How to Grow Agaricus blazei? Detailed Explanation of Key Cultivation Techniques
How do you grow Agaricus blazei? Here is an introduction to the method. To grow Agaricus blazei, you can refer to the following methods: 1. Composting of the substrate. (1) Cultivation raw materials. Formula One: rice straw 42%, cottonseed hulls 42%, cow manure 7%, wheat bran 6%, phosphate fertilizer 1%, calcium carbonate 1%, monopotassium phosphate 1%, plus water amounting to 70% of the total raw materials. Formula...
How do you grow Agaricus blazei? Here is an introduction to the method
To grow Agaricus blazei, you can refer to the following methods:
1. Composting of the substrate.
(1) Cultivation raw materials. Formula One: rice straw 42%, cottonseed hulls 42%, cow manure 7%, wheat bran 6%, phosphate fertilizer 1%, calcium carbonate 1%, monopotassium phosphate 1%, plus water amounting to 70% of the total raw materials. Formula Two: rice straw 375 kg, rice bran 10 kg, chicken manure 15 kg, calcium carbonate 8 kg, water 700-800 kg. (2) Piling the material. Generally, the material is piled about 20 days before sowing Agaricus blazei. Usually, the first turning is carried out on the 4th day after piling, and phosphate fertilizer is added at the same time. 4-5 days after the first turning, carry out the second turning, adding gypsum powder and calcium carbonate.
2. Secondary fermentation. Adjust the moisture content of the substrate to about 70% and transport it to the mushroom house or mushroom shed, put it on shelves or spread it in beds; the thickness of the substrate is about 20 cm
3. Sowing. After the secondary fermentation is completed, wait until the material temperature drops below 25°C before sowing. Break the spawn into pieces the size of an egg, and dig inoculation holes about 10 cm deep in the substrate, digging one inoculation hole every 20 cm. For the inoculation amount, use 3 bottles of spawn with a volume of 750 ml per 3.3 sq m; the inoculation amount is about 6% of the dry material. Finally, scatter a layer of spawn on the surface of the substrate. After sowing, press gently to avoid affecting mycelial growth, and finally cover with plastic film.
4. Casing soil. 15-10 days after sowing, when the mycelium has spread and grown 3-5 cm around the inoculation holes, cover with paddy field soil. When applying the casing soil, adjust the soil to semi-dry and semi-moist, with no white core in the middle, pH 7.0-8.0, slightly alkaline, then spray a light watering on the surface of the substrate, and then apply the casing soil; the casing soil thickness is about 3.3-3.5 cm.
5. Management before fruiting. Control the temperature at 20-27°C, maintain the humidity at about 75%, and keep the surface of the substrate moist.
6. Management during fruiting. About 20 days after inoculation, strengthen heat preservation, with the temperature at 18-21°C, and increase humidity so that the water content of the soil layer is 55%-65% and the relative air humidity is 85%-95%, but avoid spraying water directly onto the bed surface, so as to prevent dead mushrooms and rotten mushrooms. After harvesting the mushrooms, tidy the surface of the mushroom bed substrate, and spray water again 2 days later to prepare for the next flush of fruiting, fruiting and harvesting batch by batch.
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