HARVEST METHOD
( HOW TO PICK) HAND METHOD | Proper harvest methods are essential to achieve full production potential. Production decreases as disturbance increases.
When you find a mushroom, remove litter and soils covering the cap. |
Place your hand around the cap and or stem and wiggle in a circular motion.
| DO NOT TWIST
Replace all soils and litter to its natural look.
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(331kb) | Place your hand around the cap and or stem, rock side to side.
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| Almost all may be harvested using this method. Never cut a matsutake, they have a minimum commercial value when cut. | Occasionally mushrooms are tightly clustered and only 1 is mature enough to harvest. Care should be taken to limit damage to immature to remain.
Place your fingers on top of the immature, press down. Gently remove mature. This leaves young mushrooms undamaged, insuring another harvest. |
HARVEST METHOD USING A TOOL | Deep fruiting in tight soils leave little room for rotating, using hand method. A tool is needed. |
USE TOOLS ONLY WHEN HAND METHOD FAILS. NEVER USE TOOLS OVER 1 INCH WIDE |
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CLEANING | Hold the mushroom by the stem, cap up. Gently tap the top with your hand. Brush the cap and stem with a piece of bed foam. Remove needles, leaves, and soil from both. Do not clean veil area. | | INFESTATION | Worms, fly larvae, is the most common infestation noted. To find worms, squeeze the stem. If you feel soft spots that run up and down, it probably has worms. Hoppers is another infestation. Examine the gill area for tiny red hopping insects. Infested mushrooms have a minimum or no commercial value. | HARVEST CONTAINER | The best container is a plastic bucket. Drill holes in side and bottom to allow air circulation, and put a lid on. Stack the mushrooms in the bucket, gills down. The gill area is the focus of commercial value. Take precautions to protect it. Pack the bucket as tight as possible. Never leave mushrooms in the sun. Always set your container in the shade. Warmth matures mushrooms even after the are harvested. | STORAGE | Cool storage is important during warm periods. Place 2 to 3 inches of ice in an ice chest. Insert a basket and mushrooms. Cover with a damp cloth and close the lid. Do not allow ice water to reach mushroom. |
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- Harvesting in India is generally done manually. Sicles is a tool that is used to cut the crop. This method is a laborious and time-consuming and only suitable for small-sized farms. On larger farms, a harvester is used which combines harvesting with threshing and winnowing. Solved Example for You. Q: Reapers are used for which of the following?
- In the clear-cut area, it fell from 3.3 pairs/ha before harvest to around three in 2000 and 14 in 2001. Densities in the control remained relatively constant (c.3.2 pairs/ha). Estimated bird density in the patch-retention area fell from 3.5 pairs/ha in 1999 to 1.7 in 2000, recovering to around 3.4 in 2001.
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