Can you imagine that a person inspired by some TV program started cultivating mushrooms and started earning crores? Sanjeev Singh, popularly known as Mushroom King of Punjab, was inspired by a program of Doordarshan to start mushroom cultivation from a room sometime and today he is earning crores of rupees every year from this cultivation. It was not so easy for Sanjeev Singh to travel crores with mushroom cultivation. He had to struggle a lot for this.
Idea found by watching TV
Sanjeev Singh has been cultivating mushrooms since 1992. The residents of Tanda village in Punjab call him 'Mushroom King'. When Sanjeev Singh was in college, one day he saw the program 'Mera Pind Mera Gaon' coming on Doordarshan's channel. In which mushroom cultivation was being talked about. At that time no one knew much about mushroom cultivation. So Sanjeev Singh got inspired to cultivate mushrooms by watching this program. He enrolled in a one-year course on mushroom cultivation at Punjab Agricultural University. He did a lot of research. There he learned how to grow mushrooms by hanging sacks inside a room?
Success after hard work
Locally, mushroom seeds were also not available. Sanjeev Singh had to go to Delhi for these. Weather compatibility was also necessary for the mushroom to grow, so they started growing the mushroom according to the season. After experimenting and failing for 8 years, he did not give up. Sanjeev Singh finally got success in mushroom cultivation. He struggled for eight years to grow high-quality mushrooms and create a stable market. In the year 2001, he built a room and built one, six metal racks on top of it. The sacks were filled with manure and placed on top of them. Nitrogen and urea were mixed in equal amounts in organic manure filled in sacks. To reduce costs, he created a 'compost unit'. In 2008, he also built a laboratory to make mushroom seeds and started making and selling seeds. Over the years, his work has spread over 1500 square feet of space, which is equivalent to about two acres of land. His hard work paid off and he slowly started earning crores.
Supply in other states as well
Sanjeev Singh also works for the delivery of mushroom seeds and other products to Jammu, Jalandhar, Haryana, Himachal , and other states. In 2015, he was honored by the state government for his progressive farming methods. Locals now call him the 'Mushroom King of Punjab'.
How is mushroom cultivation
Mushroom cultivation does not require much space. In today's time, more and more farming can be done with less space through vertical farming. Soil is not required for mushroom cultivation. Compost has to be put in it. Many years ago, if you asked someone about mushrooms, very few people would have known about it, but today eating mushrooms has emerged as an opportunity to earn well. Sanjeev Singh has written a success story on the strength of his hard work and dedication. Today he has become an inspiration for millions of people.
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