Re: Endomycorrhizal fungi?


Steve,

Several list members have touched on this in the
past. George Brooks has been actively formulating
soil amendments using canned goods in an attempt
to keep healthy populations of just such
beneficials. I remember he and I both questioned
the role of chlorine and chorine in our city water
as possible hindrance to such populations. Harold
Eddleman Ph.D. commented that he had been involved
with some research involving soil fertility and he
stated it was very rare to find soils depleted of
such microorganisms to such a degree as to impede
plant growth. I don't believe the list carried the
discussion any further.

I'm still trying to get a pumpkin over the 30 LB
range, so the list will probably view any comments
from me with great skepticism. :-)


-- 
Greg Schraiber
Machesney Park, IL
Trying to keep cool along with our Midwest
neighbors






SteveS012@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know if using an endomycorrhizal innoculant does any good for
> pumpkin growing? I was just doing some reading on this. Supposedly tilling,
> spading, digging, and any use of chemical fertilizers, (ALL of which are done
> for AG growing to a large extent), can deplete or wipe out the fungi, with in
> supposedly beneficial to the roots of almost all plants, greatly increasing
> their ability to take up nutrients, and the mycorrhizal root threads (hyphae)
> loosen and open up the soil structure, which further improves plant growth.
> Just thought this might have something to it that no one had brought up
> before. Anyone know anything about this?!
> 
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