Main pests of Straw mushroom are mites, nematodes and flies, which can eat myceliums of Straw mushroom, cause dead and withered Straw mushrooms. To prevent these pests, people could firstly pay attention to environmental health of mushroom house and surroundings.
When finding mites, people could use 500 to 1000 times of Chlorfenethol solution to spray. It should be noted that water spraying should be stopped before spraying Chlorfenethol solution. In order to control nematodes, people could strictly control the water content of compost in about 70%. What’s more, it is best to conduct heating disinfection 6 to 12 hours after managing bed, which can greatly reduce the harm of nematodes.
To prevent flies, common methods are: cover thin film when conducting heap fermentation of compost, when sowing, people could try to prevent flies from entering into mushroom house. After sowing, people could cover thin film and spray DDVP. What’s more, people should particularly prevent the farm of mouse, which make troubles on compost, do terrible damage to spawns and seriously affect the yield of Straw mushroom.