2021-06-02
Causes of Young Mushroom Mortality
Young mushroom primordia may die for several reasons, reducing yield and quality. Examine the following factors to identify the problem and act…
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News & Technical Articles
Changyin news and mushroom production knowledge.
2021-06-02
Water Management for Fruiting Enoki Mushrooms
Injecting or soaking shiitake bags for pinning can leave substrate too wet, requiring prolonged film cutting and pin care. Delayed fruiting can miss the premium mushroom season. The following rapid-pinning method is…
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Rapid Pinning Techniques for Bag-grown Shiitake
Injecting or soaking shiitake bags for pinning can leave substrate too wet, requiring prolonged film cutting and pin care. Delayed fruiting can miss the premium mushroom season. The following rapid-pinning method is…
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Post-disaster Management for Mushroom Crops
Summer flooding can cause substantial losses, damage growing houses, rot or mold on primordia and blackening mycelium. The following post-disaster management measures are suggested to reduce…
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Improving Small, Thin Winter Shiitake at the End of the Crop
Early in a long shiitake crop, plentiful nutrients and cool weather produce slowly growing mushrooms with large caps, thick flesh, short stems and firm texture. Later, depleted nutrients and warmer conditions produce smaller, thinner, longer-stemmed mushrooms and lower yields. The article…
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Nucleic Acid Extraction from Edible Mushrooms
This archived article discusses nucleic acids and describes extracting them directly from mushroom fruiting bodies or mycelium produced by submerged liquid fermentation, rather than chemical synthesis or extraction from other plants or…
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Identifying Oyster Mushroom Spawn
Shiitake, oyster and enoki are common edible mushrooms. Machinery is widely used to replace manual work, improve efficiency and reduce errors, but high-quality spawn remains essential to crop quality. The following points introduce how to assess oyster mushroom…
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Browning Management for Shiitake Substrate Bags
Shiitake substrate bags require browning supported by temperature, humidity, ventilation and light management after complete colonization…
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Liquid Spawn Can Shorten Mushroom Spawn Preparation to Three Days
Although laboratory work had shown that liquid spawn could greatly increase mushroom yields, the original article identifies Dalian as an early location where the technique matured for large-scale…
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Precautions When Buying Mushroom Spawn
Spawn quality is critical to mushroom production. High-quality spawn can improve yield and returns, while poor spawn can cause serious losses. Consider the following points when…
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Reusing Spent Enoki Mushroom Substrate
Enoki substrate contains nutrients such as 20% bran, 10% cornmeal, cellulose and polysaccharides. After cropping, beneficial microbes can decompose it into protein-rich organic fertilizer for vegetable…
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Using Greenhouse Space Efficiently for Mushroom Production
A greenhouse is a substantial investment. Using its space fully can improve the return from…
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Growing Oyster Mushrooms in Unused Greenhouse Space
Solar greenhouses have a 1–2 m rear slope with shaded space unsuitable for vegetables. Oyster mushrooms need only weak diffuse light and can grow there in winter. This uses otherwise idle space, while mushroom respiration supplies CO₂ that may support nearby vegetables and increase total…
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How to Identify Genuine and Counterfeit Fertilizers
The article describes preliminary fertilizer checks, beginning with package labeling, manufacturer information, nutrient content and registration details…
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Controlling Contamination in Black Wood Ear Cultivation
This article describes common black wood ear contaminants, including Trichoderma, Mucor, Rhizopus and Neurospora, and historical control methods…
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Managing Rapid Cap Opening in Enoki Mushrooms
Small, uniform caps are an important enoki quality criterion. During production, cap size can be difficult to control and premature opening can reduce quality and the proportion of grade-A…
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Making Mushroom Spawn from Corn Kernels
Corn kernels are nutrient-rich and can produce spawn with early germination, rapid colonization, good aging resistance and high yields. The preparation method is described…
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Three Scientific Inoculation Methods for Shiitake
Dense inoculation gives mycelium more starting points to colonize the log rapidly. Alternating wetting and drying supports oxygen exchange and penetration into the wood…
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What Is Mutation Breeding?
Mutation breeding increases variation so that useful strains can be selected. Physical and chemical mutagens act directly or indirectly on nucleic acids. The archived source lists UV, X-rays, gamma rays, diethyl sulfate, 5-bromouracil, nitrogen mustard and nitrosoguanidine among examples;…
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Main Varieties of Enoki Mushrooms
Cultivated enoki varieties can be grouped as early or late fruiting, lower- or higher-temperature, and dense fine-stemmed or sparse thick-stemmed…
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Building and Managing Mushroom Growing Houses
Mushroom growing-house designs include freestanding arches, earthen-wall lean-to structures and winter-warm greenhouse designs…
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Tips for Fertilizing Edible Mushrooms
Mushroom fertilization includes substrate supplementation and mushroom bed treatments. The archived article discusses nutrient supply and methods for maintaining yields…
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Spraying Cooled Boiled Water to Increase Oyster Mushroom Yield
The original article reports that spraying cooled boiled water at different fruiting stages can increase biological conversion by 33%, shorten intervals between flushes and produce more uniform, thicker…
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Seven Mistakes to Avoid When Growing Oyster Mushrooms
Seven mistakes discussed include poor hygiene, excessive late-stage temperatures, excessive humidity, unsuitable watering, direct sunlight, poor ventilation and delayed harvest…
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Six Ways to Maintain Mushroom Spawn Vigor
1. Maintain pure spawn cultures, avoid contaminated spawn and do not place cultures too close…
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Preventing Mushroom Spawn Aging
Maintain clean, pure spawn cultures, use appropriate cool storage, avoid excessive transfers and rejuvenate strains regularly…
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Improving Mushroom Spawn Production in Summer
I. Sterilization: use fresh, mold-free media in summer, filling and sterilizing bottles or bags promptly after mixing. Keep cotton plugs and kraft paper dry, and sterilize spare cotton and paper together in sealed plastic…
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Preventing Failure of Oyster Mushroom Spawn to Germinate
After oyster mushroom inoculation, failure to germinate without visible contamination, or yellowing and withering mycelium, requires early preventive…
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Why Do Fully Colonized Oyster Mushroom Substrates Fail to Fruit, and What Can Be Done?
1. An unsuitable spawn temperature type or sowing date can prevent fruiting. For example, a medium-to-low-temperature oyster strain sown in late spring may finish colonizing during weather too hot for…
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Selecting and Using Mushroom Machinery
As mushroom production develops, machinery is becoming more widely used. The following equipment selection and operating examples are provided for…
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Protecting Shiitake Substrate Bags Through Summer
Summer management for substrate logs: outdoor shade houses ventilate and cool readily, helping reduce overheating during colonization. The following measures are used for outdoor summer…
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