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Post by templeton on Sept 5, 2011 20:26:42 GMT -5
Anyone had any experience growing truffles? An off season industry has been established in Aust over the last decade or so, and inocculated trees are sometimes available - for about $70 each. Have almost been tempted a couple of times, but the need for alkaline soils has put me off...
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Post by blueadzuki on Sept 6, 2011 8:31:51 GMT -5
I had some sort of truffle species show up spontanteously in my garden this year. Whether or not it was an edible species, I do not know; they all went mouldy before I could send one to the ag extension for identification. To me the things smelled like paint thinner and deisel fuel, but my father did not smell this, and I understand that there are people who smell this with edible truffles, so it had to make a determination that way. I seem to have dug all of the ones in there up this year, so I have to wait till next year and see if they come back (they were there the year before, but I did not recognize them for what they were.)
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Post by mnjrutherford on Sept 6, 2011 13:03:46 GMT -5
I'm growing them... well... "trying" to at least. Our trees have been in for 5 years now. Weed competition is outrageous. Don't be afraid or intimidated by the alkilinity requirement. Just get the correct inter-plantings. Lavender is French traditional. So are cistus (rock) roses. In the long run, I think a lot of other things would do well also. Certainly the horse nettle and other weeds are thriving!
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Post by templeton on Sept 6, 2011 17:19:08 GMT -5
In Aust at least there are hundreds of species of underground fungi or truffles, so your underground fungi mightn't have been the edible species.
The ones for sale here are innoculated into Holm Oak and English Oak. But I have heard they can be hosted by Hazelnuts. I've just planted out some seedling hazels, germinated from a friend's place, so I think I'll see how they do for a year or two.
Now, hazel varieties, there's a spot that needs a bit of breeding work...
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Post by blueadzuki on Sept 6, 2011 19:03:16 GMT -5
I'm actually in the US, but the situation is basically the same here
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Post by coppice on Sept 26, 2011 12:22:16 GMT -5
I have no expectation of ever innoculating my just planted hazel nuts (I think that particular round-tuit may be broken). That said, a mushroom hunter aquaintence insists any hazel nut can be innoculated after planting to feild with a small amount of fresh truffle whizzed in the blender with 2 cups water and two tablespoons honey.
Me shrugs, who knew?
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Post by mnjrutherford on Sept 26, 2011 20:39:39 GMT -5
hmmmmm..... SUPPOSEDLY.... the trees need to be inoculated at the point of sprouting. Or, rather, the medium they sprout in needs to be "infected" with the "truffle stuff". Spore? Mychorizia? In fact, we were instructed to plant our trees in soil that had not had any sort of tree planted there for at least 10 years prior i order to avoid competition from other tree root symbiots. On the other hand, it sure would be worth a try! "Fresh" perigord truffle season starts at Christmas and goes through mid January. THAT, I do know!
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