Organic Shiitake Mycelium Grain Spawn
• Originally from Japan, it is today one of the most cultivated mushrooms in the world.
• Total incubation of +-10 weeks.
• Variety #3790 offers good productivity, good quality fruit, as well as good harvest predictability.
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We find traces of Shiitake in Asia more than 7000 years ago. Called the “fragrant mushroom”. Rich in vitamins (D and B in particular) and trace elements (magnesium, phosphorus, selenium, etc.), its virtues are also multiple: anti-oxidant, stimulant of the immune system and even, it seems, an aphrodisiac.
Its cap is flatter than other mushrooms and its color varies from light brown to dark brown. Its flesh is both firm and supple. Depending on how it is cooked, shiitake releases woody, earthy and nutty flavors. The hats are 3 to 6 cm in size.
Mycelium storage: 1 month in the fridge
See also “ How to use our mycelia”
Our commitment to quality:
We produce our mycelia in laboratory conditions, which guarantees the purity of the varieties and optimal quality.
We produce our mycelia 100% organically and all our products are certified “ BE-BIO-01, Agriculture Belgium ” by CERTISYS.
Growing conditions
The variety #3790 is one of the most productive varieties of shiitake on the market, while producing fruits of exceptional quality.
The incubation of the substrates goes through 3 stages:
1. Colonization: 2 to 4 weeks
2. Pop-Corning: 2 to 3 weeks
3. Browning: 2 to 3 weeks
It generally takes a total of 10 weeks of incubation. This is the most delicate phase of cultivation.
Be careful not to move the bags during the incubation phase to avoid stressing them. Maintain a stable temperature between 20 and 24° throughout the incubation period.
Keeping the humidity level fairly low at the start of fruiting allows you to limit the number of primordia and favor large fruits.
Substrates
Indoor culture: enriched and sterilized sawdust. Outdoor cultivation: logs .
We recommend our ready-to-use substrate , particularly suitable for wood-eating varieties, including this variety of shiitake.
Crop Settings
Inoculation
5 to 10% grain/wet substrate
Incubation
| Incubation temperature | 23-24°C |
| Incubation time | Colonization 2-3 weeks, rest-ripening +-8 weeks |
| Light requirement | n / A |
Initiation of the primordia
| Initiation temperature | 10 to 15°C |
| Relative humidity | 95 to 100% |
| Duration of initiation | 2-3 days |
| C02 concentration | 500 – 800 ppm |
| Fresh air exchange | 4 to 8 volume/h |
| Light requirement |
500 to 1000lux |
Fruiting
| Fruiting temperature | 10-20°C. Ideal 15° |
| Relative humidity | 85 to 95% |
| Fruiting duration | 5-7 days, depending on temperatures |
| C02 concentration | 400-800ppm |
| Fresh air exchange | 5 to 8 volume/h |
| Light requirement | 500 to 1000lux |
| Number of harvests |
This variety tends to produce +-90% of fruit on the first harvest, followed by a possible second small harvest 2-3 weeks later. |
These data come in particular from the book “Growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms” by P. Stamets. They are given as indications, each myciculturist having particular growing conditions, there may be individual variations.
Productivity
Average harvest of 200-300 gr of fresh mushrooms per 1 kg of wet substrate in one or two harvests.
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