Rockrose » Black truffle

Do you want to grow black truffles and are you looking for the best plants for this production? Or perhaps you simply want to add to your truffle orchard new plants capable of producing this famous "Black Diamond" with its inimitable flavor, the jewel of gastronomic meals? Thanks to its surprising but undeniable truffle vocation, the rockrose could well meet your expectations and prove to be the perfect truffle plant to develop your truffle orchard ! 
 

A rockrose capable of producing black truffles

This rockrose truffle plant is obtained after controlled and certified mycorrhization of a rockrose tree (Cistus incanus) with black truffle spores (Tuber melanosporum). The tree obtained is ready to be planted in your truffle field. It will produce its first truffles within 6 to 7 years.

In order to meet your expectations, our rockrose truffle plants, mycorhized with the black truffle, are available in 4 sizes of cups:
- in anti-chignon® R430 cup of 0.43 liters
- in anti-chignon® R600 cup of 0.6 liters
- in anti-chignon® R1.5L cup of 1.5 liters
- in R3L container (volume of 3 liters)
  

Rockrose truffle skills

The rockrose (Cistus incanus) is an essential shrub of the Mediterranean region. It thrives in dry and hot climates. Several of its characteristics predispose it to truffle production: First, it has a vast root system that is conducive to the development of summer truffles. Then, it likes all types of calcareous soils, even superficial and arid. Moreover, its hydric needs are very low. Finally, its small size (about 1.5m high) makes it a very easy to maintain plant. Let us note that cistus can be implanted until 800 meters of altitude and that it resists the cold (until -15°C).
  

About the black truffle (Tuber melanosporum)

A true "black diamond", Tuber melanosporum is as rare as it is sought after. It can be recognized by its rounded shape, sometimes bumpy, and its black flesh marbled with white. This truffle gives off an intense perfume and reveals fine aromas that make it an exceptional mushroom. Emblematic of French gastronomy, the black truffle can be eaten cooked or raw, as a seasoning or as an accompaniment to a dish. Black truffles are harvested from November to early March. Depending on the age of the plant and the land chosen, you will have to wait between 6 and 8 years to harvest your first black truffles.

The Robin rockrose truffle plants

Our truffle rockrose plants are produced in our laboratories under the control and license of INRAE. These plants are then pampered for many months in our nurseries. Quality plants, carefully selected, it is the guarantee to obtain a good yield after only a few years.

The plants raised in ROBIN ANTI-CHIGNON® buckets are subject to a guarantee of recovery in the event of failure to recover more than 20% of the plants delivered. Under this guarantee, the seller undertakes to replace free of charge the defective plants during the season following the actual observation by the seller of the defective delivered plants.