Culture instructions:

Instructions for the care of your Pleorotus ostreatus alpaca

Receiving the culture kit: Remove the box or bag that has protected your kit during transport. Check that your kit is protected by an incubation bag.

Instructions

• Cut the plastic along the lines marked on the bale
• Remove the cut plastic and spread the peat moss covering over the compost
• Water by wetting the peat moss, not spraying.
• Optimal temperature 20º
• Do not pour water on the pleorotus, but on the peat to wet the roots

Where to place the kit Place your kit in a clean and ventilated room. Remember that the recommended (average) temperature is 13-25 ° C with an ambient humidity of 80%. Avoid direct sunlight, garages and spaces near boilers or radiators.

How do the mushrooms come out? The mycelium develops forming a white mantle on the surface of the kit. You will be able to see its evolution thanks to the transparent window of the box. When the mushroom primordia start to appear from the mycelium, you can remove the wooden lid to see the complete development of your crop.

• Mushroom picking: Each mushroom requires a different treatment. Collect the mushroom by twisting the foot at the base while the inner lamellae of the cap remain pink.
• The average production of 4-5 kg of oyster mushroom in the period of three months.
• It makes several blooms, harvest when the mushrooms are grown and wait for new productions
• Keep the covering peat always wet

Watering: the kit does not usually need water until after the first production. However, if the substrate is dry, water the peat once a week (minimum). Then spray your kit once/twice a week after mushroom production. During the summer months the kit needs more humidity than the rest of the year, spray it regularly to prevent the substrate from drying out.

Fruiting conditions:

Pleorotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom )

• Fruiting temperature: 16-25 ºC
• Relative humidity: 90-95%
• Illumination required: 500 lux

Characteristics Alpaca Oyster mushroom:

• Oyster mushroom mycological culture bullet (P. ostreatus): greenhouse bag containing the mycelium (mushroom seed) and the substrate suitable for the cultivation of this mycological species.
• Dimensions: plastic greenhouse bag (55 cm x 37 cm x 29 cm). Weight: 17-8 kg.
• Indicative calendar (availability of the producer kit): all year round except for the months of July and August.