Water On Supplement

There are so many advantages to using liquid supplement in your mushroom growing process especially now with four new versions we have released….

White Yield Boost
Brown Yield Boost
Disease Reducer
Mineral & Vitamin Boost

To apply our products does need to be done correctly and needs a small amount of extra work.

There are a few points to consider:

1. Time to agitate the concentrate before use
2. Time to dilute MycroNutrient
3. Time to apply diluted product

We have also done much work on the previous formulations to make it easy to work with in its concentrated state.

Further to that, there are additional ways to reduce handling on the farm itself to less than 1/3 of time it used to take and these are detailed in the document below.

Easy preparation of Liquid Supplement

Based on our own trials and data from growers, the IMPORTANCE of wash off after applications is very SIGNIFICANT. It is not just to do with washing product off the caps!!

1. We recommend 1/2 to 1L(max) per m2 wash off; 20-30 minutes after application.
2. We recommend this for all applications, whether mushrooms present or not.

The data shows this is important from a YIELD aspect.

If your GOAL however is for example to REDUCE DISEASE then avoid the wash off.

An Italian client has found a simple way to apply our liquid supplement to his mushroom crops using a
Dosatron D3.

Powered by water pressure it accurately doses 150ml of MycroNutrient into each litre of water.
There is a 50:50 mix of supplement and water in the bucket below the unit and it is set to 15% giving the above dosage.

Application has never been simpler, doing away with application tanks and associated extra mixing, agitating and cleaning afterwards. A great timesaver 😀

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.

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 of Verticillium 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).

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).

Depending on duration of vessel sailing and temperature, the calcium suspension can settle and temporarily solidify due to weight of liquid above it.

This is a simple system for mixing contents of IBC before decanting.

Using a drill mixer with a long extended paddle as below

This can be combined with pump circulation using a simple 1″ or 2″ piping system.

First time; use both pump and drill mixer is better

Subsequent: air agitation or stirring with wooden lath should be sufficient

Some growers who apply MycroNutrient between flushes and have some large mushrooms left (as above) may see a slight white colouring on the cap edges the following day. To avoid this apply 1/2 L/m2 clean water after the supplement application which is just enough to wash off caps, but not any more as we want to keep the nutrient in the pinning zone for a period to react.

This is not normally an issue with small pins.