Mushroom training and courses

Higher Filling

Mar 02, 2020

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.…

Filling the growing room

Jan 23, 2020

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…

Dry bubble disease

Aug 27, 2019

Dry bubble disease may cause a lot of problems because the spores spread quickly. It’s essential to identify and remove the first affected mushrooms to…

Preserve structure during composting

Mar 25, 2019

Longer pre-wetting of straw to preserve structure during mushroom composting In my 'Pre-wet' blog, I already wrote about the importance of pre-wetting for good mushroom…

Casing soil

Jan 17, 2019

Why is casing soil used? There are two main reasons: 1. the Pseudomonas putida bacterium; 2. to regulate evaporation. Mushrooms will not grow without evaporation.…

Mollier diagram

Oct 09, 2018

What is the absolute moisture content of the air? Or the enthalpy of the air? More and more growers have a handy app that reads…

Blog on relative humidity measurement

Jul 25, 2018

Climate in the growing roomAll growers recognise the importance of climate in the growing room. How the climate feels when you enter the growing room…