Mushroom Farming, Cultivation, Growing
May 17, 2006 by Leo 82,057 Views
The culture of mushroom is gaining popularity in the Philippines. Mushroom is a delicacy and is really accepted as vegetable. Its present cultivation in this country is limited, perhaps due to insufficiency of planting materials and the limited local knowledge about its culture.
Mushroom growing requires little space and time and farmers can make use of their rice straws following harvesting. Mushroom can be grown the whole year round provided a good storage of rice straw is prepared.
This article illustrates the fundamental techniques involved in the culture of banana or rice straw type of mushroom, Volvariolla volvacoa. The vegetable and Legume Crops Section of the Bureau of Plant Industry is now producing mushroom spawn in abundance.
Materials and Methods – I
Dry rice straws and banana leaves are the most common types of bleeding materials. However, other materials like cotton wastes, jute sacks, corn stalks, water hyacinth, sugar baggasse and abaca waste materials may also be used for bedding materials.
Sufficient water supply and soaking tank or any similar container are used. Plastic sheet of gauge No.6, empty cement bags and sacks are used to cover the beds.
Procedures
- Gather long, clean and well dried rice straws and banana leaves, preferably those that are still standing in the field. Avoid using old and contaminated bedding materials.
- Bundle the bedding materials 6-8 inches in diameter. If rice straws are used, arrange butt ends together.
- Cut the bundle materials 1.5 to 2 ft. long.
- Soak the bundled materials in water for at least 3 hours but not more than 10 hours until enough moisture is absorbed by the materials.
- Foundation as support for the bed.
- Set the soaked-bundled materials, closely knit the together, evenly and compactly.
- Water the bed well with the urea or ammonium sulfate at rate of 1-2 tbsp. per gallon of water. Add sugar at the rate of 33 grams per gallon of water to improve the yield of mushrooms.
- Press the layer to level of surface. Stop watering when the water starts to drip off the bed.
- Insert thumb-size spawns around the bed, four (4) inches from along the side and four (4) inches apart from each other. Never plant spawn at the middle of the bed.
- Set the second layer of straw on the top of the first layer. Put the butt ends together in two opposite direction. Water and press down. Follow the same procedure until a six-layer bed is attained.
- Cover the entire bed with plastic sheet gauges No. 6 or cement bags or sacks for seven days after which it is removed.
Harvesting
The growth of mushrooms on the bed come in flushes. With adequate maintenance and care, the first flush usually comes and flushes from 13 to 15 days following seeding. When a flush is on watering must be avoided. Watering is resumed when the flush is over. Harvesting is done in the following manner:
- Harvest the whole mushroom including the stump. Don?t leave any stump in the bed as this would rot and in rotting the adjacent mushroom may be affected.
- As much as possible care must be taken not to disturb the small buttons.
- Mushrooms in the button stage of growth are more succulent, hence they are better preferred than the fully opened ones.
- Harvested mushroom may be placed in trays or in kaings.
Care in the Mushroom Bed
- When the bed is made, it may be well to cover it with plastic sheet, gunny sack or any suitable materials to protect it from the drying effect of the wind and to keep it humid.
- After the removal of the plastic sheet don?t water the bed as the bed is still wet.
- Watering should be done only in amounts, which would keep the surface moist and its environs humid.
- Watering may be done using a sprinkler, passing same over the bed and along the sides. Avoid soaking the bed as this condition is equally harmful to the proper development of the mushrooms as insufficient watering.
- When the mushroom buttons start to form, water must be stopped until the flush is over.
- Resume watering when the flush is over to coax another flush to come.
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@adeluisa, pwede mo siguro lapitan ang mga malalaking supermarkets (sm, robinsons, puregold, makro, etc.), hotels, restaurants, resorts, fast food chains, or any establishment na gumagamit ng mushroom. kumuha ka ng isang mahusay sa sales and marketing kahit siguro magbayad ka ng above average basta magaling. ang DTI ay merong marketing assistance na binibigay sa mga small enterprise. ito yung link: http://www.dti.gov.ph/dti/index.php?p=524
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GOD BLEZ.
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Hello, im interested in mushroom farming. magkano po ba ang start up capital at san po ba ang mga target market..email na lang po sa joellumanglas@yahoo.com.
thanks
Hello and Good day to everyone! I am a grower and production will start this October. If you are interested in buying Oyster mushroom, fruiting bags(prepared), spawns and other materials or even for a 1 on 1 hands-on lecture(tied up with a experienced technician/grower) you can email at robertpaulmadayag@hotmail.com or call or text me at 09163200809.
*TARGET OF GROWERS: ELIMINATE IMPORTATION and SUPPLY QUALITY MUSHROOMS to our kababayan and give jobs as well. Nagiimport pa po tayo kaya ibig sabihin ang market nandyan lang po. I’m from Makati and ang Farm ko po ay nasa Laguna.
Salamat po!
Good morning, i’m Jen Parenas of Binan, Laguna.I’m interested in mushroom growing and other related business entailed with it, hope you could help me regarding this. my cellphone no. is 09064987785.Thanks
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GUSTO K PO MAG START NG MUSHROOM MAGKANO PO BA ANG GASTO SA CULTURE
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I’m from Mindanao, Tagum City of Davao del Norte…
Salamat po!
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tnx,everyone.god blez.
i am interested in growing and harvesting mushrooms. how can i start? do i need to take trainings or seminars? how can i have a handbook written in tagalog so that i can easily understand the instructions. thank you. my number is 0921-9999-216, my place is at molino, bacoor, cavite.
@fredcandido, check this post and follow all the links for more information. you can also read through all the comments for more tips and advice:
http://www.mixph.com/2009/05/growing-mushroom-business-guide.html
sorry it’s only available in english. you’re english is better than mine, so i’m sure you can easily understand the instructions.
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or mail me at maylinreformado@yahoo.com
@maylin reformado, read “Ralated Posts” as well as all the comments for more tips, info, advice, and suppliers.
intersado po kming magtanim ng mushroom,san ba pwedeng mag atend ng mga seminars? taga tarlac kami pakitext ako sa number na ito 09184545395
@ruel, for seminars, inquire ka sa businesscoach or trc dito:
http://www.mixph.com/2006/03/trainings-and-seminars-institutions.html
how much would a kilo of oyster mushroom costs?
what about taingang daga?
i really want to know because is believe that in our place someone is selling mushrooms on high prices. thanks…
heres my number 09215706129
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Greetings! how much is per bag? where is your office. will you also be giving instructions on how to cultivate mushroom? I like to eat mushroom and just this morning I have seen in TV that it could be a profiable business; but honestly I have no idea, about mushroom cultivation coz I’m afraid I might end up with the poisonous ones… thanks… my cell# 0918-5212424; I’m from Quezon City
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