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Post by fleroo on Feb 10, 2020 9:10:43 GMT -5
Nuff Said.  |
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Post by ridgecommander on Feb 10, 2020 9:21:20 GMT -5
My historical patches have gone dry after logging. I have yet to get into a good bunch of them since I lost those spots. Used to have one place where filling two paper grocery bags was easy.
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Post by ridgecommander on Feb 10, 2020 9:22:07 GMT -5
Do you do the ramp thing as well? I love them diced up and put in just about everything.
The way things are already sprouting, ramps may be mid march this year.
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Post by timberdoodle on Feb 10, 2020 9:39:40 GMT -5
What the hell planet are you two living on?
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Post by redarrow on Feb 10, 2020 9:45:10 GMT -5
My second favorite mushroom. Find some some year, most years very few. And I dig wild leeks/ramps. I planted a few patches on our propery about 5-6 years ago. They spread very slowly when newly planted. If you have a good spot to dig them It's best to dig in a few different places away from the edge of the patch so that the plants can fill in from all sides.
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Post by ridgecommander on Feb 10, 2020 9:48:12 GMT -5
And I dig wild leeks/ramps. I planted a few patches on our propery about 5-6 years ago. They spread very slowly when newly planted. If you have a good spot to dig them It's best to dig in a few different places away from the edge of the patch so that the plants can fill in from all sides. I have several patches that are along a stream bottom that I have access to. They are pretty nice patches so I take a few shovel fulls from each patch to keep them producing over the years. They do seem to spread slowly, as you said. What is your first? |
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Post by whitefalcon on Feb 10, 2020 9:48:44 GMT -5
  I love them and my new found friend, "Lions Main" ! |
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Post by ridgecommander on Feb 10, 2020 9:49:18 GMT -5
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Post by fleroo on Feb 10, 2020 9:49:40 GMT -5
Ya, I do the Ramp dance also. I dug and replanted a bunch in my woods next to my house, ohhhh 15 yrs ago ? The are thriving patches now.
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Post by whitefalcon on Feb 10, 2020 9:50:10 GMT -5
  Better pic! |
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Post by redarrow on Feb 10, 2020 11:54:57 GMT -5
Those in the pics above, lions mane,(or any of the tooth mushrooms)are my favorite. I have never picked nor eaten boletus' or pinkies. They are about the only ones growing in PA that I have never picked and it's simply because I am not sure enough of identifying them to fell comfortable. |
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Post by fleroo on Feb 10, 2020 13:05:08 GMT -5
I can never drag myself out in July to look for Chants, and as far as I recall, never came across them just by happenstance. Many like them a bit more than Morels, which makes me really want to find and try them.
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Post by fleroo on Feb 10, 2020 13:06:57 GMT -5
What the hell planet are you two living on? Well thimbledoinker, you'll never find them paddling around in your Salma Kayak, slinging a fly rod. You actually have to use some boot leather.  |
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Post by redarrow on Feb 10, 2020 13:24:03 GMT -5
The last three or four years there have been bumper crops of chants. We like them and pick a lot of them but we prefer most of the others. And we have never found a way we like to keep them like freezing or drying.
We really like oyster mushrooms and with all the dead ash on our property we have found tons of them over the last few years. Before the EAB most of the oysters we found were on aspen and they were only around for a short window of time each year.
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Post by fleroo on Feb 10, 2020 13:42:44 GMT -5
"Pheasant Backs" can be found on just about any long dead Elm. For a good Pheasant Back recipe, employ my famous Cedar Plank method.  My guess, the Donner Party would have thrown out Pheasant Backs. |
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Post by redarrow on Feb 10, 2020 14:14:18 GMT -5
I don't like pheasant backs nor giant puff balls. And except for my oldest son, we don't care much for sulfur shelf(chicken mushroom), We usually leave all three of these where we find them unless we know somebody will take them. ---I have only ever found two giant puff balls in my life that were in perfect shape.
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Post by timberdoodle on Feb 10, 2020 18:47:53 GMT -5
What the hell planet are you two living on? Well thimbledoinker, you'll never find them paddling around in your Salma Kayak, slinging a fly rod. You actually have to use some boot leather. I can paddle a boat...Canoe?
And I find Chants and trumpets well into fall OAK key do key? (HINT)
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Post by fleroo on Feb 11, 2020 7:21:54 GMT -5
Trumpets ? You're dizzy yes. But you're no Dizzy Gillespie.
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Post by redarrow on Feb 11, 2020 7:26:56 GMT -5
Black trumpets are another of the good ones-very good one.
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Post by fleroo on Apr 6, 2020 9:40:12 GMT -5
Small Grey early Morels can probably be found by this weekend. I wouldn't suspect a vast load can be found this early, but some for sure.
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Post by rem700 on Apr 6, 2020 17:44:09 GMT -5
Found a few nice size one's today they must of been up a couple was a little dry.
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Post by ridgecommander on Apr 7, 2020 8:07:28 GMT -5
Spring is early this year for sure. Again........
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