Growing honey agarics: 6 ways in the country and in the garden, at home.

Honey mushrooms are not difficult to grow on your site. They are not whimsical to care for and does not require a lot of effort to grow them. Let's see several ways of such a process as growing honey agarics.

Growing honey agaric: growing conditions

The mycelium of these mushrooms grows rapidly, the most important thing is that the humidity level is high enough, and the temperature is within 10-25 degrees.

The room where mushrooms grow must be ventilated so that condensation does not form on the walls. Honey mushrooms can grow in semi-darkness, their only hats will be white.

If you grow mushrooms on the street, then you need to choose a place where most often there is a shadow so that the soil does not dry out.

It is better to plant mushrooms in late April-early May outside, and indoors you can grow all year round, if you observe optimal conditions.

Growing honey agarics: growing in bags in the basement

The basement for growing honey agaric should be well ventilated, i.e. it needs ventilation or at least a window. In winter, the basement needs to be heated. Before planting mushrooms, thoroughly disinfect the premises.

The soil mixture for planting contains soil, straw, seed husks, sawdust, tree leaves. All components of the mixture are first poured with hot water and left so for twelve hours, and then disinfected from spores of fungi, larvae and adults of insect pests.

After all these procedures, the mycelium of the fungus is added to the soil mixture and stirred well.

Then they take dense plastic bags, fill them with a soil mixture with mycelium, tie them and either put them on the shelves or tie them to the ceiling. Three days later, 6-7 cm holes are made in the bag. After half a month, the mushrooms begin to germinate and become noticeable. For their further growth, you need to provide good lighting, high humidity and temperatures from 15 degrees. When the mushrooms get stronger, the illumination can be reduced.

Growing honey agarics on logs

Logs use deciduous trees. The log must be moist, healthy, and free from rot. The length and diameter are about 350-450 mm. If the log is dry, place it in water for a few days.

• The first way growing honey agarics. Small holes are made in the log at a distance of 8-9 cm from each other. The mycelium is planted in the holes. Then the log is wrapped with a film, having previously made holes in it, for the passage of air. After that, the logs are placed in rooms with high humidity and temperatures in the region of 17-20 degrees, for mycelium to germinate. After a few months, mushrooms appear on the log.
• Second way. On the site, it is better where there is no sun, dig small trenches 15-20 cm long. They are watered and the logs are laid horizontally. The mycelium should already be planted in the logs. And they leave the mycelium to germinate. Watering such a plantation is necessary often so that the soil does not dry out. Also, to protect mushrooms from snails and slugs, ash is sprinkled around the ground.
• Third way. Prepare the log as in the first method and place it in a barrel with soil for germination. This method can be used at home.

Growing honey agarics on stumps

This method is used to grow mushrooms in summer. A tree or stump with honey agarics is found in the forest. A small part of the mycelium is carefully removed. On their site, a small hole is cut out in the stump and the mycelium is placed there. Then it is covered with wet moss or sawdust. The ground around the stump and the stump itself are constantly watered.

Growing honey agarics: in banks

Before growing mushrooms in a jar, the jars themselves are sterilized to protect the mycelium from mold. The planting substrate is prepared from sawdust, hardwood and bran. The ratio of the components is 3: 1. All components are poured with hot water, insisted for a day. Then the water is drained and pressed a little. When the mixture has cooled, holes are made in it and the mycelium is placed there. Holes are made in the lid and the jar is closed. Cover the top with damp gauze or cotton wool, which is moistened as it dries. Next, the jar is placed in a warm place. After half a month, honey agarics appear in it. After their appearance, the jar is placed to the window, on the windowsill. When the mushrooms reach the lid, remove it. The neck of the can is wrapped in a dense material, for example, cardboard. It will help the mushrooms to hold on. When the mushrooms grow, they are cut, and after a while new mushrooms appear in their place.

In the greenhouse

High humidity and temperature allows you to grow mushrooms in a greenhouse on any substrate. Take, for example, a log, moisten it and place it in a greenhouse. Then the mycelium is planted in the holes made and germinated. The substrate is constantly watered. They monitor the air temperature, if in summer it is too high, then the greenhouse is cooled.

Through a dispute

Spores of mushrooms for growing can be purchased at the store, or you can prepare yourself. For this, the darkest mushroom caps are plucked. They put them in a jar, fill in with clean water and leave to infuse for 12 hours. Then the hats are rubbed into porridge with their hands. The entire solution is filtered and poured over stumps, logs, etc. Then cover the watered place with wet moss. Disputes will take a long time to germinate. You will be able to harvest the crop only after one or two years. After the growth of the mycelium, part of it can be separated and planted in another place.

When buying disputes in the store, be careful. The bags must be stored in the correct conditions, otherwise the spores will die and there will be no fungi.

Whichever method you choose, remember that for proper cultivation of honey agarics you need high humidity and a temperature within the range of 10-25 degrees.