Oyster Mushroom Cultivation: Key Points to Note and Methods to Improve Quality and Increase Yield

Oyster mushrooms are a common sight on people's dining tables. They can be prepared deliciously by all kinds of cooking methods, have a good texture, and are highly nutritious, so they are in short supply on the market. So what are the key points to note in oyster mushroom cultivation? How can the yield and quality of oyster mushrooms be improved? Let's take a look together with the editor of Tuliu.com~

1. Choosing the mushroom yard

As an edible fungus that likes moisture and warmth, when choosing a site, you should choose a site with strong heat retention and good moisture retention as the mushroom house. During the cultivation process, keep the air flowing in the mushroom house, because this can reduce the production of bacteria. If a lot of bacteria are produced, it will hinder the growth and development of oyster mushrooms. There is also a very important thing: before inoculation, oyster mushrooms must be thoroughly disinfected and sterilized in all respects, so as to avoid harm to the oyster mushroom spawn from other fungi.

2. Ingredients

When preparing the ingredients, be sure to pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene and ensure there is no contamination. At the same time, the ingredients must be stirred evenly, and you must wait until the ingredients are fully fermented before loading them. When loading, do not fill it too full directly. You need to first load a layer of ingredients, then a layer of spawn, and load in this way. After loading is complete, be sure to remember to carry out high-temperature or high-pressure disinfection and sterilization to ensure the sterility of the ingredients.

3. Temperature regulation

Temperature has a very large impact on many fungi. It not only affects the mushroom emergence rate, but more terribly, it may lead to the death of the fungal bodies. Then you would lose everything. Generally, the growth of oyster mushrooms should be controlled between 20°C and 30°C. In the early stage, the temperature of the mushroom house should be controlled at around 28°C. In the later stage, the temperature can gradually be lowered, but it should also be controlled at around 24 to 25, because only then can the speed of mushroom emergence be promoted.

4. Controlling humidity

No matter what crop it is used for, humidity is also very important, and this is even more true for oyster mushrooms. Oyster mushrooms are a type of fungus that likes moisture, so they grow faster and better in a humid environment, which requires us to control the humidity of the mushroom house well, generally at around 60% to 70%. If when the oyster mushrooms are emerging, we need to appropriately increase the humidity of the mushroom house, generally at around 75%, while the air humidity should be greater than or equal to 85%. Only in this way can oyster mushrooms grow rapidly.

5. Prevention and control of pests and diseases

No matter what crop is planted, it will encounter attacks from pests and diseases. During the growth of oyster mushrooms, there are basically no pests or diseases, but if our usual management of the temperature and humidity in the warehouse, as well as the ingredients, is not in place, other fungi will be produced, and this kind of fungus is called weed fungi among edible fungi. What we need to do is remove these weed fungi, because although some weed fungi do not affect the growth of oyster mushrooms, that does not mean all of them do. There are also some individual weed fungi that are natural enemies of oyster mushrooms. Therefore, in order to ensure the normal growth of oyster mushrooms, we must also strengthen daily management, and then carry out scientific sterilization.

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