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Candice TurnerEarth Candy Acres
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o Name
o Address
o E-mail
o Website
o Instagram
o Phone Number
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• Where It All Began• What I’ve Learned• Process
• Choosing Spawn• Acquire Logs• Inoculate Logs• Growth Maintenance
• Marketing• Costs• Tips
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Mistakeso Lived an hour awayo No water close byo Didn’t have the right
toolso Inoculated dead logso Logs wouldn’t fit in the
tankImprovemento Water to fieldo Gravelo Relocatedo Researchedo Bought in bulko Charted everything
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Choosing Spawn, Acquire Logs, Inoculate Logs, Log Maintenance
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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 Velveto Force fruiting
Bulochkao High Tunnels
WW70o Longest of all
strains
Double Jewelo Greenhouse strain
Native Harvesto Vigorous, Late flush
West Windo Heavy Yield
WR46o Quick log recovery
Miss Happinesso Long fruit season
Bellwethero Thick cup shape
Snowcapo Gorgeous
Jupitero Huge caps
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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
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https://www.fieldforest.net/pdfs/Tree%20Species%20Chart.pdf
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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
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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
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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
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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
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o Wax poto Grinder/toolso Collarso 12 mm drill bitso Inoculatoro Cheese waxo Wax dauberso Spawno Gloveso Staplero Spawn container
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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
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o Enlist help (bribe)o Wait two weeks
after harvesto 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
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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)?
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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
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Water
Wind
Shade
Think about pests & animals
Easy access
Gravel
Room to grow
Location to home
Stacking
Moisture Reader
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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
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o 6-12 monthso Log calendaro Force fruito Check logs regularlyo Un-stacko Place together
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o Product
o Packaging
o Pricing
o Promotion
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ITEM QTY. $/PER LIFE EXPECTANCY
TOTAL (Over 3 years)
Wax Pot 1 $40 5 years $40Grinder 1 $75 3 years $75Collar 2 $35 3 years $70Drill Bits (12mm) 4 $14 1 year $168Inoculators 2 $35 3 years $70Wax Daubers 100 $0.25 1 years $75Cheese Wax 3 $31.50 1 year $94.50Spawn 4 $25 1 year $300Tags (bulk 500 ct.) 1 $45 3-5 years $45
Cost $937.5 Sales $21,600 Profit $20,662
Cost $937.5 Sales $6,000 Profit $5,062
Mushrooms (force fruit)
Logs
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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
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Hard work & exercise
Sun & breeze
One with nature
Nothing like cutting off a mushroom
Eat up! Log-grown = high nutrients!
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And the winners are….
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