mushroom pinheads start growing in
groups after two to three days of
opening the plastic it takes seven to
eight days to grow into full say harvest
before it releases dust like spores from
the gills otherwise the shelf life comes
down pluck the bunch of mushroom with
the base itself by twisting otherwise
the base decades attracting
contamination stop watering the beds one
day before harvesting for easy plucking
after completion of the first Harvard
scrape the surface of the bed with metal
wire brush keep on watering the bed
second crop gets ready after seven to
eight days we can expect three crops
like this the straw bed shrinks down
commercial harvest completes by 50 days
after spawn each cylinder of this size
leaves 15 to 20 kilograms of mushroom
under ideal condition marshal Niel
depends on the species purity of the
spawn contamination free mycelium growth
temperature and humidity as a time of
cropping etc clean the pluck mushrooms
polythene packets with holes are used
for packing heat the packets in a cool
place or in the refrigerator
the genius crop will help for easy
marketing of fresh mushrooms it can be
dried under the open Sun or in a dryer
if the dried mushroom is steamed and
white it gets good demand and price
tasty pickling is also made with this
fresh wet mushroom what we have seen
till now is hypsi zygous Almera specie
this keeps good for three days in open
closed blades and for one week in the
refrigerator shelf life of the other
oyster species is hardly one or two days
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