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fasttense

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11. Make it into a mushroom factory

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 09:58 AM

Jan 2015

It has been awhile since I researched anything but oyster mushrooms, but it seems to me there is a mushroom that eats dead tree stumps while giving you fresh mushrooms to eat. It's pretty easy to inoculate a stump with mushroom spores. You drill holes in the stump, hammer in some mycelium infested wooden plugs, brush with wax then wait. You can buy the plugs on line from most.mushroom spores companies. They can help you with the type of mushroom you need along with when and how to grow it on your stump.

Look into it. It is natural, nontoxic and wont hurt any animals.

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One more - What's the best frugal green way to rot out a tree stump? [View all] IrishAyes Sep 2014 OP

I know of no way. Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #1

You're always a great deal of help, and I look forward to your posts. IrishAyes Sep 2014 #7

like this Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2014 #2

I cut my stump down to the ground and put a planter on top until the stump rotted away. n/t hollysmom Sep 2014 #3

Drill a lot of holes into it to make it more attractive to bugs? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #4

Toss grass clippings on it. LiberalEsto Sep 2014 #5

That looks like this "hugelkultur" method: kentauros Oct 2014 #8

Very interesting. I have some pretty well rotted justhanginon Nov 2014 #10

Thank you, everyone. Many fine suggestions. IrishAyes Sep 2014 #6

Dig. Thor_MN Nov 2014 #9

Make it into a mushroom factory fasttense Jan 2015 #11

Sounds great. IrishAyes Jan 2015 #12

Here's a link to the site of the man who wrote the bible on growing gourmet mushrooms. fasttense Feb 2015 #13

I could live w/o mushrooms if needed, but never my dogs. They're as necessary as air and water. IrishAyes Feb 2015 #14

go green dennisdavid Aug 2015 #15

Big pick-up truck, a hitch and a chain CountAllVotes Nov 2015 #16

Getting rid of stumps easily. OkSustainAg Jan 2016 #17