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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
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Speaking of getting more bang for one's buck with mycos, I think it helps to bottom-water with the same container. I try to let the plants drain a little back into that container as well. I'm hoping whatever beneficials get washed off will get another chance when the water is re-used.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro
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I got a kilo of the Mykos for $28 and can see I'm going to have plenty left over even after generously coating the roots of a hundred plus seedlings potted up to 4". I hear the product degrades quickly after the first year and becomes considerably less active. I'm wondering if I should just use up what I have when I final pot-up to fabric pouches, or save it for seedlings next year?
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#94 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
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I'd store it in the refrigerator.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2015
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I've heard this helps and keep it cool and dark in the cellar, the fridge would be better. Such a leap of faith product anyway, you don't know it's not working, until it's too late to do anything about it.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Cheektowaga, NY
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Thank you for that Ray, I honestly looked at that one hour time on the lecture and skipped it for now. I do like Dr. Amaranthus estimation of so little viability loss, I've read as much as 50%. Good news.
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: San Diego-Tijuana
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Homestead,Everglades City Fl.
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The stuff does not die if you throw some of the spent medium in a suitable composter using a mother yeast mindset.I have always wondered why we saw some growths in bags of mediums(I.e. promix)when wet.Find out it was the mycos growing in the bag.So all our spent first coir/perlite/ old rootball material will go in the trenches for those corns,tobaccos and my favorites bananas.Patio containers for,papaya,figs,even small citrus can enjoy some of the spent material with the spores still alive.I am in 10b,so my almost 365/growing season helps.In those huge compost piles under those tarps in the cold Amish country farms overwintering spores are brewing for spring.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Also Endomycorrhizal Fungi cannot germinate in a bag of Promix, spores will not germinate unless they detect a chemical signal from a living root. Mycorrhizal plants excrete specific isofavinoids into the soil, when a spore detects the chemicals it will germinate and grow toward the source of the chemical signal—the root. You can't see Endomycorrhizal Fungi anyway with the naked eye, they are too small, you need a microscope and a stain that reacts with their chitin cell walls to see them. If you see fungal growth in a bag of potting mix it's only a common mold colony. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: North Central Florida
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I drenched my tomatoes and peppers yesterday morning with Great White Mycorrhizae. Last night we got 1.25" of rain. Should I reapply? My soil is very sandy.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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I understand if this is the first time you've inoculated, but doing inoculation at seed starting or as young seedlings is a good idea. The organic glues that fungi and bacteria make will stick those sand grains together which will improve soil structure and water retention. |
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