Shiitake Grain Spawn
R315.00
Shiitake Grain Spawn – 2.5kg – Abundance with Big Fruit. Our culture will grow on a wide variety of SA woods including black wattle. Funguys BF1 Shiitake culture has been developed over many years. It produces large perfect fruit when cold shocked – 12 – 16 degrees Celsius.
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Shiitake BF1 Spawn – 2.5kg
Scientific name: Lentinula edodes
Common names: Agaricus edodes, Shii-Take, Shaingugu, Hua Gu, Qua Gu, Chinese black mushroom, black forest mushroom, golden oak mushroom
Natural habitat: Shiitake grows as a saprophyte on dead hardwood. He particularly prefers the Pasania-tree (Castanopsis cuspidata) and other asian oaks and beech trees.
Appropriate substrate: Hardwood (most suitable: oak, beech, birch, alder, chestnut, pasania)
Usage: Vital mushroom, edible mushroom
The Shiitake has originally been domiciled in Japan, Korea and China and his special characteristics are known by the population for more than 2000 years.
The smell of this special mushroom is very similar to garlic and is due to an ingredient called Lenthionine. Shiitake counts to the most popular gourmet-mushrooms in the world.
Taxonomy:
Division: Agaricomycetes
Class: Agaricomycetidae
Order: Agaricales
Family: Marasmiaceae
Genus: Lentinula
Spawn Run
Incubation Temp: 21 – 27˚C
Duration: 35 – 75 days
Primordia Formation
Initiation Temp: 10 – 16 ˚C
Relative Humidity: 95 – 100%
Duration: 5 – 7 Days
Fresh Air Exchange: 4 – 7 per hour
Light Requirement: 500 – 2000 lux
Fruitbody Development
Temp: 16 – 18 ˚C
Relative Humidity: 60 – 80%
Duration: 5 – 8 Days (Relative to temperature)
Fresh Air Exchange: 4 – 8 per hour (Relative to temperature)
Cropping Cycle
Every two – 3 weeks for 8 – 12 weeks
Strain
BF1 – Funguys inhouse
| Weight | 2.7 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 23 × 34 × 17 cm |
How to care for spawn:
You have received your spawn, now what?
- Keep the spawn bag in box, either refrigerated at no lower than 4°C or in a cool , quiet place.
- Use the spawn within 2 weeks for best results
- When ready to use, remove the bag from the shipping box. Carefully break the spawn seed block into separate seed kernels again.
- Before use, wipe the outside of the spawn bag with isopropyl alcohol to disinfect.
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