Is it possible to grow porcini mushrooms at home

White mushroom is deservedly and rightfully considered the standard for other mushrooms. He also looks attractive - with a fleshy brown hat on a white pot-bellied leg, and his taste is excellent. When fried, porcini mushrooms emit a special, nutty aroma. The mushroom got its name - white - because its incision does not darken during drying and cooking, while maintaining a juicy, appetizing structure. And today we will consider the cultivation of porcini mushrooms at home and not only.

White mushroom: description

Almost everywhere white mushroom is also called boletus. And also he is called a bear, belovik, wood grouse. No matter how else this forest handsome man is called in numerous corners of Russia, he always looks distinctive:

1. The boletus cap is brown. It changes its bulge with the age of the fungus. From a semi-cylindrical shape in a small mushroom, it gradually makes a transition to an almost flat, about 20 cm in diameter, hat of an adult mushroom.
2. The stem is always whitish, with characteristic brownish vertical veins. Initially, it has the shape of a barrel, and as it grows, it stretches into a dense, powerful cylinder.

Now you can visually distinguish the porcini mushroom (you received the description) from other forest mushrooms.

Varieties of porcini mushrooms

The porcini mushroom has many forms, and their varieties depend on the trees under which the mushroom grows and in symbiosis with which it enters:

1. The pine shape is perhaps the most colorful of the porcini mushrooms. It has a beautiful brown hat and a slightly purple-tinged leg, slightly thickened at the bottom.
2. The spruce form is the most common in central Russia. The hat is brownish-reddish, with spots and a rim along the edge. The leg is barrel-shaped, covered to the middle with a fine mesh.
3. Oak form - strong porcini mushrooms with elastic brown caps with a grayish tint.
4. Dark bronze shape - the name speaks for itself. Hats are dark, wrinkled; legs are brownish.

Boletus growing in shaded areas has a lighter color of the cap. And their fellows, who grew up in the sun, have a rich brown top. The mushroom absolutely does not tolerate strongly shaded and mossy places. For example, it will not grow in a dense forest. And he will choose comfortable, slightly shaded or sunny places.

We grow mushrooms in the country

If a mushroom picker returns from the forest with a basket full of boletus, it means that he did not go mushrooming in vain. Many people wonder if it is possible to grow mushrooms in the country in order to admire the beautiful landscape, and, of course, it is guaranteed to have a rare product on the table. Yes, growing a king of mushrooms in a garden is quite possible, although not quite an easy task. You need to know the intricacies and peculiarities of breeding this fastidious forest sturdy fellow, but as a result of hard work, the first white mushrooms will grow near your country house.

So, growing mushrooms in the country.It will not be easy to achieve results because the porcini mushroom belongs to the mycorrhizal group, which speaks of their duty and very difficult intergrowth and interlacing with the roots of the trees under which they live. This is a very complex and vital symbiosis for fungi. Without a tree, or rather its roots, the so-called fungus root cannot form and the fruit growing on the surface cannot develop. Therefore, alas, it will not work to grow porcini mushrooms in a bare area.

A long-standing and well-proven method of cultivation is in an area where trees between ten and thirty years old grow. White mushroom settles under pine, spruce, oak, birch, beech. Matching tree species when replanting mycelium is necessary. The more similar the conditions of the summer cottage plantation of boletus to their forest location, the more chances that they will successfully take root.

White mushrooms at home

If you wish, you can master the cultivation of mushrooms at home, having studied the accumulated experience of scientists from Holland. With the help of the technologies they recommend, you can start growing the product in greenhouses and dug cellars.

The cultivation of a plantation with an intensive method, namely, it is taken into service at home, has its own difficulties. One of them is a considerable investment, the purchase of equipment to ensure the required temperature and humidity in the room. But the advantages of this growing method are considerable - fertility throughout the season and a good ripening rate. For effective indoor breeding, it is recommended to use mycelium cultivation.

Requirements for planting material

It is advisable to purchase planting material from suppliers with recommendations, carefully study all the initial data of the mycelium indicated on the label. It is very important to pay attention to the smell and color of the mycelium. If there is a weak ammonia smell, immediately reject the batch of planting material - it was overheated and is now unviable. The color of a healthy exudate is orange with a slight yellowness.

