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Fresh mushrooms from the home garden: how to organize a home mushroom farm
13.01.2024 15:40
Updated: 12.05.2024 23:41
What once seemed impossible can now be done at home by any amateur gardener.
Of course, noble mushrooms like aspen mushrooms and boletus mushrooms will not promise you anything, they are very capricious in terms of growing conditions, but you can grow several varieties.
A scientist, agronomist, landscape designer and botanical artist Anastasia Kovrizhnykh will tell us how to organize a home farm.
Planting material
And in this matter, the type of mushrooms you decide to grow will have a great impact on the harvest.
In general, mushrooms are unpretentious, but there are varieties that are quite difficult to grow at home, and there is a high probability of not getting a harvest.
Champignons are the best option for testing the feather sample, they are quite unpretentious to growing conditions, and you will get your first skills without the risk of crop loss.
Nutrient medium for planting
In this case, you won’t have to go into the forest and try to dig up soil in places where you saw mushrooms growing.
Compost and simple manure are enough - this is a very good nutrient medium for mushrooms.
Conditions for growth
Mushrooms like shaded places without drafts, although a little sunlight will not hurt them. But here you can develop a schedule of "sun" baths.
And it is necessary to maintain the air temperature within 10-15 degrees, otherwise the planted spores may die.
Care of spores
After you place the spores in the soil, it needs to be watered generously, and this should be done regularly; for mushrooms, moisture is the main resource for growth.
To speed up the growth process. The first 2-3 days the soil can be warmed up with a special electric heater to 21 degrees, several hours a day.
As soon as the first white ovary appears, warming must be stopped.
Productivity
Champignons grow to their normal size in a maximum of 4 weeks, but this does not mean that the grown mushrooms need to be pulled out by the roots, they need to be cut off.
The fact is that mushrooms are able to grow by dispersing their spores several times per season, the main thing is not to damage the mycelium.
We have previously written about how you can grow seedlings at home in winter.
