A happy husband Pieter as they got to see
by far the best about Mushroom Growing from the entire trip so far!
This is at a big mushroom farm near Taichung in Nantou County.
They got to see the cultivation of
Lentinus Edodes or Shiitake on Monday April 6, arranged by
Dr. J.T. Peng of the Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute.
But I will not bore you with all of the mushroom slides...
Beautiful landscaping around the mushroom houses.
Knowing husband Pieter well enough, he always loves to
climb up the hill, for getting an over-view photo!
It also shows the
mountains in the distance.
Climbing up even higher.
Beautiful landscaping - worthwhile for anyone
NOT interested in the
cultivation of exotic mushrooms.
This grower even had his
own Bonsai display outside.
Look at these beauties!
Even inside his office one could admire such beautiful
Bonsai like this Azalea shrub.
Different angle taken...
Funny entrance in the form of two mushrooms!
The team's bus is parked here...
The day ended with dinner at a Shanghai-style restaurant, featuring prawn, eel and duck dishes.
One side of the
insulated growing houses, by letting green vines creep over them!
Grown here are
Flammulina velutipes (Enokitake)
This grower was one that has been a
student at Pieter's
Practical Training College for Mushroom Growing, in Horst, The Netherlands.
Here he is standing on the other side of buildings, seen in the previous photo above...
Some of the growers...
Both smoking a cigarette!
The person on the right is again wearing such
sleeves as seen previously in China.
This is what they are growing inside!
Here you see the fructification of the Flammulina velutipes (Enokitake) and especially
my Japanese readers will recognize them.
They are now also being grown in the western world as
more and more exotics are on the market.
Enokitake does have lots of health benefits!
When both, Pieter and I, did attend the
First International Congress on Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products from 23-26 August 1993, in Hong Kong, it mainly was about those exotics.
Enokitake is grown on a sterilized medium, mainly saw dust.
Near one of the growing rooms Pieter spotted a
field with pineapple!
Pieter also did notice the
next generation of Taiwanese mushroom growers...
Mechanical harvesting of tea leaves in the Nantou County area near Taichung.
The
only land locked county within Taiwan.
Yes,
United States is ~ 273 times bigger than Taiwan.
This is being shown on top of my state Georgia, USA...
Husband Pieter did spend 3 nights at Hotel National Taichung Kang Rd. Taichung, Taiwan
Just click the above link.
From the address on the above post card, only the address seems to have changed a bit...
Now it is No.57,
Guanqian Road, West Dist., Taichung City 403, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
From Jin-Torng Peng, Ph.D Pieter did receive his copy of the 'stolen' Chinese version of his book about Modern Mushroom Growing!
This is the back of Jin-Torng Peng's business card in Chinese...
Pieter received the book at the College of Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University on Monday, April 6.
Dr. Jin-Torng Peng wrote an interesting article: Overview and prospects of edible and medicinal mushrooms: production, consumption and marketing in Taiwan - just click the link.
This was an interesting part of the trip and Pieter enjoyed it thoroughly!
The discussion at the National Chung Hsing University, arranged by Dr. Y. H. Han was also very good.
After Tuesday, April 7th visit to the Enokitake Mushroom farm, the team had a late-evening transfer to Taipei via motorcoach - after dinner!
Will continue with Taipei, Taiwan...
