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1st Team All-SEC
Male Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Tryon, NC
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![]() Now, we will try our hand at growing the dancing mushroom. Why Grow Maitake Even Web MD touts the health benefits of Maitake mushrooms. Maitake mushroom is used to treat cancer and also to relieve some of the side effects of chemical treatment (chemotherapy) for cancer. It is also used for HIV/AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), hepatitis, hay fever, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, weight loss or control, and infertility due to a condition called polycystic ovary syndrome. We had pretty good success with our Shiitake mushroom log culture inoculation last spring. Thus, I am hopeful that our temperate zone 7 climate will favor the maitake. There is a good bit of money savings associated with good health. Adding home grown mushrooms to your diet of other garden foods, saves money. If nothing else, that is another expense you have eliminated. If it is a pharmaceutical expense, then all the better. A lot of those chemicals they sell just make us dependent and weak due to side effects, and there is often a natural alternative that is just as good with fewer unintended consequences. Procedures for Growing It may be that the log culture used for growing shiitake will not work so well with maitake. My research indicates that the best culture for naturally growing maitake (and reishi) mushrooms is on decomposing oak stumps. We do not have any freshly cut stumps presently so we are trying log culture. First, I ordered some spawn from Mushroom Mountain in Liberty, South Carolina. The mycelia produced locally will give me a better chance of successfully growing this mushroom. As you can see from the picture above, the mycelia are contained in small dowels. About three weeks before the spawn arrived, I cut a large branch from my white oak tree, and cut it further into three three foot-long sections. The log was between 5 - 8 inches in diameter. Next, I used a drill to cut holes the same size as the dowels in a diamond pattern around the logs. The holes were about 4-5 inches apart. The idea is that the mycelium will spread throughout the wood and produce fruit next year or maybe two years from now. I tapped the dowels into the holes and sealed the top with melted bees' wax. It's rainy season here in western North Carolina. I set the logs against the north side of a large white oak. This should keep them protected from the sun and the prevailing wind. You want the logs to stay moist to promote growth of the maitake mycelium. The best practice is to bury the logs in sandy soil so that they will stay moist. I will probably do this later when I figure out where I would like to set up my maitake patch. |
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![]() Nice! I have been drinking a lot of kombucha lately. I may have to try running off a batch.
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1st Team All-SEC
Male Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Tryon, NC
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1. Mix some worcester sauce, olive oil, crushed garlic cloves, salt, pepper, and red wine to make a sauce. 2. Remove the stems and place the shiitaki caps upside down (gills up) in the baking pan. Spoon the sauce into the gills. 3. Bake them in the oven at 325 for 40 minutes. These are so awesome. I cannot wait until I can harvest another batch. Problem is I think the deer figured out they could eat the shiitaki. Bastards. |
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Location: Scotland
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1st Team All-American
Male Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Houston, TX
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![]() These better be magic mushrooms or gtfo.
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Heisman Winner
Male Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Lexington
Posts: 23,424
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![]() Just judging by the title, I really thought this was a spam post that the mods hadn't gotten around to yet!
What's the weather like up in Tryon? I've considered doing something like that here in Lexington but I'm not sure if the weather is condusive. Good idea about burying them in sand though....perhaps a kiddy pool or something in the walk-in crawl space. Do you find it to be cost effective, or is it just a good hobby?
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1st Team All-SEC
Male Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Tryon, NC
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The mushroom growing is cost effective in that shiitaki is very expensive. I dabble around a lot in producing my own food (veggies, fruit, berries, dairy, poultry) up here. I don't sell the mushrooms, but if I expanded, it could be a lucrative hobby. I have some friends that sell shiitaki at the local farmer's market. |
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Location: Lexington
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1st Team All-SEC
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Location: Tryon, NC
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