White rotting oak log

[BugOnABender]

How would one go about creating a white rot oak log for stags? I figure I should give it a good soak first. Then maybe set it out on my balcony to collect fungus naturally? Maybe?

Any ideas everyone?

 

[JKim]

How would one go about creating a white rot oak log for stags? I figure I should give it a good soak first. Then maybe set it out on my balcony to collect fungus naturally? Maybe?

Any ideas everyone?

A commercially available rotten oak for beetle breeding (or more like mushroom harvested wood) can take several years to become what it is to be able to use for beetles. Inoculating fungi is a good idea to prepare it, but it still will take quite some time (more than just a couple years) plus a care to keep it going on. I buried a log (diameter of 12 inches and about 16 inches long, freshly cut white oak) in garden soil under a flower and vegetable garden in my backyard, and took a look after about three years. It only barely decomposed on outer layer, and wasn't quite usable. I used it for Lucanids, and it worked, but only few eggs were found inside (of outer layer).