Our substrates are produced FRESH for you, so the production time is approximately 3 - 6 weeks.
Organic Winter Mushroom - F. velutipes - Sawdust Spawn
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Organic Winter Mushroom- Flammulina velutipes - Sawdust-Spawn
Synonyms: Enoki Mushroom, The golden mushroom (Thailand), Nametake, Yuki-motase, Jin Zhen Gu
The Winter Mushroom is a popular edible mushroom, especially in Asia, known for its small, very tasty fruiting bodies. These have a diameter of 2 - 10 cm, with the stalk measuring stalk is 3 - 8 cm long. Enotikate is a form of this cultivated mushroom, particularly popular in Asia, where it is grown in darkness. The main characteristics include dense clusters, narrow caps and long stalks, making it easy to harvest. In the wild, this mushroom can be found in almost all temperate and cold regions in the northern hemisphere, such as China, Siberia, Asia Minor, Europe, North America and Japan. In the southern hemisphere, it thrives in Australia.
The cultivation of Enokitake has a long tradition in China and was first documented around 800 AD. At that time, ripe fruiting bodies were rubbed on tree stumps. Apparently, these places often yielded a rich harvest the following year. Of course, the method used today with dowel brood or sawdust brood is more successful!
Sawdust spawn is always made fresh on demand. Production time: 3 - 6 weeks.
This product is fresh produce and should be processed immediately after delivery.
If the product cannot be processed immediately, it can be stored in refrigeration at 4ºC for a maximum of 2 weeks.
Please consider these timings when placing the order.
Suitable cultivation methods:
wood logs, mushroom patch, spawn bags for indoor greenhouses
Suitable substrate hardwood
Suitable woods: birch, beech, oak, alder, aspen, poplar, black poplar, willow
Outdoors: this strain produces fruiting bodies in late autumn to early winter
You receive fully colonised sawdust spawn based on organic raw materials (wood, rye bran from organic cultivation) in bags specifically suitable for sterilisation.
Information for cultivation on straw and substrate:1 autoclave bag with app. 3 litres of mushroom spawn is suitable for inoculating 1 straw bale or 5 - 15 substrate bags1 autoclave bag with app. 6 litres of mushroom spawn is suitable for inoculating 2 straw bales or 10 - 30 substrate bags.
Information for cultivation on wood:
When using our equipment (inoculation stick or hand inoculator) the sawdust spawn bags are suitable for:
1 autoclave bag with app. 3 litres of mushroom spawn is suitable for inoculating 12 - 15 linear metres of wood
1 autoclave bag with app. 6 litres of mushroom spawn is suitable for inoculating 25 - 30 linear metres of wood.
For quantities of 10 logs or more, inoculating with sawdust spawn ins usually more efficient than working with spawn dowels. The raw materials Sawdust and wood chips are by-products and therefore more cost effective and sustainable than specially manufactured wooden dowels. As a result, sawdust spawn can also be produced cost-effectively in large quantities. Sawdust spawn is suitable for the drilling method and the cut inoculation method.The expected yield is up to 10% of the fresh wood weight, divided into several harvest waves over a period of 3 - 5 years.When utilising the drilling method we recommend using a mushroom drill and an inoculation stick or hand inoculator.
Suitable for beginners
Large quantities for commercial mushroom cultivation available upon request.
Taxonomy:
Division: Agaricomycetes
Class: Agaricomycetidae
Order: Agaricales
Family: Physalacriaceae
Genus: Flammulina
Species: Flammulina velutipes
Spores: white, 6 -8 x 3-4 µ, ellipsoid
Growing conditions:
Phase 1: Mycelial growth
Temperature: 21 - 24 °C
Humidity: 95 - 100 %
Duration: 14 - 18 days
CO2: > 5.000 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 0 - 1 per hour
Light: n/a
Phase 2: Primordia Bildung / Fruiting initiation
Temperature: 4 - 10 °C
Humidity: 95 - 100 %
Duration: 3 - 5 days
CO2: 2.000 - 4.000 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 2 - 4 per hour
Light: 20 - 50 Lux
Phase 3: Fruiting and harvest
Temperature: 10 - 16 °C
Humidity: 90 - 95 %
Duration: 5 - 8 days
CO2: 2.000 - 4.000 ppm
Fresh air exchange: 2 - 4 per hour
Light: 20 - 50 Lux
Harvesting cycle: 2 - 3 crops, 10 - 12 days apart
