Growing Morel mushrooms?

[John-W-WI]

Anyone ever seen anything like this? I'd like to try it. I've searched my farm to no end (shed hunting usually) and never found a single Morel. I did find some one year along a railroad easement. That's the only time I've ever found any. They were yummy.

http://www.outdoorhub.com/how-to/20...s-in-your-own-backyard/#.VqmKSipgQWA.facebook

 

[Tree Spud]

I have not tried that; however, I always collect morels with a mesh bag. That way as you are carry the morels the spores that drop out will fall back onto the ground.

They tend to be located near certain trees that are dying and the bark is falling off. I know that elm trees are a good source tree for them.

Slowly sautéed in a pan with butter, onions, garlic and a bit of white wine ... :)

 

[ruskbucks]

My wife showed me this the other day. Unbelievable! If this works this should bring the price down a lot.

 

[shawnv]

I have elm and apple trees close to the house, typically we can get 1-3 meals worth of them each year. You could have the trees but the soil ph might not be right or not have the right moisture levels. Most are found on South or West facing slopes too.

Pretty awesome video because in all the research I've done growing morels on purpose has not been very successful. If I used these techniques on my farm maybe I end up with 5 gallon pails full.

 

[Catscratch]

Great video. I've tried a couple of different things but nothing works for me. My hot spots only produce every couple of yrs and it seems the conditions are good at the right time only on rare occasions. It would be cool to have a technique that produced more when the time/conditions were good.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Nothing tastes quite like morel mushrooms. Excellent with beef or venison !!

 

[Ace]

That's very interesting, I've found very few....but keep wanting to try more and more.

 

[John-W-WI]

The video I posted says "stay tuned for video #2"... I went to their youtube channel. There doesn't appear to be a video 2 yet (8 months late!) :(

 

[Native Hunter]

Do you guys up north use the term "dry land fish" for morels? That's what everyone around here calls them. They don't grow in southern TN where I was last week. I couldn't believe it - started talking to those guy about them and they had never seen one.

PS: I would just like to buy a gallon of that slop he mixed up. My guess is that it could be a new thriving industry.

 

[John B]

I blended up so many mushrooms last spring to make up these mixes Im almost embarrassed to say how many. Ill let you guys know if this is as easy as the video makes it look next spring.

 

[Tap]

I always collect morels with a mesh bag. That way as you are carry the morels the spores that drop out will fall back onto the ground.

I did it with a mesh bag for a while until I saw a video about saving the rinse water after cleaning shrooms and spreading the spore-laden water where you want. I spread them in places where I already find some morels so I know it's a spot morels like. I'm hopping the rinse water will increase the numbers growing in that spot.
It seems logical to me that it would be better to contain the spores while walking through the woods until I get home and clean them. That way, I will know exactly where the spores get spread. Just tried that for the 1st time this year...we'll see if it works.

 

[Tree Spud]

I did it with a mesh bag for a while until I saw a video about saving the rinse water after cleaning shrooms and spreading the spore-laden water where you want. I spread them in places where I already find some morels so I know it's a spot morels like. I'm hopping the rinse water will increase the numbers growing in that spot.
It seems logical to me that it would be better to contain the spores while walking through the woods until I get home and clean them. That way, I will know exactly where the spores get spread. Just tried that for the 1st time this year...we'll see if it works.

Good idea! keep us posted.

 

[Catscratch]

I did the rinse water thing for a couple of yrs. I find most of my morels near a creek so I used creek water to rinse them after the hunt (figured creek water is better than tap water). Put it in a hand sprayer and sprayed my walk in trails, honey holes, spots that looked good, etc. No change at all the following yrs!
Truth be known, if you look at the biology of the spore release the woods are probably completely covered with them within a day of the mushrooms popping up.

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[Tap]

I did the rinse water thing for a couple of yrs. I find most of my morels near a creek so I used creek water to rinse them after the hunt (figured creek water is better than tap water). Put it in a hand sprayer and sprayed my walk in trails, honey holes, spots that looked good, etc. No change at all the following yrs!
Truth be known, if you look at the biology of the spore release the woods are probably completely covered with them within a day of the mushrooms popping up.
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Thanks for sharing your findings. That's too bad that the rinse water didn't seem to increase morel numbers. But I'll continue to spread the rinse water. It can't hurt and there's no sense just washing it down the drain.

 

[Catscratch]

To be honest it probably isn't a fair test as our morel seasons are spotty at best. I only found 12 this yr and logged over 12 miles in just one day of looking. That's not a great average. Rinse water my work a lot differently in another part of the world...

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[IkemanTx]

I have a feeling that a lot of his success lies in his deep wood mulch. It helps maintain moisture and supplies large amounts of nutrients. I like his idea of using wood ash to adjust the PH. Might be worth looking into spreading it in areas that periodically produce naturally... Maybe spur a bloom that otherwise wouldn't have happened.


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[Steve Oehlenschlager]

I have lived in my house for 17 years. 2 years ago I burned a very small brush pile by my house during the winter. It was about 6 foot across. That spring I collected 2 ice cream buckets in one day from that 6 foot circle. I never had one grow this spring. I even did more burning in the same vicinity of the same kind of trees and brush. Was at least hoping for something this spring!

 

[JFK52]

The morel picker I know goes to great lengths to keep his spots secret. Since he sells his mushrooms from $15-25 a pound depending on the year, I can see why he safeguards his spots. I find them in my yard near the spots that elm trees have died recently. Dutch elm disease is killing everyone of my elm trees.
Absolutely the best eating mushrooms !! After splitting and rinsing them to get out the bugs and dirt from the woods, I just pan fry them in butter.

 

[Telemark]

I tried it two years ago. No results so far.

However, I did not try inoculating landscape mulch. I have actually seen that work in Norway.

 

[KDdid]

Do you guys up north use the term "dry land fish" for morels? That's what everyone around here calls them. They don't grow in southern TN where I was last week. I couldn't believe it - started talking to those guy about them and they had never seen one.

PS: I would just like to buy a gallon of that slop he mixed up. My guess is that it could be a new thriving industry.

“Dry land fish “-Native, that’s a Kentucky thing, for sure. I heard it first when turkey hunting in Wolfe county back in the 90’s. I found a few down there, but the locals seemed uninterested. Maybe there wasn’t much of a tradition of eating them in the area we hunted in.


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