One of the reasons we cut morels is because they often have small pins still underground attached to the stipe. Those babies wouldn’t get the chance to grow if we pulled them! Nice video, very well put together.
@@FourGirlsFarm Been picking Morels for 40 years. I both pull and pinch. My patches come back every year. Some critters dig and some cut. Somewhere out there a couple deer are debating this very topic but the mushrooms dont care. Just please dont rake. ;)
Just got back from my morel hunt. I cut them. I cut them because I always have. Its cleaner in the sack. I never liked all the dirt clumps attached to the base when pulling
@@FeralForaging This morning I found 11 that I harvested and left a bunch of smalls behind. Yesterday I harvested beautiful ones from a new spot I found. That area produced close to 30 in one small area.
@@FeralForaging All together I have found 66 from my trips out. Last year I found over 100 on my first trip out. We stopped picking them because we ran out of bag space. This year they are late and not as prevalent in that same area.
I pull morels becouse in my observation the cut stem begins to host maggots. Pulling and scattering the stems improves the patch by 30%on a yearly basis. 2 places the morels began carpeting and produced 78%more yield over a 4 year period.
I've been picking them for 50 years my Great Grandparents my Grama and mom always always spread around the dead ones they said for the future I'm not sure if it worked but I still do that
First time I saw a morel in the wild and didn't know what it was, called it a brain plant. Wasn't even sure it was a mushroom, or just some large slime that looked brain like and had lost it's slime effect. Lol. I wish I had cooked it.
From what I understand the act of foraging alone is already spreading the spores (stick to your clothes, hands etc.) that being said a bag of some sort with a rigid structure that allows debris to fall is best in my experience!
I was scared that you were going to ignore the fact that science exists when you started out saying no one knows which method works better, our opinions are all equal....😂 Im glad u brought in the studies, cuz not all opinions are created equal, thats why science exists
I always cut my morels as low as possible without getting any grit or dirt on the stem. I don’t understand why people make so much work for themselves by covering their bounty with so much dirt.
Do you cut or pull morels?
One of the reasons we cut morels is because they often have small pins still underground attached to the stipe. Those babies wouldn’t get the chance to grow if we pulled them! Nice video, very well put together.
I cut them because it just makes cleaning them easier.
I have never seen critters running around the woods with mushroom cutters.
Because they bite the tops off. Mainly Deer. Ive found many, stem intact with tops nibbled off.
@@kckrye That is how I do it. ;)
@@applegateoutdoorsadventures LOL. NIBBLE AWAY! Have fun out there
Thats because the cutters are in their mouths. (Their teeth).
@@FourGirlsFarm Been picking Morels for 40 years. I both pull and pinch. My patches come back every year. Some critters dig and some cut. Somewhere out there a couple deer are debating this very topic but the mushrooms dont care. Just please dont rake. ;)
Just got back from my morel hunt. I cut them. I cut them because I always have. Its cleaner in the sack. I never liked all the dirt clumps attached to the base when pulling
Nice! Did you find a lot?
@@FeralForaging This morning I found 11 that I harvested and left a bunch of smalls behind. Yesterday I harvested beautiful ones from a new spot I found. That area produced close to 30 in one small area.
@@FeralForaging All together I have found 66 from my trips out. Last year I found over 100 on my first trip out. We stopped picking them because we ran out of bag space. This year they are late and not as prevalent in that same area.
I live in west central Wisconsin.
Temperature is just getting choice.
Can't wait to get out.
@@beeragainsthumanity1420 I'm in PA. Have fun out there. Hope you find some nice ones.
I harvested 2 lbs (after dried) of morels in 2020. Glad to see this video.
I cut, didn't pull.
Great content 👌 I cut and pinch I never pull! I love the ending message ❤
Glad you liked it! :D
Cutting keeps your harvest bag cleaner.
I pull morels becouse in my observation the cut stem begins to host maggots. Pulling and scattering the stems improves the patch by 30%on a yearly basis. 2 places the morels began carpeting and produced 78%more yield over a 4 year period.
I've been picking them for 50 years my Great Grandparents my Grama and mom always always spread around the dead ones they said for the future I'm not sure if it worked but I still do that
First time I saw a morel in the wild and didn't know what it was, called it a brain plant. Wasn't even sure it was a mushroom, or just some large slime that looked brain like and had lost it's slime effect. Lol. I wish I had cooked it.
I just like to keep my mushrooms and collecting basket clean so I cut them or twist them off. Everything gets too dirty if I pull from the ground.
Do you think a using a meshbag or ariated container is necessary or effective when harvesting morels.
From what I understand the act of foraging alone is already spreading the spores (stick to your clothes, hands etc.) that being said a bag of some sort with a rigid structure that allows debris to fall is best in my experience!
Love this!
Thanks!
I cut mine. Come back next year they always some there. Anyway it go? Little cornbread mix hot skillet little oil. Some best eating ever.
I have yet to find a Morel, though I have looked in the woods near me, many, many times. Now, I'm to old to care anymore.
I was scared that you were going to ignore the fact that science exists when you started out saying no one knows which method works better, our opinions are all equal....😂 Im glad u brought in the studies, cuz not all opinions are created equal, thats why science exists
I always cut my morels as low as possible without getting any grit or dirt on the stem. I don’t understand why people make so much work for themselves by covering their bounty with so much dirt.
I think people who pull generally cut the bottom before placing in a harvest basket.
Can uou shake spores out of mushrooms?
In theory, but the impact is likely minimal compared to all of the spores that are released over the course of the fruiting body's life
Do what you want. There isn’t a correct way as both options have the same outcome.
Let put this way. What happens to hair when you cut or pull.😂
Wait, are you comparing pulling the hair of humans to fungal biology? 😅
Lol like comparing apples to bricks. Not even close.
Fundzaay.... wut?