How to cultivate oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius) under tree shade? With cultivation pictures
I heard that oyster mushrooms can be cultivated under tree shade. How do you cultivate oyster mushrooms under tree shade? Is there anyone online who can explain? Oyster mushrooms can indeed be cultivated under tree shade, generally from March to June and from August to November each year; for detailed methods, refer to the following list: Method for making beds for oyster mushrooms: the bed site should be chosen...
I heard that oyster mushrooms can be cultivated under tree shade. How do you cultivate oyster mushrooms under tree shade? Is there anyone online who can explain?Oyster mushrooms can indeed be cultivated under tree shade, generally from March to June and from August to November each year; for detailed methods, refer to the following list:
Method for making beds for oyster mushrooms:
The bed site should be chosen under relatively shady trees. The bed should be 1 m wide, 35 cm deep and 10 m long. Build a 50 cm low wall along the north edge of the bed, and build an earth ridge about 10 cm high along the south edge. On the north and south walls, set up 1 bamboo pole about every 40 cm so that plastic film and straw curtains can be covered. Dig drainage ditches on both sides of the bed, higher in the north and lower in the south. Leave a walkway 80 cm wide between two beds.
Method for mixing oyster mushroom cultivation substrate:
Formula 1: rice straw 5 kg, superphosphate 1 kg, gypsum 1 kg, urea 100 g.
Formula 2: crushed corn cobs 50 kg, superphosphate 1 L, gypsum 1 kg, urea 100 g, carbendazim 100 g, water 70 kg.
Formula 3: crushed peanut shells and stalks 50 kg, wheat bran 10 kg, sugar 1 kg, gypsum powder 1 kg, carbendazim 100 g, water 48 kg.
Method for sowing oyster mushrooms:
Before sowing, thoroughly water the ground with a 3% quicklime solution; do not place plastic film in the pit. Spread the cultivation substrate in the pit, evenly sow a layer of spawn, then spread a 6 cm thick layer of cultivation substrate, then sow another layer of spawn. The spawn used in the topmost layer should account for 50% of the total spawn amount. Then pat and compact the surface of the substrate, and cover it with sterilised old newspapers.
For every 50 kg of dry cultivation substrate, sow 5 kg-7 kg of cultivation spawn, that is, each square metre of cultivation substrate can be sown with cultivation spawn held in a 500 ml canning jar. After sowing, cover with plastic film and straw curtains.
Daily management method for oyster mushrooms:
The temperature range for the growth of oyster mushroom mycelium is 10°C-35°C, and the optimum growth temperature is 23°C-28°C. The fruiting body (that is, the edible part) has a relatively wide growth temperature range and can produce mushrooms under conditions of 10°C-32°C, but 25°C is most suitable.
Therefore, after sowing, attention should be paid to preventing the temperature inside the bed from becoming too high, especially when sowing in August-September, as the cultivation substrate can easily "overheat". When the temperature of the sunny bed exceeds 35°C, uncover the film to ventilate and aerate, and add straw curtains for shading.
After sowing, if there are too many water droplets on the film, uncover it and shake them off at any time to prevent the growth of contaminating bacteria due to excessive humidity. From 15 days to 20 days after sowing, the mycelium will have grown through the cultivation substrate, and the entire surface of the substrate will appear white and fluffy. Attention should be paid to ventilation and aeration, increasing air humidity, and providing appropriate scattered light.
After it gets dark each day, uncover the plastic film, and before sunrise the next morning, cover it again with the film and straw curtains.
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