Mycorrhiza and heavy rains question

barkeater · May 25, 2010

Looks like I'll be giving these microrganisms a good test this year. I went into the local Ace hardware tonight, and they had a rebate on Jobes Organics 4# bags so you only pay $2.99 per bag. There were only 2 left and I got them. One was All-Purpose 4-4-4 and the other was Vegetable & Tomato 2-7-4. The ingredients in both are: feather meal, bone meal, composted poultry manure, and sulfate of potash.

Both also come with their "exclusive" Biozome Formula. There is every micro in the book in there. It looks like 7 different bacterias, 2 endomycos, 6 ectomycos, and whatever Archaea is.

I planted a row of 5 tomatoes a couple days ago, and only had commercial 5-10-10 available to mix in before I covered the raised bed with landscape cloth. So, the next row along side the first will now get the Jobes All-Purpose, and the next row of 5 the Tomato formula. Both will be applied exactly according to the directions: 1# per 30 square feet and a tablespoon in the planting hole.

This has always been very good soil to begin with, and we'll see if there is any noticable difference in plant health, yields, and flavor between the 3 rows over the course of the season.

Even with the rebate this product is 3 times more expensive than the basic 5-10-10, but I'll give it a chance. I never got a chance to get a load of composted manure from the local dairy this year, which is by far the cheapest and best way to go IMO, so it is a good year to experiment.

May 25, 2010	#27
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	Looks like I'll be giving these microrganisms a good test this year. I went into the local Ace hardware tonight, and they had a rebate on Jobes Organics 4# bags so you only pay $2.99 per bag. There were only 2 left and I got them. One was All-Purpose 4-4-4 and the other was Vegetable & Tomato 2-7-4. The ingredients in both are: feather meal, bone meal, composted poultry manure, and sulfate of potash. Both also come with their "exclusive" Biozome Formula. There is every micro in the book in there. It looks like 7 different bacterias, 2 endomycos, 6 ectomycos, and whatever Archaea is. I planted a row of 5 tomatoes a couple days ago, and only had commercial 5-10-10 available to mix in before I covered the raised bed with landscape cloth. So, the next row along side the first will now get the Jobes All-Purpose, and the next row of 5 the Tomato formula. Both will be applied exactly according to the directions: 1# per 30 square feet and a tablespoon in the planting hole. This has always been very good soil to begin with, and we'll see if there is any noticable difference in plant health, yields, and flavor between the 3 rows over the course of the season. Even with the rebate this product is 3 times more expensive than the basic 5-10-10, but I'll give it a chance. I never got a chance to get a load of composted manure from the local dairy this year, which is by far the cheapest and best way to go IMO, so it is a good year to experiment.