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Lignicolous mushrooms on straw
Operating instructions for the cuItivation of Oyster Mushrooms, Shii-take mushrooms and other IignicoIous
mushrooms on straw and other agricuIturaI wastes.
Requisites:
- 50 kg of fresh straw
- a 2 liter (1,4 kg)- portion of spawn (this amount may be higher for some mushroom kinds)
- 1 large plastic bag
- a pair of disposable gloves
1. Substrate selection:
choose good quality straw or chopped corn cobs of the last harvest. Fresh wood
chips, originating from deciduous trees, are suitable as well. If you can get to
some CaCO3 (chalk), mix in 1-2% to rise pH a little.
2. Substrate preparation:
keep the substrate in hot water (between 60 and 65 C) for hour. Let it drain
and cool down to more or less 20 C on a clean surface. If you can get to some
CaCO3 (chalk), mix in 1-2% to rise pH a little. If you put the spawn before the
substrate has cooled down sufficiently, the spawn will die from the heat and you
are sure to get only molds. If the straw hasnt sufficiently been drained, it may
rot at the bottom. The moisture content of the straw should be 70-75%, i.e.
when you squeeze it very hard, you could get out a few drops. Put disposable
gloves before touching the pasteurized substrate, in order to prevent
recontamination.
3. Inoculation:
fill a clean plastic bag with 5 cm thick substrate-layers, between which spawn is
crumbled. Press well, in order to make intense contact between spawn and
substrate. A 2-liter portion of Pleurotus (Oyster Mushroom) spawn (= 1,4 kg) is
sufficient for the inoculation of 50 kg of wet material. You should mix in at least
about 2% of Pleurotus spawn. Cut the lower edges of the closed bag to allow air
exchange.
4. Incubation:
Keep the substrate in the dark at 20-25 C. After 2-3 weeks, it will be fully
colonised with white mycelium (incubation phase), and will have turned into a
firm block (ripening phase).
5. Fructification:
remove the plastic or make holes every 10 cm.
Place the substrate block in the light, protected from direct sunlight, and keep it
humid e.g. by means of a garden hose with spray-nozzle. Temperature may vary
between 5 and 20 C.
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6. Harvest:
mushrooms tend to appear in "flushes or series, with intervals of 2-3 weeks.
The total yield is 10 to 20 % of the original weight of the wet substrate.
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