In 2000, Siswoyoto and a colleague developed a mushroom cultivation on a large scale so more farmers can be involved. Price mushrooms also have increased to Rp 6,000 per kilogram. Like a business ups and downs, mushroom cultivation that was developed day could also recede. The difference, mushrooms effort ebbed since he transferred from the office in Jakarta to a branch office in one city in Borneo. However, already in love with mushrooms, Siswoyoto then decided to resign from office in 2002. He chose to focus on the mushrooms. Until the year 2005 more and more farmers in the area Cikidang, Sukabumi District, and Puncak, Cianjur, which are involved in mushroom cultivation Siswoyoto managed.
With mushroom farming, farmers can earn coachee from Rp 100,000 to Rp 300,000 per day. Grew rapidly from experience so far, Day concludes, mushroom cultivation can be received by farmers in time because it is relatively easy fast. “Parasitic fungus that grows fast and does not require extensive land,” he said. Oyster mushrooms, for example, can be cultivated with polybag planting medium arranged on the shelves. For the cultivation of oyster mushroom polybag 10,000 needed fund about Rp 20 million. Details, for seed Rp 17 million and making the house cultivation USD 3 million with the size of 6 meters x 12 meters. Of cultivation is to be gained about 60 pounds of mushrooms every day.
Lately, the price of oyster mushrooms around Rp 6500 per kg from the hands of farmers. In the modern market price of the oyster mushroom reaches Rp 22.500 per kg. Oyster mushrooms growing consumer hunted because they have high protein content. Because of very rapid growth, oyster mushrooms should be harvested every day, even can be harvested in the morning and afternoon. The problem, which was cultivated mushrooms will die within three days of growth. “One seed oyster mushrooms will continue to harvest up to four months so that venture capital is the average going back or break even on the first two months of cultivation,” he said.
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