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Abstract
Optimal mushroom growth is dependent on continuous water supply. Usually water is occasionally added by spraying on the casing layer. Drip irrigation system was developed in order to keep the optimal water contents in compost and casing during entire crop cycle. In this study, the use of drip irrigation system was compared to spray watering. The system (Netafim & Migal) is based on a unique dripper – Uniraam CNL 0.7 L/h that enables a very accurate and uniform water distribution in the substrates. Drip irrigation system led to more productive water use: yield of mushrooms was found to be higher (29.5 kg m−2 vs 27.6 kg m-2 for drip and spraying system, respectively) and higher mushroom quality was also found, with a higher percentage of “categorie I” mushrooms, that reduced picking costs. All of that helps to improve profitability of the mushroom crop.
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