. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1905. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. THE MUSHROOM BED PERCY CASBURN, DESERONTO, ONT. 1 ' HE first step in making a mushroom bed is to collect enough horse manure. This should not be allowed to become wet and should be put under a shed to heat. Turn it several times to prevent drying. Prepare the beds by placing boards 14 inches deep around the sides. Two or three feet will be M^ide enough for the beds. Put the manure in and pack firm. W'hen the temperature is down to 85 degrees break the spawn into pieces about two inches square, make holes and plant
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. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1905. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. THE MUSHROOM BED PERCY CASBURN, DESERONTO, ONT. 1 ' HE first step in making a mushroom bed is to collect enough horse manure. This should not be allowed to become wet and should be put under a shed to heat. Turn it several times to prevent drying. Prepare the beds by placing boards 14 inches deep around the sides. Two or three feet will be M^ide enough for the beds. Put the manure in and pack firm. W'hen the temperature is down to 85 degrees break the spawn into pieces about two inches square, make holes and plant the spawn 12 inches apart all over the 'bed. Cover the spawn and beat firm. After the spawn has been in a week, cover with two inches of good loam and beat firm and smooth. Water carefully with a fine spray, with water the same temperature as the bed. Do not allow the bed to become dry, as after the mushrooms appear, which will be in about six weeks, no water can be given. If watered then the mushrooms damp oflF. I generally start my first beds in early April. Where there is artificial heat the beds can be made at any season. Mushrooms re- ()uire a temperature of 45 to 50 degrees. I have had beds bearing until SeptemJber. If artificial heat is applied, and a mixture of dried cow manure given with a little fine soil, covering the bed with half an inch of the preparation, and a good watering is given, a second crop will soon appear. The best soil for covering a bed is good sandy loam, such as is used for potting plants. Asparagus roots should be planted at in- tervals of 12 inches in the row, the crowns four to six inches below the surface. Spring is the preferable time. Two year old roots should be used. It is not desirable to cut asparagus for the table until the second sea- son, or two full years from planting, as this interval is necessary for the proper estab- lishment of the bed. Any soil that will produce a good com crop will make a good strawberry bed.. The Mushroom Bed o