fertilizers, and potting soil + mycorrhizae

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wolfe
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fertilizers, and potting soil + mycorrhizae

#9809364 - 02/16/09 05:05 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

The mycorrhizal relationship of nutients and plants has been long studied by garderners of fine things. Fox Farm has this to say

"Whats the deal with mycorrhizae? How do you tell an endo from and ecto? Whats a bacillus?

If you look at the ingredient listing on our products, you see that we often put a powerful squadron of beneficial microorganisms in the mix. What%u2019s all the fuss about microorganisms? Read on:

Mycorrhizae is a word that describes a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and the roots of a plant. Mycorrhizal fungi attach to plant roots and deliver water and nutrients to them. Tiny strands, called hyphae, can stretch long distances in the soil in search of the nutrients a plant needs. They promote root development, fight off disease, break down fertilizers, and they can even fight off harmful soil borne microbes and encourage the growth of beneficial microbes.

We include endomycorrhizae, which form on the insides of plant roots, and ectomycorrhizae, which attach to the outside of plant roots, to support a variety of plant life. Under the microscope, mycorrhizae colonies form nodes that look like little rice crispies attached to the roots. The entire surface area of these nodes can absorb and transmit nutrients.

We also include Bacillus subtillus, a beneficial bacteria that controls the growth of a number of plant pathogens, including blight, scab, grey mold, and mildew. Its particularly useful for garden vegetables and fruit trees. Adding a natural disease-fighter like B. subtillus to our products helps ensure that your plants will stay healthy, and it also improves the long-term health of your soil."

Here is a short list of some of fox farms goodies thought to help "higher plants"

Glomus intraradices
aggregatum
mosseae
entrunicatum
laccaria bicolor
laccata
pisolithus tinctorius
rhizopogon villosuli
amylopogon
fulvibleba
luteolus
scleroderma cepa
geastrum
citrinum
suillus granulatus

These are available in Organic fertilizers from F farm.
I have noticed others added to certain pre-mixed planting soils.

The companies sterilize their soils promising them free of seed and pathogens so they add these things to the soil thinking that in ground plants seemed healthier than potted plants (most of this research was done by clandestine pot growers in the 60s 70s) ameture though they were they had one thing in mind -healthy green plants.

I think they honestly guess about some of these... Does anyone know what fungus is known to form relationships with seasonal crops?

Uhh regular vegetables also :jah:

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corey_skains
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Re: fertilizers, and potting soil + mycorrhizae

[Re: wolfe]
#9809501 - 02/16/09 05:31 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

very interesting.
After rains life should start.
I have seen more wood feeding mushrooms.
and inks.
and if manure was used possible pans.

But since the source is broken down the mushrooms I found didn't grow very big.

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