Mushrooms are a very profitable commodity. Mushrooms are very favored almost every circle. If occupied mushroom cultivation can generate huge advantage for us. Mushroom cultivation actually does not require any special skills. So that everyone can do this mushroom cultivation.
The following will discuss how we cultivate mushrooms that could bring great benefit to us.
Mushroom cultivation can be started through the following stages:
Preparation process
Before we start the business of mushroom cultivation, should we memebekali ourselves with knowledge of the correct technique of mushroom cultivation. You can learn from farmers directly or training mildew fungi are widely held businesses related agencies. Then, as the science of cultivating bagged we need to prepare some supporting equipment such as:
- Determining the location of manufacture mushroom fungus
- Build mushroom fungus
- Preparing mushroom seeds
- Preparing for mushroom growing media (baglog mushrooms)
- Preparing the nursery facilities (autoclave, erlenmeyer, measuring cups, test tubes, table breeding, tweezers, knives, alcohol 70%, seed bottles, incubator space, etc.).
- Preparing means of maintenance and harvesting (sprayer, fertilizer, thermometer, hygrometer, heater, blower, pH tester, knives, container harvesting mushrooms).
Maintenance Process Mushrooms
After proper preparation phase, the bullet we perhatiakan well is the process of care. Because this process will help us in obtaining maximum results fungus. This process can be done as follows:
Perform periodic observation. It is important to control the temperature and humidity in the room mushroom fungus. In observation, complete mushroom mushrooms with a thermometer and hygrometer.
Sprinkle mushrooms regularly. To maintain a stable temperature and humidity chamber mushroom fungus, do watering until the mushrooms are harvested. Watering is carried to all parts of the mushroom house, floor covering, wall kumbung, up to baglog mushrooms. Each species of fungi have different water needs, so note the rules of spraying on the type of fungus that you cultivated.You also need to pay close attention to the state of the fungus, do not let pests appear. Pests that often interfere with the growth of mushroom cultivation are flies, mice, worms, soil insects, ants, termites, and ticks. There are also express fungal disease, a disease that often attacks the fungus among other plants such as Peniciilium sp, Rhizopus sp, Aspergillus sp. Therefore do sterilization as possible, so that all the facilities and infrastructure that are used are not contaminated by pests or fungal diseases.
The process of harvesting mushrooms
Harvesting the fungus is most end process and processes that determine how the quality of the fungus to be marketed. Harvesting is done when the fungus has reached the ideal size for harvest. Each species of fungi have different harvest time, for oyster mushrooms can be harvested 4-8 times, harvest mushroom can best be done if the fungus 3-4 weeks old, mushroom harvested after 8-10 days of planting seeds, shitake mushrooms harvested after hood open around 60-70% and performed in the morning (10:00 am) and evening (at 17.00), button mushrooms (champignon) harvested after 12-17 days casing process, as well as lingzhi fungus mycelium harvested 3-4 months after full grown . The process of harvesting is done by unplugging the fungi with the roots, try no roots left behind so as not to interfere with the growth of the next generation of fungi.
Thus was the cultivation of mushrooms, may be useful.
