Substrate & Wood Fungi production course
Fed up with the internet overload of information on mushroom growing? Don’t know who to believe anymore? In order to run a profitable project or business, you would prefer to have the right information, practical experience and best-practices to work with right away?
If you struggle with questions such as
- “There is no growth from the grains in the mother spawn 5 days after inoculation. Is there something wrong?”
- “I’m experiencing massive losses because of orange and green mould in my incubation rooms. What can I do?”
- “I’m trying to find a proper substrate formulation for my substrate, but it takes me so long. How can it go faster?”
- Then our course can help you
Group courses in the most unique learning environment on fungi worldwide
- The importance of spawn quality in substrate production
- A solid introduction to substrate production
- The necessary fundamentals of biology for substrate producers
- Exploring building technics such as water supply, energy efficiency, …
- How to deal with micro-organisms in substrate production?
- A biological approach of different production stages : incubation, ripening, fuctification
- Pasteurisation process for substrates of lignicolous mushrooms: theory and practice, advantages and disadvantages
- Autoclaving process: theory on steam production and heat transfer, correct autoclaving procedure,…
- A technical approach on cooling and heating
- An overview of fructification techniques
- How to design a proper Substrate Formulation?
- And more
We can not teach you how to grow White Button Mushrooms! For Agaricus bisporus courses, check out Mushroom Office in the Netherlands.
“Thanks for your lessons, theoretical and practical and a very special thank for being so open and sharing with me in many interesting talks your own experience. This is worth a lot for me and I really appreciate your philosophy of sharing.”
The program
The program has been developed by Magda Verfaillie and Kasper Moreaux, directors of Mycelia, in close collaboration with experts such as Jürgen Kynast. This highly regarded engineer has a broad-spectrum scientific background in combination with extensive experience as a grower and a substrate producer of specialty mushrooms.
Details
- Mycelia’s spawn company in Belgium, our unique learning environment
- Training language: English
- We opt for a maximum of 18 participants because we can offer better quality with smaller groups
- 1800
Extra information
B&B De Steenhove, located 200m from Mycelia, offers a Bed & Breakfast formula with individual rooms. We strongly recommend that all participants stay here, because of the proximity to Mycelia and because the B&B offers great networking opportunities for you to enjoy in the evenings.
“Very important for the quality of the course was the shared time with the other group members in the same B&B.
The talks, walks and dinners and beers had been so mushroom knowledge filled! It was fantastic.”
You can book this accommodation directly with us as a free service to enjoy a 10% price reduction. During the registration process you can tell us whether you want to use this service or not, we are here to serve you.
These are the prices of B&B Steenhove (without discount):
- Private room: 75 EUR/night, breakfast included
- Shared room with your colleague, partner or another trainee: 85 EUR/night for the room, breakfasts included
- Duplex, 2 bedrooms, with kitchenette (only 3 available): shared with 2 persons: €60 EUR/night per person
Your course fee includes:
- A light bread meal every day of the course
- Coffee, Tea, Snacks, fruit, waters and juices during all breaks
- Welcome dinner the first evening
Other dinners are at your own expense. B&B Steenhove provides a simple one-option evening menu every day during group courses. If you wish to eat outdoors, the B&B has free electric cars available for its guests.
We know that theoretical and especially practical knowledge about spawn is indispensable for every mycelium entrepreneur. At the moment we do not offer spawn course, but there is another opportunity to learn about spawn.
We offer our trainees, attending the Substrate Training in May, the exclusive opportunity to book 1-to-1 consulting after the course, on Monday the 9th and Tuesday the 10th of May. It’s the perfect occasion to even further deepen your knowledge. During these days, you can select a few topics that are most important for you personally, such as Spawn Production, a problem you are facing, designing your lab, or another case study.
We offer you the occasion to get more in-depth guidance and strategic advice. But spots are limited, so don’t let this wonderful opportunity pass you by.