Why You Should Sterilize Your Mushroom Substrate?

1. Why You Should Sterilize Your Mushroom Substrate? When growing mushrooms, the substrates cannot be ignored. It is the mushroom substrates on which the results of the mushroom cultivation depend. To grow delicious and high-quality mushrooms, it is essential to make sure that the mushroom substrate you are using is perfect enough to provide you the quality results. Many new mushroom growers even do not have much idea about substrate sterilization. Due to this they never much attention to it but later do not get the desired growing results. The sterilization of the mushroom substrates is one of the most critical steps in the mushroom growing process. Those who do not consider it important or ignore it for any reason have to face a variety of issues in the form of crop damage, improper as well as slow

2. growth of the mushrooms. One of the best ways to prevent the need for sterilizing mushroom substrates is using sterilized mushroom substrates. Those who do not have a good time for sterilization or do not know how to do it prefer using the sterilized substrate. Using sterilized mushroom substrates is one of the best ways to prevent the risk involved with the use of un-sterilized mushroom substrates and save time that otherwise you have to waste sterilizing the substrate. If you are going to grow mushrooms for the first time and/or wonder why to do sterilization then here are some reasons that will help you why you should sterilize your mushroom substrate. To avoid contamination:- One of the major reasons behind sterilizing your mushroom substrate is to avoid contamination. Some types of mushroom substrates are more prone to damage. High bacteria, insects, pests, etc. damage the mushroom substrate. The risk of such damage is more in some cases due to the presence of high moisture in the mushroom fruiting chamber. Many times, it becomes tough for the growers to prevent the damage, but sterilizing your mushroom substrate helps you keep your mushrooms safe and healthy. The process of sterilizing the mushroom substrates helps to remove/ kill all the bacteria, pests, and insects, that are responsible for dam, and aging the substrate. To maintain growth:- The mushroom substrate is not just got damaged the pests, insects, bacteria, mold, etc. but also prevents you from getting the desired mushrooms. Un-sterilized mushroom substrates become weak and do not grow properly. The damage to the mushrooms prevents them from growing perfectly. Many times it also slows down the growth of the mushroom or prevents its growth. The sterilization of the mushroom substrates helps to improve the growth of the mushrooms but prevents the risk of damage. Sterilizing the mushroom substrate also helps you give your mushrooms a growing a head start, which further helps you get delicious mushrooms.

3. To kill fungus and mold:- Due to the presence of high moisture in the mushroom fruiting chamber, the risk of fungus and mold attack on the growing mushroom substrates always remains high. When you do not pay much attention to the buildup of fungus and mold on the mushroom substrate and/or ignore mushroom substrate sterilization it cost you high. The fungus and mold damage the mushroom substrate and prevent mushroom growth. To prevent damage to the mushroom substrate by fungus and mold and kill them properly, mushroom substrate sterilization is important.