Key Techniques for Large-Bag Bed-Free Three-Dimensional Cultivation of Pholiota microspora (Nameko Mushroom)

Harvesting

When the mushrooms reach 70-80% maturity, that is, when the veil membrane of the cap has not yet stretched, they can be harvested. When harvesting, hold the substrate surface with one hand and gently twist off the mushroom cluster with the other, so as to avoid pulling up large chunks of substrate. After each flush is harvested, tidy the substrate surface and withhold water for 5-7 days before managing the next flush.

Advantages of this cultivation model

It saves the wooden poles needed to build racks.

No need to thread curtains or build racks, saving resources and reducing labor intensity; high-altitude work is changed to low-altitude work, making it easier to operate.

Moisture in the substrate is easy to maintain; during fruiting, there is no need to water several times a day as in the block cultivation method, which greatly saves water and labor and also reduces the growth of contaminating microorganisms caused by high temperature and high humidity.

It extends the fruiting period and increases yield. The mud stacks not only provide good heat preservation and moisture retention, but the mycelium can also absorb various trace elements and some nutrients from the mud, so that the mushrooms are large in size, not prone to opening their caps, of good quality, and high in yield (a single stack can weigh more than 1.75 kg), with an improved raw material conversion rate, increasing the income of mushroom growers.