mycorrhizal fungi and bio char

[Palmdude]

Howdy folks !

Just finished up with a round of mycorrhizal fungi on some of my new specimens. As I use it on pretty much everything I don't really have comparisons between plants with and without it but everything grows very well for me and looks pretty healthy. Have any of you done side by side comparisons? What is your opinion on mycorrhizal fungi?

My second question is concerning bio char, I've been wanting to give it a try for a while now but don't have the room for a burn barrel, I'm going to grab some the next time I head out to my buddies bamboo farm in Labelle, Fl. Anyhow has anyone had experience using bio char in their gardens, on palms etc.... If so please tell us all about your experience and results

If you don't already know what it is do a google search and check it out! It's extremely exciting stuff!

Cheers!

Rob Norwood

[_Keith]

I use this product on every new planting. I also use it to brew aerated compost tea that I apply, along with fish emulsion, to nearly everything in the spring to kick start microbial activity.

http://www.horticulturalalliance.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=77_89

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[Palmə häl′ik]

I am a believer.

I was blowin off oak leaves w gas blower and unintentuonally blew away chunks of mulch revealinging a spiderweb of roots branched off of the main roots, so I know it has increased rootzone area.... As for nutrient uptake, I dunno...

Do a search of "myco", I did a side by side of KingMaximas...

Lemme go getta pic of one now...

-Ray.

[Palmə häl′ik]

Maximas have some girth vs my cunnings, and alabangs both...

If you want fat, maximas the way togo

[Palmdude]

Nice! I've seen the spider web of roots as well and I have people say stuff like I grow this too but it never looked like that!! I also mix in some beneficial bacteria to my Mycorhizal mix when I inoculate my plants, I should do a side by side comparison with say 10 seedlings inoculating 5 and letting the other 5 go without and see what happens.

[Palmdude]

Keith that looks like some good stuff! Here's a link for the stuff that I use, it's my friends company, he has good products and I like to give him my support! Keep the money in the family so to say

http://www.supremegrowers.com/#

[Palmdude]

Just spoke to him, he sold the company! Haha! The products are still the same though

[Silas_Sancona]

Firm believer in using Mycorrhizal fungi both for established plants, and new seed batches. While i did have mixed results with some test batches of seed, the stuff that took, has grown faster and had less issues with Damping off both pre and post germination.

With established stuff, i'll also mix in a little decomposed oak leaves, or, whatever i have access to, into the soil. Also have had luck using Hydrogen Peroxide on plants which were showing signs of rot.

As far as the soil itself, i normally will mix my own, using a high percentage of things like Pumice, Calcined Clay (Turface), and/or, small lava rock if i can find it. Results? a Flamethrower i stepped into a 7gal had roots coming out of the 7gal less than 6 months after i transplanted it. Touchy stuff like my Erythrina acanthocarpa specimen is thriving.

-Nathan-

[Palmdude]

Good stuff Nathan

[_Keith]

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[Turtile]

I've found that it only works the first year but does nothing for established plants. There's way more naturally occurring fungi and bacteria out in the wild.

[_Keith]

I've found that it only works the first year but does nothing for established plants. There's way more naturally occurring fungi and bacteria out in the wild.

You are correct, in healthy soils. Unfortunately, many folks don't have healthy soils and have to create their soil, in which case this stuff works as a jump starter. Yes, you could do it all naturally in a year or two or three with compost and mulch, but why wait for all of that stuff to multiply. Put this stuff in the soil mix when you plant, water, cover with mulch and it is off to the races. Stuff is really pretty cheap overall.

[Palmdude]

Yup in Florida, where I live the houses are built up on mounds of fill dirt, sand, clay etc. There's no nutrients or microbial life to speak of in the soul so you need to build your own through amending the soil, like Keith said it gives everything a jump start and as you add compost and improve the soil over the years building a "living" soil then the Michorizae are there naturally along with beneficial bacterias etc and you're good to go! I use it in my potted plants as well and you can see the little threads when you repot

For anyone interested in organic gardening google True Living Organics, although the Rev is growing "other green stuff" the principles of building a living soil translate to anything you might like to grow

[ExperimentalGrower]

Old thread but highly relevant topic. I find mycorrhizae applications at time of planting to be highly beneficial to my palms. I’m convinced this is the best way to ensure vigorous growth even with slow growing species. Next step for me is to get into compost tea brewing.