Photo with UNS Jatiragi Team, Mr. Giyatno, Kedarsi Farmer Group and Mushroom Cultivation Business Partners – Personal Document
Towards a Prosperous Society, Through Mushroom Cultivation– The slogan which is the final goal of the Jatiragi PHP2D Team for the Mechanical Engineering Student Family (KMTM), Sebelas Maret University (UNS). As an optimization and a follow-up to the 2020 Holistic Village Development and Empowerment Program (PHP2D), the UNS Jatiragi Team held a straw-based oyster mushroom cultivation training. This training was held on Saturday, October 3, 2020, to be precise at Dusun Kenteng RT 01/02, Bakalan Jumapolo Village, Karanganyar. This training was attended by Kedarsi Farmers Group (Potential Awareness Farmers Group) and Bakalan Village Mushroom Entrepreneurs Partners.
Mushroom cultivation training was carried out as a first step in providing supplies for the Kedarsi farmer group to carry out oyster mushroom cultivation, especially using straw waste planting media. Besides that, it can also increase knowledge, share experiences and spark enthusiasm in increasing the productivity of the business that has been carried out to mushroom entrepreneurs in Bakalan Village.
The person who was invited in the cultivation training was very suitable with the topic of the material to be implanted in the training participants, he was Mr. Giyatno S.P, MM As a person who has been in mushroom cultivation since 2001, of course he has a lot of experience and knowledge to be gained. In addition, he is the owner of the Assorted Mushroom Agriculture and Rural Training Center (P4S) located in Gondangmanis Village, Karangpandan, Karanganyar. Mr Giyatno hope that he can answer all forms of doubts by the cultivators who will deals with the cultivation of straw media mushrooms.
The activity starts at 09.00 WIB. The training was opened with remarks from Tri Rahmaji (Head of the Jatiragi Team) and representatives of the Bakalan Village government, Mr. Suharto (Head of Kenteng Hamlet). The training divided into two sessions, the first is a material session and questions and answers about mushroom cultivation, then the second session is a training session or cultivation practice.
Mr. Giyatno’s presentation of the material started at 09.30 WIB. More or less the material presented by him includes types of mushrooms, mushroom cultivation patterns to the excellence of mushroom cultivation, especially oyster mushrooms.
“Hopefully, the Kedarsi Farmer Group will have success and can develop in its mushroom cultivation. As well as being a pioneer for villagers of Kenteng to participate in establishing cultivation businesses. If this village has a lot of mushroom cultivation, it is no longer possible to become an object of mushroom agro-tourism,”said Mr. Giyatno.
Mr. Giyatno’s presentation of material and questions and answers about mushroom cultivation – Personal Documents
Then continued with the second session, namely training or cultivation practice. This session is divided into 4 trainings, namely Training 1, Training 2, Training 3 and ending with training 4.
Training 1 practiced the stages of making mushroom planting media or baglogs with straw. The process of mixing the straw which has been moistened with enough water is then given dolomite, gypsum and rice bran. The training process at this stage ends until the materials are evenly mixed and covered with a tarp so that the media decomposes properly.
Training on making and mixing baglog media using straw waste – Personal Documents
Training 2 was inserting the growing media for mushrooms (‘seasoned’ straw) into plastic measuring 20 x 35 x 0.4 cm. In this process, the main thing that must be considered is the density of straw, because the density in this baglog determines how long the media will last in producing mushrooms. The denser the baglog, the longer the baglog life and vice versa. Dense baglogs have more straw volume, so they also have a lot of nutritional content, so mushrooms can be harvested from the same baglog more often than baglogs that are not dense.
Training 3 is covenant. This process was briefed by Mr. Giyatno regarding the layout of the baglog arrangement, the amount of water used and the procedures that must be carried out from the beginning to the end of the oven process.
“This oven can be of simple quality, then just put it in plastic, just cover it and give it a little looseness so that it doesn’t explode when the steam rises,” appealed Mr. Giyatno.
Training 4 was the seed inoculation process. Inoculation of seeds is to put oyster mushroom seeds into baglog that is already in the oven. The thing that must be emphasized is the sterilization of people who will carry out the nursery and the tools used. Bunsen alcohol and flame are the principal means used for sterilization in the inoculation process. This stage is the end of the mushroom cultivation training process which is carried out for approximately 4 hours.
The practice of inoculating mushroom seeds by the Kedarsi poktan accompanied by Mr. Giyatno – Personal Document
In the end, at 12.40 WIB, the event was closed with a lunch and a group photo by the UNS Jatiragi Team with cultivation training participants.
“Usahane alon – alon sing penting kelakon” (Learn to walk before you run, better safe than sorry), concluded Mr. Giyatno with enthusiasm.
