Frits
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> A few exceptions could be that when a plant needs a special fungus and
> those plants are not native, it's better to bring some of the original
> soil whith them.
That's a good idea. We have had problems with onions not developing
properly and being susceptable to fungal attacks. Our soil is otherwise
very healthy and we add compost and mulch the beds every year. Onions
appear to be in one of those genera highly adapted to mycorrhiza, lacking
any apparent hairs on their thick roots. Anyway, I have a friend not too
far away who has excellent onion crops and I think I'll ask her for a
small amount of her onion bed soil to inoculate my onion bed (and seedling
flats) this year.
Cheers!
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Bob Carter - bcarter@awinc.com
Kootenay Bay, BC, Canada - Zone 6b
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Hi Jeff
> I've been seeing a lot of post about Mycorrhizal Fungi lately and
> wondered if anyone is using it with perennial organic crops. I'm
> always skeptical about something until I hear from several sources
> that it does perform.
I did some study about the use of them and Trichoderma's to name one when
I switched to be 100% organic.
Allmost all Mycorr's are present in a healthy soil so the use of them
doesn't need the growers attention.
Make sure your soil is healthy and don't bother about them.
A few exceptions could be that when a plant needs a special fungus and
those plants are not native, it's better to bring some of the original
soil whith them.
My supplier of secundair organic products advised me not to buy them
(He sells some fungi) They are used in sterile conditions
(rockwoolcultures etc)
Frits v/d Laan
Biologische boomkwekerij/
Organic horticulture
Gouda - Netherlands
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/F.vd.Laan/
f.vd.laan@inter.nl.net
