How to Grow Poria Mushroom? Detailed Cultivation Methods and Key Technical Points

Summary Material preparation: Prepare the pine wood in advance, and divide the Poria mushroom into sections or shape it into stumps for material preparation. Land preparation and planting: Choose a sandy soil slope with good drainage for planting; the planting site must not be continuously cropped. About 15 days before inoculation, deep plow the soil and remove impurities from the soil. Inoculation: Select a suitable strain, disinfect it thoroughly, and then inoculate. Later management: After inoculation, promptly check the emergence of the fungus. If there are dead fungi or foreign fungi, remove them in time. Later, do a good job of ant control, drainage, and earthing up.

I. Material Preparation

1. Because Poria mushroom itself is a facultative parasitic fungus, it differs somewhat from the cultivation of other medicinal herbs. Therefore, before planting, materials need to be prepared and mycelium cultivation carried out so that it can grow normally.

2. First, prepare the pine wood in advance, because the most favorable nutrient for Poria mushroom mycelium growth is pine wood. Then divide the Poria mushroom into sections or shape it into stumps for material preparation, with each section about 1 m long. Remove the bark, place it on the ground, and cover it with grass material.

II. Land Preparation and Planting

1. For planting Poria mushroom, choose a sandy soil slope with relatively good drainage conditions, as this is more conducive to drainage.

2. After choosing the site, deep plow it. First break the soil up finely and rake it level, then carry out soil disinfection and sterilization. Be sure that the Poria mushroom planting site cannot be continuously cropped, because there will be many other fungi that affect its normal growth.

3. About 15 days before inoculation, deep plow once more, which helps thoroughly remove impurities and insect pests from the soil, thereby ensuring normal growth of the Poria mushroom.

III. Inoculation

1. Generally, Poria mushroom can be inoculated in spring and autumn. First, select a suitable strain or fresh Poria mushroom sclerotia. In addition, on the prepared land, open pits along the slope, then place the cut logs neatly along the opened pits.

2. First, thoroughly disinfect the strain and the person doing the inoculation, which helps avoid bacterial infection. After disinfection, place the strain evenly at both ends of the cut logs or at the joints, then scatter a layer of termite-killing agent, and finally cover lightly with soil.

IV. Later Management

1. About 7 days after inoculation, white mycelium will grow. Be sure to promptly check the fungus emergence in the field. If there are gaps, replant in time. Check about once every 10 days to see how the Poria mushroom fungus is doing and whether there are dead fungi or foreign fungi. If there are, remove them in time, otherwise they can easily infect other healthy strains.

2. After about 15 days, if termites appear in the soil, termite control is needed, because the natural enemy of Poria mushroom growth is termites.

3. Be sure to always pay attention to field moisture. If there is too much water, drain it in time. If the cut logs are exposed above the ground, carry out earthing up, and so on.