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Re: Re Mycorrhizal Fungi and Mycorrhiza

As i wrote previously,inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi is beneficial 
in certain situations, such as in mine spoils, pesticide doused soils, 
or sterile potting mixes. Mycorrhizal fungi are not all that host 
specific, but some matching must be done, which also must take into 
account soil conditions. Generally, I wouldn't waste my money 
inoculating the soil.

Lee Reich, PhD

JEFF LOWENFELS wrote:

>A good source of basic information about soil biology is The Soil Biology
>Primer (order via www.swcs.org) put out by the Soil and Water Conservation
>Society and none other than the USDA. It is very, very good with lots of
>pictures and will give any garden writer and any reader the full picture of
>the soil food web. It is a starting point for Scientific Gardening. I think
>you can print most of it for free off the www.soilfooodweb.com site but I
>have not checked lately. If you are interested in what you read, there is a
>good bibliography and using the web you can get into all sorts of wonderful
>research.
>
>By the way, Mycorrhiza does not  benefit ALL plants and especially some our
>readers care a lot about: Plants that don't "do" mycorrhizal fungi or at
>leasat Mycorrhizae are not formed are Cruciferae (Broccoli et al) and
>Chenopediaciae (spinach, beets. Are there others anyone knows about?
>
>Lee's comment about apply it and coals to New Castle was an interesting one
>and the current research does seem to indicate that each plant type is
>different. I notice that most of the mycorrhizal fungi sold are in seven
>families, the names of which I can't spell without the labels. Lee, is it
>possible that these are all "frauds". What is your take on their claims? Any
>great studies you know of from your pHD research you think we should all
>look at?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jeff
>
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