Outdoor mushrooms on logs - https://fieldforest.net/grow-outdoors/on-logs/
Outdoor mushrooms in beds - https://fieldforest.net/grow-outdoors/in-gardens-beds/
Outdoor log growing chart(most grow on oak) - https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-vaypr1abh8/images/stencil/original/image-manager/screen-shot-2022-10-24-at-2.23.07-pm.png
Wine Cap is probably the easiest and is grown in wood chips in mostly shade
Almond Agaricus is one I want to try.
“” The Almond Agaricus is a heat loving Portobello mushroom variety that grows quickly and can fruit as soon as one month after planting. This mushroom pairs perfectly with garden beds, container gardens, or landscape pots as it loves regular watering. We like to companion plant ours in a high tunnel along with leafy vegetation such as bell peppers, summer squash, and tomatoes. “”
Here’s what Field & Forest has to say about Morel.
“” We have been working with Morel cultivation for years. Some trials are successful, but never to the point of honest, abundant reproducibility. This year, we are passing the cultivation baton to you, along with our best to-date instructions. This spawn is not warranted to produce mushrooms, but is a fine bag of hope to experiment with. “”
The Morel video with commentary, ***colorful commentary*** — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL10H1LY2f4
He’s using this method to increase productivity of an existing Morel spot he and his brother found on the farm when they were kids. About 1/8 acre that they would get a couple dozen morels and he now gets over 100. “” YMMV “”
Cultivating Morel Mushrooms Indoors All Year Round
"Cultivating Morel Mushrooms Indoors All Year Round: An Almost Impossible Success Story. Step into the world of mushrooms, where Danish innovation has made the impossible possible with “morels growing indoors.”
This groundbreaking project has revolutionized the cultivation of morel mushrooms by successfully replicating the challenging growing conditions that were once deemed nearly impossible to recreate.
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A very short video on growing black morels in tubs. Good images showing what they are doing.
The action of Fire on morel growth.....My thought here about Morels growing on recently burned areas is that the burning does several things. First is that it sterilizes the upper couple of inches of soil and reduces competition from other fungi and organisms. Second, it damages the root systems of trees that could support morel growth making it easier for morel to colonize them, the fire also encourages tree root regrowth in that area increasing root surfaces that allow morel growth. Fire burns sticks and detritus on the forest floor making them available for nutrients, and at the same time removes covering material, like old grass and leaves, that would normally sequester rains and allows water to freely percolate down into he soil. One last thing is burning the forest floor clears the ground so you can actually find the morels that are growing in the new grass. The type of burn is a quick burn before a rain that does not clear off mature trees.
**I said that I do not have morels, but this not technically correct. My neighbor has an elm tree with roots that extend down into my yard, and I have on occasion harvested several morels from one of my flower beds. I would be tempted to do a burn off in that area under the elm, or if I had it, an old apple orchard and then attempt to introduce morels using the method in my original post, but I live on a lot in subdivison so I will leave this to those in the country to try. (If you do this, do it early in the spring on a humid day. The "First Peoples" and Pollard's Ozark neighbors have a long time forest management practice of controlled burns to kill off insects, sooo...)
