Which season is optimal to cultivate Monkey head mushroom? I will unhesitatingly answer “Autumn”. The followings are some tricks to harvest bulky fresh forms.
1. Reasonably select material and scientifically prepare material: cottonseed hull, sawdust, corncob, beanstalk, weeds and vinasse could be utilized to cultivate Monkey head mushroom. People could take moderate bran, corn powder as auxiliary raw materials. Monkey head mushrooms enjoy desirable growth trend in moderate proportion of material. It will be better if people put in little phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and other mineral substances. Recommend formulas are as follows:
A. Sawdust 78%, rice bran or wheat bran 20%, sugar or gypsum 1%.
B. Cottonseed hull 90%, gypsum or sugar 1%
C. Corncob or bean stalk powder 80%, bran 18% or sugar 1%.
People could choose one of three formulas, mix all materials evenly, adjust the water content in 60%, adjust PH Value in 4-6. It should be noted that materials should be fresh and free from mould or worms. People could mix material evenly, conduct bagging quickly and try to enter the phase of sterilization in the shortest time.
2. Choose suitable cultivation season: the optimal temperature for spawns of Monkey head mushroom is about 25 degrees, the time of spawn running is 30-40 days. The suitable growth temperature of sporocarps is 16-20 degrees. What’s more, 3 flushes could be harvested in one cultivation and it needs about 2 months.
3. Fruiting management: sporocarps will continuously appear when spawns are in halfway growth. On that occasion, people could timely conduct fruiting management. During the fruiting period, people could try to create the conditions which fit for the growth of sporocarps and coordinate the relations between temperature, humidity, air and light.