Hi! Linda, I can't help with shiitake. We have a very large native mushroom, we call the Horse Mushroom. It grows in rings and can be four to eight inches across, with thick white flesh and the gills start white, go through pink and are black when fully ripe. The rings are very slow growing and may be several hundred years old. My property has many such rings in the granite country. By accident, I included one large ring in my BD area. The mushroom in that ring changed immediately and have remained the same with continued applications. They grow thicker, are whiter on top. Come through the clay soil clean. Taste better. Are great dried. The most interesting thing is that they will last several days before slugs/ millipedes/ mushroom fly etc become interested. I don't think they are any more productive, but the quality is much improved.
Gil linda&neilkerr wrote: > Are there any other bd shiitake growers out there? We are still beginners in > bd and are curious about the role bd might play in mushroom growing. > > Linda Kerr > Woody Hollow Organic Gardens, Nuhaka, New Zealand
