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Oregon TruffleTryst

Oregon TruffleTryst is an attempt to create an Oregon Black Truffle truffiere. Less than an acre of field has been set aside on the GCRF property for the attempt. Started in 2008, over 300 Douglas Fir seedlings have been innoculated with Oregon black truffles. Some of the black truffles were wild harvested and some were bought at the yearly Oregon Black Truffle Festival held in Eugene, Oregon. The Douglas Fir seedlings had their roots pressure washed and soaked ina disinfectant. They were placed in a slurry of Oregon black truffles for several days and then transferred to a mixture of peat, perlite, vermiculte and the remaining truffle slurry. After siz to eight weeks they were transplanted to the field. Each of the original seedlings was covered with a plastic mesh tube to deter deer and elk browsing. Subsequnt plantings without the plastic mesh protection suffered a loss of greater than 80% inthe first year. As part of my Horticulture studies, the trees in the main field were numbered, marked and measured for height and caliper. Three weed abatement treatments were randomly selected. They included recycled paper mats, moisture pourous plastic mats and using a propane torch to keep the weeds from growing arount the trees. The final report, converted by Excel into a web page format can viewed HERE. You may want to zoom the pages out a bit. Have a great day! bobf.

Soil Maps

Please note: These soil maps are for a specific area around the GCRF. They have been password protected due to a large number of visitors curious about the terrain around the site. You can view the same maps at http://www.or.nrcs.usda.gov/pnw_soil/or_data.html. Just select the county of interest, click on the 'Maps' link and start the Web Soil Survey (WSS) application. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. Have a great day! bobf.

Innoculation and planting of Douglas Fir seedlings:

                       
Some of the Oregon Black Truffles used to innoculate Douglas Fir seedlings: