Morel slurry UPDATE and mushroom hunt Ep 236

[@mus9197]

Thank you for the followup vid. I'm up in Washington where a patch of black morels started growing in our gravel driveway. imagine that! The mushroom hunters who helped my mom identify them are jealous as all get. I've been seeing slurry videos to see if I could start propagating them in a better spot of the yard so they aren't smushed by foot traffic or the trailer. My driveway is fully gravel about 2 feet down in this spot due to land leveling, and its only about a year or two old. The morels just started popping up to our knowledge last year, and might be associating with the neighbor's big old cherry tree if they're associating with anything. I wish you luck on your propagation, and thanks again for the insight!

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Wow, in the driveway. It's probably prime morel hunting time up there. It is officially over with here in Oklahoma. I went April 30th and found ten old ones that crumbled apart as I tried to pick them. Ended up throwing them under a cedar tree next to my house. Good luck on your hunt, I suspect black morels are not easy to spot in the forest.

[@johnnyfish6051]

Thanks for the follow up! I've seen so many slurry vids with no follow up. GOOD JOB, Good luck.

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

You're very welcome. Just wish I had good news. Maybe next time.

[@country4lyfe365]

Lol she has thee longest ,prettiest hair. Awsome video.

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Thanks. She certainly has a full head of hair. Luckily she didn't take after me in that department.

[@judd3542]

I put the Morels under a glass jar for a few days, then gather the spores... looks like dust, also the water from rinsing them

[@vladas1985]

There is a lot of morels in a place where Im living. We are collecting tham all the time from from april 'till may. But this year was really special. And there is only two species growin'. Morela esculenta and black morel.

[@Reverendoctor]

There are recent studies that showed that pulling the whole morel doesn't hurt the patches production. The reason to do so is because the stem butts are the best to use for propagation. Use the parts that are all fuzzy just below the ground. They are Excellent at propagating more mycelium in a new spot. Blend them with water and use within 24hrs. Keep the stem butt slurry under different trees than the spore water. The stem butts will grow one family strain and the spore water will hopefully create a different lineage. Otherwise they could compete and one will usually win out over the other strain. I had luck putting yellow morel water under poplar trees. Those poplars were next to a black morel patch growing around black cherry trees. I think they really liked the sandy loam soil in that area. Adding gypsum and charred wood to the soil is supposed to help also. Putting under trees without mushrooms but right next to where you found them is the best bet because you know the soil is the right ph and consistency. For your slurry use ¾ of a bucket to a full bucket of water and only a pinch of salt. Like ½ teaspoon or less. Then that one bucket can be added into 10 more buckets of water. Cover more areas with more water. Pour ½ bucket around each tree base. Billions of spores in a few morels so you can dilute 1:10. Use within 12-24 hours. Mycelium can't survive in too wet environment. Like humans they breathe oxygen and can suffocate. When i started the new yellow poplar patch the next year I got 2 mushrooms. The 2nd year there were 7! It usually takes 2 years to get fruits. Happy hunting! Use the advice here and comments from others and you will get it dialed in. Happy growing!

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Thanks a ton for that information. I'll give it a go next year and post up about it. The wife won't let me sell this acreage so I'll be here for the long haul. lol

[@jamescraig8601]

I very much enjoyed the family hunt. I hunted with my father and my kids hunt with me.shrooms grow where the conditions are right. Scatter elm chips on your slurry bed to feed the mycelium. Looking forward to follow ups.

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@freeradiorulo4894]

Redbuds blooming here in Nerbaska as well! Had some good rain this week. Getting out in the woods early sat morning!

[@pilzfreak9662]

Why not put the slurry with the spores back to the cedar tree? Maybe there it can grow a symbiotic relationship with the trees and maybe over some years morels will grow there. By the way, you hunting morels with your daughter reminds me so much of morel hunt with my family. Always a treat!

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Good question. I wanted to see if I could get them to grow without any symbiotic relationship to the cedars other than the leaf litter I put down. It may be an impossibility, but I wanted to try anyways. Next year I'll be making a slurry and putting it under cedar trees on my property where I haven't found morels in the past. In fact I was out yesterday looking for the largest cedars for that very idea. Thanks for watching, hope you were able to look for some if you have them in your area.

[@mybasics7194]

Very informative morel slurry

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video.

[@tradergirl7067]

I've slurried my yard and property for years and notta.. but I get an epic bounty from the same place every year in the Mark Twain National Forest.i love me some spring time. this year wasn't the best but I've determined my slurry doesn't work

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

I'm about ready to through the towel in on my attempts. I didn't get a chance to do the slurry this year as my world came crashing down around me. Next year though.... I'll stubbornly try it again. Thanks for watching, just wish I had some success to report.

[@Tarheelsrule]

Just a quick word of advice watering your Morel beds with water that contains chlorine isn't going to get the job Done putting fresh morels in a bowl of water not sure where you got the water from but if it was out of the faucet then more likely that the spores will not survive the chlorine voice actor water prepared in buckets or whatever a few days ahead that much the chlorine evaporate from the or do what I do and buy bottled water

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Great thing about living out on an acreage outside of town. Everything is well water here.

[@timgreene8432]

Fire ash is a good fertilizer but you could be adding to much to the slurry which might not be good either. Just a thought. Enjoyed watching your Day !

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Thanks. It could be. I added dead fish one year to my tomato plants. They took off growing like crazy, then burned up and died.

[@landonprice851]

Perhaps you already know this, but morels are mycorrhizal fungi. This means that they form symbiotic relationships with the roots of plants (specifically trees) which is why you find them consistently with certain types of trees. They're not necessarily breaking down the leaf litter. The mycelium provides the tree with water and minerals while the tree provides the fungus with photosynthesized sugars. I believe morels also have a saprophytic (breaking down organic matter) function and/or phase in their lifecycle though, so you may have luck with your morel bed. There are also lots of different species of morels and obviously they vary quite a lot from trees they associate with to their saprophytic tendencies. In my area I typically find mostly Morchella diminutiva and I find them in association with hickory trees. Unfortunately, as the name diminutiva may suggest, they're quite small in comparison to the species you're finding. One last thing.. and I hate to be this guy, but at 13:07 there are three morels in frame and you may have only harvested 2! D:

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Thanks for the information. It may be a lost cause trying to grow a morel bed , but it won't be from the lack of trying. lol. I have no doubt I missed some morels. That's why I try to get one of my daughters to go with me. Young eyes and all. Mine are not what they used to be.

[@feliciachitwood9400]

That’s cool this is my first time watching you. I ran across this video trying to figure out how to grow males. My husband and I have tried the last three years we have all the hardwoods with still no luck are you using non-chlorine water I’ll go to your page and see if you have a video about them

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Thanks for watching. I'm still struggling with it myself. Just glad I have them growing in other spots on the acreage.

[@RacinJosh72]

Any updates on your morel bed for 2024 yet? Just wondering on if you found any in it this year.

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Not a single one. I may have to give it a try under some cedar trees.

[@RacinJosh72]

After years of saying that I’m going to try the slurry method, I’m finally trying it, I have 2 different methods brewing with a bubbler right now, just finished up mixing them together and I’m hoping to find some growing in the next years to come.

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

@@RacinJosh72 I wish you the absolute best of luck. I'm not going to stop trying. This spring my world was thrown into a tragic tailspin, but I'll be back at it next morel season.

[@randymiller7521]

Definitely do it under and around trees that there known to be around. The roots share a symbiotic relationship with the fungus I have had luck around my white pines.

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

@@randymiller7521 That's my next move in 2025. I've got several cedar trees that never have morels under them so I'm going to start spreading the slurry under them.

[@l.farmer1268]

great video!

[@Tarheelsrule]

Dude dig up the whole morel mushroom from underneath your pine tree take it and put the whole thing in your bed mushroom at all do not disturb the mycelium

[@curlybrownk9]

15:44 you missed one straight ahead a bit to the left, about 2 to 3 feet.

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

That doesn't surprise me. LOL. Once I was scuba diving and swam right over three stolen firearms. Didn't see them until I reviewed the video I had taken. Went back the next day and grabbed them up. Thanks for watching.

[@the_alexis2]

Glad the snake didn’t get me.

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

I am too.... although it would have been funny. lol

[@country4lyfe365]

Is that a rule of thumb ,about thee redbuds?

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

In Oklahoma it is. When the redbuds bloom you want to be either looking for Yellow Morels or up a creek fishing for spawning Sand Bass. Both are fun.

[@Tarheelsrule]

Lmao if you want to find morel mushrooms follow deer trails hickory trees / acorns the buildup of the nutshell on the ground over the years sink into the soil and are probably the best producing morel mushrooms than any other tree

[@we.bee.6400]

You can teach dogs, to find morels. It is possible.

[@krazeygames]

True story, my silver lab Grace takes me to the early patches every year.

[@wesstump7449]

You do know it takes up to 5 years ?

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

No I did not know that. I figured the morel mycelium grew about as fast as any other. I had oyster mushrooms growing on a log within 8 months. Looks like I've got a while to wait.

[@Tarheelsrule]

2 Years Dude

[@Tarheelsrule]

@@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643 it only takes 2 years

[@JosephSmith-sg2gn]

4/9/24 we found 122 of them today

[@outdoorswithwoodswoman8467]

I'm afraid of snakes and I am going morel hunting....hope I don't see any...I am in michigan

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Good luck. I'm going back out tomorrow. Just had a friend post up showing two morels twice the size of a Coke can.

[@funganiorchards]

First view 😊

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Awesome, lol