What are the precautions for cultivating enoki mushrooms (Flammulina velutipes)?
How do you grow enoki mushrooms? Please guide us through the "three-word formula" for mushroom growing: good, early, and clever. The first is "good," which is the premise and foundation, meaning you must first cook the substrate well and inoculate the spawn well, taking care with every step without being careless; every year his spawn is the best. The second is "early," which means getting ahead of others...
What should be noted when cultivating enoki mushrooms? Please advise.When cultivating enoki mushrooms, pay attention to the following points:
Temperature: Enoki mushrooms (Flammulina velutipes) belong to the low-temperature fruiting type of fungi. The mycelium grows within the range of 3°C to 34°C, with the most suitable growth temperature being 20°C to 30°C. At 3°C to 4°C, the mycelium grows slowly. The temperature required for the formation of enoki mushroom fruiting bodies is about 5°C to 20°C; the most suitable temperature for primordium formation is 12°C to 15°C, with fruiting body differentiation being fastest at 13°C and producing the greatest number. At 21°C to 23°C, only a few thin, weak fruiting bodies grow and they tend to dry up. After fruiting body differentiation, normal development can occur within the range of 3°C to 20°C; below 3°C the fruiting bodies develop poorly, the caps turn malt-sugar colored, and quality declines.
Humidity: When the water content of the substrate is 63% to 65%, the mycelium grows fastest. If the water content is too high, the mycelium grows slowly or may even fail to extend into the substrate; however, because enoki mushrooms cannot be sprayed with water on the fruiting bodies, in actual mixing the water content is best at 70%. The relative air humidity of the mycelium culture room should be about 60%; if the humidity is too high, it will increase the contamination rate of the spawn bottles. The relative air humidity of the fruiting house should be controlled at 80% to 90%.
Air: Enoki mushrooms are aerobic fungi and must have sufficient oxygen when fruiting. After the fruiting bodies form, the cap diameter decreases as the carbon dioxide concentration (0.06% to 4.9%) increases; a carbon dioxide content exceeding 1% will inhibit cap development, and 3% carbon dioxide will not affect stipe development, but it should not exceed 5%.
pH: Enoki mushrooms need a slightly acidic substrate. The mycelium can grow within a pH range of 3 to 8.4, with a suitable pH of 4 to 7. Under normal circumstances, using the natural pH of the substrate (around pH 6) is sufficient.
Light: Enoki mushrooms are light-averse fungi. The mycelium grows normally under dark conditions, and young primordia can also form; however, light is necessary to promote the occurrence and maturation of fruiting bodies. With strong light, the stipes are short, the caps open quickly, and the fruiting bodies are darker in color; with weak light, the fruiting bodies are lighter in color and better in appearance.
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