In India, button mushrooms are grown seasonally and in environment-controlled cropping houses. White button mushroom requires 20-280 C for vegetative growth (spawn run) and 12-180 C for reproductive growth. Besides that, it requires relative humidity of 80-90% and enough ventilation during cropping. Seasonally, it is grown during the winter months in the north-west plains of India and for 8-10 months in a year on the hills. However, with the advent of modern cultivation technology it is now possible to cultivate this mushroom anywhere in India.

Mushrooms are grown in environment-controlled cropping houses. It requires 20-28-degree C for vegetative growth and 12-18-degree C for reproductive growth i.e., for formation of fruit body. Relative humidity of 80-90% and ventilation during cropping is also needed.

Cultivation process:

· It can be divided in following steps-

· Mushroom spawn production

· Preparation of compost

· Spawning

· Casing soil

· Cropping and Harvesting

Selection of Site and Pre-requisites:

· Should be away from municipal limits

· Should motorable

· Plentiful availability of water

· Easy availability of raw materials

· Availability of cheap labour

· Uninterrupted proper power supply

· Near to the market

Button mushroom consists of 4 unit viz

· Spawn unit

· Composting unit

· Cropping unit

· Post-harvest handling unit

Farm Design:

There are 2 types of Button Mushroom farm viz. Low Cost (for seasonal growing) & High Cost (for year-round cultivation). Both of two designed (Low cost & High cost) farm consists of following design layout. Here we are discussing about low-cost farm design.

Estimated Cost of Design: This is the estimated approx. amount need for begin a button mushroom cultivation in small commercial scale (Low-cost design).

Initial cost of farm design for small scale commercial cultivation.

Total recurring costs in mushroom farming

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