Product Description
Spawn for hobby mushroom producers | 4th generation of mycelium | 1 liter Microsac. Mycelium inoculated from mother spawn bottle or bag. Certified axenic mycelium on sterilized grain, meant for further multiplication. Each portion is double-tested and axenic and is packed in a sealed Microsac. Recipe: adapted to the needs of the species. Client-specific recipes are accepted from 2000 litres onwards. Different pricing may apply.
Cultivation Info
| Binomial name | Hericium erinaceus | |
| Old nomenclature | None | |
| Inoculation rate | mix with ± 1% spawn | |
| Natural substrate | composition: | 80% hardwood, mixed fine + coarse) 10% cereals 10% bran |
| Incubation | room temperature: | 25 °C |
| substrate temperature: | 27 °C | |
| duration: | Ca. 20 days | |
| Primordia induction | (night time)* temperature: | 18-24 °C |
| relative humidity | 90- 95 % | |
| Fruiting conditions | room temperature: | 16-21 °C |
| relative humidity: | 85–95 % | |
| CO2-concentration: | 500-1000 ppm | |
| light: | Less than 500 lux | |
| Flushes | number: | 2 |
| interval: | ca. 2 weeks | |
| between flushes: | ||
| Total production cycle | ||
| Average yield | Approx. 150 g saleable mushrooms per kg fresh substrate† | |
*Primordia are induced by a shock. For most mushroom species, this is done with a thermal shock, which is defined by the minimum temperature during the day-night cycle.
†Mushroom weight immediately after harvesting, and wetted substrate weight prior to inoculation.
Important remark: these cultivation guidelines in our technical data sheets are a compilation of the data given to us by experienced cultivators. Individual differences in the cultivation conditions can seriously affect the results.
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