Goose Creek - MycoGrow vs. Biota Max Trials (and Others) pics

[rnewste]

Just a brief update in my Myco trials comparing Fungi Perfecti's MycoGrow versus Biota Max. Here are a pair of Goose Creek planted out August 14 and inoculated with MycoGrow on August 19:



And an identical Goose Creek pair planted and inoculated with Biota Max on the the same dates as above:



It may be a bit difficult to see in the photos but the plants in the Biota Max are noticeably more robust than the pair treated with MycoGrow.

The Big Beef on the left and Dona on the right planted on August 29 are also doing well:



And the Indian Stripe has been bearing fruit for a few weeks now:



The two Siberia planted on August 17 are bearing fruit:



And the NuMex Heritage 6-4 Peppers have reached maturity. They really taste great grilled along with burgers:



Time for Fall........



Raybo

[amideutch]

Ray, good stuff! It looks like "Paenibacillus polymyxa" might have been responsible for the increased growth of the plant. Reason being P. polymyxa is a nitrogen fixer making more nitrogen available to the plant among other things. Ray can you give us the application rates you used of the Biota Max and how it was applied.
Here is a description of Paenbacillus polymyxa and what it does I gave in a previous post when Ray announced this project.

"One of the Bacteria in Biota Max that is interesting is Paenibacillus polymyxa. Quoting from Handbook Of Microbial Biofertilizers "P. polymyxa may possess a great variety of properties that are of interest in the development of biofertilizers. The reported properties include N2 fixation, P solubilization, and production of antibiotics, chitinase, and other hydrolytic enzymes, as well as enhancement of soil porosity". Hydrolytic enzymes aid in the formation of the symbiotic relationship formed by Mycorrhiza and the root structure of the plant."

So it might be to our advantage to use Biota Max in con★★★★★★★★ with Mycorrhiza for soil applications. So Ray how about a test using Mycogrow with Biota Max versus Biota Max alone. What say thee test guru?

This year I did use Biota Max mixed with Myco Grow and Actinovate as a dip when I planted my seedlings into containers and in the soil at my surrogate garden. Later in the season I made a second application of Biota Max to my plants. Exel LG, Actinovate and Azoxystrobin were used for foliar disease control and have not lost one plant to disease so far this season. Ami

[rnewste]

Ami,

Yep, I had been pondering doing the "Belt and Suspenders" kind of thing, in applying Biota Max, then a week later MycoGrow, then another week later Actinovate. I don't want to go crazy with too much stuff, but the combination of these three would seem to cover the field in beneficial supplements. What do you think about the sequence and intervals for my proposed applications?

Application amount was as per the package recommendations.

The trial with the Humic Acid and Biosol continues however, I am not seeing a huge difference in plant growth as compared to the Control container.







Raybo

[amideutch]

As we are talking about bioinoculants I really don't see the need to to stagger the applications as they should compliment each other. You could use 2 tainers and do a test or split one Tainer and stagger the inoculants on one side and use all three at the same time on the other side. Your call Dr. Tainer. Ami

[geeboss]

I'd opt for the merger of all in smaller quantity about 2/3 dose.

George