Plus, size doesn’t matter and other news…
Summer is the time for soil amendment for a new truffle orchard, in time for the typical winter planting of truffle trees. We’ve been busy closely collaborating with our newest client partners, one of whom is planting a large orchard in excess of 25 acres. ATC has been leading the search for the right type of lime, at the large quantity required for this substantial orchard, as well as working with our client-partners’ irrigation and other contractors to ensure no detail is overlooked. ATC’s new client partners will be planting trees across North America this winter, from the west coast across the continent to the east coast.
Although a large truffle orchard will ensure a more profitable truffle business through better economy of scale, when it comes to success in producing truffles, size doesn’t matter―large or small, you’ll need to apply the same rigorous scientific methods and maintenance. Another way that size doesn’t matter is in the size of the truffle trees for a productive truffle orchard. ATC’s own Dr. Paul Thomas has just submitted a new scientific paper to be published, in which data points to little or no correlation between truffle mycorrhization rates and tree growth rates. In fact, small, stressed host trees routinely produce truffles in commercial truffle orchards. We will make this scientific paper available on www.americantruffle.com once it is officially published.
