Hi all,
I'm hoping for some advice on shiitake and lions mane on logs.
What is the LONGEST anyone has waited for shiitake to pin?
I understand that shiitakes prefer oak, but I have green ash, mulberry and siberian elm in my yard.
So I innoculated an ash log with shiitake dowels and a mulberry log with lions mane in early March of 2020. These were both live healthy trees when cut the previous November.
So it's been 20 months since innoculation of both logs. Ive tried all the shocking tricks, pounding, ice soaking. The bark is coming off as there's a brown fuzzy fungi growing on the edges of shiitake log (pics).
I have yet to see a single mushroom.
Should I toss it? Is it a lost cause at this point?
Thank you for any suggestions.
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