Chestnut and Oysters

[Kevin Hoover]

Started 16 grow bags with chestnut mushrooms last week and 10 buckets of oysters.  Oysters are on unpasteurized straw and chestnuts are on masters mix (50/50 soy hulls and hardwood sawdust).

Gave four of the oyster buckets to a friend who was planning to give them to family for Christmas.

Had a house full yesterday for Christmas.  One of the guys logs with horses, and asked me what I need for mushroom logs.  I told him 3-6” limb wood would work. He’s cutting white oak in one location and rock(chestnut) oak in another.  He volunteered to cut some rock oak for me.

I also am friends with a father and son who are in my mushroom club.  They told me earlier that they plan to cut about a hundred logs.  They said if I’d help inoculate the logs, they’d split them with me. I told them I’d provide the spawn and wax.

[Kevin Hoover]

First 8 bags of chestnuts I did look like they are infected.

Other 8 seem fine.   Oyster buckets are just starting to pin.