How Are Wood Ear Mushrooms Grown? A Detailed Guide to Cultivation Methods

Wood ear mushrooms are generally grown using the plastic bag ground-cultivation method, and the planting time varies from region to region. First, prepare the raw materials, which are generally based on sawdust and straw. Then put the raw materials into plastic bags, and go through sterilization, inoculation and mycelium incubation. Then, place the bagged raw materials in open field ground or under fruit orchard trees; in open areas a shade net can be put up, while in woodland the fungus bags can be left exposed. Finally, do the watering work well and wait for the mushrooms to emerge.

1. Cultivation method: Wood ear mushrooms can be cultivated on logs or in plastic bags on the ground. Log cultivation is rarely used now because the yield is not high and it is often affected by natural disasters that reduce production, so the commonly used method is plastic bag ground cultivation.

2. Cultivation time: The ideal growth temperature for the fruiting bodies of wood ear mushrooms is 15—25°C. In the north, the cultivation time is generally spring and autumn; south of the Yangtze River it is generally autumn and winter; in the Greater Khingan Mountains it is generally from late spring to early autumn. From sowing to maturity generally takes 25 days.

3. Cultivation process: First prepare the raw materials, which are generally based on sawdust and straw, then use plastic bags to hold the raw materials, and after sterilization, inoculation and mycelium incubation, place them in open field ground or under fruit orchard trees; in open areas a shade net can be put up, while in woodland the fungus bags can be left exposed. Use special atomizing water bags for watering, watering in alternation of dry and wet, watering and pausing, seven parts dry and three parts wet; when dry, dry thoroughly, when wet, wet thoroughly. Never leave them neither dry nor wet, or keep watering without stopping. After that, you can wait for the mushrooms to emerge.