Growing Pleurotus ostreatus in caves can make money out of season.

Zhang Meiling, Liu's wife, is observing the blossoming pattern of a new crop of Pleurotus ostreatus.

The training of starting a business has changed Zhang Meiling from a delicate little woman to a "strong girl" who can drive a forklift.

Liu Xiaowu and his wife are adding bacteria to the bacteria stick.

Giving up his white-collar job with an annual salary of more than 200,000 yuan, Liu Xiaoyi returned to his hometown to plant mushrooms. In a cave in Shizhuang Village, Xitian Gezhuang Town, Miyun County, Beijing, the reporter saw this successful transformation of the "professional farmer."

As soon as I walked into the cave where Liu Xiaowu planted mushrooms, I saw the neatly placed and well-growing mushrooms on the steel frames on both sides like blooming snow lotus.

Why did you choose to grow Pleurotus ostreatus in the cave? According to Liu Xiaowu, Pleurotus ostreatus is a low-temperature edible fungus, and the amount of mushrooms is greatly reduced in summer. The cave is divided into four layers, and the special structure forms a microclimate that is warm in winter and cool in summer. The natural conditions of ventilation, weak light, constant temperature and humidity are the favorite environment of Pleurotus ostreatus. Compared with the traditional greenhouse planting, cave planting has more advantages: not occupying a minute of land, not consuming a drop of drinking water, not disturbed by diseases and insect pests, and so on. The growth of such "original ecology" makes the Pleurotus ostreatus here in good shape, bright color, thick meat and delicate taste. So as soon as these mushrooms were on the market, they were snapped up.

In 2010, Liu Xiaowu, who was already the head of the quality Control Department of Sanyo Energy Beijing Co., Ltd., saw the broad business opportunities in agriculture, resolutely quit his job and began his entrepreneurial road. In the past few years, he either went out to learn lessons or the cat was in the cave, testing the temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration and other values. Soon, he changed from a layman to a half-expert in mushroom cultivation.

This original cave planting model overcomes the disadvantages of traditional seasonal centralized listing and plays an "anti-season card" in sales, resulting in a natural increase in income. At present, the daily output of Pleurotus ostreatus here is close to two tons, calculated at a price of 10 yuan per kilogram. "it is conservatively estimated that the monthly sales income is more than 500000 yuan." Liu Xiaoxiao said happily.