Meadow Oyster Mushroom Mycelium, 10 g

The substrate consists primarily of sawdust from deciduous trees with various additives. There is a wide range of additives: straw, hay, sunflower or buckwheat husks, bran, etc. However, straw, hay, corn cobs, and seed husks can be used as the main substrate without adding sawdust or other components. Straw has proven particularly effective.
In any case, the raw materials must be free of mold. It is advisable to add 1% superphosphate to the substrate. The prepared substrate is heat-treated to prevent mold. It is placed in a container and poured over with boiling water. Once it has cooled, the substrate is squeezed out and placed in 30x40 cm plastic bags or in glass jars with a capacity of 0.5 to 3 liters, where the mushrooms will be grown. Openka mycelium is added to the prepared containers with the substrate at a rate of 0.4% of the substrate’s weight. It is placed in the center of the jar or bag, where a hole is first made through the entire thickness of the substrate using a wooden stick with a diameter of 1.5–2 cm. Inoculation of the substrate with mycelium lasts 30–40 days, depending on its volume, at temperatures ranging from 0 °C to 25 °C. The substrate must not dry out, so the container is covered with damp burlap or paper or periodically moistened. Light is not required. As soon as the substrate is colonized, the containers are moved to a location with artificial or natural light at a temperature of -7 °C to +10 °C—verandas, loggias, balconies, garden plots, etc. Mushroom primordia appear 10 days after the containers are placed in their permanent location. And after another 10 days, the buds will develop into full-fledged mushroom bodies. Thus, the first mushrooms appear 2 months after planting.

Harvest by carefully cutting the mushroom clusters at the base of the stems, and remove the remaining stems from the substrate. After 1.5–2 weeks, a second wave of mushrooms appears, and so on. Over the entire cultivation period, which lasts 3.5–4 months, 0.5 kg of mushrooms are harvested from a single substrate.
In other words, from a single 3-liter jar, you can harvest up to 2 kg of mushrooms that are comparable in quality to wild honey mushrooms and superior to them in terms of ecological purity. The yield from a bag of mycelium planted in 50 kg of moistened substrate is up to 27 kg of high-quality, marketable mushrooms.

This method involves using wood as the substrate. At home, honey mushrooms are grown on hardwoods—aspen, poplar, willow, birch, chestnut, walnut, apple, plum, etc. Wood can be used either in the form of cut stumps or as a living tree still on its roots. At a distance of 15–20 cm from each other, make cuts or drill holes 3–5 cm deep and 2–3 cm in diameter around the entire perimeter of the stump. Fill the cuts or holes with mycelium. Alternatively, split the log lengthwise, sprinkle a thin layer of mycelium, place the halves together, and twist them tightly with wire. Mushrooms planted on wood grow for 5–6 years. One package is sufficient for 60–70 kg of wood.

The mycelium has a shelf life of 5–7 years. Store in a dry place. The date of manufacture is indicated on the packaging.