It's not easy ... dry is a five to one ratio.
You can sell wet (or I could in those days) but it was a big cut
Yep, it’s not as if you can just go dig them up and sell them right then and there and get the big prices. There’s preparation that involves drying, and the root shrinks when it dries. Only the very hard-up sell them “wet,” and take a big dollar hit for doing so, but if you need it right then you need it right then, I guess.