Hello All...My husband and i have grown the button mushrooms for several years now...get the kits and have had great fun growing, harvesting and of couse eating them...They are grown in a box pretty much in a dark cool closet...
Well, A friend gave me two Shitake Mushroom logs. They are a bit different. So thought I would share as we go along...Anyone out there growing these also?...Plese fel free to share here also...
The Shitake is also know as the Balck Forest mushroom (Lentinus edodes)...meaning: 'the mushroom of the shii or oak tree' in Japanes.
Shitake mushrooms contain B1 (riboflavin), B12 nd vitamin D. they also have anti-tumor, anti-viral, and anti-bacterial properties. Shitake have all 9 of the amino acids in ratio similar to the idea protein aand about 20% protein by dry weight. Calcium, phosphrous, iron, sodium and potassium are also present in significant amounts, The fiber of the shitake cantain eritadenine that produce a cholesterol lowering effect and is low in calories. And they taste great ...YUMMY!!!!
Once you get the kit home you take it out of the bag and make sure it's weight is 4 1/2 to 5 pounds...if not you will put the log in a bucket of water and soak for up to 24 hours...we placed a brick ontop to hold it down...hubby forgot to take pictures of this step...sorry...then find a plce out of direct sunlight...temps between 62 to 70 degrees is Ok...they will grow in lower temps...just slower ...The first day or so you sprits it with a spray bottle of water...then you place a plastic tent over the brick/log...and watch them grow...Here is the first day picture after the sater soak...will take pictures along the way...will try every day...and we can watch them grow...
Well, A friend gave me two Shitake Mushroom logs. They are a bit different. So thought I would share as we go along...Anyone out there growing these also?...Plese fel free to share here also...
The Shitake is also know as the Balck Forest mushroom (Lentinus edodes)...meaning: 'the mushroom of the shii or oak tree' in Japanes.
Shitake mushrooms contain B1 (riboflavin), B12 nd vitamin D. they also have anti-tumor, anti-viral, and anti-bacterial properties. Shitake have all 9 of the amino acids in ratio similar to the idea protein aand about 20% protein by dry weight. Calcium, phosphrous, iron, sodium and potassium are also present in significant amounts, The fiber of the shitake cantain eritadenine that produce a cholesterol lowering effect and is low in calories. And they taste great ...YUMMY!!!!
Once you get the kit home you take it out of the bag and make sure it's weight is 4 1/2 to 5 pounds...if not you will put the log in a bucket of water and soak for up to 24 hours...we placed a brick ontop to hold it down...hubby forgot to take pictures of this step...sorry...then find a plce out of direct sunlight...temps between 62 to 70 degrees is Ok...they will grow in lower temps...just slower ...The first day or so you sprits it with a spray bottle of water...then you place a plastic tent over the brick/log...and watch them grow...Here is the first day picture after the sater soak...will take pictures along the way...will try every day...and we can watch them grow...
