Growing Shiitake

Growing shiitake on Masters Mix

Supplies

• High pressure pan, autoclave or Steam Cooker
• A big container to mix in
• Latex gloves
• Elastic or a hair band
• A tiewrap
• 700 ml of hot water
• Brood for shiitake (at least 150 grams per breeding bag)
• 1 or more growing pockets
• Hardwood pellets (500 grams per grow bag)
• Wheat branch (25 grams per breeding bag)
• Instead of the bags, pellets and wheat seal you can also choose ourready-made masters mix

Roadmap

• Put the pellets and 700 ml of water in the container and mix them together.
• Add the wheat seal as soon as everything is well mixed.
• Now mix all the ingredients well.
• Fill the breeding bag with the mixture just above the filter strip.
• Fold the remaining "flap" around the filter bag and keep it in place through an elastic or hair band to pull the bag.
• Sterilize the bag for at least 45 minutes in a high -pressure pan, autoclave or Steam Cooker.
• Let the bag cool down to room temperature for at least 8 hours after sterilizing. Let cooling longer reduces the chance that the culture will fail.
• In a clean place, for example a countertop that is well cleaned, add the breeding to the breeding bag. Shake this well so that all the breeding is spread through your mixture.
• Now close the bag at the very top by folding the edge twice and placing clothes pegs on it. Do not press the air and make sure that there is enough oxygen left in the bag. Put the bag in a dark place at room temperature, for example in the room where the central heating boiler is.
• As soon as the contents of the bag has become completely white, the Shiitake are ready to grow. Place this at 12-16 ° C in half shade and prevent them from getting direct sunlight.
• Make a diagonal cut in the bag from top left to bottom right. This allows the Shiitake to suddenly get oxygen and you create a place where they want to get out.
• Keep the opening moist by spraying these twice a day with a nebulizer. That is a plant spray with a pump from which you get a nice nice mist from.
• Within a week you often see small shiitake appearing from the hole. Please note that it can sometimes take weeks to a few months; Shiitake cannot be rushed and takes his time.
• Keep spraying them to promote growth, but don't get them too wet.
• As soon as the Shiitake is large enough, it's time to harvest. Do this in time, because if you wait too long, they will dry out.
• After the first flush, it is often still possible to get a second flush out of it. You can get this process going with a cold shock that you give by placing the block in the fridge overnight.

Growing conditions Lentinula Edodes

Incubation
Substration ratio brood	95% | 5%
Substrate type	Hardwood or masters mix
Ambient temperature (day)	22-25 ° C
Duration of incubation	15 days
Humidity	85-95%

 

Expansion phase (Primordia)
Ambient temperature	Lower to 10-15 ° C

 

Fruit period
Ambient temperature	12-16 ° C
Humidity	95%
CO2 concentration	1200 ppm
light	500-1000 Lux
Number	3 to 4
Interval	Approximately 2 weeks
Humidity between flushes	Lower to <90%