Shiitake Mushrooms

Ever wonder how shiitake mushrooms are grown?  You'll be in for a lovely surprise! Growing your own shiitake mushrooms is easier than you may think, makes an excellent addition to your edidble backyard vegetable garden, and requires only a shady spot in your yard. They can even be grown on a shady apartment or condo balcony! Our 20" hardwood oak logs that have been prepared for you in a pristine environment just North of Toronto away from the pollution of the city and the pesticides used in typical farming operations. They are ready to produce this spring and throughout the growing season this year.

 

Our logs produce mushrooms far superior in taste to the ones you can get in the supermarket. The reason? Most supermarket shiitake mushrooms are grown on bags of sawdust, while your mushrooms will be growing on its natural environment, fresh cut hardwood logs.

 

Enjoy the rich, meaty, flavor of freshly grown shiitake mushrooms and share the bountiful harvest with your friends and family. Even people who don’t normally like the typical white mushrooms from the grocery store find that they truly enjoy the taste of shiitakes because it is so distinct and flavorful. Try it out – you’ll be in for a lovely surprise.

 

 

 

Features

Your 20” shiitake mushroom log has been expertly prepared for your growing pleasure. The shiitake spawn has been sitting in each of the oak logs for over a year and is now ready to start fruiting this spring. 90% of the work has been done for you. All you need to do is the final couple of steps (keep the log moist and in a shady area, and shock the log 3x per year to increase your harvest of mushrooms.

 

Benefits

Grow your own shiitake mushrooms right from your backyard or balcony. Enjoy fresh, superior tasting mushrooms to spice up your cooking. Share surplus with friends and family. Show your children that food can be grown in your backyard, and not just bought from the supermarket. Why pay up to $25/pound when you can grow your own for much less? Our shiitake logs will produce a mushrooms for you 3 times per year (spring, summer, fall), for an average of 4 years (sometimes more), and will outweigh the cost of buying the same amount of fresh (or dried) shiitake mushrooms.

 

Health Benefits
Shiitakes have long been a symbol of longevity in Asia because of their health-promoting properties. For more than 6,000 years, Oriental healers have prescribed shiitake for a host of ailments including cold, flu, headache, constipation, liver disorders, nutritional deficiencies, poor circulation, and more. The healthful fungi has held its ground in the medicinal world for thousands of years and many modern day herbalists continue to recommend shiitake as treatment for a variety of complaints.

 

Growing Requirements:

• A shady spot that does not get direct sunlight
• Patience – while you wait for your mushrooms to grow

 

Suitable shady backyards and for condo and apartment balconies too! Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions section for more details. For growing insturctions for your shiitake log, please see our page here.

 

Buy Online: Coming Soon! $45

Buy Now: For GTA residents, please email shiitake@youngurbanfarmers.com or call Chris at 416-238-5715 to arrange for a local pickup/delivery of a shiitake mushroom log.