What are the latest tips for increasing edible mushroom yields?

To increase the yield of edible mushrooms, you need to promote the growth rate of the mycelium and fruiting bodies. Second, while boosting the yield of edible mushrooms, we also need to ensure their quality, so that the economic benefits of edible mushrooms can be effectively improved. So do you know how to promote the growth of the mycelium and fruiting bodies of edible mushrooms? Below, the editor will introduce several tips for increasing edible mushroom yields.

1. Temperature difference stimulation

The temperature difference stimulation method means regulating the temperature in the mushroom fruiting room or fruiting shed to promote mycelium growth. For example, carry out warming treatment in winter and cooling treatment in summer. Second is the regulation of the day-night temperature difference: raise the temperature during the day and lower it at night, thus forming a certain temperature difference that can stimulate the growth and development of the mycelium. Only in this way is it beneficial to the formation of fruiting bodies, ultimately increasing the yield of edible mushrooms.

2. Yield increase with drugs

Using drugs to increase the yield of edible mushrooms is also a method often used by many growers. Here the editor wants to teach everyone a drug-based yield-increasing method that does no damage to the quality of edible mushrooms. First, when preparing the nutrient material, we can add an appropriate amount of phosphate or superphosphate, as well as sulfate and vitamin B, etc. These are all nutrient substances that can promote the growth of edible mushroom mycelium. Second, after the mycelium has grown for half a month, an appropriate amount of triacontanol can be sprayed, which can also promote mycelium growth, and most importantly, its yield-increasing effect is very obvious.

3. Punching holes and filling with sand

The yield-increasing method of punching holes and filling them with sand is mainly to enhance the permeability of the mushroom bed and improve its water retention, thereby achieving a yield-increasing effect. Generally, when sowing, we can use a conical wooden stick to punch holes, with the holes reaching down to the bottom of the material, and then fill the holes with river sand. Before filling the holes, the river sand must be disinfected, usually by soaking it in potassium permanganate solution. Finally, inject an appropriate amount of lime water into the holes. This can not only speed up fruiting but also ensure uniform fruiting, and the mushrooms will be large in cap and thick in flesh.

4. Spraying water and topdressing

Spraying water and topdressing is the most traditional method for the growth of edible mushrooms, and of course its effect is also very good. What we need to do is appropriately increase or decrease the number of water sprayings according to the dryness and wetness of the mushroom bed, so as to ensure the humidity of the mushroom bed. Second, when spraying water, combine it with topdressing. This can not only dilute the concentration of nutrients but also make it easier for the mycelium to absorb nutrients and promote the formation of fruiting bodies, thereby increasing the mushroom output of edible mushrooms.

5. Pressure stimulation

Pressure-stimulated fruiting is also called the contact method to promote fruiting speed. Generally, we use materials such as old newspapers, gunny sacks, and fine soil to cover the mushroom bed. This produces a certain pressure, thereby stimulating the mycelium and speeding up its growth. Of course, we can also use wooden sticks or other tools to promote growth by the contact method, but the premise is that these tools all need to be disinfected and sterilized so as not to affect the growth and development of the mycelium.

All of the above methods can increase the yield of edible mushrooms, and basically they can increase the original yield by about 15 to 30 percent, with very good results. Everyone can give them a try. Second, methods such as the shock method, scratching method, stick insertion contact, loosening the soil to remove old roots, and regulating light can also increase the yield of edible mushrooms.