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How to keep oyster mushroom substrate moist? Sharing practical tips
1. Moisture retention by casing soil over a wall of mushroom logs. Inside the shed, lay a soil ridge 15-20 cm thick along the length of the mushroom bags, take the bags that are fully colonized and about to fruit out of their plastic bags, and arrange them neatly on the soil ridge. For each layer placed, cover with soil 3-4 cm thick, spray water on both sides of the soil and smooth it with mud. Then arrange the second layer of mushroom logs and cover with soil; up to 6-9 layers can be placed, and the topmost layer must still be covered with soil and smoothed. After the wall is built, spray one heavy watering so the casing soil absorbs enough water. After that, spray water every day to keep the casing soil moist, and manage fruiting as usual. This method can increase oyster mushroom yield by 50%
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How to Prevent Sour Rot in Oyster Mushroom Substrate? Detailed Practical Measures
Recently the weather has been hot, rainy and humid, which easily breeds spoilage bacteria, and a moment of neglect can cause losses to oyster mushroom production. To prevent and control sour rot in oyster mushroom substrate, the key is to grasp six words: fresh, sparse, increase, air, dark, lower. Fresh: the substrate used, such as rice straw, corn stalks, wheat straw, etc., should be fresh and free of mold, and should be exposed to the blazing sun for 3 days before use. Sparse: use relatively small plastic bags with a diameter of 20 cm or less to cultivate oyster mushrooms, and during the spawn-running period stack only 1 layer, without overlapping, to help dissipate heat. Increase: when mixing the substrate, use lime
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How to Prevent and Control Penicillium Mold in Oyster Mushrooms? A Detailed Guide to Practical Techniques
Penicillium Penicillium is a common contaminant mold on oyster mushroom spawn-production and cultivation beds, and occasionally has a weak parasitic effect on fruiting bodies; its asexual stage belongs to the Deuteromycotina, genus Penicillium. (1) Pathogen characteristics: Penicillium hyphae are colorless, septate; the colony is initially white, with most of it penetrating deep into the substrate and few aerial hyphae, appearing as a felt-like or cottony mass; the conidiophores branch in a broom-like pattern at the tips, and when conidia accumulate in large numbers they form a blue-green, yellow-green or blue-green powdery mold layer. (2) Damage symptoms: Penicillium occurs
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How to prevent and control soft rot in oyster mushrooms? These methods are very practical
Dong Yushan from Ligou Town, Pingyin County, Shandong Province, wrote in: "The oyster mushrooms grown in my town and the surrounding townships develop small yellowish-brown spots during the fruiting stage, especially when the fruiting bodies are about 1 cm in diameter, which then rapidly expand, and finally the entire fruiting body turns brown, becomes soft and sticky, and ultimately rots. Even though the mycelium inside the mushroom log is still very dense and white, it is very difficult to get another flush. What disease is this? How should it be prevented and controlled? Host Yangguang replies as follows: The situation reported by this friend also occurs quite often in other areas. Judging from the described symptoms,
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How to Choose a Baby Rabbit? 5 Practical Tips to Teach You
Check the build. A well-developed young rabbit has a well-proportioned body and firm muscles; no bone protrusions are visible at the shoulders, back or hindquarters, and the chest feels broad and deep, with a broad back as well. Check nutrition. A well-nourished young rabbit has plump muscles, glossy fur and no prominent bone edges, and can weigh over 500 g at weaning. Check posture. A healthy young rabbit has a natural posture and moves nimbly and coordinately. When crouching, the forelegs are extended and the hind legs are tucked under the body; when sleeping, the eyes are closed and breathing is faint; in summer it often lies on its side, lies prone and stretches out its limbs, while in winter it crouches. Check spirit. A healthy young rabbit
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How do you raise pigeons? These practical little care tips are very useful
In the past, fanciers who had achieved race results often shared their experience of what they fed, and many of these things were quite bizarre, such as feeding insects, feeding snails, feeding tadpoles, and even letting pigeons drink human urine. Thinking carefully, pigeons do sometimes eat foods that do not belong to the grain and bean category. From a scientific point of view, some vitamins are not present in grains and beans. Although some can be synthesized in the pigeon's body, once there is a deficiency it will inevitably affect the pigeon's health. Some confined pigeons, when extremely deficient, will peck open and eat pigeon eggs, consuming the albumen and yolk. But truly for confined pigeons
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Practical Tips for Cleverly Using Garlic in Fish Farming
I. Garlic Can Be Used as a Feed Additive for Fish (1) Fresh garlic. Take fresh garlic and make it into garlic paste, then mix it directly into the bait for feeding, or take 1%-5% fresh garlic and add it to the fish compound feed, crush it into powder with a grinder, mix evenly, and use directly. After peeling the garlic, grind it with an equal amount of cool boiled water into a slurry and filter it, then mix 3% of the filtrate into the feed to prevent feed mold.
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Practical Methods of Using Garlic to Prevent and Treat Fish Diseases
1. Treating enteritis: For every 100 kg of fish, use 0.5 kg of garlic bulbs, plus 0.3 kg of table salt, mix with feed and feed to the fish for 3-6 consecutive days. 2. Treating hemorrhagic disease: For every 10,000 fish, use 0.25 kg of garlic bulbs, 4 kg of alligator weed (fresh), and 0.2 kg of table salt, grind together with soybean cake and feed, twice a day for 4 consecutive days. 3. Treating dropsy (scale-standing disease): Add 0.25 kg of mashed garlic bulbs to every 50 kg of water, and soaking the diseased fish several times gives a good therapeutic effect. 4
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How to keep fish fresh? These five methods are very practical
Fish is usually kept fresh in the refrigerator, but this often changes its original flavor. To solve this problem, there are five methods: 1. Perilla leaf preservation: wrap the fish in perilla leaves and place it in a cool place; this can extend the fish's freshness, but it should not exceed 24 hours. 2. Wet grass preservation: soak rice straw or other weeds thoroughly in water, place the live fish in the middle, sprinkle water once every 4 hours, and cover the fish's eyes; the fish can live for 12 hours. 3. Wine drop preservation: drop a few drops of high-proof liquor into the fish's gills or on both cheeks to make the fish drunk and fall over, then place it in a ventilated
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How to prevent and treat indigestion in pigs? A full breakdown of practical methods
Do not feed pigs too much; if they get indigestion, they will become listless. You can break up steamed bun starter (fermentation starter) into pieces, add an appropriate amount of water, mix it into a thin slop, and feed it to the pigs. If it is a large pig with a big appetite, also mix in cornmeal or fine bran, knead it evenly, ferment it, and likewise feed it as a thin slop. One dose is enough to cure the illness.
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