Artificial Cultivation Methods and Key Technical Points for Reishi Mushroom

Reishi mushroom has the effects of tonifying qi and calming the spirit, and prolonging life. With the improvement of living standards, the demand for reishi mushroom is growing, while wild reishi mushroom is extremely rare, so artificial cultivation of reishi mushroom has also become a money-making project. So how is reishi mushroom cultivated artificially? The main cultivation methods for reishi mushroom include bottle cultivation, bag cultivation, and log cultivation. Below, Qinnong Network explains these three reishi mushroom cultivation methods in detail.

1. Bottle cultivation

Choose a wide-mouth bottle or canning jar of moderate size, wash and dry the bottle, then put the prepared culture medium into the bottle, press the culture medium with your hand until it is moderately firm, stopping 1 cm from the bottle mouth, then flatten it, and use a tool to poke a hole in the center down to the bottom of the bottle, being careful not to break the bottom. Wash the bottle mouth, then wrap it with kraft paper.

Then place it under normal pressure at 100°C for sterilization, lasting 8-12 hours, and then sterilize under high pressure at 121°C, lasting 1-2 hours. After cooling, it can be inoculated. After inoculation, place it in a culture room with a temperature of around 25°C and humidity controlled below 70%. Keep the culture room in a dark environment, which is beneficial to mycelial growth, but when the mycelium grows to half the height of the bottle, the sealing paper can be removed. At this point, it can be moved to the fruiting body production room, with the temperature controlled between 25-28°C, and reishi mushroom will slowly grow out.

2. Bag cultivation

The steps of bag cultivation are similar to bottle cultivation. The only difference is that the culture medium uses polyethylene plastic bags, filled to about 10 cm from the bag opening, then gather the bag opening, put on a plastic collar ring and add a cotton plug. After sterilization, inoculate in a sterile environment, but when the mycelium grows to half the height of the bag, remove the plastic collar ring and the cotton plug, expose the surface of the medium, and let it slowly produce mushrooms.

3. Log cultivation

Log cultivation imitates the growth method of wild reishi mushroom. Choose large broadleaf tree species with a tree age of 7-10 years, saw the trunk into sections, then soak them in water for 12 hours, which increases the moisture of the trunk and also helps with mycelial development. Drill holes in the trunk with a diameter of about 1 cm, then inoculate with an inoculation gun, cover with bark, and after inoculation stack them together, maintaining the temperature between 20-28°C, and pay attention to ventilation at high temperatures. After about one month, the mycelium will emerge. After the mycelium emerges, bury it in soil, with the buried part accounting for two-thirds or three-fourths of the total length, keep the soil moist, and after about two months, reishi mushroom will grow.

The above is the introduction to the artificial cultivation methods of reishi mushroom brought to you by Qinnong Network. At present, artificial cultivation of reishi mushroom mainly uses the above three methods. We hope it can be helpful to you.