Learn how to grow mushroom for personal or commercial use. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the basics of mushroom production, including how to inoculate logs.
Each participant should bring 2 to 4 freshly cut oak or sweetgum logs (from live trees) for inoculation. Make sure logs are cut down 2 weeks before workshop. Logs should be approximately 4-8" in diameter and 4' long.
Farmers in the program who are already in mushroom production can place an order for spawn.
New farmers can get spawn only if they will inoculate a minimum of 200 logs. New farmers will only be given spawn after they have attended one of the shiitake workshops.
For more information on this workshop, please contact Amanda Taylor at 828.757.1256 or amanda_jo_taylor@ncsu.edu