Re: mycorrhizal fungi?

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• Subject: Re: [CHAT] mycorrhizal fungi?
• From: "Barbara Tandy" s*@earthlink.net
• Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 16:54:09 -0700
• References: 800ACE6E-81AE-11D7-9373-000A959AC6B4@rnet.com

I too have the same question of whether "one size fits all" can apply here.
My understanding is that many of the mycorrhizal relationships are very
idiosyncratic -- i.e., a specific fungus and specific host plant.
--Barbara Tandy, California
----- Original Message -----
From: "cathy carpenter" <cathyc@rnet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] mycorrhizal fungi?


> I have not tried this product, but have read the ads. My thoughts are,
> just as flora, fauna, weather and other environmental conditions differ
> in this wonderful, vast country of ours, I would suspect that
> mycorrhizal fungi also differ from region to region. How can they
> assume that the variety of fungi and their possible symbiotic
> relationships would be a "one size fits all" situation?
> Cathy
>
> On Thursday, May 8, 2003, at 08:33 AM, Libby Valentine wrote:
>
> > Has anyone tried using a mycorrhizal fungus supplement?  I have one of
> > those
> > rebate coupons from Gardens Alive, and though I have learned the hard
> > way to
> > take their catalog claims with a pound of salt (moreso for their
> > subsidiary
> > Audubon Workshop than for Gardens Alive itself; all you fans can stay
> > calm
> > <grin>), this product intrigues me.  They call it "root boost", and
> > say it
> > is a supplement of soil fungi that have symbiotic relationship with
> > most
> > plants, and planting some soil fungi with the plant gives the plant a
> > big
> > benefit.  Of course they have different formulas...
> >
> > What got my attention in the catalog write-up is the thought that in
> > most
> > developed areas these days the top soil, where most of these beneficial
> > fungi reside, has been stripped off, so this product really could make
> > a big
> > difference.
> > Has anyone tried it?  Any thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Libby
> > Maryland zone 6
> >
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