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How too plant Shiitake Mushroom plugs..this works!

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What happens here

The presenter introduces the project: planting shiitake mushrooms on logs. He shows the shiitake mushroom plugs, which are small wooden dowels infused with mushroom mycelium, purchased from mushroommojo.com. These plugs come with instructions, and the presenter advises storing them in the refrigerator before use. He then mentions the need for wax to cover the plugs later and where he found paraffin wax (in the gelatin section of Walmart).

Goal: Understand the project and acquire mushroom plugs and wax.

Tools and materials

  • Paraffin Wax — Sealing the mushroom plugs in the logs to protect the mycelium
  • Shiitake Mushroom Plugs Mushroom Mojo — Inoculating the logs to grow shiitake mushrooms

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Hey, this is Josh Stony Ridge farmer. Want to talk to you today about planting shiakei mushrooms. We got some shiakeis, not to be confused with shiake, no shiakei. So, let's get started. So, I went on to amazon.com and found some shiakei mushroom plugs. These are from mushroommojo.com out of Salt Lake City. They're little plugs, wooden dowels as you can see, that will go into the wood that we're going to use. Uh, some of them are all clumped together. I've had them in the refrigerator for a while. They come with a set of instructions, uh, about the mojo plugs. That's what they're called for shiakei mushrooms. Tells you everything you need to know about how to plant the shiakei. But I'm going to tell you, too. Give you some tips cuz I'm not that bright. But I can teach you something. So, the instructions tell you to uh drill a hole in these logs with a 5/16, I believe. Yep. 5/16 bit and put your holes 4 in apart and stagger them as you drill. And I'll show you how I do that. Uh it's pretty simple. Uh, I think it said to put almost 50 plugs per log. And I'll show you my logs. Also, we're going to cover our plugs with some wax. I got this wax, paraffin wax, um, or craft wax. Very difficult to find at Walmart when your people that are helping you are not so bright. So, I searched all over Walmart in the craft area. Look in the gelatin and jello type section. That's where it was. It was right by the gelatin. So, here's the

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