Having brought home the packages with the purchased mycelium, you need to cool them, ventilate them and only then start preparing before laying. The contents of the bags are crushed without tearing the packaging. Thus, they maintain a gentle and adaptive temperature regime for the future mycelium. When laying, sterility is very important:

• it is necessary to work with gloves;
• premises for growing porcini mushrooms and laying mycelium should be separate;
• opening the package, it is necessary to process it with a disinfectant solution.

Mushroom growing technology

To complete the topic of the previous paragraph, let's start with the method of germinating a crop at home. So, growing mushrooms at home. Here are the main stages of indoor work:

1. Boiling in bags for 1-1.5 hours and subsequent cooling of the substrate. (Hole water drainage bags).
2. Mixing mycelium and substrate on disinfected tables. The availability of domestic material should be at the level of 5%, and imported - 2.5%.
3. Putting the mixture into bags. Tamp the grafted substrate tightly into bags, flatten one side and make several cuts for the mushrooms to germinate.
4. Place the bags vertically on the shelves. Watering is normal, without strong waterlogging. Ventilation of the room is required.
5. If the care was correct, the crop of mushrooms can be harvested for at least six months.

This is how porcini mushrooms are grown at home. Yes, quite difficult, but worth it.

Growing methods in the garden

Growing porcini mushrooms at home is strikingly different from growing in a personal plot. But first things first.

For cultivation of porcini mushrooms on the site, first prepare the place for laying the mycelium. On the top layer of soil previously removed with a shovel, compost or soil with peat is laid. Lay the planting material, cover it with a layer of turf removed earlier.

The most effective options for harvesting seed is to bring several pieces of mycelium the size of a chicken egg from the forest. Such blanks are planted in the soil without processing, it is only important to observe at least two conditions:

1. The trees under which the boletus grew in nature should be of the same species with the plants at the new planting site.
2. It is necessary to dig out the material very carefully - porcini mushrooms are hard to grow together with the roots and restore communication with the satellite tree.

Sowing forest mycelium

How to grow porcini mushrooms if there is no way to purchase high-quality planting material?

A very good effect is given by the method of sowing mycelium using the cap and the tubular part of the porcini mushroom. 5-6 mature caps are taken, it is possible even with wormholes, and soaked for a day in a bucket of water. Then the contents are kneaded with your hands. The thick is separated into another container. The thick mass is the body of the mushroom, and it comes in handy too. The bare roots of the tree are spilled with the remaining liquid with a large number of spores, then everything is covered with a layer of thick mushroom substance and sprinkled on top with the soil removed earlier. It is necessary to carefully water the planted mycelium and carry out subsequent watering once a week in the absence of rain.

Now you are familiar with the cultivation of porcini mushrooms at home, and in the garden, where, with proper observance of all technologies, you can get a harvest of boletus the first time in a year or two. Good luck!

Thanks to its rich taste and delicate aroma, the porcini mushroom is considered the most valuable trophy from the "quiet hunt". However, not all gourmets like to wander through the forests in search of prey, but this delicacy is not cheap. However, there is a way out! Let's find out how to grow porcini mushrooms on your own plot.

How to prepare seed yourself

To grow mushrooms at home, you need to stock up on seed. To cook it yourself, you need to find overripe boletus in the forest (dried and wormy will do).

To obtain seed, you need about 10 caps. At home, separate them from the stalks and prepare a container of water. Alcohol (3 tablespoons per 10 liters), potassium permanganate (1 g per bucket) and granulated sugar (50 g) can be added to the water. Knead the caps in your hands and add them to the water to make a homogeneous mass. It should be infused for about 10 hours. Then strain it. Spores of fungi are contained in water, cake is not needed. Use the caps collected in the forest within a few hours, otherwise they will deteriorate. You cannot freeze them.

To grow boletus at home, you can use the mycelium brought from the forest: having found an adult mushroom in the forest, cut off a layer of earth around it about 25x25 cm. At home, you can completely lay the mycelium in the prepared soil, or divide it into 8–20 pieces.

