Three things to note when cultivating oyster mushrooms in winter

Mushroom yard selection The ideal site suitable for winter cultivation is a mushroom yard with warming and insulation conditions, such as an indoor mushroom house equipped with warming conditions, a warmer underground mushroom yard, and a raised-bed mushroom yard using plastic greenhouse cultivation, etc. The temperature of this type of mushroom yard can be controlled above normal temperature, which is beneficial to mycelial growth and can also promote earlier fruiting. Usually, for early winter cultivation, an outdoor mushroom yard can be chosen; for late winter cultivation, an indoor mushroom house should be chosen.

Strain selection Winter-cultivated oyster mushrooms can be divided into two types according to the fruiting period arrangement: winter cultivation with winter fruiting and winter cultivation with spring fruiting. For the former, it is more suitable to choose low-temperature type varieties or medium-low-temperature type varieties; for the latter, medium-low-temperature type and medium-temperature type varieties must be chosen. The selection of specific varieties should be determined according to the environmental temperature at the end of the fruiting period.

Winter management measures For winter-cultivated oyster mushrooms, it must be ensured that the temperature of the compost reaches the minimum limit temperature for mycelial growth; otherwise, the sown spawn blocks cannot colonize and feed, and over time, the vitality of the spawn will instead decline due to its own energy consumption. In addition to using the warming and insulation conditions of the mushroom yard, methods to increase the compost temperature also include pre-stacking fermentation of the compost and mixing the compost with hot water. After the mycelium has matured, temperature difference stimulation measures must be emphasized; otherwise, the phenomenon of delayed fruiting will occur.