Below we have included an article recently published in the Mushroom People Magazine. It has some very useful tips for maximising the effectiveness of your disinfectant and economical use.
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Early Pinning Application – Day 10
This gives a guide to how the mycelium will look when you make the 2nd application of MycroNutrient
at early pinning. In this case it is Day 10.
Application can range between day 10 and 12 typically. Bear in mind that it takes about 4 days to get into the mycelium and up into the mushroom.
This is a key time to apply whether you are on 2 or 3 flush system.
Teagasc Mushroom E Bulletin 5, 2020
Sporekill (PCS No.92396) is another product where the active ingredient is based on potassium salts of fatty acids. It is fully registered as a PPP for use on mushroom crops. Recently, the registration label has been extended to include new uses including crate washing and disinfestation (fly control).
For flies, it can be applied by spray on walls and door/frames or by fogging the growing room after filling. It works by direct contact, disrupting cell membranes so flies dehydrate and are eliminated.
Fogging with Sporekill should also help knock down spores that have entered during filling, encapsulating them and rendering them non viable so fogging is a practice against pests and diseases at the start of a crop.
Refer to the product label for further information.
Sporekill protects against Coronavirus
We are excited to announce that we recently submitted and tested Sporekill Spot against Coronavirus C19 in a specialist lab and the results came back with a log 4.2 reduction. This means a 99.99% reduction ie total control.
The lab report is on the Home page.Testing was carried out to BS EN 14476:2013+A2:2019. This European Standard specifies a test method and the minimum requirements for virucidal activity of chemical disinfectant and antiseptic products.
We believe that mushroom farms would therefore find it be to be a very useful product around picking and personnel areas. It dries quickly due to the ethanol base.
Just to be clear, the C19 product is the Spot Treatment version of Sporekill which some of you may not have used before. It is what growers use for spot treatment of disease on the casing surface as a substitute for salt in Organic farms. It uses an ethanol carrier as opposed to water as a co formulant, which allows quick penetration on surface right down the root and evaporates off leaving the residual protection of Sporekill itself.
It is currently available in 20L drums and 1000L IBCs and we are working on a box which will contain 500 or 750ml spray bottles ready to use.
For more information and pricing, then please contact us directly at
Organic MycroNutrient slows down Verticillium
OML – Organic MycroNutrient
OMW – Organic Mushroom Whitener
Min – Organic MycroNutrient for Netafim drip irrigation dosing
Tested at 2 different rates 130ml and 260ml/m2
The main plates are at 5 days (both middle rows). The implications are that with multiple applications spaced throughout the crop that it would help slow down and delay onset and help to manage and control size of outbreaks.
These tests were carried out independently by Dr Ralph Noble of Microbiotech (full report available on request).
Organic MycroNutrient stops Cobweb
OML – Organic MycroNutrient
OMW – Organic Mushroom Whitener
Min – Organic MycroNutrient for Netafim drip irrigation dosing
Tested at 2 different rates 130ml and 260ml/m2 on both type I and II (both rows).
The main plates are after 2 weeks (control was at 4 days old). The implications are that with multiple applications spaced throughout the crop that it would help to keep disease at bay.
These tests were carried out independently by Dr Ralph Noble of Microbiotech (report available on request).
Fogging system
This great new device for fogging is available through us.
- Uses compressed air, no electric motor
- Simple design and virtually indestructible and will last for years
- Fog is less than 5 microns, so stays in the air for a long time making disinfection and fly control much more effective
How the fog looks when used in a mushroom growing room. All the surfaces are completely covered in fine particles and mist.
Contact us for pricing and delivery.
Application and Timing of Organic MycroNutrient
Please read this document for latest information on dosing and timing of Organic MycroNutrient
Application and Timing of Organic MycroNutrient June 2021