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…

In many systems steam is used for humidifying the grow rooms. It’s a good solution to keep the right climate in the grow rooms but just keep the amount of steam going into the grow room under control. Let me explain what I mean by that.Especially on the moment just…

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…

Does a higher filling weight give better quality?The filling weight, i.e. the number of kilos of compost per square metre, should be between 80-95 kg/m2. The general trend is the more compost, the better the mushroom quality. But is that right?Mushroom growing is all about the difference between air temperature…

How mushrooms grow and the yields are determined at filling. Assessing the compost and casing soil determines the final quality of the mushrooms. After this assessment, the settings are made on the filling machine. Any mistakes made at filling, will haunt you for the rest of the cropping cycle. On…

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…