hello, i have heard numerous people stating that consitancy in spalting is extremely hard if not impossible. I have some maple and pecan that i am experimenting with. I dont expect anything to come of it but it may work ( atleast this time). What i did is i gathered up some logs and half logs of the pecan and maple. I placed them close together then i placed a few small pieces of already spalting maple in and around it ( by the way i cleared the ground under the wood first) as well as spalted maple shavings. Then i took some old grass out of a pile i have and mixed it with compost from my compost bin. I filled every nook and cranny real good. Then i covered the pile with about 3" of the old grass and rich comost mixture. I try to keep the area semi moist but mostly rely on mother nature, which has been very generous so far this year. Now i am just waiting. summers a comin and ill see what happenes. BTW the area gets filtered sunlight but you can still consider it very shady. --just experimenting and learning. Have fun--thanks marekz
