Probably hybrid flowering specimens, some of them produce very little fruit at least in Norway. Geir Flatabø 2009/6/18 frank_bowman@......
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Griselda Mussett
griseldacann...
Jun 18, 2009 7:31 am
Bravo! Griselda ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Griselda Mussett
griseldacann...
Jun 18, 2009 8:09 am
"The black truffle known as melanosporum is a winter mushroom which grows underground (a kind of tuber) in symbiosis with the roots of certain kinds of trees....
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matthew@...
matthew_sleigh
Jun 18, 2009 10:28 am
In principle I agree, but not everyone lives in a rich, natural, diverse environment. Deserts, real deserts as well as man made deserts, such as cities and...
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Griselda Mussett
griseldacann...
Jun 18, 2009 10:48 am
Fair enough. I was thinking mostly of an invasion of Japanese knotweed into a garden I had - it was a frightful thing, and almost impossible to eradicate...
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Peter Ellis
istracpsboss
Jun 18, 2009 1:37 pm
I live in an area, Istria, renowned for its truffles. The biggest one in the Guinness Book of Records came from here. Most are unearthed by people with...
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Griselda Mussett
griseldacann...
Jun 18, 2009 1:55 pm
There are apparently many kinds of truffle, though none reaches the black truffle's heights for aroma, taste and desirability. There is the Brumale which is...
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fran k
frank_bowman
Jun 18, 2009 2:14 pm
Well, I really love blackberries, and blackberry pie, yum yum, much more than a truffle, (though sometimes I can be seen going into my special truffle room,...
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gmpm1
Jun 18, 2009 2:58 pm
Try these folks: http://www.garlandtruffles.com/...
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D
deb.guildner
Jun 18, 2009 3:03 pm
Dear Matthew, Every ecosystem., especially the ones found in arid environments, has its own 'hardy pioneer' edge species. But for some reason when the term...
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pazogie
pazogie2003
Jun 18, 2009 3:03 pm
Dear Peter, It is the white truffles that cost more. I already sent to our egroup the email where I became interested about truffles. Thank you Peter for...
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pazogie
pazogie2003
Jun 18, 2009 3:03 pm
SO I HEARD IT IS BIG BUCKS! IT SHOULD SPUR AN UNUSUAL CURIOSITY FROM EVERYONE Hello Griselda, Thank you for the valuable info.even as it is discouraging for...
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pazogie
pazogie2003
Jun 18, 2009 3:03 pm
The quest for gold has never been easy. Would it be too much of a bother to send me the the names of the company or people who made these unsuccessful...
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pazogie
pazogie2003
Jun 18, 2009 3:04 pm
Dear Peter, we'll eagerly be waiting for the updates. Would your sister be willing to share with us a few spores and the process of inoculation? I'll pay for ...
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pazogie
pazogie2003
Jun 18, 2009 3:04 pm
Hello Frank, Send me some samples of what you produce. We may be able to market them here for you. You are so right in your litany of market-scarcity-price...
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pazogie
pazogie2003
Jun 18, 2009 3:09 pm
Thanks for the info, Mr. RyBorg. I have a friend in Italy that I requested to look for truffle spores and info on how best to go about planting them. In Samar...
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Peter Ellis
istracpsboss
Jun 18, 2009 3:23 pm
The message <294295F4-DF63-49FC-9CD4-52045ABE942F@...> ... Indeed! The main source of black truffles here is thick wild oak forest, not cultivated...
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matthew@...
matthew_sleigh
Jun 18, 2009 4:14 pm
lol D yes, there is no going back. there are few, if any, real wildernesses left - the South American rainforests were slashed and farmed for 1000s of years,...
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fran k
frank_bowman
Jun 18, 2009 5:12 pm
Hello, This is a lazy question, and I am using this knowledgeable group to find it out if anyone knows. It may be perfectly obvious and simple.but I was...
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Steve
icculus2000
Jun 18, 2009 5:25 pm
Hi Vital, Did you try germinating some of the seeds indoors? It might be helpful to have an artificially warm start early in the year. I just do mine right...
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matthew@...
matthew_sleigh
Jun 18, 2009 10:36 pm
Hi Frank, Yes, usually compost needs air, warmth, and humidity. If you started your compost bin in the winter, it may have been too cold for the composting...
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D
deb.guildner
Jun 18, 2009 10:54 pm
If we'd had the ability to adapt, instead of taking over and wrecking the land of Australia's indigenes, we would have said: "Wow! What a botanical paradise. ...
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matthew@...
matthew_sleigh
Jun 18, 2009 11:45 pm
The Aboriginal Australians seemed pretty well adapted to their home. The Yupik, Inuit and Aleut did pretty well. The Native Americans were doing OK. The...
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david.keltie@...
davekeltieuk
Jun 19, 2009 10:41 am
Better still don't compost.! Return all organic matter to the soil as mulch.. David On 6/18/09, matthew@......
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matthew@...
matthew_sleigh
Jun 19, 2009 12:40 pm
I make compost/mulch areas, where I grow Mucuna, Canavailia, Winged-beans, Ipomoea batatas, gourds and just chuck the other weed - refuse on top (Sunflower,...
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R. Dale Asberry
bozomind
Jun 19, 2009 6:03 pm
For more on mushrooms, I recommend watching http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world.html Good stuff. Stamets has...
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Rob Heck
antifoundati...
Jun 19, 2009 7:55 pm
Funny I was just reading Mycelium Running last night. What an awesome book with so many interesting possible uses for fungi! On pg. 27 Stamets writes he is...
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Sara Elbrai
selbrai
Jun 20, 2009 2:09 am
What an interesting post. Thanks, Michael. Sara...
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david.keltie@...
davekeltieuk
Jun 20, 2009 8:42 am
Squash grows great like this. david On 6/19/09, matthew@......
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mentha_man
Jun 21, 2009 9:53 am
I think they are the best of the Rubus species. I read they are more raspberry than blackberry but they do have juiciness of the blackberry. I keep thinking...
