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Question about harvesting casing
    #7607356 - 11/07/07 03:11 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I have done my first casing, and I have picked the shrooms a few at a time just after the veil has opened. However, in all the pictures I see of big flushes from casings all the mushrooms are usually well open, and long past the point when their veils opened. My question is, should I just let all my shrooms open up so that I can harvest them all at once?


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Re: Question about harvesting casing [Re: baimoo] * 1
    #7607409 - 11/07/07 03:24 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

The more they open and the longer they remain on the substrate while opened, the bigger mess there is to contend with. Otherwise, it's personal preference.


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Re: Question about harvesting casing [Re: baimoo]
    #7607431 - 11/07/07 03:30 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

There is no need to wait for them all to open and harvest at once, unless you just don't feel like harvesting over time. It is just fine to pick them one at a time as each one reaches maturation. Just keep an eye out for pins near them as you harvest, and chop them off low if it looks like pulling them out will cause harm to nearby growth.


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Re: Question about harvesting casing [Re: urayasan]
    #7607760 - 11/07/07 04:47 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I read somewhere that after the veil breaks, if you wait a few days and then pick them, that gives them enough time to drop spores onto cakes that give you more flushes next time around. Sounds logical...


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Re: Question about harvesting casing [Re: c0_hush]
    #7607869 - 11/07/07 05:04 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

That might seem like something that could happen but it isn't. The mycelium that has already colonized the cake and is gathering all the nutrients inside and using them to produce fruits. You can get multiple flushes out of one cake but they're all from the same mycelial mass. Once the cake stops producing mushrooms it is what we call "spent". That means that it does not contain enough nutrients to keep feeding the mycelium.


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