Beap52 1,834 #1 Posted Saturday at 10:24 PM Today I was gazing over what I hope to be a mushroom patch. For the past two years I have been able to harvest a few mushrooms but this year I stepped up the process. Starting about four years ago as I found morel mushrooms, I'd bring them home and wash them then pour the mushroom spore laden water in the area pictured below. A couple of years ago I found four and this past year I think I found six or seven. Last spring, I read about making a slurry with mushroom spore water, flour, and karo syrup. A fellow puts the spore water, pieces of mushroom and the afore mention ingredients in a blender for a few seconds then transfers to a bucket, aerate it for 24 to 48 hours, dilute in additional buckets then pour on target areas. I spread up and down the fence row and in the asparagus patch. The articles said it may take 3 or four years to be productive with maybe 40% chance of success. We ended the year 3 1/2 below normal rain fall. December was one of the driest on record. This past summer I watered the mushroom patch. I guess I'll know next spring. In the meanwhile, I had fresh pork shoulder, cured it this past week and smoked it today. 3 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 30,078 #2 Posted Sunday at 12:13 AM 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 76,326 #3 Posted Sunday at 12:27 AM 14 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Very interesting... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
