The 'Smart Spring Ploughing' Inside Mushroom Cultivation Chambers
Henvic News 2026-07-24

The 'Smart Spring Ploughing' Inside Mushroom Cultivation Chambers

Pushing open the heavy insulated door of the cultivation pod, a wave of humid, mushroom-scented air rushes out. Unlike traditional mushroom sheds where workers bend over in labor, here almost no busy workers are seen—only data flickering on the smart control screen, adjusting light, temperature, humidity and CO₂ concentration in real time. "In the past, growing shiitake meant constantly watching the shed's temperature; getting up at midnight to adjust vents was routine, and the slightest neglect could cut a crop by 30%," said Zhang Jianguo, the pod supervisor with 20 years of mushroom-growing experience, pointing at the control system. "Now with this smart system, we can precisely monitor conditions from the office, and it auto-adjusts environmental parameters by growth stage, with error under 0.5°C."

Summary

A 3,000-square-meter smart mushroom cultivation warehouse, built as a local agricultural digitalization demonstration project with a total investment of 12 million yuan, uses an intelligent central-control system to automatically regulate light, temperature, humidity, and carbon-dioxide levels. The system adjusts environmental parameters by growth stage with an error of less than 0.5 degrees C, letting managers monitor conditions from an office instead of watching greenhouses at night.

Key Points

  • Vertical shelving triples space utilization versus traditional sheds; annual output is expected to exceed 800 tons with an output value of 15 million yuan.
  • Smart quality inspection and a traceability platform keep the product pass rate above 99 percent, while the growth cycle is shortened by 15 percent.
  • A company plus cooperative plus farmers model lifts household income from about 50,000 to 60,000 yuan to nearly 100,000 yuan a year, with plans for 5 more warehouses in three years.

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