Buying ready-made mycelium

Growing porcini mushrooms at home is possible with the help of a purchased mycelium. The mycelium of the porcini mushroom can be either dry or already germinated, placed in a substrate. If you intend to purchase it online, choose a trusted and reliable supplier. When buying directly, pay attention: the sprouted mycelium of porcini mushrooms should be red in color with small yellow blotches. The presence of black and green areas, as well as a strong smell of ammonia, indicate that the product is spoiled.

In open areas, planting the mycelium of porcini mushrooms should be carried out under a forest tree. The first harvest can be expected next year. Fruiting from the mycelium lasts on average 3-4 years, but if useful microorganisms (for example, "Baikal EM-1") are added to the water for irrigation, this period can be increased to seven years and, moreover, the yield can be increased.

Selection and preparation of the substrate

To grow mushrooms in the garden, you can use a purchased substrate or cook it yourself. To do this, you need to mix straw, sawdust of deciduous trees, sunflower husks.Other sources recommend alternating layers: one from a mixture of dead leaves with sawdust, the second from the same mixture with the addition of soil. It is important that none of the components contain rot and mold. Before planting mushrooms, the substrate must be properly moistened, and it is recommended to use boiling water or steam - this will at the same time kill harmful bacteria.

Growing features

First, decide where you will grow your crop: in a basement, a greenhouse or on a plot. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages.

First, let's look at how to grow a porcini mushroom on the site.

The cultivation of porcini mushrooms in a personal plot assumes the presence of coniferous or deciduous forest trees there. Fruit mushrooms will not work - you need to grow porcini mushrooms in the country away from any cultivated plants, be it trees, shrubs or vegetables.

Remove the top layer of earth (about 15 cm) around the selected tree. It is desirable that the roots are exposed at the same time, but in no case should they be damaged. If using a spore infusion, pour it on the ground (approximately 350 ml per 25 cm2). Then cover again with earth and water abundantly - either along the trunk or with shallow irrigation. In this way, you can plant a porcini mushroom in the country in August-September.

To plant mycelium, make a 1.5 sq. m in diameter and 30 cm deep. Place the substrate in it, alternating it with the ground in 10 cm layers. The height of such a bed should be 20 cm above ground level. Plant the mycelium in the substrate in a checkerboard pattern at a distance of 30 cm between the bags. Carefully water the garden bed, cover it with a layer of fallen leaves.

Planting mycelium can be carried out from May to September.

Caring for planted mushrooms consists mainly of abundant watering. For the winter, it is recommended to cover them with a thick layer of foliage, spruce branches or straw.

When growing mushrooms indoors, it must first be sterilized with a 1% chlorine solution, otherwise pests may start, including various types of mold and parasitic insects.

Growing mushrooms in a greenhouse or in a basement implies creating a warm and humid microclimate, since it will not work to grow many porcini mushrooms in dry air. In order for the greenhouse atmosphere to meet these requirements, it is recommended to install several barrels of water or wet sawdust there.

The substrate for the premises is the same as for open areas. In the basement, bags with small incisions are filled with them. Sowing is recommended with mycelium. The bags should be placed no closer than 5 cm from each other.

During the incubation period (until the caps appear), the temperature should be maintained at + 23–25 ° C; a temperature of +30 ° C will destroy most of the myceliums of the grown crop.

Lighting is not required at this time. In the greenhouse, it is advisable to muffle it as much as possible, in the basement it is simply not to turn it on. Airing is not necessary, but the humidity should not be more than 90%, so that mold does not start. Also, for its prevention, disinfection is periodically done with a chlorine solution.

Growing mushrooms need different care: when the caps appear, the temperature is lowered to +10 ° C. Now the greenhouse or cellar should be well ventilated - oxygen is necessary for the normal development of boletus. Lighting is required for 5-6 hours a day. To grow porcini mushrooms in a greenhouse, it must be muted, without direct sunlight. It is advisable to spray mushrooms from a spray bottle 2 times a day: this will make their structure denser. The first crop can usually be taken in 20-25 days.

