Management During and After Mushroom Collection Period – When growing mushrooms,
cleanliness is very important. Every step has to be kept clean. Never allow in any dirt otherwise it
might bring in disease and insects. There are some things to consider when dealing with expired
growing materials and a single big mushroom barn. Although a single barn is convenient for
operation, if there is an epidemic, the damage will spread more quickly than with separate small
barns. Expired packs usually collect disease and mushroom pests. Keeping many expired mushroom
packs close to the mushroom barns will cause damage in the long term. Therefore, they should be
dumped far away from the mushroom barns or be made into fertilizer for the plants. Abnormal stages
of growth, e.g., growing long like straws or have flat/uneven sizes, can be found occasionally in the
mushroom barns that have a high carbon dioxide level. You need to make a passage to create better
airflow so that the next set of mushrooms will grow normally.
After each harvest, pick out all mushroom stalks/scraps
that are