Blogs

New Blogger Akkie's Tuin

Apr 23, 2019

We are very happy to announce that Henk van Gerwen has joined our team as a new Blogger. Henk has a broad and deep knowledge…

Organizing harvest

Mar 29, 2019

Establishing a good harvesting team is very important and every farm needs a good leading example with eye for details to lead that process. A…

Preserve structure during composting

Mar 25, 2019

Longer pre-wetting of straw to preserve structure during mushroom composting In my 'Pre-wet' blog, I already wrote about the importance of pre-wetting for good mushroom…

New reality, destruction of stereotypes

Feb 14, 2019

If you ask European mushroom growers what they think about Russian mushroom growing, most likely they politely ask again: Does it really exist?And the answer…

Alexey Efremov for Mushroommatter.com

Jan 21, 2019

In 2001 I started first independent Phase 2 compost production in Russia. In 2012 my facility became the first to produce Phase 3 compost in…

Casing soil

Jan 17, 2019

Why is casing soil used? There are two main reasons: 1. the Pseudomonas putida bacterium; 2. to regulate evaporation. Mushrooms will not grow without evaporation.…