Moldy bags must be removed from the premises immediately. Mushrooms cannot be grown on them, but they can become a good fertilizer.

Please note: boletus can hardly take root without trees, and the first attempts to grow in the basement may be unsuccessful.But if you intend to start breeding porcini mushrooms in this way, choose the Dutch mycelium: in Holland, a boletus variety was bred, which grows most easily "in captivity".

But having mastered all the subtleties, indoors you can get a harvest of mushrooms all year round or even start growing porcini mushrooms on an industrial scale: since growing boletus is more difficult than champignon or oyster mushroom, it is much more appreciated.

Mushroom picker tips

Finally - small secrets of mushroom growing.

When self-collecting the seed, the boletus that grew near the type of tree that is on your site will take root better. When physically transferring mycelium, their appearance must necessarily match.

It is recommended to disinfect the substrate or soil with a solution of tannins 2-3 hours before planting. It can be made from cheap black tea: 50-100 g is poured into 1 liter of boiling water and brewed until it cools completely. Another option is oak bark. It will need 30 g per 1 liter of water. The bark should be boiled for an hour, adding water to the original volume as it boils. Each "mushroom" tree needs 2-3 liters of one of these solutions.

Video "Self-cultivation of porcini mushrooms"

From this video you will learn how to grow porcini mushrooms on your site.

Gathering mushrooms in the forest is a pleasant thing, but it would be doubly more pleasant to do it, staying in your personal plot or in your own dacha. Porcini mushrooms grow naturally in unshaded, moderately humid places, under deciduous (oak, birch, beech) or coniferous (spruce, pine) trees. Therefore, their successful breeding at home is possible when creating conditions that are as similar as possible to natural ones.

Growing these representatives of the mushroom kingdom at home is not an easy task. They will require more attention and patience than, for example, oyster mushrooms, the harvest of which can be obtained even at home on the balcony. What is the technology for growing boletus?

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Harvest from hats

Growing porcini mushrooms at home, for example, in the country, is as follows. The first step is to find raw materials for planting. These are ordinary boletus. You need to look for them only under those types of trees under which the amateur mushroom grower is going to plant them near his home or in the country.

A white mushroom (or fruit body) found under an oak is unlikely to serve as the main material for a mycelium under a birch.

Having found the necessary fruiting body, it is necessary to separate the caps from the legs. Representatives of the mushroom kingdom reproduce not only by spores, but also by fragments of fruit bodies, the latter are useful for canning or drying. The fruiting body will allow a large harvest in the future. The hats should be put in a bucket, filled with cold water, to which 1 g of potassium permanganate is added, and left for two hours. Then you need to add granulated sugar (15 tsp with a slide for 10 liters of water) and start kneading the caps, breaking them into small pieces - they will form a new mycelium.

Cultivation of porcini mushrooms is a rather complicated technology. To stimulate the germination of spores, alcohol can also be added to the water at the rate of 3-4 tbsp. l. on a bucket (do this before adding the hats to the water). After that, the raw materials for planting must be left to infuse, for example, in a greenhouse. As a result, a liquid is obtained containing a huge amount of spores of porcini mushrooms, from which mycelium grows. This technology of seed preparation allows the use of both worm-like and slightly dried caps to grow mycelium. The described method is one of several, in which porcini mushrooms reproduce in artificial conditions (at home or in the country).

How are these mushrooms grown in the future? Leaving the planting fluid for infusion, you should prepare the ground for planting in the country.To do this, carefully remove a layer of soil 10-15 cm under the tree chosen for growing mushrooms, within a radius of about half a meter, up to the trunk, without touching the roots. The roots of the trees are watered with spore infusion and covered with a removed layer of soil.

Making porcini at home is not an easy procedure. Do not forget to additionally water under each tree - the place of the planned mushroom cultivation (approximately 30 liters). In those regions, the climate of which is warm and arid, the mycelium, where the mycelium grows, should be watered regularly, remembering that excessive watering leads to its rotting and death.

In the southern regions, the boletus planting period is May or early June. In central Russia and in the north-west of the country, disembarkation is carried out from August to mid-September. In boletus mushrooms, the second year is fruitful.

