Has anyone tried growing truffles in the UK?
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:43 pm
seems easy according to this website:
http://www.truffle-uk.co.uk/farming.php
takes 5yrs though and you need the space, plus you may need a trained dog or pig to dig them up .... but these guys say that they bring the dogs and help harvesting for a percentage of the profits
at £195-£750 a kilo (for the black truffles), and the white ones sell for £2900/kg ..
it may be a good investment (especially if you have the space).. nudge nudge, wink wink Mr Kristen??
and according to the link:
Suitable growing areas in Great Britain are likely to be over chalk or limestone ie: Chiltern Hills; North and South Downs. Between Norwich and Cambridge; Hampshire and Wiltshire into Dorset, between Hull and Lincoln; north of Oxford; south to Gloucester; east to Bristol; the south coast west of Portland; West Devon around Brixham; west of York to Nottingham and parts of the Peak District. This is because truffle cultivation requires soil with a high pH (in excess of 7.3 for Burgundy truffle and 7.9 for Perigord Black truffle). Recent recorded 'finds' stretch as far north as Darlington in Yorkshire.
I've never tasted one though, but have seen that our local farm/cheese shop has a huge jar of black ones ... if it's not too expensive, I may try one (a small one) this week with scrambled egg
http://www.truffle-uk.co.uk/farming.php
takes 5yrs though and you need the space, plus you may need a trained dog or pig to dig them up .... but these guys say that they bring the dogs and help harvesting for a percentage of the profits
at £195-£750 a kilo (for the black truffles), and the white ones sell for £2900/kg ..
it may be a good investment (especially if you have the space).. nudge nudge, wink wink Mr Kristen??
and according to the link:
Suitable growing areas in Great Britain are likely to be over chalk or limestone ie: Chiltern Hills; North and South Downs. Between Norwich and Cambridge; Hampshire and Wiltshire into Dorset, between Hull and Lincoln; north of Oxford; south to Gloucester; east to Bristol; the south coast west of Portland; West Devon around Brixham; west of York to Nottingham and parts of the Peak District. This is because truffle cultivation requires soil with a high pH (in excess of 7.3 for Burgundy truffle and 7.9 for Perigord Black truffle). Recent recorded 'finds' stretch as far north as Darlington in Yorkshire.
I've never tasted one though, but have seen that our local farm/cheese shop has a huge jar of black ones ... if it's not too expensive, I may try one (a small one) this week with scrambled egg