Group training on substrate and mushroom production
Next edition: March 25 - 29, 2019
Location: at Mycelia’s premises, Veldeken 38A 9850 Nevele, Belgium
Considering the success of the previous editions, we are now proposing the 14th group training at our premises, which will cover all aspects of lignicolous mushroom cultivation.
Over the years, Mycelia has acquired an excellent reputation as a training centre for mycelium and lignicolous substrate producers. Since November 2011, we have developed our group trainings on the production of sterilized substrates and lignicolous mushrooms, which cover the whole production cycle from mother culture to specialty mushroom.
The program has been developed in close collaboration with dipl. Ing. Jürgen Kynast, who has a broad-spectrum scientific background in combination with an extensive experience as a grower of specialty mushrooms. We welcome existing and would-be growers to this in-depth course.
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Program
Sunday
Arrival at the B&B, or the hotel of your choice.
Collection at the train station will be organized.
- In the morning, Magda will be at Mycelia for the last preparations, while driving to the train station to collect the participants. Other pickup arrangements can be made, but should be communicated clearly.
- In the afternoon she will be at Mycelia or in De Steenhove to prepare didactic materials and meet the participants.
Monday - Day 1
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08:15 - 08:30 |
Walk to Mycelia |
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08:30 - 08:40 |
Welcome and practical briefing |
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08:40 - 09:30 |
Parallel session: introduction |
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- 25 min |
Group 1: Quiz slides |
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- 25 min |
Group 2: Mycelia floor plan and visit to the premises |
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09:30 - 10:00 |
Coffee break |
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10:00 - 11:30 |
First introduction to substrate production: components, mixing, humidification, filling, bag closing, sterilization, cooling, spawning, incubation, growing systems (Jürgen) |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Parallel session: Practical tests |
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- 30 min |
Group 1: Agar (Pascale + Hélène) |
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- 30 min |
Group 2: Make your own substrate (Kasper) |
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12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch break |
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13:30 - 14:30 |
Biology part I: (Magda) |
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14:30 - 15:00 |
Coffee break |
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15:00 - 16:00 |
Parallel session: Production lab research |
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- 20 min |
Group 1: Applied microscopy (Kasper) |
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- 20 min |
Group 2: Visit to technical floor with overpressure units (Magda) |
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- 20 min |
Group 3: Pouring agar under LAF (Hélène) |
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16:00 - 17:00 |
Biology part II: bacteria and fungi (Magda) |
Tuesday - Day 2
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08:15 - 08:30 |
Walk to Mycelia |
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08:30 - 09:00 |
Quiz (Magda) |
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09:00 - 12:30 |
Parallel session: ingredients and consumables |
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- 60 min |
Group 1: practical substrate preparation in Mycelia’s workshop (Jean & Pascale) - selection of ingredients |
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10:00 - 10:30 |
Coffee break |
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- 60 min |
Group 2: Improving the structure of substrates (Jürgen) |
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- 60 min |
Group 3: Demonstration of incubating substrates (Kasper) |
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12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch break |
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13:30 - 15:00 |
Working in cleanrooms (Magda): |
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee break |
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15:30 - 16:30 |
Biological approach of different production stages (Jürgen): incubation, ripening, fructification |
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16:30 - 17:00 |
Incubation and ripening phases: climate conditions, temperature vs. time (jürgen) |
Wednesday - Day 3
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08:15 - 08:30 |
Walk to Mycelia |
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08:30 - 10:00 |
Pests and diseases: prevention and solutions (Jürgen) |
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10:00 - 10:40 |
Spawn (Magda) |
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10:40 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00 - 12:30 |
Autoclaving process (Jürgen) |
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12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch break |
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13:30 - 15:30 |
Parallel session: Practical inoculation, machinery |
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- 40 min |
Group 1: Practical substrate inoculation in Mycelia’s technical lab (Magda & Jürgen) |
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- 40 min |
Group 2: Practical substrate inoculation in Mycelia’s cleanroom (Hélène & Kasper) |
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- 40 min |
Group 3: Autoclaves and steam generator (Pascale) |
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15:30 - 16:00 |
Coffee break |
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16:15 - 17:00 |
Theory of pasteurization process (Jürgen) |
Thursday - Day 4
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08:15 - 08:30 |
Walk to Mycelia |
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08:30 - 09:20 |
Production technics (Jürgen) |
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09:30 - 10:30 |
Breathing bags: techniques and gas exchange (Jan) |
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10:30 - 10:50 |
Coffee break |
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10:50 - 11:50 |
Parallel session |
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- 30 min |
Group 1: Construction and maintenance of laminar air flows (Kasper) |
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- 30 min |
Group 2: Cleanroom consumables and dressing procedure (Magda) |
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11:50 - 13:00 |
Fructification techniques (Jürgen) |
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13:00 - 14:30 |
Lunch break |
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14:30 - 15:15 |
Fructification phase: determination of best climate conditions (Jürgen) |
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15:15 - 15:45 |
Coffee break |
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15:45 - 16:00 |
Group 3: Make the layout of a substrate annex mushroom production farm (Jürgen) |
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16:00 - 16:45 |
Building technics (Jürgen) |
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16:45 - 17:00 |
Evaluation of petridishes made on Monday |
Friday - Day 5
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06:30 |
Meeting outside the B&B De Steenhove (Veldeken 45, 9850 Nevele) |
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06:45 - 09:00 |
Drive to Verbruggen Paddenstoelen |
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09:00 - 12:30 |
Visit to Verbruggen Paddenstoelen: Pleurotus substrate producer and grower |
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12:30 - 13:00 |
Drive to Paddestoelenrijk |
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13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch break – lignicolous mushroom tasting, delivery of USB stick and certificate and closing of the course. |
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14:00 - 15:30 |
Visit to the Paddestoelenrijk: grower of various types of lignicolous mushrooms |
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15:30 - 18:00 |
Drive back to Belgium |
Tariff:
- 1180 EUR/ participant, ex VAT, board and lodging not included.
- our students’ rate, 20% reduction to the full tariff, is 944 EUR.
Included are:
- bread lunch Monday until Thursday, at De Steenhove. The last lunch, on Friday in the restaurant in The Netherlands, is not included.
- welcome evening and dinner on Monday night, with visit to the beautiful city of Gent.
- transport to and back from the dutch growers.
Payment
A proforma invoice will be made to the company and address data on your registration form. We kindly ask prepayment until 3 weeks before the course start.
Refunding
- Cancellation 15 days before the training start date: 100% refunding, minus bank costs.
- Cancellation 15 days after the training start date: 50% refunding, minus bank costs.
