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Shiitake


Shiitake  (Lentinula edodes)

14 Jan 2014
The best harvest ever (2.4 kg)



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Can they really be eaten , Tommy ?

6 Feb, 2014

 

I've eaten them and I'm still alive :p

My parents have grown shiitake for ages and they bought me some 500 plug spawn back in 2011 therefore no danger!

7 Feb, 2014

 

So you have to have spores , and then put them on old wood ?
How do you get hold of them ?

7 Feb, 2014

 

You can buy shiitake culture in a form of a plug/pellet which you introduce to the wood by drilling a hole.

7 Feb, 2014

 

Fascinating .. :o)

8 Feb, 2014

 

Needed a little bit of patient but it was worth it :p

8 Feb, 2014



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