Scored Some Shrooms Dude
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polo1665
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I only know one guy who tried, didn't work out for him. That's not saying it can't. I think the conditions have to be perfect for these things. I am more interested in other varieties.
Mark
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polo1665
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Same here. Under dead or dying elms, in the grass (hiding around the bark), in old orchards, under May Apples. Have also found them in the middle of nowhere. Very frustrating at times.
There is a guy at work that found 700 last Saturday. We found 73 and were tickled about it.
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polo:
this is just for fun endeavor, I dont have expe5riance growing much of anything other than debt
I have not been able to get anywhere to hunt em yet...
u got lucky...
mark
this is just for fun endeavor, I dont have expe5riance growing much of anything other than debt
I have not been able to get anywhere to hunt em yet...
u got lucky...
mark
BX2230Dude
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You talkin' to me?
Don't bogart those shrooms.
This takes a little of the mystery out of how the TLB ended up in the lake
"It seemed like a good idea at the time, dude"
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BX2230Dude
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This takes a little of the mystery out of how the TLB ended up in the lake
"It seemed like a good idea at the time, dude"
Mark
In hindsight I thought the turf looked a little too shiney that day.
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You guys crack me up. I'd been resisting wise-cracking on the "shrooms" title since this post appeared.
Does anybody know if you can over-harvest these things? I always worry that I should leave some of them to ensure a good chance of a new batch the next year. I can't imaging finding 700 for goodness sakes. Cripes, if we get 30 or 40 we think we've hit the lottery.
Does anybody know if you can over-harvest these things? I always worry that I should leave some of them to ensure a good chance of a new batch the next year. I can't imaging finding 700 for goodness sakes. Cripes, if we get 30 or 40 we think we've hit the lottery.
Egon
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Has anyone tried one the Morel Mushroom growing kits?
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You guys crack me up. I'd been resisting wise-cracking on the "shrooms" title since this post appeared.
Does anybody know if you can over-harvest these things? I always worry that I should leave some of them to ensure a good chance of a new batch the next year. I can't imaging finding 700 for goodness sakes. Cripes, if we get 30 or 40 we think we've hit the lottery.
LOL, the days of those "other" mushrooms are long behind me, plus they really didn't taste very good anyhow
I am fairly new at this, but what I have learned so far is that the mushroom itself is a fruit of the fungus. Like an apple on an apple tree. It grows from the main fungus which is underground. The mushroom spreads spores much like the fruit of a fruit tree spreads seeds. That being said, I have heard of patches of morels disappearing, but I don't know the reason for it.
Yeah, that 700 number is kind of unbelievable to me, but the guy doesn't have a reputation for stretching the truth so I'll have to believe him. We found another 22 yesterday. That makes a grand total of 129 so far. We will go out again Saturday morning.
Has anyone tried one the Morel Mushroom growing kits?
Spiker posted earlier that he had bought a kit recently. I know one other person that tried and was unsuccessful. I would have to agree with Airic, they probably would not go for $60 per pound if they were easy to grow. I have read however, that there is limited success with commercial growing. I will probably try the spore kit from the website Spiker posted.
Mark