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Log Inoculation Workshop
Interested in growing your own mushrooms at home? Join us for this fun, hands-on workshop and you will have the opportunity to do so!
ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP
During this hands-on session, participants will learn how to inoculate a log to grow mushrooms at home!
There will be a short presentation on cultivating log-grown shiitake and oyster mushrooms for home or small farm production. Participants will learn proper tree species to use, timing, inoculation, and management techniques. The majority of the session will involve inoculating a 2–3-foot log to take home.
Note that purchasing a ticket for this workshop will also cover your entrance fee for Myco Mania (our fungi festival) as well.
You must pre-register to attend this workshop.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Russell Welser is a Senior Resource Educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County with responsibilities in Home & Community Horticulture, General Agriculture and Natural Resources. He has over 48 years of experience as an Extension Educator and has Taught and cultivated log-grown mushrooms since 2014.