Contents · choose a chapter or topic Start here 01 Shiitake mushrooms02 What you need before startingThe process 03 Define the production boundary04 Recognise maturation as a stage05 Use the appropriate fruiting method06 Count space and saleable outputIn the field 07 Start with the block supply model08 White colonisation is not the final readiness test09 Ask what stage a purchased block has actually reached10 Use a strain-specific induction and recovery programme11 Write it in your farm notebook12 Include long occupancy and buyer specifications in the plan13 Track space as well as kilograms14 Where the field guidance comes fromChoose the Cultivation Method 15 Choose the Cultivation Method16 One fungus, two production systems17 One fungus, two production systems · continued18 Where in India each one fits19 Where in India each one fits · continued20 The numbers depend on which document you read21 The numbers depend on which document you read · continued22 Choosing between them23 Choosing between them · continued24 Read the numbers in context25 Read the numbers in context26 Read the numbers in context27 Decide your system on paper this week28 Avoid these mistakes29 Check your understanding30 Check your understanding31 Check your understanding32 Words used in this lesson33 Sources and field referenceLog Cultivation 34 Log Cultivation35 The log is the crop36 The log is the crop · continued37 Spawn for logs38 Spawn for logs · continued39 The long wait, and what to record40 The long wait, and what to record · continued41 Cold shock, fruiting and rest42 Cold shock, fruiting and rest · continued43 Read the numbers in context44 Read the numbers in context45 Read the numbers in context46 Set up and label one trial stack47 Avoid these mistakes48 Check your understanding49 Check your understanding50 Check your understanding51 Words used in this lesson52 Sources and field referenceSynthetic Block Cultivation 53 Synthetic Block Cultivation54 The formula, and why it is acidic55 The formula, and why it is acidic · continued56 Soak, fill and sterilise57 Soak, fill and sterilise · continued58 A long incubation with visible stages59 Induction, fruiting and rest60 Induction, fruiting and rest · continued61 Read the numbers in context62 Read the numbers in context63 Read the numbers in context64 Run a first batch of ten blocks65 Avoid these mistakes66 Check your understanding67 Check your understanding68 Check your understanding69 Words used in this lesson70 Sources and field referencePractise and review 71 Mistakes to avoid72 Compare two supplier offersSources and next steps 73 Keep learning with the field guidesIn the field
Compare the evidence Ask what stage a purchased block has actually reached Ask what stage a purchased block has actually reached Stage Information needed Planning consequence Colonising Inoculation date and incubation guidance Incubation space and time still needed Maturing or browning Stage criteria and handling method Do not schedule immediate harvest Ready for induction Strain-specific readiness and induction instructions Fruiting room and harvest team must be available
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