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OHIO 2024 -- MOREL & SPRING MUSHROOM POSTS
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Same problem as before, no pics. I'd be interested in the Chant/Crawdad tail pie. Occasionally the next door neighbor lady gets adventurous, and a few years ago she prepared a Louisiana style dish that had crawdad tails in it. Her kids wanted nothing to do with it, so she brought me over a bunch of leftovers. It was delicious!
I had a phenomenal Chant year last year. Best one ever. Good luck to all this year.
I had a phenomenal Chant year last year. Best one ever. Good luck to all this year.
Central OH - Franklin County
WHOOAH!
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This Picture is from this morning Feb 27. Two Shiitake on my old logs, in my back yard, that gave me nothing last year.
In the past finding Shiitake on my logs would be a harbinger telling me to get out into the woods for 'shrooms.
After breakfast, I'm going out to my spot for Black Morels that has given me delight for 11 years in a row and see if there is a surprise waiting.
Any Bets?
WHOOAH!
This Picture is from this morning Feb 27. Two Shiitake on my old logs, in my back yard, that gave me nothing last year.
In the past finding Shiitake on my logs would be a harbinger telling me to get out into the woods for 'shrooms.
After breakfast, I'm going out to my spot for Black Morels that has given me delight for 11 years in a row and see if there is a surprise waiting.
Any Bets?
Woa that is crazy! Keep us updated. This would be the earliest I would have heard anyone finding blacks.
The rest of the story.
I'm back from the short trip to my reliable Black Morel spot - with no Black Morels!
As I thought about getting carried away with excitement, I recalled that the home grown shiitake never predicted the FIRST mushrooms of the year or the first Morels. They showed that there was adequate moisture for mushrooms to grow.
Next, I took soil temperatures in my back yard at 2" soil depth and found 48 degrees in the sunny part of the yard and 44 degrees in continuous shade. In my Black Morel spot, the soil temp was also 48 degrees at 2" of soil depth in the sun.
These are still too low for Morels in my experience, which is in the 50's.
I'll call it a win because I enjoyed getting excited and getting into the woods!! 😎 ⛅
I'm back from the short trip to my reliable Black Morel spot - with no Black Morels!
As I thought about getting carried away with excitement, I recalled that the home grown shiitake never predicted the FIRST mushrooms of the year or the first Morels. They showed that there was adequate moisture for mushrooms to grow.
Next, I took soil temperatures in my back yard at 2" soil depth and found 48 degrees in the sunny part of the yard and 44 degrees in continuous shade. In my Black Morel spot, the soil temp was also 48 degrees at 2" of soil depth in the sun.
These are still too low for Morels in my experience, which is in the 50's.
I'll call it a win because I enjoyed getting excited and getting into the woods!! 😎 ⛅
Shhh. They’re not up yet🤣. Can’t believe March 12th this year last year was March 26th. If you’ve got known black spots in ohio better go check on em. Mines up. 20 minutes from cedar point. Picked 5 the size of top picture for a sammich and got out of there go back in few days. It’s on ohio!
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Wow! I was doing some running around today and saw some ornamental trees in full bloom! Never seen that this early, and I'm 71!
Weatherman on toledo11 said it was warmest February ever so I knew they’d be early but March 12th is real early
Today I put the trampoline up for my daughter and worked around yard. I raked back the leaf litter over my garlic plants (23 out of 30 bulbs sprouted from last falls plantings). In my raised asparagus bed and there’s one feller up already about 2-3” tall. 12 years since building and planting it took time but now we get bountiful harvest in backyard in 4x8 bed.
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Tornado touched down not far from home here. That hail is the biggest I’ve ever seen in my life mother natures wonders. What I think is so neat is some of the hail is perfectly round and smooth and some of it is sheared jagged edge looking. It’s amazing the size of and amount of hail we had.
Last year here was April 8th. The soil here is clay. If you have sandy, silty, loamy soil it may warm quicker. I'm in west central ohio
Check the ground temps reports for mushroom reports I'll be posting there along with temps. If the soil is different I'll indicate it otherwise it is clay type.
Woods is livening up! Started later in morning than I wanted to. Have found 14 I believe. Still here for a bit.
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