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Don Chapman's soil-enhancement mycorrhizae

Hi everyone.  With all this talk about mycorrhizae, I thought
I'd put my two cents in.  When I read about this product, I called Don,
talked to him for quite a while (this was about two months ago I think?--
and by the way, he's a very nice, patient man) and came to the conclusion
that I should try the Bio-Organic products: the mycorrhize (try saying
that three times!), the volcanic ash, and the time-release fish fertilizer.
(Okay, just to help make sure I don't get into trouble--I don't get any $$$
or anything else from endorsing these products--I just feel it is important
to share this information with my fellow sqft-ers.)

I had all of my tomato/pepper plants out already, but was able to
add the mycorrhize to each one by inserting a tiny dowel rod
down into the soil next to the stem and then funnelled and
tamped the mycorrhize into the hole (this was the method recommended
by Don).  Afterwards I gently raked in the fertilizer.  Then I mixed
some of the volcanic ash with water and used it like a foliar spray.

I have been gardening for a quite a number of years (mostly
using the sqft method) bit I have never grown tomatoes and
pepper plants that have looked quite like these!!  I wish I had
done as Don suggested and left a few without these amendments
to compare, but I didn't.  My plants are just incredible!  The leaves
and stems are thick and lush (I'm not sure a bug *could* penetrate
the leaves, they are so thick and strong!), the flowers
are everywhere and are setting little tomatoes left and right.
And the ones that are the large beefstead size are absolutely huge just
coming out of the flowers!  Gigantic!!!  It looks like I'll have more
than enough tomatoes for fresh use, freezing, and sharing with all of
my neighbors.  And my peppers plants already have many peppers growing
(which is unusual for this time of year in my area).  I am amazed every
morning when I walk out to look at (okay, okay...admire...) my garden.
Before I had used these products, my plants were a bit stressed and
seemed a bit the worse for wear as I had started them all in February
(very, very early for my area).  I had set out 11 of the 40+ tomato
plants in w-o-w's in late March, and the rest were set out early-to-
mid April.  A couple of weeks after I added these products,
all of the plants started growing like crazy, becoming healthier, and
stronger, and producing blooms left and right.  I wish I had pictures,
it is truly an incredible site!  In all my years of gardening, I have
only seen tomato and pepper plants that look this strong and healthy at
the Botanical Gardens or in magazines--never in my own backyard!!
Like I said before, I really wish I had been good and not treated a
few plants so I'd have a fair comparison, but I recall in the past my plants
were never this healthy looking or produced so much fruit.  (Now if I could
just do something about all of this rain....it's a bit more than we need
here in my area.)

Okay, I've gone on enough.....I just wanted to share with everyone my
own personal experience so far.  Between my newly made raised sqft beds,
growing the seeds myself (is there anything more satisfying?), and using these
products, my garden has been very exciting and fun (can you tell my major
crops are tomatoes and peppers?).  I should mention that I have been
using the fertilizer/volcanic ash on the other crops and they seem to be
responding very well too!  Unfortunately I ran out of the mycorrhizae before
I could add it to my broccoli, lettuce, spinach, etc., or I would've used it
on those plants as well.

Good stuff!

Gail Kremser
Fenton, MO (Zone 6)
Email: gailk@wupatki.wustl.edu

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