Live Online Course on Button Mushroom Growing with Mykola Davydenko

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Program - Mushroom farm construction and equipment — Mykola Davydenko, Consultant with 30 years of experience in mushroom cultivation
  - Main principles of small mushroom farm construction
  - Dimensions of growing rooms
  - Possible construction materials for growing rooms
  - Adaptation of existing facilities
  - Shelving, lighting, sewage, corridors
  - Climate systems, cooling options, humidification systems
  - Steaming and disinfection of growing rooms
  - Cold storage for mushrooms
  - Electricity, water supply, infrastructure
  - Additional equipment for mushroom farms
 - Overview of the mushroom growing process
  - Main technological stages
  - Evaporation as the basis of mushroom growth
  - Principles of evaporation management; Mollier diagram overview
  - Cycle length and technological charts
 - Phase II compost incubation
  - Preparation and filling of growing rooms
  - Climate parameters during incubation
  - Monitoring mycelium colonization
  - Watering compost, compost loosening
  - Monitoring compost parameters during incubation
 - Casing soil
  - Quality assessment and structure
  - Application methods
  - Watering regimes
  - Caking methods: compost caking and industrial caking
  - Monitoring mycelium growth into casing soil
 - Fruiting stages
  - Climate parameters before the first flush
  - Pinning and cropping flushes
  - Recovery phase (“stop” phase)
  - “Shock” and pinning initiation
  - Climate parameters during fruiting
  - Watering during fruiting
 - Harvesting
  - Harvest organization and selective picking
 - Diseases and pests
  - Overview of mushroom-specific diseases
  - Pests in mushroom farms
  - Spread of infections and pests
  - Methods of prevention and control in mushroom farms