Morel mushrooms prefer well-draining soil with pH between 6.0 and 7.5, rich in organic matter like decaying leaves or wood chips. Sufficient moisture and airflow are crucial for growth.

Although there is some variability about this, for example, the highest/lowest soil temperatures on a typical day will often occur about 1.5 to 3 hours following the high and low air temperatures.

Successful gardeners know to have healthy and happy plants, is knowing how to select the right plant for the right place.

A look at the soil temperature map on the right shows the effect of how much the recent, very cool weather conditions have changed soil temperatures. These are the temperatures as of this ...

Using artificial intelligence, scientists created a map of the planet's mycorrhizal fungi. They hope it will lead to more ...

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Here’s how to use your handy kitchen option. Push the thermometer into the ground so that at least 4 inches of the probe is below ground. Keep it in place for at least five minutes and then read ...

News Washington Voices Take your garden’s soil temperature before planting Sat., March 13, 2010 Soil temperature is important to know when planting early crops. Special to (Pat Munts Special to ...

Usually, this temperature is reached in mid-May. There is a way to use air temperature averages to estimate the current soil temperature. In fact, it is a great way to teach your kids about averages.

Like a hypochondriac, I poked a soil thermometer into my garden every day — not because the soil was sick, but because I needed its temperature to go down. Grateful as I’d been for a lovely ...

Mulching significantly decreased the maximum soil temperature measured at 5, 10 and 20 cm depths. In the initial stages of crop growth, temperature differences of as much as 8°C were observed between ...

According to the soil temperature map of Iowa State University’s Iowa Environmental Mesonet, the temperature of the first four inches of soil in Scott County were at an average of 42 degrees on ...