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Nutrient Blend

The cultivation of porcini mushrooms is possible on the basis of a nutrient mixture on which the mycelium develops and, as a result, boletus breeds. With this method of growing mushrooms, ready-made compost mycelium or seeds are used. The technology by which these representatives of the mushroom kingdom reproduce at home is known to many mushroom growers.

Mushroom production is carried out in this way: in a darkened area specially designated for planting, it is necessary to dig a small "pit", the depth of which should be 20-30 cm, and fill it with fallen leaves, grass, dust or tree bark, that is, a nutritious mixture, a layer of 7 -10 cm, on which the mycelium will grow.

As a second layer, sprinkle the soil collected under the trees or manure humus. Seeds in the substrate should be scattered evenly over the entire prepared area. Then again lay out a layer of the nutrient mixture, only already 3 cm thick.Fill the area with a 3-5 cm layer of garden soil on top.

With this method of sowing, moistening is carried out by the drip method, and in dry weather and high temperatures - as needed. Usually the manufacturer indicates that one pack of compost mycelium is enough, for example, to plant seeds on an area of ​​2 square meters. The first crop can be harvested after 30-38 days, and then every 1.5 weeks.

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Closed space

By the described method of cultivation, porcini mushrooms also reproduce in the greenhouse. Their seeds are planted in boxes, which are placed in a greenhouse, where they provide conditions for semi-darkness or diffused sunlight. You can turn on the electric lighting for 3-4 hours a day.

The air in greenhouse conditions where seeds germinate should be humidified by installing containers with water next to the boxes. Regular ventilation is also necessary. This is how, using seeds, you can get a large harvest of mushrooms in the country.

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Harvest from ready-made mycelium

For cultivation of a porcini mushroom near the house, a ready-made mycelium is also suitable. Its pieces, neatly dug out in the forest, should be placed in small holes previously prepared under the trees in the country. Cover the landing site with a bedding of forest soil (2-3 cm thick), sprinkling with water in dry weather. "Sowing" work should begin at the twentieth of August and end no later than the tenth of September.

Due to the complex symbiosis of mushrooms with trees, their industrial production is difficult, as a result of which it is unprofitable. But amateur mushroom growers are quite capable of growing a large harvest. In one season, you can collect a bucket of mushrooms under each tree.

If you decide to grow a porcini mushroom, then you should definitely use one of the ways to breed them at home.

White mushroom or boletus is rightfully considered the king of mushrooms. Those who like to feast on the juicy pulp of this forest dweller sometimes travel long distances to collect full baskets of boletus and then prepare delicious and aromatic dishes and preparations from them.But some gardeners prefer to grow this delicacy on their backyards. It's a troublesome business, but will this stop real experimenters and lovers of porcini mushrooms?

Growing porcini mushrooms at home

Description of porcini mushroom

The porcini mushroom belongs to the Boletaceae family and is a tubular mushroom. It is quite large in size: its thickened at the base, a dense leg, resembling a barrel, can stretch up to 25 cm in height and 10 cm thick, while its average size is up to 12 cm.Its color ranges from white to red-brown with white streaked.

1. The diameter of the convex cap is also amazing, sometimes reaching 50 cm (the average size is from 7 to 30 cm). The skin is smooth, less often wrinkled, during rains - smooth and slimy, during drought - matte. The color of the cap ranges from creamy white to brown, and the older the mushroom, the darker the shade of the cap.

   White mushroom with a brown cap

2. Juicy and fleshy pulp after cutting does not change color, remaining white-yellow. Although sometimes there are individuals in which the color of the pulp can change to a pink-blue hue.
3. White mushroom is superior in taste to other mushrooms and is rightfully considered one of the best. The pulp contains a huge amount of nutrients and beneficial trace elements.
4. The porcini mushroom is used for cooking fresh, pickled or dried dishes. At the same time, during cooking or drying, the pulp of the mushroom emits a pleasant mushroom aroma. In some countries, boletus is eaten without heat treatment, and sauces are also prepared from it.

Description of porcini mushroom

Unfortunately, these mushrooms are practically not grown on an industrial scale due to their unprofitability. Boletus lovers have to either travel through the forests or grow this delicacy on their own.

