Grow your own morels....

[Fishmission]

Almost embarrassed to admit. I’ve never had local hand-picked mushrooms before

 

[1804]

Amazon sucks

Anyone ever tried this? I know people put their forest finds in bags that let spores naturally spread, but has anyone purchased and spread anything like this in their own yard?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074RB36HW/?tag=nodakangler10-20

It's cheap enough I just might try it next year....I know, cheating - right?

 

[CatDaddy]

Amazon sucks

Amazon generally sucks or specific to Morel spores?

 

[CatDaddy]

https://www.fieldandstream.com/articles/hunting/2013/04/finding-cooking-morel-mushrooms#page-2

Guy, is this solid information based on your experience hunting?

 

[Davy Crockett]

The only thing that I'd add to that article is the importance of putting the catch in an onion bag and spread the spores .

 

[MuskyManiac]

Well, I bought the spores. I'll report next year if anything happens. I do live by the coulee, so I have some good land in my backyard.

 

[guywhofishes]

https://www.fieldandstream.com/articles/hunting/2013/04/finding-cooking-morel-mushrooms#page-2

Guy, is this solid information based on your experience hunting?

yep.

As soon as you find some morels you should hunt like hell for areas that mirror that same habitat/conditions.

And the same locations are generally good year after year - until perhaps the dying hosts are "really dead" as opposed to injured/dying.

You're actually picking the "flowers" of the fungus - the fungus is "flowering one last time" because the hosts are dying. In some areas it's a continuous cycle of some of the trees being in weak/dying condition so those spots can be good for decades. Single dead elms on the other hand are a one - two year deal at best.

 

[CatDaddy]

If you were going to prepare an area to grow morels in your yard, how would you go about it? Is a decayed woodpile, shaded all the time, be a good start?

 

[Lycanthrope]

 

[guywhofishes]

Pffft… no mosquitoes, not ticks, no buffalo gnats? What fun would that be???