Households, vegetable sellers and eateries in Raipur buy fresh paddy straw mushroom in the hot, humid months, when it is a local favourite. The district's paddy fields leave plenty of straw, the main thing this crop grows on.
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This business grows paddy straw mushroom, known in Chhattisgarh as paira mushroom (paira is the local word for paddy straw). Bundles of soaked straw are laid in beds, seeded with spawn (mushroom seed) and covered to hold in moisture. The first mushrooms are ready to pick in about two weeks.
NABARD's credit plan for Raipur notes that paddy is the district's dominant crop, so straw is easy to find after harvest. This mushroom likes heat and damp air, which Raipur has in the months around the monsoon. The agricultural university in Raipur has run mushroom research and training for decades, so short courses and advice are close at hand.
You need a shaded shed with beds or racks, clean dry straw, spawn from a trusted lab, drums for soaking and treating straw, and an FSSAI registration to sell food. Straw is also cattle feed, so buy and store it soon after harvest. The hard part is freshness: the mushrooms open and spoil within a day or two, so you must pick early and sell the same morning. A bad batch of spawn or dirty straw can ruin a whole crop, and prices drop when many growers harvest at once.
Sell each morning to vegetable sellers, hotels and restaurants in Raipur city, and take phone orders from regular households.
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