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Morchella importuna grow on wood chips in the PNW

I have probably about 50 or so stem butts to work with that fruited from my Morchella importuna grow and I want to try some stem butt propagation. I've used this method with several other decomposer species (wine caps, blewits, oysters, etc) and wonder if I can pull this off with morels just by transfering stem butts to a new media. For this planter, I put some compost in the base then covered with a pretty thick base of native clay (which is what is the base in my current grow). I planted a mango seed (because why not), covered the clay with a layer of cardboard just like I did with my importuna grow, placed the stem butts and finished with wood chips. Will know how this did in about a year. Fingers crossed for Morel and Mango!

Last year I made a morel patch using the published method of exogenous nutrient bags. That did not fruit, and this patch is not that one. This patch was done using a spore slurry method to a woodchip pile, which was then spread to paths in a perennial garden. I used this same tek (spore slurry) on another property and got fruit for about 6 years with the same attempt. This is now repeatable for me. at a new property. If anyone wants to try this at home, you need a single dried landscape morel to start your inoculant with. Heading out for a morel hunt in a couple of weeks with some other Ladies of Mycology locally so this is a good prognostic indicator as our winter has been unseasonally dry. The first pic is where I was transplanting a raspberry and realized that I should look for more morels. The second pic is my wood chip path. The third is where most fruit are - lining the interface of wood chips to mulch in the raised beds.

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