PLANTING AND MAINTENANCE OF OYSTER MUSHROOM

One of the critical success of oyster mushroom cultivation are in the process of conducting its cleanliness, good hygiene places, tools, or workers. This is because cleanliness is something that absolutely must be met. For that, a place for planting should be cleaned first with a broom, floor and walls were cleaned with disinfectant. The tools used for planting should also be sterilized using alcohol and heated over a candle flame. In addition, during the planting of the workers also ideally using a mask. It aims to minimize contamination.

In the oyster mushroom cultivation should also be noted that it is maintaining temperature and humidity chamber to keep the required standards. If the weather is dry, hot, or windy, it will affect the temperature and humidity in kumbung so that the water quickly evaporates. If so, watering frequency should be increased. If the temperature is too high and the humidity is less, can make it difficult to grow the mushroom body or even does not grow. Therefore, the set also air circulation inside kumbung so the fungus does not quickly wither and die. Circulation arrangements can be done by closing some circulation holes when the wind was strong. Circulation can be opened all when the wind is in normal speed. However, the important thing is not to mold a shortage of fresh air.