Pest control of oyster mushrooms

In the process of growing oyster mushrooms, there are not only diseases but also various diseases. So today I will give you a detailed introduction to the methods of controlling oyster mushroom pests:

Introduction to Oyster Mushroom:

Common pests of Oyster mushroom include mushroom flies, mushroom mosquitoes, mites, nematodes, springtails, and slugs. They lay eggs in the culture medium, and the larvae reproduce in the culture medium, harming the mycelium and causing the culture medium to rot. Adult insects such as noctuids also eat the stalks and mycelium of Oyster mushrooms and spread pathogens. In addition, prevention should be done throughout the cultivation and fruiting process. Mice eating mushroom seeds, crawling on the bed materials, or biting the mushroom tube bags are also problems that lead to reduced production.

Precautions:

Pay attention to environmental hygiene. Clean the mushroom house inside and out before planting mushrooms, and spray it with formalin, dichlorvos or pyrethroids, or fumigate it with aerosol before entering the house for sowing and inoculation. The plastic film and other utensils used for bed planting should be disinfected before use, and cleaned up in time after use. Clean up the debris dropped during inoculation, close the doors and windows, and install window screens if conditions permit, to reduce the invasion of insects and rodents.

Treatment measures:

When mold species such as Penicillium and green mold appear locally on the mushroom bed, you can sprinkle lime or carbendazim powder on the surface of the fungi, or use cotton to dip some potassium permanganate aqueous solution to cover the fungi to inhibit their growth. Diseased oyster mushrooms should be removed in time. When insect pests appear, they should be killed in time with pyrethroids, mushroom insect cleaners or other low-toxic drugs.

Please note that during the mushroom-growing period, it is best to spray pesticides after harvesting a batch of mushrooms when there are no mushrooms left, so as to avoid the impact of pesticide residues on human consumption of mushrooms, and to prevent the impact on small mushrooms, which may easily cause deformities.