Is it good or bad to grow mushrooms in flowerpots at home?

Mushrooms growing in flowerpots at home are ominous. It will affect the respiration of flower roots and easily cause root rot. Growing mushrooms in a flowerpot at home means that there are sufficiently corrupt organic substances in the flowerpot, such as grass leaves, wood blocks or feces, so that mushrooms can grow. Pure soil, no matter how wet, can't grow mushrooms.

From the perspective of soil factors, there are the following possibilities:

First, some organic matter in the basin soil is not completely decomposed, and mushrooms grow when it meets water; Secondly, the raw material of this nutrient soil is made of waste materials after mushroom production; Third, organic fertilizer water is often poured, and there are no completely decomposed organic particles in the soil.

Mushroom spores spread in the air, and it is easy to develop into hyphae when encountering the above environment, and then mushrooms are born. Mycelia grows vigorously in soil and consumes a lot of oxygen, which will affect the respiration of plant roots and easily cause root rot.

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Growing environment of potted mushrooms

Nutrition: Add broken wheat straw or corncob into the flowerpot, and both target plant residues and fibrous plant residues can be used. Planting adopts fertile soil.

Temperature: Many varieties can grow at 5~35℃, and 20~30℃ is the suitable temperature for their common growth. The growth temperature of Pleurotus ostreatus is about 18~30℃.

Humidity: the optimum substrate water content for mycelium growth is 60%~65%. When the water content is insufficient, auricularia auricula will grow slowly, and when the water content reaches 95%, rotten mushrooms will appear. In cultivation, partial dry fermentation is often used to ensure that mushrooms are not infected by mold during fruiting and that mushrooms have enough water during fruiting.

Air: For example, Pleurotus ostreatus is an aerobic bacterium, so we should pay attention to ventilation at ordinary times.

Illumination: the mycelium growth of Pleurotus ostreatus does not need illumination, but illumination inhibits the mycelium growth. Therefore, the germination period should be in dark or weak light, but the growth of fruiting bodies needs light, so try not to be in strong light.

Source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Potted Mushrooms