GROWING GOURMET - Anto2ni.it

CHAPTER 22
Maximizing the Substrate's
Potential through
Species Sequencing
A
t our farm, I have found that the spent substrate generated in
the course of Shiitake cultivation is in itself a valuable byproduct.
More mushrooms can be grown upon it! The mushroom
cultivator can implement a circuit of recycling by sequencing species
on the same substrate, resulting in the maximum yield of mushrooms
imaginable. Each decomposer produces its own unique set of enzymes
which can only partially break down a wood-based substrate.
Once the life cycle of one mushroom has been completed, the life
cycle of another species can begin on the same substrate utilizing its
own unique set of enzymes, taking advantage of the remaining
undecomposed wood fiber and the dead mycelium of the predecessor
mushroom. After this second decomposer exploits the remaining
lignin-cellulose to its fullest ability, a third species can be introduced.
And so on. . . . I have been able to grow four species in sequence with
this method. After several generations of mushroom
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