Growing Truffles in the Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia
Anything related to finding ripe Black WInter Truffle
I’ve noticed that the focus of these blogs to date has been on the issues affecting the production of good truffles, bugs, damage etc. A summation of some of the good ones, and successful soil covered rescues seems in order. So on today’s hunt I took the camera along, and since it has been raining already (a little extra water wont hurt), a squirt bottle to clean the tops of a few of the known ones for some photos.
Truffles do not always ripe
n evenly, this photo has sections cut from a preseason truffle which usefully demonstrates typical colours from left to right, for tissue that is;Â Under-ripe / Ripe / Over-ripe. Note the visible moisture, and dissappearance of veining on the over-ripe slices. (photographic grey card at left).
Continue reading “Ripe, overripe, underripe all in one pre-season truffle.”
I’ve had a few enticing smells on located surface truffles since mid March 2012, which all later resulted a spoiled truffle that never quite got there. Now, at start of May, I’ve some more positive signs, confirming a suspicion I had last year regarding ripening before the proper season has arrived. Continue reading “Pre-Season Truffles 2012, early ripening.”