Cultivating Oyster Mushrooms??
Purchase quality spawns from the market (Spawn is just like the seed to plants, mushrooms grow and develop from them in the substrate) Prepare the substrate (substrates are the wastes in which the mushroom grows) What to use as substrate? Agricultural residue high in lignocellulose content. For example: Paddy straw, wheat straw, Banana leaves, legume straw, sorghum waste etc Chop the substrate in pieces of 4-5 cm by sickle or chopper Soak the substrate for overnight before use Remember that you must Sterilize the substrate to avoid contamination You can steam or boil the substrate in a drum or autoclave them for at least 15-20 minutes Then spread them over sterilized clean plastic sheet for air cooling below 25 degree celcious. After cooling, fill the polythene bags in clean and sterile condition. The moisture of the substrates while filling should be around 60%, estimated by squeezin