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was too warm for good pinheading. The reverse can also happen, and cause over-production as the weather conditions are too favourable for production. As a result, the price for mushrooms fluctuates widely. Within the group there was a discussion about whether it would be more sensible to use fewer growing rooms and better climate control to effect more stable production in short cropping cycles. But this approach is not really under consideration at all in Spain for the time being. The focus is more on the costs of substrate and growing rooms rather than on the possible yields with a more intensive system. The oyster mushrooms are also left to develop (phase III) in the later harvesting tunnel. Production is two flushes in winter and three to four in summer. The cropping cycles vary from six to twelve weeks for oyster mushrooms, and for shiitake on straw blocks the cycle is 18 weeks once the plastic was removed. Yields for both oyster mushrooms and shiitake are around 20% of the substrate weight. The consequence of these cropping cycle is that each farm needs a


high number of growing rooms or sheds to accommodate the mushrooms. During our journey we saw hundreds of sheds for oyster mushrooms and shiitake.


Part two of this article will appear in our December edition. The trip to Spain continues, visiting companies such as CTICH and Champinter along the way.


Substrate blocks at Micotec.


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