A Detailed Guide to Mushroom Cultivation Methods and Techniques: Easily Master the Key Growing Points

To grow mushrooms, you first need to build a mushroom house, then compost the growing material, next disinfect and sterilize the mushroom house and the growing material, and finally inoculate. At inoculation, the temperature of the growing material is around 25 degrees, the thickness is around 15 cm, and the hole-broadcast method is used, inoculating at a plant spacing of 10 cm. After inoculation, cover with fine fertile soil, keep the growing material moist, increase the ventilation of the mushroom house, and wait for mushrooms to appear. After they appear, simply strengthen water and temperature management.

1. Building the mushroom house: Growing mushrooms requires building a mushroom house, built in a place with higher terrain, flat ground, and open space. After the mushroom house is built, set up the mushroom beds, which can be made of wood, iron, or brick, and also leave windows or roller blinds to enhance ventilation.

2. Composting the growing material: Growing mushrooms requires composting the growing material. The main ingredients of the growing material are livestock manure, wheat straw, bran, rice straw, corn stalks, etc. Dry the manure in the sun, cut the other materials, mix in an appropriate amount of gypsum, soak thoroughly with water or urine, then pile it up in layers of one layer of straw and one layer of manure for fermentation. During fermentation, turn the pile about once every 3-4 days, and after about half a month it is well fermented.

3. Disinfection and sterilization: Carry out a thorough disinfection and sterilization of the mushroom house, then move the growing material into the mushroom house and spread it evenly on the mushroom beds. Then close the doors and windows, raise the indoor temperature to around 60 degrees, and after 3 hours, lower the temperature to around 50 degrees and maintain this temperature for 1 week. This allows the growing material to ferment thoroughly and also disinfects and sterilizes the growing material.

4. Mushroom inoculation: Lower the temperature of the growing material to around 25 degrees, then level it on the mushroom beds to a thickness of around 15 cm. Inoculate using the hole-broadcast method, with a plant spacing of around 10 cm. After inoculation, evenly cover the growing material with fine fertile soil, keep the growing material moist, increase the ventilation of the mushroom house, and wait for mushrooms to appear.

5. Fruiting management: After the mushrooms appear, strengthen water and temperature management. In the early fruiting stage, the humidity is generally around 70%, and later it returns to around 80%-90%. During the mycelium-running period, maintain the temperature at around 10-18 degrees, and raise it to around 20-28 degrees during the fruiting period. When the mushrooms grow to a certain size, they can be harvested.