Grow Mushrooms on Logs for 6 Years: Full Log Inoculation Guide (ft. Plant Based Male)

Inoculate a log once and harvest edible mushrooms for 5 to 8 years. In this complete log inoculation guide, Mark from Plant Based Male and Chris from Rootlab show you how to grow mushrooms on logs at home, using both dowel plug spawn and sawdust spawn. Filmed at Mark's urban microfarm 10km from the Sydney CBD, we cover where to get free logs, which trees suit which mushrooms (including eucalyptus for shiitake), when to cut and inoculate, how to seal with wax, and how to look after your logs until they fruit. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction and garden tour 0:28 Garden tour 3:17 Mushroom log basics 4:55 Choosing wood for logs 6:14 Tree species and mushroom types 9:01 Eucalyptus for shiitake 10:07 When to inoculate logs 11:36 Log structure and bark 13:14 Sapwood and heartwood 14:11 Log size and preparation 16:02 Inoculating with dowels 17:21 Drilling techniques 19:14 Sealing with wax 20:44 Inoculating with sawdust spawn 22:19 Colonisation timeline 22:49 Aftercare 24:38 Storing unused spawn 25:20 Harvesting and identification 26:08 Fruiting triggers 27:25 Setting up a mushroom yard Products in this video: Log dowel inoculation kit: https://www.rootlab.com.au/product/log-dowel-inoculation-kit-mushrooms/ All log dowel plug spawn: https://www.rootlab.com.au/mushroom-supplies/log-plug-spawn/ Sawdust log inoculation tool: https://www.rootlab.com.au/product/sawdust-log-inoculation-tool/ Wax dauber: https://www.rootlab.com.au/product/wax-dauber/ Organic beeswax: https://www.rootlab.com.au/product/organic-beeswax/ Light log blanket: https://www.rootlab.com.au/product/light-log-blanket/ Watch next: Grow oyster mushrooms in buckets: https://youtu.be/NIz6CwzkSQY Why your grain spawn looks empty: https://youtu.be/5VQm35F6Kjk Got a question? Ask in the comments and our team will answer it. Subscribe for more mushroom growing and mycology guides from the Rootlab lab in Sydney. Shop Rootlab Australia: https://www.rootlab.com.au/ Shop Rootlab New Zealand: https://rootlab.co.nz Rootlab is a Sydney based mycology and lab supply business. Cultures, sterilised substrates, grow kits and lab equipment for home growers, labs and mushroom farms. #mushroomlogs #permaculture #mushroomgrowing