WEST CHESTER, PA.,
U. S. A.
On the following pages will be found full and complete instructions for those who wish to grow Mushrooms for home use as well as for the market.
SELECTION OF A PLACE TO GROW MUSHROOMS
Any cellar which maintains a uniform temperature of from 45 to 65 degrees may be used.
Any barn or outbuilding may be supplied with heat and used successfully, but the temperature should be kept as nearly uniform as possible.
Any cold building which it is not practical to heat, may be planted during September while the weather is still warm and the beds allowed to get cold and even freeze up solid during winter months. Such beds will produce the finest kind of mushrooms during the early spring months when the temperature rises sufficiently.
The larger growers usually build houses especially for mushrooms and heat by means of hot water pipes. Some use abandoned caves or mines, while florists often grow mushrooms successfully under greenhouse benches.
PREPARATION OF MANURE
Select fresh horse manure where wheat or oats straw has been used as bedding.