Analysis of Morel Artificial Cultivation Techniques and Market Prospects

Morel, also known as mutton tripe vegetable, mutton mushroom, or mutton tripe mushroom, is a rare edible mushroom variety, named for the uneven, pitted surface of its cap that resembles a sheep's stomach. So do morels have market prospects for cultivation? What are the artificial cultivation techniques?

1. Do morels have market prospects for cultivation?

The morel is called the “queen of mushrooms”; it is both a delicacy at banquets and a long-renowned tonic food. There is a folk saying: “Eat mutton tripe every year, and at eighty you can still walk all over the mountains.”

Wild morels generally grow in forests deep in the mountains and are rare in number. Dried products sell for more than 1800 yuan per kg and are mainly exported to European and American countries and sold to first-tier cities in China.

Morel output is limited, and development in artificial cultivation has long been slow, but breakthrough progress has been made in recent years. Especially with the field cultivation techniques in the Sichuan area, cases of 200 to 300 kg per mu have appeared one after another, and yields of more than 500 kg per mu over large areas have also occasionally occurred. At present, China's morel planting has exceeded 6000 mu, and in Hubei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Xinjiang and other places, growers large and small have begun to participate in morel cultivation. Morel cultivation has gradually begun to shift from relying on the weather to relying on management to make money. Artificial morel cultivation is truly a new path to wealth.

2. What are the artificial cultivation techniques for morels?

1. Soil: The soil in which morels grow has a pH of about 6.5-7.5. In neutral or slightly alkaline soil, the soil is black soil, etc. Then there is the air factor; generally, among fallen leaves, there is sufficient air. Next, there are also relatively high requirements for temperature and humidity. They tend to grow in spring and autumn each year, requiring a large temperature difference, with a temperature of about 20 degrees and humidity of about 70%. Then there is light; weak light is beneficial to morel growth. After understanding the ecological conditions of morels, they can be cultivated well.

2. Ingredients: Use whatever resources are available around you, such as wood chips, bran, phosphate fertilizer, gypsum, humus soil, etc., corn cobs, plant ash, etc., mixed in proportions of about 75%, 20%, 1%, 1%, and 4%, with a material-to-water ratio of 1:1.4.

3. Cultivation method: After the material is mixed, put it in plastic. First, for outdoor bag-removal cultivation, choose a place with not strong light, with a width and depth of 20-25 cm, and unlimited length. After preparing it, water it lightly, then use lime water to kill pests.

4. Outdoor raw-material cultivation: In a half-shaded, half-sunny place with loose soil and good drainage, dig pits of the same size. First water the bottom of the pit, spread an ingredient layer on top, place the spawn on it at about 4-5 cm, then spread a second layer on top and sow in the same way, then cover with humus soil at a thickness of 3-5 cm, and keep it warm and moist, sprinkling a little water appropriately.

5. Indoor dehydrated bag cultivation: After disinfecting the mushroom house, lay a plastic film on each bed surface, then spread 3 cm of humus soil, then arrange them one by one, about 40 in total. After arranging, spray water, add soil, and then maintain soil temperature and air humidity.