Thursday, April 4, 2019

Step by Step Guide to Mushroom Growing

Step by Step Guide to Mushroom Growing

Who states that mushroom growing can be a complex job? When you know what you are doing, any task can be simple breezy. Mushroom growing is like that. To grow mushrooms is not difficult and the step by step process of doing so is not difficult at all.


This post is not about where to grow the mushrooms or what to use as storage for already-growing ones. That is covered in some other article. This article has to do with how to plant the spores or generates, the "seeds" of the mushroom. Also consisted of in this post are some practices on how to look after the mushrooms.


If you are a beginner, the best route to follow if you want to grow your own batch of mushrooms is to buy a mushroom package. Each set is specialized, depending upon what type of mushroom you want to grow. This also allows you to read more about a particular mushroom, how it behaves and the likes.


When you buy a mushroom kit, the generate might be of two types. It can be in flake form or in bricks. The approach of planting also varies according to the type of generate. If you are a beginner, it is best to buy both and see which one would suit your preference best. To offer you an idea how these 2 work, here is some partial information about the two approaches of planting mushrooms. Flakes are combined with the substrate or medium initially. You spread a quarter of the mix over an area of 15 ft2. You need to cover the entire location of the mix if your location is wide.


On the other hand, when you use bricks, you need to break the bricks into smaller sized pieces and plant these portions into the medium, about 6 inches apart.


The steps after this are basically uniform for all species of mushroom. You need to maintain the moisture of the substrate so not to dry them out. Aside from this, you also need to place your planted mushrooms in a dry but dark place. The preliminary growth would be called the mycelia, the root-like form of the mushroom. These mycelia would cover the entire plot. The next stage would be the pinning or the growth of pin-like structures that would eventually become the mushrooms that you eat.


In order that the mushroom be at its optimum development, it is best to increase the temperature to about 650F. Constantly keep in mind to water the substrate two times in a date. But one thing to bear in mind, though, once the mushrooms have appeared, you need to not water anymore up until harvest time. Whether the mushroom is still young or already fully grown, it really does not matter when you want to harvest them. It is really in the preference of the grower when to harvest the mushrooms.


When gathering, you ought to not just select the mushrooms. You need to use a knife to cut each mushroom from its stalk.

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