How to grow shiitake mushrooms at home?

Lentinus edodes has a long history of cultivation in China, and it is also a famous medicinal fungus in China. Medical experts of all ages have different views on the efficacy of Lentinus edodes. How do beginners grow shiitake mushrooms at home?

Lentinus edodes, also known as Flower Mushroom, Xiangxin and so on, has left an indelible mark in the vast cultural heritage of our country. The ancient Chinese had a lot of experience in growing mushrooms. Wang Chong in the Eastern Han Dynasty recorded the cultivation method of Zizhi in his book Lun Heng. "Zhi is born in the soil, and the earth is born in the grass." the Zizhi here is Lentinus edodes. It can be said that the artificial cultivation of edible and medicinal fungi began to rise in the period of the three Kingdoms.

In the Compendium of Materia Medica, there is a passage like this: "Fang Scholars use wood to accumulate wet places and apply them with medicine, that is, raw and colorful Zhi." What is recorded here is about the cultivation of Pleurotus ostreatus, that is, the cultivation method of Lentinus edodes. China is the first country to discover and grow Lentinus edodes. In the Book of Wang Zhen Nong written by the Yuan people, it also records the artificial cultivation method of Lentinus edodes, that is, the famous method of cutting flowers to cultivate Lentinus edodes. At present, many mushroom farmers in China and Japan still use this method of growing Lentinus edodes.

When the family carries on the personal shiitake mushroom cultivation, first of all should prepare the suitable material to make the fungus bag, generally take the corncob powder and the sawdust as well as the wheat bran and the straw powder and the gypsum. Fill each bacterial bag with a weight of 1000 grams of material, which should be compacted and sterilized after loading. The most common method of sterilization is high temperature sterilization, which is sterilized in an environment of 100 degrees for 12 hours.

Finally, it is necessary to punch holes in the bacteria bag to access the bacteria. Generally speaking, the bacteria will survive after more than 20 days. When the bacteria begin to shoot, the bacteria bags should be placed in a warm environment to let the mushrooms begin to grow. After growing young mushrooms, it is necessary to get rid of inferior young mushrooms, so that there is a certain distance between shiitake mushrooms, so that Lentinus edodes can grow bigger and have better quality. in addition, after Lentinus edodes grows to a certain extent, it should be harvested in time, otherwise it will affect the formation of Lentinus edodes.

The above is some little knowledge about Lentinus edodes and how to grow Lentinus edodes at home. In China's long history and culture, there are many ways to eat Lentinus edodes. You can try it after you plant Lentinus edodes.