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Mycorrhizal Fungi and Tomatoes (Was: First Harvest)

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About the mycorrhizal fungi and tomatoes: you don't have to grow your own
transplants to get the benefit from the fungus.  I didn't grow any of my
tomatoes from seed this year, because I moved to Wisconsin in April..  Every
transplant was purchased.  The key to success is to rub (with your fingers)
the mycorrhizae on the transplant roots.  I shake most or all the potting
soil off to expose as many roots as possible.  Putting mycorrhizae in the
planting hole is not very effective.  The fungal spores have to make direct
contact with the roots.  This has been my experience, and I understand that
some recent studies with grapes or roses have proven the same thing.
Doreen Howard

-----Original Message-----
From: Janet Wintermute <jwintermute@erols.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: First Harvest, Finally!! (Long Version)


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>I am both drooling over dinner and envious about Doreen's harvest.
>
>This summer has been cool and very rainy in DC, and my tomatoes are
>pathetic.  Peppers are not doing a lot either, though I've harvested a few
>nice ones.
>
>*My* Brandywine tomato plant has exactly two toms on it and 3 blooms open
>now.  Very disappointing.
>
>I dropped a bunch of myco fungi into each planting hole but, once again, am
>disappointed in the outcome.
>
>Hopefully my knees will be enough better in 2001 that I can once again grow
>my own starts for the garden and apply the VAM at the right time, which I
>believe to be the seedling stage, not the outplanting stage.
>
>--Janet
>
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