Interesting. I have a bunch of red maples that needed thinned, so that is what I used.
What do you mean by colonization process? I just plugged them with spawn and stacked them up.
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For them to colonize they need to sit 3-5 inches or so from the ground surface for at least 6 months usually.
You want them off the ground to prevent wild mushrooms from outcompeting the inoculated variety.
They also need to be close to the ground because there is more moisture near the earth. If you stack them high the ones on the top will dry out
Okay. I just plugged some with pearl oyster mushrooms a couple weeks ago. I'll keep them low to the ground. Likely in my new mulch basin that I direct roof runnoff
My shiitake logs I piled high on a single pallet. I get some from them when it rains a bunch. I may restack closer to the ground. They are several years old.
This picture is from last September.
