There are six things to avoid in mushroom cultivation; steer clear of them to grow better
1. Insufficient pre-wetting: The straw should be soaked thoroughly. Straw that has not been soaked enough requires a large amount of water replenishment when the pile is turned. If the water cannot be made up before the second turning of the pile, it will affect the growth of the mycelium. 2. Uneven turning of the pile: It should be turned according to the principle of "put raw material in the middle, put cooked material on both sides; put the middle at the two ends, and put the two ends in the middle"...
1. Insufficient pre-wetting: The straw should be soaked thoroughly. Straw that has not been soaked enough requires a large amount of water replenishment when the pile is turned. If the water cannot be made up before the second turning of the pile, it will affect the growth of the mycelium.
2. Uneven turning of the pile: The pile should be turned according to the principle of "put raw material in the middle, put cooked material on both sides; put the middle at the two ends, and put the two ends in the middle"; otherwise, the purpose of turning the pile cannot be achieved.
3. Soil collection not meeting requirements: Some growers use untreated vegetable garden soil when casing, and some add incompletely decomposed cow manure. But such soil carries a large number of pathogens and insect eggs, which easily causes a variety of diseases and pests and brings losses to mushroom growers.
4. Adding urea when casing: New growers easily habitually equate mushroom cultivation with the cultivation of other crops and add urea when casing, causing the ammonia smell to be too strong and leading to mycelium death.
5. Spraying "closing water": Spraying "closing water" during the high-temperature period in the early stage of mushroom cultivation will create a high-humidity environment, causing phenomena such as mycelium emergence, formation of a mycelial mat, and death of small mushrooms. Spraying "closing water" in the later stage easily causes mycelial degeneration and premature aging.
6. Not preventing diseases in time: Some growers lack basic knowledge of identifying and controlling diseases and pests, and often begin control only when diseases and pests have become relatively severe, thus missing the best period for control and suffering serious yield reductions.