Too often there are problems with second flushes. The first flush is rather normal but not extra-ordinary. The problem starts showing on the third harvesting day of that first flush by loss of quality and second flushes do not come back the way they should.If the casing soil of those…

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…

Generally picking is considered by many as a low education job. But on the other hand, we rely on our picking force to deliver a good quality mushroom, meeting the customer demands. No bruised mushrooms, no nail or knife damage, right stem length, straight cut stem, no weak mushrooms in…

Europe is now at the time of the year summer will burst out. And every year the same growing problems occur at this time, getting worse and worse every year. Summers seem to get hotter and it is time to adapt before real growing problems are there. There are a…

If one wants to start a discussion with a grower (or with a consultant), start talking about watering.How much, when and what watering method.To make any sense though, you first have to define the period. There is watering on casing soil and watering over mushrooms and between flushes.This blog is…

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…