Cultivating the Milky mushroom can be a very low cost low tech and rewarding project. The process is very similar to oyster mushroom preparation with the addition of casing. Some of the possible substrates include paddy straw, maize stalks, sorghum stalks, pearl millet stalks, palmarosa grass, vetiver grass, sugarcane baggase, soyabean hay, groundnut haulms etc. However Paddy Straw is the best substrate to use. This is a warm loving mushroom species suitable for the subtropical and tropical climate types. As seen in the picture the fruitbodies are quite large compared to some other gourmet mushroom types. Both cap and stem are used. To find a walkthrough of how to pasteurize and inoculate straw substrate bags After pasteurization and inoculation, let your substrate bags grow in a warm (30-35°C, 85-95°F) grow chamber until the spawn run is complete. This will generally take about 15 days. Now is when the procedure differentiates from oyster cultivation. Casing: ...
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