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.
Points to Remember
Mushrooms cannot be successfully grown at a temperature above 65 degrees. A temperature of 70 degrees for 24 hours will kill all growing mushrooms, but more will come up from the same beds when the temperature falls.