From this practical, the beds were created by using oil palm empty fruit bunch compared to other materials. This is because empty fruit bunch are easily to get and cheap compared to paddy straw and cotton. Then, oil palm empty fruit bunch can serve as an alternative and cheap media for edible mushroom cultivation (Marlina, Sukotjo, & Marsudi, 2015). If the empty fruit bunch have a seed around it, so the mycelium cannot reproduce because it is can disturbed the mycelium movement. Seeds at the empty fruit bunch also can attract the animals such as monkey to eat the seeds. Besides, it can reduce the farmer work from throw their oil palm empty fruit bunch and sold it to people who need it.
In addition, before sowing the mushrooms seed, the empty fruit bunch should washing first to make sure the oil from empty fruit bunch is clear. After that, empty fruit bunch were covered by poly-sheets because it can providing higher temperature and higher humidity, which are proper room conditions for roots of mycelial growth reproduce more mushrooms.
On the 23rd May 2018, my empty fruit bunch bed only got one mushroom with egg shape and the weight is only 5 gram. It is because we went to SISFEC on the third week so the production is slow. There have some precaution to harvest the mushroom which is the mushroom that we need to harvest must remove it with empty fruit bunch and must not leave the rest of mushroom because it will be attract the pest and the upcoming mushroom cannot growth. Before we harvest, around the beds have curve pipe for aeration.