Food SovereigntyMushroom Cultivation
Growing Shiitake on Oak Logs: An Afternoon of Work for Six Years of Harvest
How to Grow Shiitake Mushrooms on Oak Logs
10 minBeginner
Garden
The Six-Year Mushroom Harvest
Sawdust spawn for 20 logs, an angle-grinder inoculation tool, wax and a marking system that survives the woods.
What you get out of it
20–30 lbs of shiitake a year off logs you inoculate in one afternoon — for six years running.
This is for you if…
- You have shade you can't garden in
- You want protein-dense food with almost no upkeep
- You like a project that pays out for years
What you get
- 500 shiitake plug spawn$95 value
- Inoculation tool and drill bit$70 value
- Food-grade wax and applicator$35 value
- Log selection and stacking guide$110 value
- Forcing and harvest calendar$80 value
Total value$390
Your price$168
Itemized, so you can check our math
- 5.5 lb warm-weather shiitake sawdust spawn
- Angle grinder drill adapter + 12mm bit
- Palm inoculation tool
- 2 lb cheese wax and dauber
- Aluminium log tags
Specifications
- Covers: ~20 logs at 40in
- First flush: 9–12 months
- Productive life: 4–6 years
- Strain: wide-range warm weather
Why it's specified this way
Inoculate a stack of oak in an afternoon in early spring and harvest for six years. The grinder adapter is what turns this from a weekend of drilling into two hours.
"Two beds and four hens. I stopped buying eggs in March and produce in June. My grocery bill is down about a third and my kids eat things they used to refuse."
Marisol Reyes
Bloomington, Indiana
312 lbs harvested · 128 jars canned
$168$189
4.88 ★ from 96 reviews · In stock
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