Category Archives: Substrate Preparation
Agricultural Waste Supplements for Shiitake Mushroom Cultivation: A Review of the Last 20 Years
Looking back on the available data from the last 20 years, there are several types [...]
Feb
Using Seed Waste Products as Substrates for Lion’s Mane Mushroom Production
Using seed waste products as a supplement with hardwood shavings for the production of exotic [...]
Feb
A recipe for preparing PDA from scratch
Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) is a commonly used medium for growing fungi and bacteria. Here [...]
Feb
How to prepare PDA media dishes – step by step
Step 1: Materials Collection Gather the following materials: PDA (Potato Dextrose Agar) media powder Sterilized [...]
Feb
What is Mushroom Substrate?
Mushroom substrate is the bulk material used by the mushroom mycelium as the target food [...]
Aug
Sterilise seed or a wooded substrate
What you will need: A stove top A pressure cooker or autoclave Glass containers (Console [...]
Jul
Substrate formula for mushroom cultivation
This formula will apply to creating a substrate for cultivating Saprophytic mushrooms. Dry mix your [...]
Dec
Preparing Agar (PDA)
Preparing your Agar For every 1 Litre of Agar Final Mixed Solution you will need [...]
Nov