Logs for Shitake mushrooms

So I've ordered a bag of shiitake spawn https://northspore.com/collections/sawdust-spawn/products/shiitake-sawdust-spawn and I have my logs cut, but they are back ordered a bit.

North Spore recommends my logs not be more than a month from having been cut, and it will be close by the time the spawn gets here.

Was wondering, if I sealed the log ends now would that preserve them for inoculation ?

Then when my spawn arrives I'll just drill the holes and wax those over and be done.

hey,

I was told that the wood needed to rest 2-3 months to let the funghi-resisting characteristics die off. I'm really no expert but i wouldn't worry to much.
Natural things don't count by the day :).

I recently attended a webinar about mushroom farming in forest environments. It's now up on YouTube--you might find it useful.

James, I inoculate very soon after felling, generally 1-2 weeks. One of my suppliers (Mushroom Mountain) says within 6 weeks, others sooner, others longer.

Most of my logs show some contamination. They are set out in the woods (albeit in a nursery area that has no obvious fungal contamination) and I don't think it can be avoided. However, except for one run which dried out last summer (painful as it was 40 six foot logs) they have all fruited shiitake. And I am using sweetgum which is kind of marginal per Field and Forest. I think you get them done when you can, and make sure they don't dry out before they have a chance to run. Once they run they seem to be pretty resilient.

Also I use exclusively dowels since I had some failures early with sawdust, especially slugs damaging more mature logs and birds eating the spawn. Plus I can do so many more logs in the same period of time.