Logs should be cut from live, actively growing trees. Preferred species include red and burr oak or ironwood. Notice the thick cambium layer of the log below. That is an indicator of fast growth and is the food for the mushrooms.
Clean and drill the logs - an angle grinder adapted to a drill is much faster
Inoculate the logs by inserting sawdust spawn into drilled holes.
Wax the holes after filling with spawn. The logs then have to "lay" for one growing season while the mushroom fungi colonizes the log. Moisture within the log must not drop below 30% during this incubation phase. Logs should start to produce mushrooms the second season and continue to produce for several years thereafter.
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