Is the turning time for edible fungi determined by temperature or by the time of piling?

If rice straw and other straw materials or cottonseed hulls are soaked through with water, pre-wetted, and then thoroughly mixed with rice bran, sawdust, livestock and poultry manure, and other raw and auxiliary materials to build a pile. The pile is generally 80-90 cm wide at the top, 120-150 cm wide at the bottom, and 80-100 cm high. The pre-piling time is about 7 days. When the material temperature rises to about 70-75°C, the first turning should be carried out. During turning, ammonium sulfate or urea is added to the compost, and with the help of microorganisms, it is converted into a nitrogen source for Agaricus blazei through fermentation. During the pre-piling period, fermentation in the middle layer of the pile is better and the material temperature is higher, but the compost around the sides is not fully fermented. During turning, it must be thoroughly mixed, turning the middle-layer compost to the outer periphery and piling the outer compost into the center of the pile. After 5 days, carry out the second turning. Then carry out turning at intervals of 4 days, 4 days, and 3 days (5 turnings in total, fermentation time 23-25 days). In order to make the fermentation inside and outside the pile uniform, when turning, the compost in the middle should be turned to the outside, and the compost on the outer layer should be piled into the middle. After fermentation, the compost turns brown, and the fibers break easily when pulled by hand, which means fermentation is complete. After pile fermentation, the water content of the compost is about 60%-75%. If the pH value is too high or too low, it can be adjusted with superphosphate or slaked lime. In order to make uniform, fully mature, high-quality compost, turning is a very important process, and it must not be done carelessly.

Note: When the pile temperature rises to its highest point and then begins to fall, that is the best time for turning, and each subsequent turning follows the same rule. Continue until the raw materials meet the standard. (Purple-red color, sweet bread-like smell)

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Controlling disease and pest damage: In spring and summer cultivation, as the temperature goes from low to high, the degree of disease and pest damage goes from less to more and from light to severe. In mid-March, when the temperature inside the shed rises above 15°C. Various pests begin to become active, and spores of various contaminating fungi germinate, but at this time it is the spawn-running stage of spring mushrooms, so pesticides should not be applied, and disease and pest damage must be effectively controlled. Preventive work must be done well to nip problems in the bud, so that disease and pest damage can be kept to a minimum. The main pests of mushrooms grown during high-temperature periods are mushroom gnats, springtails, and mites. These pests are small in size, highly concealed, have high reproductive rates, short cycles, and many generations, and often begin laying eggs and reproducing in the compost during the spawn-running stage, then break out and cause damage during the fruiting stage, making them difficult to control, causing great damage to yield and quality, and even total crop failure. In terms of diseases. The main one is Diehliomyces microsporus, which competes with mushrooms for nutrients and, in severe cases, leads to total crop failure of mushrooms. Targeted control of the characteristics of these "three pests and one disease" is an important measure in high-temperature mushroom cultivation.