Organic Oyster Mushroom Inoculation Dowels

Organic Oyster Mushroom Inoculation Dowels: grow oyster mushrooms on logs

Oyster mushrooms grow on almost all hardwoods, which makes them ideal for getting started with log cultivation. Our organic dowels are fully colonised by oyster mushroom mycelium – just hammer them in, seal and let the log colonise.

How to inoculate your logs

1. Use freshly cut hardwood logs (approx. 1 m, 10–25 cm diameter, no older than one month).
2. Drill 25–50 holes (8.5–9 mm) in a diamond pattern and hammer in the dowels.
3. Seal the holes with gypsum or beeswax.
4. Keep the logs in a shady, damp, sheltered spot and let them colonise for 8–24 months, depending on the wood.

Good to know

• Suitable wood: beech, alder, poplar, willow, birch and other hardwoods
• Bury colonised logs 20–30 cm deep – ground contact boosts growth.
• Oyster mushrooms fruit mainly in autumn and spring.
• Available in 100, 500 and 1000 pieces. 100 dowels are enough for 2–4 logs.

All details, ideal conditions and answers to common questions are in our Oyster mushroom plug spawn guide.

For an illustrated guide, see our guide for mushroom cultivation on logs.

Goes well with

• Organic oyster mushroom spawn