darbwa Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 I have been scouring the same section of woods everyday for the last week and I finally found some morels! I found these this morning in the Tulsa area. Does anyone know when the best time to pick a morel is? Meaning, will the little guys get any bigger if I wait to pick them? Or should I assume that any morel I see is as big as it will get? As an experiment, I left 2 behind and took a picture of them next to a marker. I am going to go back this afternoon to see if they are any bigger.
ness Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 My rule of thumb is pick 'em when you see 'em. But I generally can't get out several days in a row. I'm interested to see how your experiment turns out. John
fishinwrench Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 They gotta start small, right? I mean they don't just pop up like popcorn. Or do they?
ness Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Maybe I need to rethink my rule of thumb BilletHead 1 John
darbwa Posted April 2, 2015 Author Posted April 2, 2015 Very interesting video Ness. I think I will hold off picking the little guys but I still am not sure how I am going to make a determination on when to pick. Luckily these guys grow in the forrest behind my office so I can go out there anytime, andy day. ness 1
BilletHead Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Rule of thumb or not it is going to the first greedy hand that gets it. Mrs. BilletHead will race me to the find. She wins, BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
jdmidwest Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 I have little grays like that come up in the yard each spring, they never get much bigger or different than what you have there. I have watched them for a few days and they just seem to dry out. In other parts of the yard, they grow and turn in to yellow mushrooms which are larger. The only difference is the first is an open hillside exposed to sun almost all day, the other is shady and near the branch. The later has more moisture along with the shade. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
trythisonemv Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Early spring we always find them more on north side slopes in tree line!, in May we find in south slopes and creek beds where hot sun doesn't get to. Bigger ones usually where it's the most moist soil.
darbwa Posted April 15, 2015 Author Posted April 15, 2015 My experiment showed that, of the ones I was looking at, most indeed got larger for several days before beginning to show signs of decay. A couple of them did not get any biger however. But the big ones have been popping up this week. Today's haul was my best yet. It is nice that i can wait to pick them until the afternoon on a day that i know I can go home and cook them up. This cool, wet weather over the last week seems to be doing wonders for these guys in the Tulsa area. BilletHead, ness and bs1827 3
trythisonemv Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 We are hoping to get a day off to go this next week. Been way to busy and our spot is an hour away
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