps.

Hen of the woods is a rare and delicious mushroom. Note: Hen of the woods is an advanced mushroom and there is not a lot of experience from log cultivation. We think the best way is to inoculate stumps from old oaks, still with roots but logs can be inoculated and buried to 60% of their length to absorb water from the ground. Inoculated logs can be covered with plastic sheets and keept at room temperature for a few months for the mycelium to establish before burying outside. Soak the logs if necessary.

To grow mushrooms on logs/Stumps with mycelium dowels, you need an 8mm drill, beeswax and wax applicator. If you have it at home, great! If not, you can find it in our webshop.

Note that Hen of the woods is not a beginner mushroom and there are no proven methods for growing on logs. It is best to graft rooted stumps, but logs can be grafted and buried vertically to 60% to absorb soil moisture. Grafted logs can be stored in the dark in a plastic bag at room temperature for three months to allow the mycelium to establish before the logs are buried. Soak the logs if necessary to maintain the moisture content.

1. Choose fresh logs or stumps without damage to the bark.
2. Drill 4 cm deep holes with 8 mm diameter in a zigzag pattern with 10 cm between the holes.
3. Insert the mycelium dowels using a hammer.
4. Seal the holes with beeswax (included in the complete log growing kit and can be ordered
separately. You can find it under "accessories" in the shop)
5. Soak the logs for a couple of days or moisten well with a water sprinkler.
6. Bury the logs standing up so that only 15–20 cm stick out of the ground
7. Water as needed to maintain moisture content

Rooted stumps or buried logs of oak.
Note that it is best to use freshly felled wood/stumps of older oak.
Let the wood rest for a couple of weeks to allow the tree's resistance to fungal attack to decrease before
inoculation.

Orders placed before 11.00 a.m. are usually shipped the same day. We deliver with DHL and deliveries usually take 2-3 working days. Fungal mycelium is resistant but cannot withstand high temperatures. If the climate exceeds 25, we wait for cooler temperatures before sending the packages in order for your products to arrive to you in the best possible condition.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT MYCEL PLUGS

It of course depends on how many logs you are going to graft and which tools you use.

 Three meters with a diameter of 35 cm takes about an hour from drilling until they are ready to be planted.

You make it even easier if you have the right tools. Such as Svamphuset's specially made drill for mycelium plugs and a wax applicator .

It takes between eight and fifteen months for most species we sell. Sometimes longer. But it also depends on the type of wood, how much water the log has, how much mycelium plug or fast-growing mycelium was grafted and what the weather is like during the first year.

Our tip for faster fruiting is to soak the log for 2-3 days before drilling holes.

Then make sure to double the recommended amount of mycelium in the log and keep the log moist during the driest and hottest months.

If you have access to store the log in a barn, carpenter's shed or similar during the winter, this can also speed up the process because the mycelium can then grow actively even during the winter.

Each mushroom species has its own favorites. You can find recommended types of wood under each mushroom species when looking at mycelium plugs, fast growing mycelium or log growing kits.

Generally speaking, most deciduous trees do well.

Harder types of wood such as oak and alder produce fungus for a longer time as the mycelium has more compact nutrients to consume.

Oak and birch are two types of wood that work for most of the species we sell.


But as I said, take a look at the species you intend to graft and check the specific recommended wood species for that particular species.

Depending on mushroom species, choice of tree, and size of log, you can harvest fresh mushrooms from two years all the way up to 10+ years. Larger logs take longer for the mycelium to colonize, but also provide more years of fungus compared to a smaller log that colonizes faster, but provides fewer years of harvest.

NO! They are not mold. Mycelium is usually white, fuzzy and is what we want on and inside our wood plugs. What you see in the jar is the mycelium that has grown strongly in and on the wooden plugs.

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