Akkie's Tuin

Akkie's Tuin

The corona crisis makes traveling for a consultant difficult, if not impossible. That is why the question asked by Marco Deckers came just in time.Henk, we are looking at picking on a different angle on our farm. GTL Europe is building my new farm with the tilting shelf system and…
Mycogone or wet bubble is making its appearance again on many farms. Growers are looking for all different chemical solutions and are gearing up hygiene measures. Most of the times too late. Because chemicals also do a lot of damage to the crop and the schedule often is simply too…
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…
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…
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…