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Not sure. But they are not a morel. The dog peckers that rick picked still have the texture on the cap like a yellow or gray.
2020 shrooms!
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Not sure. But they are not a morel. The dog peckers that rick picked still have the texture on the cap like a yellow or gray.
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There are 2 different kinds that look like this. One has a hollow stem and one does not. The hollow is supposedly edible, but I am not going to risk it. I did find out the ones on our farm are the edible type......but not for me.
Buckmaster
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Buckmaster
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Only one we picked today. We found between 30 and 40 sponge and marked them. We're going to let them grow and see what we can make out of it.
Buckmaster
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We actually got a roll of marking tape. Not marking the actual mushrooms but X distance X direction from the patch. Looking forwards to the progress. Some of the reads on it are phenomenal!
This will surely make you think before picking. Of course you want to be careful if not in a total private place.
I have half a plastic bag full of trimmings and half rotted tops. I broke everything up really fine. Headed out shortly to rake them into a rotted log on one of my south facing oak slopes. I have a couple really great spots of them to start if this will work.
I'll be curious to see if that experiment works. Last year I tried an experiment where I took some wood ash and spread it around were I've had them pop up in the past, the idea being to simulate a forest fire. Didn't work...
There are some youtube videos of people having good success with making a slurry. I'd like to try it someday.
There are some youtube videos of people having good success with making a slurry. I'd like to try it someday.
Picked a spot on a south facing slope at the base of a quadruple trunked black oak that has a rotting stump in the middle. Mix of oaks, maple, elm, and cherry on this hillside, with lots of decay. Little more red clay than I wanted, but that's this property. It "feels" like morel territory here. I have another spot that I'll do the same with soon.
Basically picked my spot, cleared it, mixed in 5 gallons of firepit ash/dirt, mixed well, topped, and mixed again. Then covered with leaves. I'll probably add another couple buckets of soil throughout the year. We'll see what happens.
Basically picked my spot, cleared it, mixed in 5 gallons of firepit ash/dirt, mixed well, topped, and mixed again. Then covered with leaves. I'll probably add another couple buckets of soil throughout the year. We'll see what happens.
Buckmaster
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In the fall of 2018 my mom bought me some morel spores for my birthday. In the Spring of 2019 I took the kids old sandbox and converted it into my worm and morel mushroom box. I went to Lowe’s and bought a few bags of sand, manure, topsoil, hardwood mulch, and peat. I added some old rotten apple wood pieces, sprinkled my spores, and turned it all over. So far no morels but the directions did say it takes 3-4 years to produce. We shall see. In the meantime my squirrels love to bury their hickory nuts in there. I keep it juiced with rotting apple logs and decaying elm bark. Maybe next year.
Iowa_Buckeye
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Took the family out looking today and found our first ones of the year. All small greys and a single yellow. Found some false ones - included a pic of them too.
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