How to Grow White Mushrooms? Detailed Explanation of Planting Methods and Techniques

The white mushroom is a specialty of the Inner Mongolia region and generally grows in places where there are sheep bones or sheep manure. At present, the yield of white mushrooms is still very scarce, but because the nutritional value of white mushrooms is very high, and because white mushrooms are delicious and have an excellent taste, the market demand is large, making them a relatively expensive mushroom on the current market. So how do you grow this kind of mushroom, the white mushroom? What is the difference from growing other mushrooms? Today let us take a specific look.

1. Mushroom Cultivation Site

There are many choices for the site for cultivating white mushrooms, such as open fields, mushroom houses, and so on. If planting in an open field, it is best to build a greenhouse, as this makes management more convenient. After the greenhouse is built, it must be disinfected. Water ditches should be made in the field, and beds should be prepared to form mushroom beds, which makes later planting convenient. The mushroom beds should generally be made in a turtle-back shape to make water control convenient.

2. Nutrient Preparation

The nutrients for white mushrooms are generally mainly rice straw or wheat straw, accounting for about 80 percent of all nutrients. Next are cow manure, sheep manure, lime, phosphate fertilizer, gypsum, compound fertilizer, and urea. We add water according to a certain ratio to prepare them, pile the nutrients together, and stir them constantly, stirring about once every five days so that the nutrients fully ferment. The fermentation time takes about 25 to 30 days or so. Only then will the fermented nutrients be relatively high quality.

3. Spreading Material and Inoculation

Before the nutrients are spread, they need to be disinfected and sterilized, so as to avoid other miscellaneous bacteria and pests and diseases affecting the spawn-running situation. After the nutrients are disinfected, spread them to a thickness of about 20 cm, keeping the nutrients loose. After the nutrients are spread, inoculation can be carried out. The spawn should be evenly arranged on the nutrients, and finally a layer of nutrients should be covered on top. The thickness of the nutrients is about 3 cm or so.

4. Spawn-Running Management

About three days after inoculation, we need to cover the mushroom bed with a layer of film, and then ventilate about once every three days. At the same time, the temperature in the fruiting greenhouse should be controlled at about 15 to 34 degrees, and the humidity in the air should be kept between 70 percent and 80 percent. Generally, after about half a month, the mycelium will develop. When most of the mycelium has spread, we need to carry out casing soil treatment.

5. Fruiting Management

About half a month after casing soil, the development of the mycelium at this time is already relatively strong. In order to increase the speed of fruiting, during this period we should water reasonably, and the humidity in the air should be kept between 90 percent and 95 percent. At the same time, the skylight of the greenhouse should be opened for ventilation, maintaining air circulation. After about a week, mushrooms will gradually appear. At this time, spray water again, as this can speed up the growth rate of white mushrooms.

White mushroom cultivation can generally be harvested five to six times, so after each harvest, we should manage the mushroom house according to the previous fruiting management method, as this can increase the yield of white mushrooms. That is all for today's sharing from the editor. I hope it can be helpful to everyone.