The habitat of porcini mushrooms is a coniferous and deciduous forest.

Conditions and place for growing

To grow boletus mushrooms on your own personal plot, you will have to work hard and create conditions close to natural nature.

Symbiosis	In the forest, the porcini mushroom is in close symbiosis with the trees that surround it. Most often it is spruce, oak, pine, birch
Age of trees	Most often, porcini mushrooms grow in the forest where the trees are more than 50 years old, although they can also be found in pine forests of 20-25 years old.
Neighborhood with other mushrooms	Scientists have found that the porcini mushroom most often appears in the neighborhood of other representatives of this kingdom: green tea, chanterelle, green russula
Soil cover	Boletus respects the forest, in which the soil cover is represented by mosses and lichens
Air temperature	The most comfortable air temperature for porcini mushrooms ranges from 15-18 degrees in August and 8-10 in September. Sudden temperature fluctuations are undesirable
Humidity	The largest boletus harvests are observed after short thunderstorms or foggy nights.
The soil	Ideal soil for porcini mushrooms - loam, sandy loam or sand with good drainage
Light	Boletus loves light, but sometimes (depending on other conditions) it can abundantly spread in shaded forest thickets.

Based on all this, those areas where there are adult coniferous or deciduous trees are best suited for growing porcini mushrooms. Oak, birch, pine groves are suitable for organizing plantations. The place should be well lit, sufficiently humid, but not waterlogged. Before planting mushrooms, it is worth removing nearby herbs such as ferns and hoofs.

Best suited for growing porcini mushrooms are those areas where there are adult coniferous or deciduous trees.

If the planting material was made by the gardener on his own, then it is important to choose the soil for planting the mushrooms near the tree from which the adult boletus parent came from.

Sowing mushrooms should be at the end of the summer season or early autumn to mid-September.

Seed preparation

If you decide to grow porcini mushrooms from material collected in forests, that is, from porcini mushrooms that grow in their natural environment, then it is important to choose mature mature mushrooms for the preparation of planting material.

1. Collect mother mushrooms that grow under the same trees as in your area.
2. Choose those mushrooms where the spores in the caps are already ripe (about 10 caps measuring 10-20 cm). You can take wormy or dried hats.

   Found a wormy porcini mushroom? Do not rush to throw it out, it is better to make a suspension for planting out of it.

3. Prepare a weak solution of potassium permanganate at the rate of 1 g per bucket of rainwater.
4. Add 15 sugar lumps to it for a nutrient solution.
5. Mash the selected mushroom caps thoroughly until a smooth porridge.
6. Place the resulting material in the solution and leave for several hours.
7. Strain the resulting mixture - so we get a suspension that contains the spores of the porcini mushroom.

Preparation of planting material

We will tell you about the methods of planting with the help of a suspension just below.

In the case of using such seed, you will be able to harvest the next crop no earlier than in a year, or even later.

Natural planting material can be made in another way. To do this, you should find an adult porcini mushroom in the forest and carefully cut off a layer of soil about 15 * 25 cm in size around it. The layer is divided into 8-20 small fragments and is laid in the soil in the garden bed.

Carefully cut off a layer of soil about 15 * 25 cm in size near the mushroom and get planting material

You can also grow porcini mushrooms at home from powdered mycelium, which is sold in stores.

Dry mycelium of porcini mushroom

Porcini mycelium

1. Choose a slightly shaded area under the trees and remove the top of the soil (30 cm) on an area of ​​about 3 square meters.
2. At the bottom of the pit, tree bark and fallen leaves are lined with a layer of about 10 cm.
3. It is also necessary to add humus or soil from under the trees.
4. Take powdered mycelium (20 g) and mix it with sand (1 L).
5. Sprinkle the mixture on the garden bed and cover with compost (layer about 3 cm).
6. The final stage is to cover it all with ordinary earth (a layer of about 4 cm).
7. Immediately after sowing, the garden bed is carefully watered, best of all with a drip method.

Such a bed will yield faster harvest and will delight you with porcini mushrooms for up to 5 years.

