Growing Oyster Mushrooms Commercially on Straw
There are many ways and mediums on which you can grow oyster mushrooms. However, if you're looking into doing so commercially, consider growing oysters on pasteurized straw.
Growing oysters on pasteurized straw or cottonseed hulls is the highest "yield per substrate" method of oyster mushroom production. Pasteurization is a way to kill off objectionable organisms without significantly altering the chemical and physical composition of the substrate. After pasteurization, straw can be inoculated and packed into either buckets or bags for incubation and cultivation. You can use either wheat or oat straw, but avoid hay or weedy straw.
At Field & Forest we use chopped straw. You can use chopped straw as well, but chopped straw is easier to work with and allows for a denser pack. More straw equals more mushrooms.
https://buymushroomscanada.ca/product-category/micro-dose/
There are many ways and mediums on which you can grow oyster mushrooms. However, if you're looking into doing so commercially, consider growing oysters on pasteurized straw.
Growing oysters on pasteurized straw or cottonseed hulls is the highest "yield per substrate" method of oyster mushroom production. Pasteurization is a way to kill off objectionable organisms without significantly altering the chemical and physical composition of the substrate. After pasteurization, straw can be inoculated and packed into either buckets or bags for incubation and cultivation. You can use either wheat or oat straw, but avoid hay or weedy straw.
At Field & Forest we use chopped straw. You can use chopped straw as well, but chopped straw is easier to work with and allows for a denser pack. More straw equals more mushrooms.
https://buymushroomscanada.ca/product-category/micro-dose/