You can farm truffles. From what I have just read, as long as you have enough land, proper soil conditions and the correct trees, you should be good. (Truffle mycelium is dependent on the tree type it grows around.)
You do now, that’s the point. It used to be basically impossible to cultivate orchids, then they found the trick to doing it (some fungus or bacteria or something), and now you can buy them everywhere.
Those are usually phalaenopsis orchids- the white button mushrooms of the orchid world. If you can remember to water them every 11 days and keep them in bright indirect light, you’ll have a couple months of nice flowers and then you can throw it away once it doesn’t look pretty anymore, because it was $9.99 at Safeway.
You aren’t going to find habenarias at the grocery store. They need precise lighting, humidity and watering/drying conditions that mimic their monsoon/dry seasons, with proper differences in day and nighttime temps. They aren’t that much more expensive, usually in the $30 range, but they are only sold at specialty shops, and are usually purchased by people who don’t consider an out of bloom orchid to be ready for the trash.
There are some truffle farms, but not many and it’s not clear yet that they are profitable since truffle growth takes a long time and a lot of land. The process all together sounds pretty fickle.
How much is that worth
Google says, depending on grade, around $600-$700 USD.
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Fungus is complicated
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They’ve tried… Truffles are particularly complicated
Lawl imagine if you could just inject some truffle spores into a packet of Uncle Ben’s, then poop it into some dirt.
Then again, growing a batch of golden teachers will net you enough flushes to trade for a truffle like this.
You can farm truffles. From what I have just read, as long as you have enough land, proper soil conditions and the correct trees, you should be good. (Truffle mycelium is dependent on the tree type it grows around.)
Here is a decent intro: https://trufflefarms.com/guide-to-truffle-farming/
That IS cool, but I can make a couple pounds of golden teachers in my closet with a spritz bottle and zero care, and trade them for many truffles!
It’s that expensive because it’s hard to farm. If it can be reliably farmed the price would likely go down.
See also: Orchids
Weird because this grocery store I’d go to always had a ton of orchids on sale. For cheap.
You do now, that’s the point. It used to be basically impossible to cultivate orchids, then they found the trick to doing it (some fungus or bacteria or something), and now you can buy them everywhere.
Those are usually phalaenopsis orchids- the white button mushrooms of the orchid world. If you can remember to water them every 11 days and keep them in bright indirect light, you’ll have a couple months of nice flowers and then you can throw it away once it doesn’t look pretty anymore, because it was $9.99 at Safeway.
You aren’t going to find habenarias at the grocery store. They need precise lighting, humidity and watering/drying conditions that mimic their monsoon/dry seasons, with proper differences in day and nighttime temps. They aren’t that much more expensive, usually in the $30 range, but they are only sold at specialty shops, and are usually purchased by people who don’t consider an out of bloom orchid to be ready for the trash.
https://orchidden.com.au/2022/02/16/habenaria-orchids/
There are some truffle farms, but not many and it’s not clear yet that they are profitable since truffle growth takes a long time and a lot of land. The process all together sounds pretty fickle.
Yeah but the whole reason for the price is because these are a pain to grow
As far as I am aware they already do… But still needs certain conditions certain trees etc. And certain years before they appear.