Re: [compost_tea] bacterial vs. fungal loving plants

From: Jeff Lowenfels (jeff@gardener.com)
Date: Mon Feb 17 2003 - 16:19:37 EST


I should add that what one needs to do if you want to figure out what needs=
 what kind of tea is to figure out where the plant in question would grow i=
n the secession sequence. Old growth,conifer forests are heavily fungal. De=
ciduous forests are less so. Lawns less and bare soil even less.

All have about the same numbers of bacteria....

So, let's take a Rhododendron (sp). Clearly as a shrub and a perennial it =
is going to be in the fungal area. However....here is one shrub that does w=
ell in conifer forests so it is heavily fungal....

It is pretty easy once you think of it this way...

Cheers,

Jeff



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