Cultivation of shiitake at home
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Shiitake on the windowsill
After ten years of cultivation shiitake on pieces of wood decided to try to get mushrooms on a substrate of sawdust by the so-called industrial, or intensive technology. It is more rapid: mushrooms do not appear in a year, but two months after the introduction of the mycelium.
Moreover, such blocks can be placed in any suitable room for this, even on the windowsill in the apartment or in the country under a canopy. And to grow mushrooms - at any time of the year!
Reference by topic: How to grow shiitake mushrooms (Siitake) Its useful properties
Making blocks for Shiitake
To make the blocks, I take 4 parts of fresh wood sawdust (oak, birch, alder), add 1 part of wheat bran (to feed the mycelium), 1% of the weight of the entire gypsum mixture (to improve the structure of the substrate and the desired acidity) and spill everything with water in volume equal to the weight of the dry mixture. Thoroughly mix and pack, without sealing, into plastic bags of 600-700 g each. I put on sterilization for 3 hours at a temperature of + 98 ... + 100 degrees.
I do it this way: I lower the grate into a large pot, pour water to its level, put unbound packages with a substrate on the grate, cover it with a lid (a thermometer is mounted in it) and turn on the small flame. The resulting steam disinfects the sawdust. After the fire I turn off and let the sawdust cool down (I do not remove the lid). In a day I repeat the procedure again.
How do I colonize the Shiitake mycelium?
I populate the blocks with mycelium (I take grain mycelium) under sterile conditions in the home "micro laboratory". I made a sealed pencil case with glass on the top cover, a bactericidal lamp and an incandescent lamp (attached to the back wall), sleeves with elastic bands on the front wall for the hands (see photo).
Before the procedure, the inner walls of the chamber and the bags with the substrate are wiped with hydrogen peroxide, then for 30 minutes I turn on the bactericidal lamp. In each bag from the top I spray on 3-4 st.l. mycelium, pre-scalded spoon with boiling water (for reliability I put it in a glass with boiling water, I put it in the same box and take it out of the water in it, and pouring the mycelium, I try not to touch the package and the substrate with a spoon). After that, I shake the bags for a more even distribution of the mycelium and tie it.
Where to keep the substrate with shiitake?
Packages with the substrate immediately after settling the mycelium should be kept in a dark place at a temperature of + 22 .. + 28 deg.
It can be a container, a cabinet, I personally have an old idle refrigerator. Mycelium “colonizes” the substrate in 30–40 days. When white swellings appear, I untie the bags and put them into a bright room with a temperature of + 15 ... + 25 degrees, but avoiding direct sunlight. During this period, the first mushrooms begin to grow. As soon as they abut against the walls of the bag, in these places I make small cuts so that the mushrooms do not deform.
I watch every block constantly. If the mushrooms dried, to increase the humidity on the unit, I put on a clean plastic bag or spray it with water (do not overdo it, otherwise mold will appear!). When the temperature of the air increases above + 30 degrees, I carry the blocks to a room with a lower temperature.
Second wave
After the first fruiting, I give the block a rest of 15-30 days (I make sure that the substrate does not dry out at this time, otherwise the mycelium will die). Then it is soaked in water at room temperature, dried in fresh air or in a ventilated room (at a temperature of + 10 ... + 17 degrees, after such stress the mycelium “wakes up”) and wait for the next wave of harvest.
See also: Growing mushrooms at home - theory and practice
Shiitake: benefit
Shiitake helps with liver diseases. Reduces the risk of stroke, atherosclerosis. It inhibits the growth of malignant tumors, strengthens the immune system, helps with chemical poisoning, and has antibacterial properties. The most effective treatment: 1 tsp. Shiitake powder pour 100-150 ml of warm boiled water, insist 15 minutes, stir. Drink with sediment on an empty stomach and 30 minutes before meals two to three times a day. You can drink it with water. The course of treatment is 3-4 months. Victor CHIKUYONOK, fungotherapist, Beloozersk
TIP: usually blocks withstand 3-4 fruiting, and then become loose and fall apart. Then I make a new batch of blocks, and sprinkle old ones into beds - this is an excellent fertilizer.
© Vsevolod ShINGAREV, Gomel. Author photo
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Chinese honey agarics on logs
Shiitake mushrooms are relatives of honey mushrooms we know well. Like honey mushrooms, Shiitake grows on dead wood, gradually decomposing it. Therefore, it is quite possible to grow them at home or in the garden.
6 early spring you need to prepare the chunks from the trunks of healthy trees (beech, linden), cut down before the sap move. Lying wood is not good. The diameter must be at least 10 cm, and the length is determined by the dimensions of the container where they will be installed. Before sowing the mushroom picking, the billets are split into logs and soaked for a couple of hours in water, and then held for several days in a warm room under the film.
After that, holes are drilled in the logs with a diameter of 1 cm and a depth of 5-6 cm. A ready-made substrate with a mycelium (sold in stores) is covered in the holes, and moist cotton wool is put on top.
It is convenient to place the logs vertically in the container, slightly burying the ends into the soil. They are kept moist. It is difficult to find a suitable place for a “mushroom garden” in an apartment, because the optimum temperature is 15 ° during the day and 10 ° at night. An insulated balcony with heating is best suited. In the summer, the container must be shaded to avoid overheating. Shiitake grows slowly, but then fruiting lasts 2-3 years.