Totally Truffles - composted spores / grow your own truffles
These are composted truffle spores that can be used produce truffles by infecting the roots of suitable host tree species (see the table below for compatibility). This product is specifically designed to boost the mycelia and mycorrhiza adjacent to the roots of compatible trees, grown in well drained, calcified soils of a pH above 7.5
These truffle spores not only give your tree the capacity to host a highly prized fungi; the treatment will also improve your trees health by improving its capacity to fight infections and unlock otherwise unavailable nutrients from the soil.
Technical details: A 100g sachet of compost typically contains: 1 gram of truffle spores, (between 20,000 and 40,000 spores), organic substances, calcium, and vermiculite and sugars.
Treatment of established trees: Once you have identified a suitable tree, make a hole in the ground around 25 cm in diameter and 25 cm deep positioned around your trees canopy edge (distance away from trunk). Ensure that you locate the roots in the soil to allow the truffle spores to infest them To each hole add the entire sachet of truffle spores and back fill with loam.
Treatment of immature trees: For young trees around one or two years old, make sure the area around the trunk is well weeded then sprinkle the truffle spore mixture around the tree and let it make its way down into the ground by hoeing the soil to a depth of about 10 cm.
Maintenance: Repeat these operations every year from March through to May. For the best results, a tree foliar fertilizer is recommended that increases rates of photo-assimilation and therefore sugar availability to the roots and fungus.
Table: Truffle - Tree Host Compatibility Table
Truffle / Tuber (fungus / spore / inoculum)
T. aestivum / unicantum
T. borchii
T. magnatum
T. melanosporum
T. macrosporum
Host Tree Species
black summer / autumn
bianchetti / off white / Tuscany
white Truffle
Black Winter Truffle
Black Smooth
Common Hazel
√
√
√
√
√
European Hop Hornbeam
√
√
√
√
√
English Oak
√
√
√
√
√
Holm Oak
√
√
√
√
√
Large and Small leaf Lime Tree
√
√
√
√
√
Beech tree
√
√
non-compatible
non-compatible
non-compatible
Silver birch
√
non-compatible
non-compatible
non-compatible
√
Pussy / Whie Willow
non-compatible
non-compatible
√
non-compatible
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