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Climatic conditions as a basic requirement for cultivation

Mushrooms are ideally grown under uniform climatic conditions cultivatedto get a high yield. Therefore, the following growing areas are particularly suitable for cultivating mushrooms:

• Basement rooms
• Bunkers
• Storage cellar
• Wine cellar

Since regular watering creates a certain level of air humidity with a larger extension, the selected room should not be structurally sensitive in terms of moisture. Temperatures of around 15 to 20 degrees Celsius are ideal for white and brown mushrooms to thrive. Although mushrooms also grow in light, they also thrive in complete darkness and can thus grow free from any weed plants.

Prepare the substrate

Usually prepared boxes made of Styrofoam or cardboard with instructions are offered in the trade, the substrate of which has already been inoculated with a mushroom mycelium. Some of these can also be set up directly in the apartment, as they usually have a lid to regulate the humidity. If you are on a larger scale

Propagate mushrooms boxes with a spore-free coconut substrate or straw bales are ideal for growing mushrooms.

The mycelium as an energy supplier for the fruiting bodies of the mushrooms

Divide the straw bales to a minimum height of about 15 to 20 centimeters and moisten them with water before placing them on shelves or racks in the planned grow room. Then inoculate the pads with the mushroom spores to induce the growth of the mycelium. This grows through a bale of straw in mushrooms within about two to three weeks. Then the fruiting bodies can be used for the harvest Depending on the conditions, they may protrude from the ball within a few days.

Cultivation without a starter culture

If you would like to experiment with the cultivation of edible mushrooms on a smaller scale, you can also start a corresponding experiment without a starter set from the trade. Since spores sometimes adhere to commercially available mushrooms, you can apply leftover mushrooms to a bale of straw or another moist substrate. With this technique, too, the desired success of a mushroom growth is sometimes achieved.

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The beginnings of mushroom cultivation go back to the court of the French Sun King Louis XIV. He valued the edible mushroom so much that his court gardeners made the first attempts at growing forest and meadow mushrooms in cellars. Later the ramified catacombs under the metropolis of Paris were partly used for commercial cultivation used by mushrooms, as the conditions in terms of temperature and humidity are ideal for cultivation ruled.