How to grow Truffles

Truffles are a delicacy, and are the fruiting body of a fungus that lives symbiotically with the roots of an inoculated tree such as an oak or hazelnut tree.

How to grow Truffles

Truffles are a delicacy, and are the fruiting body of a fungus that lives symbiotically with the roots of an inoculated tree such as an oak or hazelnut tree.

The fungus (known as a mycorrhiza) is colonised onto the roots of the host tree. Truffles prefer a well-drained soil enriched with compost and decomposed manure.

They require all the usual plant nutrients, but in relativel...

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