The homogeneity of peat and cover soil affects the operation of mechanisms and the yield of mushrooms

Recently, many large mushroom production facilities with modern technical equipment have appeared in the Russian Federation. Almost all processes are mechanized and automated. Loading of compost and cover soil for champignons is carried out using special equipment: combines and additional units. The unloading of raw materials from mushroom chambers occurs in a similar way: machines perform all the necessary technological operations associated with placing raw materials in the chamber and growing mushrooms. Some elements of such equipment are very sensitive and have fine tuning.
If low-quality raw materials are used, the equipment may become unusable or the technological process may be disrupted.

Production line repairs or consequential losses associated with poor quality operations can be significant. Modern intensive production of champignons using technological lines and combines involves the use of exclusively high-quality raw materials.

Foreign inclusions will be expensive

As is known, high-moor peat and low-lying peat are formed during the biodestruction of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. Due to the partially anaerobic conditions of biochemical reactions, the process of peat formation does not occur quickly. Large plant residues decompose slowly and are often contained in peat raw materials in the form of undecomposed inclusions of hardwood species. In addition, there is vegetation on the peat bog, which can end up in the extracted raw materials. To avoid this, it is necessary to clear the peat mining area of ​​bushes, trees, stumps, branches and stones. To do this, technologists involve additional personnel to monitor the presence of such inclusions.

Problems when using low-quality peat in mushroom production

Involvement of additional workers to monitor the cleaning of peat and cover at the mushroom complex increases the payroll and the influence of the human factor.
Unscheduled repair work, in case of damage, increases the cost of maintenance and depreciation. When large inclusions get into the equipment, damaged areas remain on the surface of the cover soil, characterized by different layer depths and altered soil structure, which leads to uneven watering. As a result, there are no mushrooms in such places or they develop incorrectly. Plant residues decompose and increase the infectious background. The enterprise incurs additional costs for the removal, sorting and transportation of selected waste that arrives along with the cover soil and peat.

So what kind of peat should you choose?

Based on the above, the conclusion suggests itself about the need to use exclusively clean, homogeneous material in the form of peat or cover soil. At an enterprise producing cover soil, specialized equipment must be used to prepare it to remove foreign inclusions. Peat extraction technology should include the removal of stones, trees, shrubs and their remains by additional screening. The output should be only clean peat.

Of course, this approach to production culture will allow you to preserve the equipment of mushroom complexes and obtain greater yields.