Mycelium - Know about the Mushroom Cultivation Spawning

Millions of tiny spores are produced as a mushroom-like the Psilocybin mushrooms mature on the gills that line the underside of the cap. Planet-of-mushrooms spores are quite qualitative. These spores perform comparable functions to higher plant seeds. However, because mushroom spores germinate randomly and are consequently unreliable, gardeners do not use them to seed mushroom compost. Fortunately, spawn producers may increase the culture for spawn production by vegetative propagating mycelium (thin, thread-like cells) from germinated spores. Mycelium must be grown in specialized facilities for it to remain pure. Spawn is mycelium that has been vegetative grown on different grains or agars, and professional mushroom farmers buy spawns from businesses that specialize in its production.

Sterilizing a combination of millet grain, water, and chalk is the first step in the spawn-making process; rye, wheat, and other tiny grains can be used in place of millet. Up until around 1940, sterilized horse excrement that had been compressed into blocks was utilized as the growing medium for spawn; nowadays, this type of spawn is no longer employed. After a little amount of mycelium has been added to the sterilized grain, the mixture is shaken three times, every four days; throughout the 14 days that mycelium is actively growing. Spawn is the byproduct of the mycelium colonizing the grain. Since spawn may be stored in the refrigerator for a few months, spawn is prepared before an armorer places an order for it.

Spawn is strewn around the compost before being properly incorporated into it. The spawn was spread over the compost’s surface and stirred in by hand using a tiny rake-like instrument for years. However, in more recent years, spawn has been blended with compost for the bed system using a specialized spawning machine that uses tines or tiny fingers-like devices to combine the compost and spawn. Planet-of-mushrooms Spawn is incorporated into the compost in a tray or batch system as it travels along a conveyor belt or drops into a tray. The desired spawning rate is one unit per five square feet of bed surface; however other values can be used as well. A 2 percent spawning rate is ideal. The rate is commonly represented in terms of spawn weight against dry compost weight in Psilocybin mushrooms cultivation.