The mushroom is a highly prized article of food which can be as easily grown as other vegetable products — and with as much profit. Below it is shown, in particular, that this peculiar plant is singularly well adapted to the conditions that surround many classes of persons, and by whom the mushroom might become a standard crop for home use or the city market.
Market Gardeners — It’s directly in their line of business; it’s a winter crop, requiring their care when outdoor operations are at standstill. They have the manure needed for their other crops; they may well use it for a mushroom crop as well. After having borne a crop of mushrooms the manure is thoroughly rotted and in good condition for early spring crops. It makes the best manure.
Florists — In midwinter the cut flower season is at its height and the florist endeavors to make the most money from his greenhouses that he can; every inch of space exposed to the light is occupied by growing plants, and under the benches alongside of the pathways tubers and bulbs are stored, also ivies, and the like. To make the plants more fully exposed to the sunlight, they are grown on benches raised above the ground to bring them near to the glass; and the greenhouse seems to be full to overflowing. This is the best kind of a mushroom house. The space under the benches is admirably adapted for mushroom beds, and the warmth and moisture are congenial conditions for the cultivation of mushrooms.
Private Gardeners — It’s a part of their routine duty, and success in mushroom growing is as satisfactory to themselves as it is gratifying to their employers. Fresh mushrooms are a product of the garden that is always acceptable. One of the principal pleasures in having a large garden and keeping a gardener consists in being able to give to others a part of the choicest garden products. In most pretentious gardens there is a regular mushroom house, and the growing of mushrooms is an easy matter; in others there is no such convenience, and the gardener has to trust to his own ingenuity where and how he is to grow the mushrooms. But so long as he has an abundance of fresh manure he can usually find a place in which to make the beds.
Village People and Suburban Residents — Those who keep horses should, at least, grow mushrooms for their own family use. They are so easily raised, and they take up so little space that they are perfect for those who have only a village or suburban lot. They are not a crop for which we have to make a great preparation and need a large quantity of manure. No matter how small the bed may be, it will bear mushrooms.
Farmers — No one can grow mushrooms better than the farmer. He has already the cellar room, the fresh manure and the loam, and all he needs is some spawn with which to plant. Nothing is lost. The manure, after being used in mushroom beds, is not exhausted of its fertility, but is well rotted and in a better condition to apply to the land than it was before being prepared for the mushroom crop. The farmer will not feel the little labor that it takes. The commonest farm hand can do the work.
Each of these classes of persons has the potential to cultivate a substantial crop. Even in the smallest of places you can begin your mushroom crop, and grow it as you see the success.
Author Resource:
Jackson Forrest is a mushroom growing enthusiast and runs the popular http://www.MushroomGrowingSecrets.com website where he offers the best-selling ebook "How to Grow Mushrooms for Fun and Profit". Get your copy today!
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