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“Tim knows everything about truffles,” Shumack said. “He’s been farming them in Australia for 15 years, and we’ll be partnering with him ”
Virginia Truffle Growers (VTG) sells oak saplings that are inoculated with certified Perigord black truffle spores imported from France. Perigord truffles sire considered the finest in the world.
The trees are grown in a sterile, greenhouse environment (so there’s no contamination from wild fungus) at their farm in Rixeyville from acorns sourced in the States. After inoculation with the Perigord spores, the trees are certified by a mycologist to verify that they do,, in fact contain spores capable of producing Perigord truffles.
Using VTG methods of planting, irrigating and pruning, you can count on a beginning harvest of truffles in four years. After that, the truffles reproduce with abandon, promising healthy harvests year after year.
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