Birch Logs - only half of them are stacked on a pallet but NO Trichoderma yet!

Looking pretty ready for shocking to fruit - but NOT QUITE!

  Mushrooms grown outdoors, especially Shiitake, tend to be more desirable because they grow more slowly, are darker in color, and have thicker flesh.

And so the expert feedback I get on the above quote?

That is good advice but typically logs will fruit naturally before the ends brown. Knowing Dr Cunningham, he probably put that out there to prevent growers from forcing too early.

So again NO Trichoderma - the Alder actually "enhance" the growth of Trichoderma whereas Birch have a resin in the bark that I would think should block Trichoderma. Also I didn't soak these "Extra" (once a week).

So I would like to try "shocking" these in a couple weeks when it gets down to freezing at night. But I need to get the "expert" feedback first I think. I don't want to ruin this!! And I get the feedback I'm looking for!!

  I would allow the logs to fruit naturally before attempting to force them. Do not attempt forcing the logs late in the growing season as temperatures do not allow enough time for the mycelium to recover which leads to lower yields next year.

So far so good.

 

So as to be expected - the smaller logs are filled out while the bigger ones are not.

Now for the whole "yard"

I had five pallets but I saw some white (mold) on two of them that were older - so obviously I did not use those!!

And so I can stack those other Birch logs without a pallet - since they have not gotten any mold yet, then I doubt they will. But who knows? Maybe this further rain will push them over the edge?