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How to store shiitake mushrooms? Practical preservation methods to share
1. Dry storage. Shiitake mushrooms are highly absorbent and not easy to store; when their moisture content is high, they easily oxidize and spoil, and mold develops. Therefore, shiitake mushrooms must be dried before they can be stored. An appropriate amount of moisture-absorbing agents such as lump quicklime or dry charcoal must be placed in the storage container to prevent moisture from returning. 2. Low-temperature storage. Shiitake mushrooms must be stored in a low-temperature, ventilated place; if conditions allow, the container holding the shiitake mushrooms can be sealed and then placed in a refrigerator or cold storage. 3. Light-proof storage. Infrared rays in light will raise the temperature of shiitake mushrooms, and ultraviolet rays will trigger photochemical
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What to Do About Contaminated Shiitake Mushroom Bags? A Detailed Guide to Practical Countermeasures
During indoor incubation, the mushroom bags should be turned 4 to 5 times: the first time 6 to 7 days after inoculation, and thereafter once every 7 to 10 days. When turning the bags, carefully check for contaminating microorganisms and deal with them promptly. In cases of mild contamination, where only scattered dot-like or filamentous small colonies of contaminants appear at the tied opening or in the folds of the bag and have not spread, use a syringe to draw up a mixture of 50 ml of 75% alcohol plus 30 ml of 36% formaldehyde, inject it into the affected area, and gently massage the surface with your fingers so the solution penetrates into the contaminant cells, then seal the injection hole with adhesive tape. Contamination at the inoculation holes
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How to eradicate pig lice? Here are a few practical tips
Pig lice live as parasites on the body surface of pigs, sucking blood, making the pig's skin itch and causing restlessness; in severe cases they can also cause skin damage, hair loss, weight loss and anemia, affecting the pig's growth and development. Here is a little trick for eradicating pig lice that pig farmers might want to try. Take 4 tablets of refined veterinary trichlorfon, 100 grams of talcum powder and 2 camphor balls, mix them and grind them into a fine powder, wrap it in clean gauze, and pat it evenly onto the pig's body, paying special attention to applying it to the pig's belly, the inner sides of the limbs and the inner side of the ears
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What to do if a pig has no appetite? Sharing practical conditioning methods
1. Add a little spice. When a pig has a poor appetite, feeding a little pepper powder, chili, etc. is very effective. Because pepper powder and chili contain a pungent taste and aroma and are stimulating, after a pig eats them, they can increase gastrointestinal secretions, thereby speeding up gastrointestinal motility and improving digestive ability. Especially for lactating sows, adding a small amount of pepper powder and the like to the feed can not only increase the sow's feed intake, but also reduce the incidence of piglets and promote earlier weaning of piglets. 2. Feed a little more sweetness. Add an appropriate amount of saccharin to pig feed. Fattening pigs love
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How to prevent and control sheep hard tick disease? Detailed explanation of practical technical points
Dense infestation of hard ticks on sheep can cause goats to become emaciated, some pregnant ewes to abort, and mortality is very high among lambs and ewes after lambing. Expert disease analysis. (1) Pathogen: The pathogen of this disease is 6 genera of the family Ixodidae, namely Ixodes, Hyalomma, Haemaphysalis, Dermacentor, Rhipicephalus, and Boophilus. Their common morphological features are: the adult body is elongated oval, slightly convex on the dorsal side and flat on the ventral side; there is no distinction between head, thorax, and abdomen, and the three are fused into one body, with a false head at the front end; the false head is composed of a pair of chelicerae, one hypostome, and a pair of palps
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How to Trap and Kill Japanese Beetles? A Full Guide to Practical Control Methods
Hang 1 light-colored glass bottle every 3 to 4 trees, such as a beer bottle or a wide-mouthed medicine bottle. Wash the inside of the bottle clean, catch 2 to 3 live Japanese beetles and put them into the bottle, tie a rope around the neck of the bottle, and fasten it to a fruit tree branch, with the bottle mouth 2 cm from the branch. Japanese beetles have a gregarious habit and will crawl into the bottle one after another. Once the bottle is full of beetles, take it down and scald them to death with hot water.
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Practical methods to extend the fruiting period of tomatoes
After the first generation of tomatoes is harvested, the following 3 methods can be used to make the tomatoes bloom and bear fruit again, improving economic returns. The vine-laying method: after the first generation of tomatoes is mature and harvested, cut off the dead branches and yellow leaves, keep the new branches with vigorous regrowth ability, and dig a fertilization trench 20 cm long and 15 cm deep on one side of the main stem and apply fertilizer. After fertilizing, bury the main stem in the trench and water it, so that the layered vine quickly takes root. In this way, the new roots and old roots absorb water and nutrients together, the plant shape grows rapidly, and the tomatoes can bloom and bear fruit again. The stem-cutting method: after the first generation of tomatoes is harvested, cut off
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How to Store and Preserve Fresh Peaches? Practical Tips Shared
Fresh peaches have a short storage life and are prone to rotting and spoilage. If the following preservation methods are adopted, the supply period of fresh peaches can be extended and economic benefits improved. 1. Harvest without injury, grade and package. To judge the maturity of peach fruit: first, after the fruit has fully developed, the skin begins to lose its green color, the flesh is slightly firm, and colored varieties have basically reached full color - this is the firm-ripe stage. Second, when the background color of the fruit is green or light green and the fuzz on the fruit surface begins to color - this is the seven-to-eight-tenths ripe stage. Fruit at the firm-ripe stage and the seven-to-eight-tenths ripe stage stores better and tolerates long-distance transport. Because peach maturity is uneven, most
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How to prevent and treat necrobacillosis in deer? A detailed guide to practical methods
Necrobacillosis in deer is a chronic infectious disease caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum. It is generally infected through skin and mucous membrane wounds. It mainly affects the hooves, followed by the skin of the oral mucosa, causing necrotic lesions; in some cases it spreads to the liver, lungs and other organs to form lesions, and if not treated in time it causes mass deaths. This disease currently causes great harm to the deer farming industry and often leads to economic losses, so prevention and treatment work must be done well. 1. Epidemiological characteristics. Necrobacillosis in deer mostly occurs in deer herds in autumn and winter. During the autumn breeding period, male deer suffer hoof injuries from head-butting
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How to water rhododendrons? A few practical tips for you
Watering rhododendrons is a very important task. Because the rhododendron's root system is relatively fine and weak, it fears both waterlogging and drought, and either too dry or too wet conditions are bad for the plant's growth, so special attention must be paid to controlling the amount of water. If there is a lack of water during the leaf-expanding stage, the rhododendron's leaves will turn yellow and curl, and if the dryness is severe, it can even die. If there is a lack of water during flowering, the petals will become soft and shrunken, the flowers will droop, the flower color will be dull, and the flowers may even wither and die. Therefore, watering must be done as appropriate according to conditions such as sunny or rainy weather, dry or humid air, and the moisture content of the potting soil. Watering
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