Development of smart mushroom farm to increase the efficiency and value of mushrooms by using smartphone control for community enterprises in mushroom farming

Abstract

Nowadays, Thai people have turned to pay more attention to taking care of their health. Consuming mushrooms is a choice for people who love health that help build a strong body. The mushroom is considered popular and is used as a very common food such as Yanagi mushroom, Phu Thean mushroom, also known as Phutan oyster mushroom, etc. Therefore, the cultivation of mushrooms is subject to environmental restrictions. Resulting in uneven yields throughout the year. Thus, resulting in insufficient quantity and quality to meet consumer demand. The research therefore brings innovation in the design of closed environment control systems as smart farm for mushroom incubators to improve performance mushroom. The objective is to control the environment within the house to have the desired temperature and humidity with the use of temperature control and humidity control and use a microcontroller in order for the mushrooms to be intact free from chemicals and diseases caused by insects. This will make the mushroom weight better. As a result, agriculture earns more per month, which is an ideal occupation in the COVID-19 situation. The results of the research showed that the size of mushrooms inside a closed mushroom incubator was about 8.6 centimeters and the size of mushrooms outside the incubator was about 6.7 centimeters. The experiment yielded 300 identical bales to compare conventional mushroom cultivation with closed-system mushroom cultivation, which resulted in 29.3% more mushroom weight than conventional mushroom cultivation. From the experiment of mushroom cultivation with an automatic mushroom cultivation plant for 1 year, the monthly income can be more than 10,000 baht.