An appropriate title for a blog written on Easter Monday. Normally the 7th day is a day of rest. Good for people after a week of working but not always good if mushrooms take a rest. Read: they stop growing. This can happen during the fructification and if the reaction…

After the last water during the incubation in the casing soil, the grower wants the mycelium to grow onto the surface.To ensure a good recovery of the mycelium in this period the right settings for the room climate are essential.An RH at a minimum of 95%. A very slow air…

The targets for a mushroom farm are amongst others:• Meet market requirements• Good quality at the lowest possible harvesting costsTo meet the market requirements the farm needs about the same amount of mushrooms every day, seven days per week. Maybe a bit more on one day than the other depending…

Imagine the third picking day of a first flush. In the morning the pickers are picking a beautiful mushroom. Around noon the mushrooms are starting to lose colour and 3 hours later they start growing like mad. Stems are stretching and caps are getting soft.Does that sound familiar?In that case…

These three principles are the base of disease control on a mushroom farm. To my opinion there is no farm that has not a spot of disease somewhere.But depending on what is done it will develop into a serious problem or it will stay a hidden time bomb.If a problem…

A sentence often heard in logistical companies but even more nowadays in mushroom growing.Due to short schedules, labour management and supermarket requirements timing in the growing of mushrooms is essential. If mushrooms are not in time one can loose part of a flush. The compost for the next room is…