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Getting Started with Tarantula Keeping: Essential Tools and Substrate for Beginners
What tools are needed for keeping tarantulas? What substrate is best for tarantulas. Essential tools for keeping 1. Enclosure: You can choose an acrylic box or a plastic enclosure, or even buy a storage box and drill holes in it. Basically, the size just needs to be 1 to 2 times the tarantula's leg span.
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How to use fermentation aids in mushroom cultivation substrate
Using fermentation aids to make edible mushroom substrate has the characteristics of fast fermentation, thorough fermentation, being able to ferment at both high and low temperatures, greatly shortening the conventional fermentation production time, reducing labor intensity, and lowering costs; it also has the characteristics of "broad-spectrum" fermentation (it can ferment almost all organic materials that need fermentation) and "strong adaptability" (it has relatively loose requirements for environmental conditions). Comparative trial demonstrations of the Jinbaobei edible mushroom cultivation substrate fermentation aid produced by Beijing Huaxia Kangyuan Technology Co., Ltd. show that this fermentation microbial agent is more
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Mushroom spent substrate can be used to feed fish; fish farmers should stop throwing it away as waste
In places where mushrooms are cultivated, a large amount of discarded mushroom spent substrate is produced every year. This mushroom spent substrate is rich in crude protein, crude fat and nitrogen-free extract, and also contains minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium and silicon, so it is quite nutritious. Therefore, it can be used as a good feed for fish. The method for feeding fish with mushroom spent substrate is: each time the mushroom house removes mushroom spent substrate, first pick out mud clumps, gravel, iron nails, broken glass and other miscellaneous items from the substrate, then move it into sunlight to dry, and crush it into powder with a grinder; then, according to the proportion of feed
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Control Methods for Mushroom Mycelium Failing to Grow into the Substrate
About 10 days after spawning, the mushroom mycelium should visibly grow into the substrate. If this is not the case, it is due to causes such as the compost being too wet or too thick, the interior of the substrate being too dry, or the substrate layer being compacted. The cause should be identified promptly to create favorable conditions for mycelial growth. Although a dry surface is not a problem, never spray water on the bed surface while cultivating the mycelium. If the interior of the substrate is too dry, supplemental nutrient water should be added to the substrate: for every 100 sq m, use 0.9 kg of soybeans, soak them until swollen and grind them into about 90 kg of juice, add 45 yeast tablets, 27 vitamin B1 tablets, and 0.45 kg of white sugar
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Can wine lees be used as a growing substrate for oyster mushrooms?
High-yield method for cultivating oyster mushrooms and other edible fungi using fresh wine lees: 1. Adjust fresh beer lees to pH 8-9 with lime, add 3% corn mixed powder by wet weight and an appropriate amount of mixed hardwood sawdust, and adjust the substrate to about 65%. 2. Weigh dried white wine lees, add 15% corn mixed powder, 4% lime powder, and 130% water, mix well, pile up and ferment. 3. Use bag-type oxygen-permeable filling and inoculation for mycelial growth, and the bed-type casing-soil with film-covering fruiting method for two-stage full-conversion cultivation, or use conventional fruiting management, to achieve high-yield results. To make it easy for mushroom growers to grasp, here we focus on
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Clever Use of Oyster Mushroom Spent Substrate to Grow High-Quality Shaggy Mane Mushrooms
The shaggy mane mushroom (Coprinus comatus) gets its name because its shape resembles a chicken leg; its flesh is tender, delicious and nutritious. Using spent oyster mushroom substrate and idle vegetable greenhouses, shaggy mane mushrooms can be produced. A 60 sq m mushroom shed can take in 1000 kg of dry substrate and produce 750-1000 kg of shaggy mane mushrooms, with a market price of more than 4000 yuan, giving considerable economic returns. The specific cultivation measures are as follows: 1. Prepare the growing substrate. Crush the spent oyster mushroom substrate, and mix it in the ratio of 50% mushroom bran, 37% cottonseed hulls, 6% lime, 7% corn flour, and 0.1% carbendazim (added separately).
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Short-log sterilized-substrate cultivation techniques for reishi (Ganoderma lucidum)
Short-log sterilized-substrate cultivation is a new reishi cultivation technique that has developed rapidly in recent years. On average, each cubic meter of wood yields more than 20 kg of dried reishi, with high yields reaching more than 30 kg, an increase of 20% over conventional cultivation methods. The reishi is firm and thick in texture with a glossy surface, and its acid content is higher than that of bag-cultivated reishi. More than 90% of the product meets export requirements. 1. Cultivation season: Reishi is a medium-to-high temperature type fungus, and its yield is related to the tree species of the logs, the cultivation time and the cultivation technique. Inoculation time can be arranged from late October to December, or from early February to
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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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Adding table salt to oyster mushroom substrate can increase yields
In oyster mushroom cultivation, using carbendazim to control contamination by foreign fungi is effective, but pesticide residues remain in the mushrooms, which is harmful to human health, and the cost is relatively high. According to experiments: when cultivating oyster mushrooms on raw substrate, adding 1.5 kg of table salt per 100 kg of dry substrate (dissolved in advance in a measured amount of water) and mixing thoroughly can prevent infection by foreign fungi and also bring mushrooms out 5-7 days earlier. At the same time, because table salt is rich in sodium, calcium, magnesium and other metal ions needed for oyster mushroom growth, if a 10% salt solution is sprayed in the early stage of fruiting body differentiation and after each flush is harvested, the mushrooms can be free of pesticide residues and their quality
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