A lot of people are struggling to get by right now, especially in rural areas. Some information has the potential to help a brother pay the bills or just have some fun with the family in the garden. You are very kind to leave this comment.
I just love all the knowledge in this video, and have learned a lot! Do you believe it is possible to grow truffles under tropical weather in medium and high altitudes? I love in Brasil and would love to give it a try!
First off thanks for your kind words Sorry for the delay in replying but I was looking for a better answer to your query.. I know that truffles are being cultivated in areas throughout South America but I think that tropical climates would not be suitable for the European species. I will have a read around and get back to you if I find out anything relevant!
@@TheRealTruffleHunters Thanks, I appreciate your feedback! Well, if you bump into any information regarding growing truffles in hot weathers, it'll be awesome. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for the lovely video, it was heartwarming to watch and provided really valuable information :) I have a little question though. Do you reckon this method could be repeated in the levantine area, given its climate?
Tuber aestivum or the black summer truffle can grows in a variety of climates. The key is rainfall, suitable soils and the species of trees, As for the Levant, I don't have a great deal of information but there have been successful cultivation projects in parts of Israel, and I have also heard there are wild truffle hunters in the Lebanon. Some regions of Syria also appear to have the right kind of soil conditions. If you can recreate these conditions then you can certainly grow these truffles. If you want any more details contact me julie@realtrufflehunters.com
Hi, thank you for sharing your experience. I've been looking for video like this for a long time. What is the purpose of using fructose and would it make a big difference if I don't put it in the mix. I'm using my dried aestivum scraps , soak them in water for a few hours, than shake to break them and use the slury to water my saplings. If you have any observations, how long should take if the inoculation is successful for aestivum to create burn pach around the tree. Thank you, and I wish you great summer season 😊
The fructose is supposed to create an environment similar to if the spores had passed through an animal's digestive system. I don't think it is vital and have not used it with tuber magnatum spores. The burn patch is more common with aestivum and trees we inoculated with this species are at Year 2, so nothing as yet but I will keep you posted on that. Our first inoculation was tuber brumale and so far this is our only experiment to bear fruit and we waited 4-5 years. Imprecise because I am not sure whether we can count Year 1 - at that time we were unaware that we were damaging spores by leaving the pieces of truffle exposed to light. We applied this knowledge in Year 2. Drying, as you are doing, might also be preferable to freezing, some mycologists say that the freezing process damages the spore sac. Hope you also have a fruitful season!!
One important question: Does it also work for old trees which are producing truffles already (but in very low amounts) to enrich the truffle population?. Thank you 🙏
Yes, you should certainly add this mixture to trees in the wild that produce any of the species of black truffles. I will try and dig out a study which shows how well-established truffle trees respond to the addition of a slurry such as this and send you the link. Meanwhile, scrape the surface of the soil, maybe 5 cm scatter a spoon of the slurry. Cover. You can also experiment burying the slurry in deeper holes (20 cm) near to the roots of the tree. Good luck
I'd encourage you to check your soil fertility and ph before you add the slurry. The old trees may have depleted certain nutrients, hence the low amounts of spores maturing. If you were to adjust critical nutrients or ph you might get many more truffles and can use the slurry to start another colony elsewhere.
@@TheRealTruffleHunters i was thinking that to enrich the population at such a place so wont need to wait 6 years to get a grown up tree to produce truffles from zero to earn some time at my project 👍
Julia, do you have any video about how to train our dogs for retrieving the truffles they find and doing that without damaging the truffle?. (He is 1 year old already and I never teached him to retrieve the truffle as I always walked by his side to make sure he doesnt harm the truffles he find but now it gets more tiring day by day ) Do you advice to train the dog to retrieve the truffle or not as sometimes they prefer eating the truffle or chewing/breaking it while bringing back?. Any advice or link of a related video of yours will be appreciated. Thanks a bunch as always 😊🥰
We have three dogs that do this naturally. If you want to train your dog to do bring you truffles in the wild, start the training in the house with truffle balls and reward the dog for bringing them to you. Then go outside - you no the drill. Finally progress to real truffles. As for breaking/damaging the truffle, this always a risk but retrieving dogs can be trained to be very gentle - as they would be if they were retrieving game (birds) as hunting dogs. The technique is too long to go into in the comments section so I should really make a video on the topic. Thanks for the great idea!
Hola te saludo desde argentina, agradecido por compartir esta parte de historia de las trufas. Te consulto por el sustrato del video,es desde ese producto que realizas el purin de esporas?, o de los recortes de las trufas. Desde ya muchas gracias
Hola Ricardo La papilla la hemos elaborado a partir de trozos de trufa, trufas viejas y maduras mezcladas con fructosa. vermiculita y agua pura. Están plantadas en un suelo que tiene un pH alto y es la mezcla adecuada de limo, arena y materia orgánica (30:30:40 aproximadamente). El suelo es rico en calcio y está situado cerca de los terrenos naturales de trufa! Espero haber respondido tu pregunta ya que mi español no es muy bueno.
@@TheRealTruffleHunters Gracias por la pronta respuesta, claro que me sirve. Es mí intención que mis nietos hereden esto de sembrar y cosechar, A valorar todas las formas de vida. Es difícil de adquirir las glebas o los restos de recortes,,mucho más conseguir sustratos para trufas. Te consulto, cómo se conserva las glebas en el caso de que las consiga Desde ya le agradezco por la información. Saludos afectuosos .
Any recommendations on species that would be suited to wet western Washington state? I want to try this out but am worried about the soil. I know I can add lime to adjust the PH but i'm not sure "well drained" is a thing when we get so much rain. Maybe I could install some french drains to help or plant on a slope?
I would research your Oregon species and see if they lend themselves to cultivation. Rain is good as long as the trees are in a sunny spot and it is not boggy!
@@TheRealTruffleHunters Thanks i've seen mixed results about being able to cultivate them and also that they spoil really quickly. With your Brumale's how long do you have before they start to go off? I think I'm going to experiment with multiple species and see what takes.
In theory, it should work with all species. Our first experiment with brumale has checked out and I know that it works for melanosporum. We planted trees with aestivum spores in 2023 so should know in a couple of years. You will definitely need to add lime if the soil pH is on the low side. We are around 7.8 and have not used any. It should be said though that we didn't have to get too creative as live right in a truffle area and conditions are already favourable!. As for other recipes, we used to just bury the truffle cuttings in the soil near to the young oaks in the garden. Nothing ever produced so I decided to take it more seriously and got this recipe from a truffle hunter who is also a mycologist
