Commercial Mushroom Growing

Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Gardening
Cover of the book Commercial Mushroom Growing by M. H. Pinkerton, Read Books Ltd.
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Author: M. H. Pinkerton ISBN: 9781447489214
Publisher: Read Books Ltd. Publication: April 16, 2013
Imprint: Pringle Press Language: English
Author: M. H. Pinkerton
ISBN: 9781447489214
Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
Publication: April 16, 2013
Imprint: Pringle Press
Language: English

Written for commercial mushroom growers, this vintage, specialised text provides a comprehensive, practical guide to mushroom cultivation, though still provides interesting and relevant information for the mushroom cultivation enthusiast. Illustrated with diagrams and photographs, it covers a broad range of topics. Contents include: Mushrooms - Preface - Acknowledgments - introduction - Analysis of Fresh Mushrooms - General Growing Requirements - Where Mushrooms Can Be Grown - Manure and Straw - Composting - Alternative and Synthetic Composts fortifying Poor Quality Manure - Filling and Sweating-Out - Spawn and Spawning Supervising The Spawn Run - Casing and Casing Soil - Cropping, Picking, Marketing, and Production Methods - Avoiding Trouble - Parasitic Fungi and Diseases, Weed Fungi, Mushroom and Spawn Conditions - Flies, insect Pests, and Rodents - Tray Culture or the Two-Zone System - Bibliography. We are republishing this rare work in a high quality, modern and affordable edition, featuring reproductions of the original artwork and a newly written introduction.

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Written for commercial mushroom growers, this vintage, specialised text provides a comprehensive, practical guide to mushroom cultivation, though still provides interesting and relevant information for the mushroom cultivation enthusiast. Illustrated with diagrams and photographs, it covers a broad range of topics. Contents include: Mushrooms - Preface - Acknowledgments - introduction - Analysis of Fresh Mushrooms - General Growing Requirements - Where Mushrooms Can Be Grown - Manure and Straw - Composting - Alternative and Synthetic Composts fortifying Poor Quality Manure - Filling and Sweating-Out - Spawn and Spawning Supervising The Spawn Run - Casing and Casing Soil - Cropping, Picking, Marketing, and Production Methods - Avoiding Trouble - Parasitic Fungi and Diseases, Weed Fungi, Mushroom and Spawn Conditions - Flies, insect Pests, and Rodents - Tray Culture or the Two-Zone System - Bibliography. We are republishing this rare work in a high quality, modern and affordable edition, featuring reproductions of the original artwork and a newly written introduction.

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