![Newbie here: Is it best to pull and twist or cut / slice on a first flush? Finding conflicting info. Also, is it okay to only harvest ones that the veils broken? Newbie here: Is it best to pull and twist or cut / slice on a first flush? Finding conflicting info. Also, is it okay to only harvest ones that the veils broken?](https://preview.redd.it/newbie-here-is-it-best-to-pull-and-twist-or-cut-slice-on-a-v0-3ephvde1zsq81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=07a21b2fc4231bea62abcb2703a009297375339e)
Newbie here: Is it best to pull and twist or cut / slice on a first flush? Finding conflicting info. Also, is it okay to only harvest ones that the veils broken?
![Do you cut the bottoms of your mushrooms, pluck them, or pull them all the way out and clean them when you get home? : r/mycology Do you cut the bottoms of your mushrooms, pluck them, or pull them all the way out and clean them when you get home? : r/mycology](https://preview.redd.it/m6sdcor0hik41.jpg?auto=webp&s=697fca155cc6fda499cf4fb40737f3f8ef2aea98)
Do you cut the bottoms of your mushrooms, pluck them, or pull them all the way out and clean them when you get home? : r/mycology
![This is why you cut instead of twist n pull. Saw some folks arguing this topic the other day. One said that the stumps rot when you cut. You can clearly see This is why you cut instead of twist n pull. Saw some folks arguing this topic the other day. One said that the stumps rot when you cut. You can clearly see](https://preview.redd.it/lp5e5gmvzdt31.jpg?auto=webp&s=f99e9fc54b9d2228ca8a7779ba018ba61cec1ff8)
This is why you cut instead of twist n pull. Saw some folks arguing this topic the other day. One said that the stumps rot when you cut. You can clearly see
![Pull or leave the bases? I just harvested my first flush and pulled/cut at the mushroom base. Do I need to completely remove the base of the stem down to the substrate, Pull or leave the bases? I just harvested my first flush and pulled/cut at the mushroom base. Do I need to completely remove the base of the stem down to the substrate,](https://preview.redd.it/x79hkrigijx81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c124b8d4249372359eb9303dce74ff265b8a8860)