Truffles in Wyoming??

Has anyone tried this elsewhere?

https://onegreenworld.com/product/truffle-tree/


Truffle Tree

We now offer 2 different species of truffle inoculated oak trees. For growers in USDA Zones 7 or above we recommend Quercus ilex, the Holly Oak, as it is an excellent, long lived and gorgeous evergreen oak well adapted to the West Coast. Quercus ilex prefers dry summers. For growers in colder climates, USDA Zones 5 and above, we recommend planting Quercus robur, the English Oak. Also a very stately and long lived tree the English Oak is deciduous, very cold hardy and will support your truffle growing for many decades.

At OGW we have truffle fever. While the fruit is actually a fungus the reward of growing your own truffles might far exceed that of any other home grown food. The reward is one of the most sought after mushrooms in the world, the Black Truffle!

Truffle trees generally take 4-6 years to produce truffles and 8-10 years to reach full production. Tree spacing is 15 x 15 and most farms need to have irrigation to get the truffles. 1 Acre of truffle trees can produce 50-80 pounds. At $500-$2000 per pound you can easily expect to gross $25,000 an acre. This is not an implied guarantee but rather general truffle industry information.

Certification

This Truffle Tree seedling has been inoculated with the prized French Perigord Black Truffle (Tuber melanosporum) spores, which are necessary to form truffles when the tree reaches reproductive maturity.

Planting Instructions

   Soil preference is a loam soil with a bit of lime added
   Dig out the planting hole
   Water pot before removing seedling to make the tree come out of the pot with roots intact.
   Gently tap the sides and massage loose the root ball
   Place in planting hole and backfill with the native soil
   The tree should be mulched

Avoid

We do not recommend using chemical fertilizer or herbicides, and especially not fungicides with your Truffle trees which may negatively affect the soil pH and biological activity.

I live in Oregon and I have some experience with the Oregon White Truffle which grows in my garden and around the farm under Douglas-fir trees. I've also taken Truffle growing classes at the local Community College from one of the folks who pioneered the growing of European truffles in Oregon.

I've noticed my local nursery sells these truffle-inoculated oaks, I think they're  also from One Green World. I'm really tempted to buy one, but they are super pricey and truffle growing is a real gambler's crop- success is not likely for a beginner. However, if you have an open area free of any pre-existing tree roots or mycorrhizae, you could try planting the tree in extremely well-limed soil . Truffles love a calcium-rich soil and they require a neutral or even slightly alkaline soil. European truffles also do not like competition from other species of fungi.

If you're interested in growing truffles, I heartily recommend Taming the Truffle by Ian R. Hall, Gordon T. Brown and Alessandra Zambonelli. This book has a lot of great information for folks who want to grow truffles, or are just interested in them. The French have been cultivating truffles since the early 1800s. I also recommend finding out if any wild truffles grow in your area- maybe an edible species grows nearby that you could sample and then cultivate on your place. Good luck truffling!

Truffle growers in Idaho are reporting success with growing European truffles:

https://www.idahofb.org/News-Media/2018/05/some-idaho-growers-starting-to

Apparently there is region in Idaho where the European truffles like the soil and climate.

M.K. Dorje Sr. wrote:I live in Oregon and I have some experience with the Oregon White Truffle which grows in my garden and around the farm under Douglas-fir trees. I've also taken Truffle growing classes at the local Community College from one of the folks who pioneered the growing of European truffles in Oregon.

I've noticed my local nursery sells these truffle-inoculated oaks, I think they're  also from One Green World. I'm really tempted to buy one, but they are super pricey and truffle growing is a real gambler's crop- success is not likely for a beginner. However, if you have an open area free of any pre-existing tree roots or mycorrhizae, you could try planting the tree in extremely well-limed soil . Truffles love a calcium-rich soil and they require a neutral or even slightly alkaline soil. European truffles also do not like competition from other species of fungi.

If you're interested in growing truffles, I heartily recommend Taming the Truffle by Ian R. Hall, Gordon T. Brown and Alessandra Zambonelli. This book has a lot of great information for folks who want to grow truffles, or are just interested in them. The French have been cultivating truffles since the early 1800s. I also recommend finding out if any wild truffles grow in your area- maybe an edible species grows nearby that you could sample and then cultivate on your place. Good luck truffling!

I doubt any truffles grow in my area. There aren't any trees. lol Not where I am at least.

On the good side my property still has large dead swaths so I could easily cultivate trees in a few of these dead areas. I'll amend the soil and plant 2, see what happens. If truffles don't grow then I hope at the very least I'll have great trees helping a dead area.

I've innoculated 10 species of oaks with black and white european truffle spores and have 80 seedlings currently planted in North AL. Will let you know results in 20 years ha ha.

I attended this lecture about the commercial truffle industry.
Good introduction to the various culinary truffles, false truffles, which tree species are good to grow truffles under, basic cultivation techniques, etc.

Also, there's an organization called North American truffle Growers Association if you wanna really get into it! (https://trufflegrowers.com/)

And I thought truffles were just an Italian thing! Did not know they were in the USA. And...it is possible to grow them commercially? Thanks for putting this on the radar--I hope it was a great seminar.

I don't have too much experience with growing European truffles, but I used to have Oregon white truffles grow in and around my food forest garden on the long, invasive roots of Douglas-fir trees. I also attended some classes on truffle growing, but decided that my place doesn't have the right spot for growing European truffles. But I just noticed today that Field & Forest Products- my favorite mushroom spawn company- has a new blog about truffle growing. Check out this link:

https://www.fieldforest.net/product/truffle-tree-orchard-season-one/BLOG?utm_source=FFP+NEWSLETTER+MASTER+LIST&utm_campaign=695fc44993-May_2025_Newsletter_052125&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5b78db7224-695fc44993-138215737&mc_cid=695fc44993