Comments on: Flowers and Trees for May Day http://foxhavenjournal.com/2008/05/01/flowers-and-trees-for-may-day/ A place to grow in the hills of Missouri... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:34:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Ed Abbey http://foxhavenjournal.com/2008/05/01/flowers-and-trees-for-may-day/#comment-2194 Ed Abbey Fri, 02 May 2008 13:15:15 +0000 http://foxhavenjournal.com/2008/05/01/flowers-and-trees-for-may-day/#comment-2194 I think I have read that morel spores grow into a round mass of some sort in the fall just a centimeter or two under the surface of the soil. The mass protects it against the winter and then gives it nutrients to grow in the spring. I don't buy the growing underground theory. More likely than not, it just got to warm for them down there because once it gets up past 80 degrees for any length of time, they are done for the year. I haven't found any but I haven't had a chance to look. My parents on the other hand found a large mess of small gray morels on Wednesday evening. The live in the southern tier of Iowa counties. We have avoided the 80 degree temps so far so maybe our mushrooming season will amount to something. After picking up my brother from the airport on Saturday and taking him down to the farm, I aim to go look weather and time permitting. I think I have read that morel spores grow into a round mass of some sort in the fall just a centimeter or two under the surface of the soil. The mass protects it against the winter and then gives it nutrients to grow in the spring. I don’t buy the growing underground theory. More likely than not, it just got to warm for them down there because once it gets up past 80 degrees for any length of time, they are done for the year.

I haven’t found any but I haven’t had a chance to look. My parents on the other hand found a large mess of small gray morels on Wednesday evening. The live in the southern tier of Iowa counties. We have avoided the 80 degree temps so far so maybe our mushrooming season will amount to something. After picking up my brother from the airport on Saturday and taking him down to the farm, I aim to go look weather and time permitting.

]]> By: Beau http://foxhavenjournal.com/2008/05/01/flowers-and-trees-for-may-day/#comment-2195 Beau Fri, 02 May 2008 15:50:15 +0000 http://foxhavenjournal.com/2008/05/01/flowers-and-trees-for-may-day/#comment-2195 Well that makes sense, never knew about the the little nutritive ball thingy... sneaky little suckers! I hope you get a chance to look- we've had a good bit of warm rain so I'll try another time or two. Well that makes sense, never knew about the the little nutritive ball thingy… sneaky little suckers! I hope you get a chance to look- we’ve had a good bit of warm rain so I’ll try another time or two.

]]> By: Ed Abbey http://foxhavenjournal.com/2008/05/01/flowers-and-trees-for-may-day/#comment-2196 Ed Abbey Fri, 02 May 2008 19:18:21 +0000 http://foxhavenjournal.com/2008/05/01/flowers-and-trees-for-may-day/#comment-2196 Here's a good article on morels that I recently read: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080416/NEWS03/804160376 Here’s a good article on morels that I recently read:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080416/NEWS03/804160376

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