Model of growing black termite mushrooms in containers with high productivity and efficiency |
Black termite mushroom (Xerula radicata) belongs to the Physalacriaceae family and has high nutritional value, helps improve cardiovascular health, stabilize blood pressure, detoxify and enhance liver function. Realizing the importance of this food, Mr. Tran Anh Tuan in Ho Chi Minh City and his colleagues have improved the implementation of growing mushrooms in containers instead of in mushroom houses, bringing in a profit of nearly 40 million VND per crop.
20 feet container was renovated by Mr. Tuan's group to make a black termite mushroom growing model |
Mr. Tuan's farm is located in Phuoc Thanh commune, Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City, covering 750 square meters, of which 120 square meters are used to grow black termite mushrooms. He uses two 20-foot containers as a place to incubate and grow black termite mushrooms.
According to Mr. Tuan, growing mushrooms in containers has many advantages such as the size meets the standards for industrial-scale growing, and it is easy to set up IoT control systems. On the other hand, the containers used are recycled materials, and the construction cost is about 50% cheaper than building a mushroom house of the same size. "Containers can be easily transported and disassembled when no longer needed, suitable for the urban agricultural model in Ho Chi Minh City," Mr. Tuan shared.
Mr. Nguyen Quang Vinh, a member of the group, said that the group has currently built a standard process to control the entire mushroom growing environment, from temperature, humidity, light, CO2... all are automated and monitored through the server system, connected to the application on the phone.
Mushroom growing containers are equipped with lighting systems, misting systems to create humidity and cooling systems. |
Applying IoT technology to manage mushroom growing environment in containers |
“The traditional mushroom growing model has many potential risks and factors that cannot be controlled, especially with black termite mushrooms, a type of mushroom that is sensitive and requires many technical indicators for the mushrooms to grow well and achieve optimal yield and quality,” Vinh added.
From that experience, his team realized that if they continued to follow the traditional model, it would be difficult to achieve the desired results. Meanwhile, input costs such as mushroom spawn and labor were high. From there, the team decided to switch to applying IoT technology and automation to control all environmental factors, minimize risks and increase efficiency.
Automatic environmental management system connected to the server and remotely controlled by phone app |
Bui Nguyen Quoc Duy, the group's technical manager, said that the mushrooms will be harvested after 7-10 days of sprouting. "According to calculations, each 20-foot container can grow 2,300 mushroom buds, yielding about 500 kg of mushrooms. With the average price of fresh black termite mushrooms at about 170,000 VND, after deducting the initial investment cost for infrastructure and the IoT system of about 200 million VND, not including seed costs, each container can earn a profit of nearly 40 million VND."
“Farmers need to grow mushrooms for about 5 crops to recover the investment in facilities. Farmers should grow mushrooms on a scale of 4 containers because it will save operating costs and labor compared to growing one container,” Mr. Duy added.
Mr. Vinh added that the model is divided into 3 floors to make the most of each bag of mushroom spawn: "The first floor grows black termite mushrooms in a strictly controlled environment. The second floor continues to reuse old spawn to grow straw mushrooms using new technology, without using traditional spawn. After harvesting, the remaining spawn on the third floor is processed and converted into organic fertilizer."
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Black termite mushrooms after being harvested |
For over 4 years, Mr. Tuan and his colleagues have been diligently testing the black termite mushroom growing model using IoT technology. Despite many failures, the group has now completed the high-tech process in containers and mushroom houses of various sizes and scales. Mr. Tuan said: "The group is ready to transfer technology to farmers to do business , guarantee output and is ready to support a loan interest of 100 million VND if farmers need to borrow capital to invest."
According to baotintuc.vn
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