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Hebel aerated concrete for musHroom cultivation - Xella UK

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<strong>Hebel</strong> <strong>aerated</strong> <strong>concrete</strong> and mushrooms:an iron-clad duo!Mushrooms – they are popular the world over.Healthy, rich in vitamins and minerals and, aboveall: delicious! Demand <strong>for</strong> mushrooms is growingand, there<strong>for</strong>e, so too is the need <strong>for</strong> productionfacilities. Building them using <strong>Hebel</strong> <strong>aerated</strong><strong>concrete</strong> panels means building them accordingto all requirements imaginable.Since ancient times, mushroomshave been cultivated in locationswhere the climate conditions arenaturally ideal, like stone quarries.Nowadays, mushroom cultiva-tion is a modern, conditioned andindustrialised process. Production,sorting and processing arevirtually fully automated. Only theharvest is still a manual activity.Growing conditions:from compost to myceliumto mushroomMushrooms grow in a speciallymade compost preparedfrom straw, chicken and horsemanure, gypsum and water.The compost is preparedin compost tunnels. Tunnelcomplexes often cover multipletunnels that can each be dozensof metres long. Germinatedmushroom spoors then developinto mycelium, a network of thinhyphal threads that eventuallypermeate the compost completely.The permeated compostis spread out in a thick layer in<strong>cultivation</strong> cells and coveredwith a layer of mulch. The bacterialiving in this layer and theclimatic conditions stimulatethe mycelium to <strong>for</strong>m the bodyof the mushroom. Provided theclimatic conditions in the cellremain ideal, new mushroomsappear every three to fourweeks. The soil needs to bereplaced regularly.2 <strong>Hebel</strong> <strong>aerated</strong> <strong>concrete</strong>

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