Candice Turner

Earth Candy Acres

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• Where It All Began
• What I’ve Learned
• Process
• Choosing Spawn
• Acquire Logs
• Inoculate Logs
• Growth Maintenance
• Marketing
• Costs
• Tips
Mistakes
o Lived an hour away
o No water close by
o Didn’t have the right
tools
o Inoculated dead logs
o Logs wouldn’t fit in the
tank
Improvement
o Water to field
o Gravel
o Relocated
o Researched
o Bought in bulk
o Charted everything
Choosing Spawn, Acquire Logs, Inoculate Logs, Log Maintenance
 Strain Warm Weather Wide Range Cold Weather

Spawn Run 9-12 months 6-9 months 9-12 months

Temperature 50*-85* 55*-75* 45*-70*

Type Night Velvet Double Jewel Miss Happiness

o Force fruiting o Greenhouse strain o Long fruit season

Bulochka Native Harvest Bellwether

o High Tunnels o Vigorous, Late flush o Thick cup shape

WW70 West Wind Snowcap

o Longest of all o Heavy Yield o Gorgeous
strains
WR46 Jupiter
o Quick log recovery o Huge caps
o Purchase

o Farms

o Firewood companies

o Land clearing
companies
o Cut Your Own

o More details to follow

o Tagging trees

o When to harvest

o Sapwood
https://www.fieldforest.net/pdfs/Tree%20Species%20Chart.pdf
o Chainsaw

o Bar & chain oil

o Fuel

o Chain sharpener

o Log roller

o Helmets

o Heavy duty chains

o Bucket for smaller

items

Truck
Trailer
At least 2 people
o Spray paint

o Chain sharpener

o Extra chain saw oil

o Eye protection

o Extra chains

o Chain saw tools

o Ear plugs

o Knife

o Measuring stick

o Gloves
o Safety first!

o Logs are heavy

o Clean up

o Soak

o Location to avoid drying out

o Give back

o Recycle

o limbs into woodchips for

compost
o trunks for firewood, cooking,
or whittling
o Designs available online

o Make it transportable

o Ergonomic – just above

waist
o Width – 6” shorter than
size of tanks
o Make it to fit your needs
- assembly line of
people or just you
o Ledge for wax

o Measuring stick
o Wax pot
o Grinder/tools
o Collars
o 12 mm drill bits
o Inoculator
o Cheese wax
o Wax daubers
o Spawn
o Gloves
o Stapler
o Spawn container
o Safety first!

o Locate near electricity

o Generator

o Nice light-weight grinder

o Don’t let newbies drill

o Measure your diamond

o Cover your spawn and wax

o Enlist help (bribe)
o Wait two weeks
after harvest
o Spawn is room temp
for 2 days prior to
inoculating
o Clean your
inoculators
o Do not fill spawn
above the top of the
hole
o Do not leave tools
in wet area
o Always wax damaged
areas
o Wax holes where
insects or competing
fungi can enter
o Roll the daubers

o Clean pot regularly

o To wax or not to wax

(the ends of the logs)?
 Tag them with date, mushroom
type, log type, number
 Water – 24-36 hours in tanks
 Selling logs for profit? – tag both
ends, then cut in half
 Stack the logs in your laying yard
 Crib Stack
 Lean-to Stack
 Water

 Wind

 Shade

 Think about pests & animals

 Easy access

 Gravel

 Room to grow

 Location to home

 Stacking

 Moisture Reader
 Ants - Make sure log is waxed and not
in direct sunlight
 Slugs - Get rid of leaf debris on
ground, use gravel, Beer
 Animals – Use 80% shade cloth, build a
fence, scarecrows, lights
 Competing Fungi- Take care of your
logs
o 6-12 months
o Log calendar
o Force fruit
o Check logs regularly
o Un-stack
o Place together
o Product

o Packaging

o Pricing

o Promotion
 ITEM QTY. $/PER LIFE TOTAL (Over 3
EXPECTANCY years)
Wax Pot 1 $40 5 years $40
Grinder 1 $75 3 years $75
Collar 2 $35 3 years $70
Drill Bits (12mm) 4 $14 1 year $168
Inoculators 2 $35 3 years $70
Wax Daubers 100 $0.25 1 years $75
Cheese Wax 3 $31.50 1 year $94.50
Spawn 4 $25 1 year $300
Tags (bulk 500 ct.) 1 $45 3-5 years $45

Mushrooms (force fruit) Cost $937.5 Sales $21,600 Profit $20,662

Logs Cost $937.5 Sales $6,000 Profit $5,062

o Safety first!

o Make a plan before

you purchase
o Buy once, buy nice

o Keep a log of dates,

times, size, watering
schedule
o Keep the logs out of
direct sun light
o Water your logs

o Entrigue

o Research

o Patience
Hard work & exercise
Sun & breeze
One with nature
Nothing like cutting off a
mushroom
Eat up! Log-grown = high
nutrients!
And the winners are….