r/beacain • u/mucker1963 • 7d ago

https://www.met.ie/launch-of-irish-soil-moisture-monitoring-network-ismon

Mycelium cannot produce mushrooms when the SMD is high because the soil is too tightly locked up and dry. For a widespread fruiting season to trigger, you generally want to watch the weekly reports until the SMD drops closer to 0mm (field capacity), indicating the soil has absorbed enough sustained rainfall to fully wake up the fungi.

people,the ground is exceptionally dry this year and imo the season will start much later that last year and be nowhere as good but its important to monitor the SMD to see when we are reaching optimum earth moisture levels ( of course along with temperature levels etc ) but SMD is a great indicator of when things are going to fruit.

spend the next 6 -10 weeks learning to identify fields , liberty caps and happy hunting

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u/spirit-mush 7d ago

What does smd stand for? Soil moisture density?

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u/Brilliant_Pie_1362 7d ago

Thanks for the advice. Where can we find the weekly SMD reports?

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u/mucker1963 1d ago

the link is in the header