mushroom dowels in hardwood.

medieval knievel · Rowan Tree Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 112

has anyone tried to grow mushrooms from dowel kits in hardwood?

if so, are there any irish suppliers? if not, does anyone have a supplier they can recommend?

Sb · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:40 pm Post subject:

What are these. Any pictures?

medieval knievel · Rowan Tree Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 112

they're wooden dowels infused with mushroom spores; you hammer them into freshly felled hardwood, and they grow and fruit.

one link i found, which also includes a kit for growing edible mushrooms from old paperbacks:
http://gourmetmushrooms.co.uk/product_home.htm

Jacqcat · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:12 am Post subject:

That's where I got mine from... now I can't find any logs!

I had got some from a local guy but when I looked closely, they already had mushrooms growing on them, so didn't want to risk confusing them!

medieval knievel · Rowan Tree Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 112

good to know - i asked them whether they deliver to ireland, but haven't received a response yet.