Her family Mai Tran Thanh Van in five population groups , Nghia Trung Ward ( Chiayi ) , 4 years has grown abalone mushroom cultivation effect , bringing considerable income for the family .

 

According to her van, although siblings are public servants , paid monthly , but the thought is to find more jobs in order to increase their income , she and her husband chose abalone mushroom cultivation . To ensure that no major failure , he , she actively learning techniques from books , the model in other provinces such as Dak Lak , Lam Dong .

 

She often utilize spare time in the early morning , noon , night to care for mushrooms

 

Initially only a few hundred bags of abalone mushrooms , then gradually, that can take advantage of , time to enlist in the early morning , evening , her family has expanded to produce tens of thousands of bags . According to the essence of her life, abalone mushroom cultivation is not difficult , the most important is to have source material is clean rubber sawdust .

 

Sawdust after being mixed with a moderate rate with NPK fertilizer and compost and little cornstarch into the bag closed , return to the oven and autoclave implanted into the same musty ; 7-8 are connected bags hanging into small enough area to go back care , harvesting .

 

After hanging up , always pay attention to irrigation regimes and retain moisture to germinate musty . When you see white mushrooms sprouted sharp knife incision are then gently staggered along the lines of bags to fungal development . After slitting the bag , only watering moisturizing foundation , was begun 4-6 days fungal pathogens can result in incision , this time to conduct watering mushroom bags .

 

In this phase , mushrooms needed moisture , without water , fungal growth stunted , underweight and eat very tough . Conversely, if watered too much , yellow fungus , rot . With temperatures in Chiayi , each day , you only need watering twice by stripping nozzle system . When picking out a batch , you stop watering about 5-7 days , then the next phase after the fungus .

 

Harvesting mushrooms is also important , so focus abalone mushrooms grow in clusters , so when picking mushrooms sufficiently long whole cluster . Right age two years will yield , highest quality . That time is still available at the edge of the cap to flatten in coming ; flesh thick , firm, and non fat . Mushroom harvest time from 40-45 days after the first harvest . Take good care after age 2-3 early , growers need to compress slightly ridiculous fungal strain , tight , forcing her mouth as old .

 

About abalone mushroom growing techniques , share more of her life, "If good compliance mushroom farm building clean , cool , no harmful chemicals , irrigation water availability is virtually no fungal diseases . However, between the services , I also often use lime to disinfect in and around the camp , spray mosquito spray used in the hollows , holes to kill the larvae of flies , mosquitoes and insects to limit the release birth harm " .

 

According to her van, with the average picking 20kg/ngay , if the price is about 18,000 VND / kg , every day she collected nearly 360,000 contracts . After deducting expenses , and profits each year 60-80 million.

 

Articles, photos : Hong Thoan / Dak Nong news