When to plant maitake, and can it be cultivated with poplar?
SummaryMaitake can be planted in both summer and autumn. In fact, as long as the temperature is within 20-30°C, the maitake mycelium can grow. Wild maitake is mostly found at altitudes of 100-1400 m, growing in the high-temperature, rainy seasons of summer and autumn, on the shaded sides of broadleaf forests such as oak and chestnut trees where weeds grow, generally growing on sandy soil, with decaying grass, decaying leaves and other shading material on the surface.
Many friends may think that maitake is the flower of a tree called the ash tree, but it is not. Maitake is a mushroom that can be used as both food and medicine. Its flesh is crisp, tender and refreshing, never tiring to eat, and its nutrition and taste are both better than the shiitake mushroom known as the king of mushrooms. Next, the editor will take everyone to learn about maitake.
When to plant maitake
Wild maitake is mostly found at altitudes of 100-1400 m, growing in the high-temperature, rainy seasons of summer and autumn, on the shaded sides of broadleaf forests such as oak and chestnut trees where weeds grow, generally growing on sandy soil, with decaying grass, decaying leaves and other shading material on the surface.
Maitake mycelium can grow at temperatures within 20-30°C, and the most suitable temperature is 24-27°C. So as long as the temperature and environment are suitable, maitake can be cultivated.
Maitake has two management methods: simulated wild cultivation and bag fruiting
1. Simulated wild fruiting uses sawdust as the culture medium. After the mycelium has fully grown through the cultivation bags, the outer plastic bags are removed, and the fungus sticks are arranged neatly in the previously dug beds, with suitable gaps kept between the sticks. Soil is filled around and into the gaps, and a soil layer of about 2 cm is also covered on the surface. This soil-covered cultivation method is more efficient than bag fruiting.
2. Bag fruiting is to move the bags with primordia out of the fruiting room, keep the temperature at 20-22°C, remove the cotton plug and ring after about 5 days, stand them upright on the bed frame, spray some water on paper and cover the bag opening with it, and ventilate for 1 hour each time, 2-3 times a day. After about 25 days, a small knife can be used to pick and cut off the entire cluster of mushrooms.
Can poplar be used to grow maitake
Poplar forests can be used to grow maitake. Many other types of fungi can also be grown. For example, shaggy mane, lingzhi, black fungus, shiitake, button mushroom, tea tree mushroom, and so on.
Wild maitake often grows around chestnut trees in summer and autumn, so it is also called “chestnut mushroom”. The appearance of maitake is layered like a chrysanthemum and graceful; its smell is refreshing, with a light and elegant fragrance filling the air.
The nutritional value of maitake
Maitake has very high medicinal value and quite good health benefits, and in recent years, as a healthy health food, it can also be made into many kinds of delicious dishes.
1. Maitake can suppress obesity and high blood pressure.
2. Maitake contains relatively high chromium and selenium elements, which can prevent Kashin-Beck disease, diabetes, heart disease and Keshan disease, and can also protect the pancreas and liver.
3. Maitake is rich in vitamin C, copper and iron. It can prevent cerebral thrombosis, vitiligo, scurvy, and prevent anemia and arteriosclerosis.
4. The high content of vitamin E in maitake, combined with selenium, enables it to resist aging and enhance memory and sensitivity.
5. Maitake has a very high content of zinc, which can maintain keen vision, develop the brain, and heal wounds.
6. Maitake can regulate the immune system and is also a component of anti-cancer drugs.
7. Maitake contains vitamin D and calcium, and the combination of the two can prevent and treat rickets.
Maitake is very common, but the editor did not know before seeing it that it was called maitake, and knew even less that maitake had such nutritional value. I hope this article can help everyone recognize maitake.