Before preparation of the mushroom compost, mushroom spawn should be prepared and has to be kept under the barren conditions. When the mushroom compost purchased directly from the shops or the farms, a hard top with a stuff of white powder can be seen through out the compost mix. Usage of mushroom compost in a proper manner is necessary for the cultivation of the medicinal mushrooms or the edible mushrooms. Of all, mushroom cultivation is a difficult one. The ingredients required for the preparation of the mushroom compost are the straw hay, cultivation trays, corncobs chicken or the manure of horse, gypsum, steam machine, compost bin and the mushroom spawn
For preparation of the vegetable based compost, the corncobs need to be crushed. For the preparation of the manure based compost, gypsum and the manure has to be mixed well.
The steam has to be pasteurized on the compost indoors.
Dear Sir or Madam,
Re: Request for Advice on Mushroom Growing in a Shipping Container
Please send comments and provide details that you can on the possibility and necessary conversion of a 40 foot shipping container for growing mushrooms.
I would also be grateful for any information you would find possible to send on mushroom growing and the general economics for this based on the UK scenario.
Thanking you in anticipation and looking forward to your earliest and positive response.
Yours truly,
Patrick Ng’oma, Jr.
44 Villa Wanga, Great East Road
PO Box 36 62
Lusaka 10101
ZAMBIA
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