Reishi Mushroom Garden Nursery Landscaping Guide
Reishi Mushroom With Better Cultivation Methods
By Suzzie T Franklin
Once they have successfully grown organic mushrooms and other
exotic edible plants, many people want to try their hand at growing
the reishi mushroom.
If you are interested in giving this a try, then you may want
to consider using a cultivation method that involves applying
peroxide during different stages of growth. It has been very successful
in helping to prevent problems such as fox glove, laminar flow
hood and some sterilization issues.
Using Peroxide As A Cultivation Method
Rather than using pressure sterilization, it is possible to just
do a 10 minute steaming to make the sawdust spawn medium from
the wood pellet fuel, when you use peroxide as a cultivation method.
For growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms, this is one of the
quickest ways to make your own mushroom spawn, which can then
be cultivated in your home instead of having to use a laboratory
that has been sterilized.
Use A Container With A Fitted Lid
This also means that you are no longer limited to growing only
the amount of spawn that will fit in a small pressure cooker,
since you can use any number of large containers, as long as they
have fitted lids.
There are several benefits to growing organic mushrooms utilizing
the peroxide form of cultivation, including the fact that you
no longer have to heat or sterilize the substrate or supplements
for the sawdust cultures to be ready to use.
Ensuring The Mushrooms Are Edible And Not Toxic
However, in order for the reishi mushroom to be edible and non-toxic,
you will need to review your options and use peroxide compatible
starting materials, such as certain nitrogen supplements and wood
pellets for fuel. You can also use plastic buckets that have lids
or trash bags rather than using the more expensive bulk substrate,
patch filter bags.
Many of the all natural mushrooms prefer a denser substrate which
is achieved through tightly packed sawdust based substrate. Adding
the peroxide to the cultures helps them to keep from becoming
anaerobic (not needing oxygen) as the mushroom mycelium breaks
down the peroxide, which then releases oxygen.
Keeping Out Contaminants And Producing A Safe Product
A peroxide solution of about 3% is most often used as it is less
expensive, is readily available, mechanically dispensable, biodegradable
and non-allergenic.
When you use peroxide to grow the reishi mushroom it will kill
the spores, thus enabling agar cultures to be grown inside the
same enclosure that is used to fruit the mushrooms. Another benefit
to using peroxide is that it can produce a completely safe product,
as there are no contaminants involved.
About the Author:
Suzzie T Franklin has written a number of articles on nursery, gardening and landscaping including
Bonsai Trees,
Flower Gardening,
Planting Guide,
The Japanese Garden,
Zen Garden,
Cherry Blossom,
African Violets,
Wire Topiary Frames.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles on this website.
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