Montana Mushrooms

4 Responses to “Shiitake Grow Kit”

1. Mark Sanborn
   June 14th, 2010 - 7:49 am

   NICE!

   I was thinking of growing some oysters this summer. First I am going to try cloning wild strain to cardboard then transfer to grain and finally to straw/woodchips. If that doesn’t work I am thinking of just grabbing a bag of spawn from online.

   Nice to know that shiitake will grow around here too.

2. Dean
   June 14th, 2010 - 10:09 am

   Thank you for the reply Mark!
   Just as a note, this shiitake kit was grown inside through the winter. I think it would work outside in the summer, as some kits flush in 2 weeks.

   When you get the wild strain cloned to the cardboard, I would take the cardboard straight to the substrate(straw or wood). One neat trick I have seen is to put the inoculated cardboard between bales of straw. The same thing would work with the cardbard incorporated into a wood chip bed. Give it a try and let us know how you do!

3. Nicole Preece
   June 21st, 2010 - 1:27 am

   Thats hella cool, Dad! I totally forgot to tell you that while we were in Cooke City, we ate at a little cafe in town and I had a grilled portabella burger with peesto sauce on it…………and it was amazing! Burger-like texture with portabella taste! And the pesto I wasn’t so sure about, but it was a real nice compliment to the mushroom;)

4. Dean
   June 21st, 2010 - 7:31 pm

   Yes, they are a very versatile mushroom. The taste is very meaty! We will have to grow them!
   pap

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