Sowing methods of mushrooms

Powdered mycelium purchased in a store is rarely used by mushroom growers as a planting material. Most often, they still prepare natural planting material, which they use in several ways.

Growing porcini mushrooms under birches

Method number 1. At a distance of about a meter from the selected tree on the site, carefully so as not to damage the root system of the plant, remove 15 cm of the top layer of soil. It is good if it turns out that the roots are slightly exposed. At the rate of 350 gr per ¼ sq.m. the roots are watered with the prepared suspension and then sprinkled on top with the previously removed soil. Now it is necessary to moisten the garden - under each tree, carefully, so as not to wash off the future mycelium, pour up to 5 buckets of water.

For good mushroom growth, the soil must be moistened as it dries.

Please note: if the soil in the place chosen for planting is almost always wet by itself, then watering is carried out only during sowing. Additionally, the plantation is moistened only in case of severe drought.

Method number 2. To implement this method, a month before planting the mushrooms, it is necessary to prepare a special nutrient mixture. These are fallen oak leaves collected after winter, rotted oak wood (5%) and horse manure (5%). The components are laid out in layers (foliage alternates with manure and wood) and on top of the resulting heap is watered with ammonium nitrate (1%). After 7-10 days, this mass must be dug up to get a homogeneous substrate.

Ammonium nitrate for soil preparation for growing porcini mushrooms

Then we begin to prepare directly the ridge itself. A hole up to 30 cm deep and about 2 m wide is dug under the trees, where the resulting nutrient mixture is laid out in layers up to 12 cm. Each layer must be covered with a 10 cm layer of soil. In this case, the total height of the ridge will turn out to be about 50 cm. To avoid waterlogging, create a small elevation in the middle of the plantation.

On the surface of the prepared substrate, shallow pits are made in a checkerboard pattern at a distance of no more than 30 cm from each other, into which fragments of soil from under the porcini mushroom are either laid, or watered with a suspension and ground with a layer of up to 7 cm.

After sowing, the ridge is moistened and covered with fallen foliage.

Method number 3. The garden bed is prepared in the same way as in method # 2. Small dried pieces of the tubular part of the mushroom are placed in the substrate, opening a few centimeters. After 3-4 days, they are taken out, and the soil is slightly moistened. In this case, the harvest will appear next year.

The harvest of porcini mushrooms

Growing in a greenhouse

Porcini mushrooms can be grown in a greenhouse in any of the ways. To make the boletus feel comfortable in it, you should first prepare the room.

1. Use a material that does not allow light to shade a small area of ​​the greenhouse and place several containers of water there to create the necessary level of humidity.
2. Barrels can also be replaced with sawdust, which is periodically sprayed with water. This material retains moisture very well.
3. Do not forget about ventilation: the greenhouse is either ventilated or a fresh air supply system is provided in it.

Tips for growing mushrooms in a greenhouse

The mushroom beds in the greenhouse are prepared in the same way as in other methods. It is best to add a little forest soil to the garden soil.

Fertilizers and care

The porcini mushroom is a capricious comrade. Fruiting does not begin immediately, but, at best, after a year and requires special attention. You should not give up, even if all the waiting times have already passed: continue to maintain the necessary conditions in the beds - it is quite possible that the mushrooms will begin to bear fruit 2-3 years after planting.

Watering the garden is best done with a sprayer. Pay special attention to this procedure during a drought or trying to grow boletus in arid regions. On average, the frequency of watering is once every 7 days with 5-6 buckets of water.

On average, the frequency of watering porcini mushrooms is once every 7 days with 5-6 buckets of water

If the bed is located under a tree, then water is poured onto the trunk of the plant.

Fertilizing porcini mushrooms plantation is very good with coffee grounds. It accelerates their growth and protects them from midges, mold and diseases. To prepare top dressing, the grounds are mixed with natural ground coffee and a mineral complex is added. Fertilizer is applied at the rate of 1 tbsp. l. per square meter of the ridge.

Fertilize porcini mushroom plantation very well with coffee grounds

If the soil on the site dries out very quickly, then a little hydrogel is added to the soil in the garden bed with mushrooms.

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