PICKING
The mushrooms should be picked once a day just before they open out. (See cut.)
The root should be twisted gently and taken out with the mushroom disturbing the earth as little as possible.
The stems should be cut off and the mushrooms packed in baskets.
When grown in small quantities, the 1-pound ventilated boxes are often used as a matter of convenience, but the large growers ship generally in four-pound baskets. (See cut.)
Ripe Enough to Pick
The One-Pound Ventilated Boxes
The beds may be expected to produce under ordinary conditions for a period of from two to four months, depending largely upon the temperature. At an average of 50 degrees they will yield at least four months and every other day would be quite often enough to pick.
At 65 degrees they must be picked regularly every day and the crop will be almost completed in two months.
Cooler temperature makes heavier and better mushrooms.