Description
Growing mushrooms on logs offers a sustainable and rewarding way to cultivate mushrooms over the long term. This method utilizes hardwood logs inoculated with plug spawn—small wooden dowels infused with mushroom mycelium—that gradually colonize the log. Once fully colonized, the log becomes a natural substrate for the mushrooms, producing reliable harvests year after year. This approach mimics the fungi’s natural growth environment, requiring minimal maintenance while providing consistent yields and a connection to nature’s cycles.
Our Outdoor Log Starter Kits include everything you need to get started – just source your own freshly cut logs using the species guide for each mushroom we offer and you’re ready to go.
Features
- Includes colonized spawn and accessories
- Inoculate 3-5 logs up to 3 ft Long & 4” in Diameter
- Grow Lion's Mane, Blue Oyster, and Shiitake mushrooms Outdoors
- Sustainable cultivation method
- Harvest over 2-4 years
Lion’s Mane is a highly sought after gourmet mushroom with medicinal properties that produces unique white clustering fruits that grow to form “teeth” over time. Don’t be fooled by it’s outlandish looks – this mushroom has a consistency and taste similar to crab when cooked, and can even be made into “steaks” for a deeper flavor profile.
Lion’s Mane is a longer-term investment in terms of outdoor cultivation, with a slower incubation than other gourmets in exchange for reliable long term production. This mushroom has a preference for Totem or vertical log methods.
Each Kit Contains:
- 100 Colonized Plug Spawn
- 5/16” Drill Bit
- Wax Dauber
- Soy Wax for Sealing
- Plug Spawn Lasts up to 6 Months in Fridge