THIS SECTION OF MUSHROOM CULTURE IS FOR BEGINNERS AND A NEW TECHNOLOGY IS CURRENTLY BEING USED ELIMINATING LONGER PROCESSES IN PRODUCING MUSHROOM SPAWN. STILL 100% ORGANICALLY GROWN.
New technology is liquid mycellium just inject using sterile syringe to substrate then wait 2 weeks...
HANDS ON TRAINING FOR BASIC MODULE mushroom culture.
Pleurotus (Oyster) Mushroom SPP
Culture Media Preparation Module I How to well prepare spawn production is necessary for proper spawn multiplication. This part can be extended in further projects, in the case where an individual wishes to expand his knowledge and start spawn production. Only those trainees that are especially interested in this part will have specific activities and hands on training. In general, this part will be only theoretical.
Day 1 Potato
Dextrose ] Preparation
Agar
Day 2 a) Mushroom Tissue isolation / PDA to Inoculation technique.
A young, fresh and very healthy mushroom is used to prepare a tissue culture. This procedure is very delicate and requires extensive understanding and an extremely clean environment. It may not be suitable for beginners in mushroom cultivation.
b) isolation to Pure Culture Sub-Culture
Corresponding Fee: P 1,500.00 pesos per participant (s)
Module II activity PRODUCTION Grain Spawn
Day 1 Grain Spawn Preparation Technique This is also a highly specialized part of mushroom production and will attract only a few trainees due to its complexity. Therefore, only basic theory will be given, mostly in the classroom. Trainees should, however, know how to select and buy good quality spawn from various suppliers. They should also know all steps involved in mushroom cultivation to allow future expansion of their mushroom farm.
a) soaking / cleaning
b) cooking - air drying
c) grain filling canister
d) pasteurization
Day 2 Mother / Master and Planting, Spawn Preparation Technique
Extensive practice will be required by trainees to make sure that they can produce spawn bags by themselves or be able to verify the quality of bags of spawn bag producers. This is hands-on training and will be, with the subsequent steps, the focus of training.
a) isolation of Pure / Sub Culture in grain to Become Mother / Master Spawn
b) isolation of Mother / Master in grain, grain to grain to spawn produced planting
Corresponding Fee: P 1,500.00 pesos per participant (s)
Module III formulation MEDIA AND mixing of Culture Activity
Day 1 Preparation of Substrate / Culture Media for fruiting bag of Oyster Mushroom Technique.
a) Sawdust fining
b) Mixing of supplemental nutrient in sawdust
c) Composting and Its principles
Day 2 Alternative agricultural wastes as culture media / substrate for oyster mushroom fruiting bags production.
Pasteurization is necessary to completely sterilize substrate bags. If bags are not properly pasteurized due to insufficient residence time in the pasteurization chamber or because temperature is insufficient, bags will be contaminated resulting in poor growth of mushrooms or complete spoilage of bags.
a) Different mixture / composition of agricultural waste
Waste must be handled properly in each step of the mushroom cultivation process. Recycling and utilization of waste is not only a good way of preserving our environment but also of saving money.
b) Pasteurization and Its principles
Corresponding Fee: P 1,500.00 pesos per participant (s)
Module IV ASEPTIC technique WITHIN THE LABORATORY
Day 1 Preparation of Inoculation / Laboratory room
Inoculation must be done with extreme caution. It is an extremely delicate step that will ensure higher yield with disease free substrate bags. Work must be done near a flame from an alcohol lamp during inoculation.
a) Prompt cleaning, disinfecting and designated inoculation / planting room (laboratory) into fruiting of mushroom spawn bag (s)
b) unloading of pre-pasteurized fruiting bag (s) spawn ready for planting / inoculation.
Day 2 Lecture: Purity - an avenue to perfection
During incubation, moisture, light, temperature and ventilation must be monitored constantly. Incubation time will differ according to the type of mushroom and climatic conditions.Following incubation, mushroom bags must be opened according to the type of mushrooms. a) Define: The 6 vector contamination
b) Inoculation / planting of spawn into pre-pasteurized mushroom fruiting bag (s).
c) Where to incubate pre-planted mushroom bag (s)
Corresponding Fee: P 1,500.00 pesos per participant (s)
Module V Mushroom Cultural MANAGEMENT HOUSE WITHIN parameters (S) WITH fruiting BAG (S)
Maintenance of the mushroom house is crucial for higher yields. When kept clean, there are less insects and pest, less diseases. Bags must be checked individually and kept clean.
Day 1 a) Structural design of a mushroom house (s) low cost or capital intensive
b) monitoring Mushroom bag
c) Proper misting of mushroom fruiting bag (s)
d) Infestation (s)
Day 2 POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY
Harvesting should be done at least twice a day to ensure that mushrooms are selected young and healthy. When harvested at the right time, not too big, mushrooms can keep for a longer time and their taste is sweeter and more delicious. Depending on the type of mushroom, one substrate bag can produce a total of 250 to 500 grams of mushrooms.
a) Prompt Age of mushrooms to pick fruit
b) Packaging materialsWhen selling on the fresh food market or from the farm directly very little packaging is required. Most people use plastic or paper bags.
c) preservationProcessing of mushrooms is limited only by a person’s imagination. There are already numerous methods and recipes, which can offer value, added products. Nevertheless, in rural areas, the market may be small because of financial limitations.
d) Target clientele (s)Marketing remains the key to a successful enterprise. Care must be taken to always review the competition and to offer clients reliability of supply and quality of mushrooms.
Corresponding Fee: P 1,500.00 pesos per participant (s)
As an entrepreneur in mushroom production, it is necessary to have basic knowledge in management and bookkeeping. This will allow tracking of profit and losses.Keeping records is very important since it allows monitoring of all expenses incurred in mushroom production. It also allows to verify how much profit is generated in the business and identify how certain costs can be reduced in order to generate more profit.
NOTE: SEMINAR TRAINING AVAILABLE
We conduct hands on experience training at Pampanga Agricultural College Magalang, Pampanga 2011 +63-45-866-0795
Trainers need to have solid knowledge on mushroom cultivation in order to train others.
Trainers must be capable of teaching about mushrooms, their health properties and benefits, their cultivation, processing and how to run a mushroom production farm. More specifically, trainers need to learn about the various tasks involved in the whole process of mushroom cultivation, the various types of cultivation according to the various types of mushrooms, and the processing and transformation of cultivated mushrooms. Several specialists, teachers and speakers can participate in the training, thus offering a wider approach and maintaining more interest for trainees.
Training is divided into two parts: a theoretical understanding and practical “hands-on” experience. Each of these tasks requires certain abilities and therefore can be difficult or impossible to perform in a conventional way by some people with certain disabilities.
Alternative approaches for accomplishing certain tasks need to be developed by trainers to help trainees develop their own strategic ways of accomplishing all tasks required in mushroom cultivation.
Trainees that have become trainers are in the best position to teach other trainees about different ways of accomplishing required tasks. We'll introduce mushroom training in near future.