Unpretentious mushrooms in ideal conditions.

Unpretentious mushrooms in ideal conditions.

If you've ever had any kind of pet, fish, a hawk, a parrot, or anything else, chances are the salesperson's claim that they were easy to care for was the main reason you bought them.

It's true, we want to entertain ourselves, not buy ourselves problems. But whether we like it or not, some problems always follow our desires. After all, after a small aquarium, we buy a larger one, along with lighting, a filter, a thermostat, aquarium chemicals, and a whole bunch of other things that weren't considered when you first decided to bring animals into your home.

In general, the most unpretentious creatures are probably the molds that grow on uninsulated walls and near plastic window frames. They don't need feeding; you have complete self-control.

However, not all mushrooms are so unpretentious, and oyster mushrooms are considered the most unpretentious mushroom for home cultivation that can be eaten.

But even here, it's not as simple as putting moistened, sterilized substrate in a bag, adding mycelium, and you'll be in luck. Furthermore, boxes of oyster mushrooms inoculated with substrate for keeping in apartments are now sold.

This is interesting, but there's always a risk that mold will develop faster in the bag containing the substrate than the oyster mushroom mycelium. They will initially compete vigorously, and mold has a better chance of winning because it grows faster than the mushroom mycelium.

So, along with the idea of ​​growing mushrooms, we also get the opportunity to implement an engineering idea to modernize the ventilation system. This involves supplying, extracting, and circulating air at different temperatures across the upper and lower layers of air. This also involves fanning the oyster mushroom primordia during the ripening period to remove the actively released carbon dioxide. This requires watering them a couple of times a day. This is practically impossible to achieve in an apartment, although if you don't mind the noise of a Tucson generator in your bedroom... then anything is possible! :)

Yes, some mushroom growers successfully use a substrate made from fallen leaves, as you can see in the photo, but these leaves are apparently recycled.

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More to come!

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Have a blessed day!

Category:	Art, Photography, digital art.
Tools:	Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX300
Location:	Ukraine
Author:	Author @barski. In my publications you will see only my author's works.