Truffle Farming- A New Approach?

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Join our email list realtrufflehun... Starting a truffle plantation requires a substantial outlay and uses an abundance of resources. Could there be a different approach which leverages existing ecosystems, demands less investment and has a much lower environmental impact? This is our most ambitious truffle experiment to date.
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@gossumx 14 дней назад

I’ll enjoy seeing the progress of your experiments for years to come.

@piginpigeon 14 дней назад

Keep up the good work!

@davetester100 13 дней назад

Very interesting ideas Julie… hope it goes well

@TheRealTruffleHunters 12 дней назад

Thanks Dave. Have you thought any more about dog breeds?

@victorbenner539 15 дней назад

Howdy young lady. Interesting we have chatted about this subject in the past. Through your videos and other resources plus my already horticulture knowledge i have a few thoughts. Before i discuss i have to say i hope i can sit down with you and your husband and talk about this subject while drinking sone Oregon and Washington wines, eating salmon and other smoked foods some day. Ok,so have you heard of Permacultere? It is a holistic view of horticulture. So focusing on trees that produce "mast"( nuts like walnuts, oaks and filberts aka Hazel nut trees). Yes these hardwood tree's are familiar tree's with truffle fungus. And the falling nuts are a huge amount of very nutritious food sources for wild and domestic animals. A person could do what necessary to prune and improve the old orchard for the benefit of the tree's and fungus making it easier to get in and harvest the truffles. But wait, there's more. Lets say you bring in some pigs at the proper time to thin out certain competing weeds and other none desirable plants,feeding this pigs,especially those nuts, to make better tasting and healthier pork by eating all those nuts? Of course you would need to be careful as to when the pigs were in the orchard. You don't want them digging up the truffles. As to inoculation i still feel firmly the the spores will do better going through a mammals intestines and being deposited in manure. This also helps the trees get THEIR fertilizer helping THEM be healthier and more productive. And the good news is you don't need to own or operate a pig farm. Find the right pig farmer and cooperate together and you both benefit along with the land owners. Im considering a similar situation with our Douglas Fir forests and cotton wood forests we have here in Washington and Oregon. There's no need to create new orchards to start the process. We literally have thousands, maybe millions of forests that are already in place and with a little help be productive. You have the advantage of those nuts though. Firs and cotton wood don't produce those valuable nuts. Think about this. And hopefully some day we can sit down and enjoy a great chat about this subject. Have a great day and good luck. 😀🌤👍🍷

@juliestopforth 14 дней назад

Hi Victor, I know you have a lot of knowledge on the subject and some very valuable insights so it'd be a great experience to chat with you over a plate or two of salmon !

@TheRealTruffleHunters 12 дней назад

We used to keep pigs in the past and still have our pen ready for new occupants - it is worth considering although I have had experience with a truffle pig and it did not go well! There is an interesting study about insects and how they help in the spore cycle if you fancy a read www.researchgate.net/publication/364217597_Mycorrhizal_fungi_and_invertebrates_Impacts_on_Tuber_melanosporum_ascospore_dispersal_and_lifecycle_by_isopod_mycophagy

@victorbenner539 12 дней назад

@juliestopforth well hopefully you can get out here some day at the Oregon Truffle Festival. I'm definitely going to it this next year. Fyi the Oregon vineyards would be a great idea to check out while you're visiting, I'll bring the smoked salmon 😋🍷🐟🎣.

@victorbenner539 12 дней назад

@TheRealTruffleHunters interesting. I'll have to check it out. My vision is improving, I go to see the surgeon again today for more treatment. That said reading much is difficult currently. Gave you considered doing any livestreams? The kind where some others can join in with both video and audio? It would be fun to do something like that. Anyway I have to get ready for my appointment. Have a great day 🌤.

@TheRealTruffleHunters 12 дней назад

@@victorbenner539 Hope all goes well.

@canavar1435 13 дней назад

About 14 years ago I build a lot of clay banks on our farm in Ireland and planted 6000 hazel for copice on top. I am thrilled to hear that it seems one can inoculate the roots after germination, did I get that right? My Jack Russell is already trained on truffles from puppy age, I would really like to get him to work some day.

@TheRealTruffleHunters 12 дней назад

Wow that's a lot of hazels. In the wild, we see that roots of older trees have become inoculated with truffle mycelium all the time. This lead to us experimenting with spores and established trees in hazel groves and this has been successful. Whether this can be replicated on your farm will depend on a few different factors. If your soil is fairly alkali (pH 7+) you are off to a good start. I imagine you know your soil and its composition well. Heavy clay soils aren't great for truffle growth they need decent drainage. You probably also know that tuber aestivum - the black summer truffle - is regularly found in Ireland and as your dog is trained and ready, sounds like you'll want to get cracking. How exciting! Good luck!!

@canavar1435 12 дней назад

@@TheRealTruffleHunters thank you for your reply. The clay in the banks is pretty well drained, as it is a bank and also airated fairly good, because after those years the is plenty of organic activity taking place within. It is mulched by foliage and any debris branches we occasionally pile on there. I will have to measure the Ph levels again, it's been a while. I will have a dig around if I can get the dog to indicate. Do you have any tips for what source material I should use to inoculate as seen in your video? I could probably find some local truffles, I hear some people are finding them in a few different places here in the West.

@yunusemregokmen6330 14 дней назад

Guess what we are doing in The Black Sea region of Turkiye which holds the %75 of world's hazelnut forests and production. And yes it works especially for Brumale. Trying to inoculate Aestivum too. We will see. :)

@TheRealTruffleHunters 14 дней назад

Take your dog in late January around the hazel orchards, choose the ones that don't till the earth. There are some areas around the Black Sea that will be a gold mine for tuber brumale, beautiful limestone bedrock in parts and large calcium deposits. Coupled with this you have thousands of years of hazelnut growing tradition. Turkey was one of the places I had in mind when I made this video so I was very happy to get your comment!