[compost_tea] mycorrhizae questions

From: weigoldpro <tom_at_growstuffplus.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 10:46:22 -0000

Mycorrhizae is an envirnmental state created by the presence of
mycorrhizal fungus. Mycorrhizae is a beneficial fungus not a
bacteria. You need to match the mycorrhizae specie with the plant
that it associates with. That is why a multiple specie mycorrhizae
product is important to use. The guesswork has been taken out of the
process. Plant Success is good for 99% of all the plants ggrowing on
earth because of its blend of species and types(endo and ecto). The
commercial products do not work on the rhodedendrum or orchid plant
families.

Mycorrhizae spores can be harmed by pressure. Spryaing mycorrhizae
spores with pressurized equipment can harm the spores. Sure some may
make it through a sraying, but why take a chance when there are other
ways of delivery. The person that has sprayed turf with mycorrhizae
and ACT was most likely using low pressure equipment or may have seen
the results of the ACT and compost tea as opposed to the mycorrhizae.
Turf may be sprayed at vey low pressures such as a hose end sprayer
that does not clog. My suggestion is that it be aerated before
application and watered thoroughly after application. The spores must
make contact with the roots.

Why mess around mixing mycorrhizae with the compost tea, when there
are much easier methods of application. You must understand that it
is used to inoculate plant roots not the soil. It can be placed in
the soil so that when a root tip comes in cantact with a spore the
root tip enzymes activate the process of colonization. This
inoculation is done once to a plant in its lifetime, once a plant is
colonized, that's it, unless the plant is moved or if it is heavily
cultivated, it does not need to be done again. Disturbance of the
soil around a mycorhizal plant deeper than a few inches will harm the
fungus. This is by far the most beneficial product for the money, it
needs done once and the results are tremendous. The results are not
always in apparent as bigger is not always what you will see, it is
the general health of the plant that is the actual result.

Mycorrhizae has been here as long as soil has and if humans would not
have destroyed the natural occurance of it we would not have to
inocualate our plants.

Mycorrhizae is not already on the plants we buy. Most growers plant
in soil less medium that is vertually sterile. The do not incorporate
the spores when they plant, they claim it adds to the expense of
growing. Commercial growers also use chemical fertilizers and
fungicides that can be harmful to the spores of mycorrhizae. Besides
moving or transplanting would most likely harm the fungus and we
would have to reincoulate any way.

Tha last thing in regard to sprating with compost tea, foliar
spraying and even soil drenching will have absolutely no effect on a
plant unless the spores work ther way to the root system.

I hope I have answered a lot of the questions that have come up.

This product is available from www.growstuffplus.com or by calling
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west coast. The website is always open.




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Received on Sun Sep 28 2003 - 10:52:42 EDT

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