Re: mycorrhizal innoculants
In a message dated 5/9/00 9:35:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
tolenio@sentex.net writes:
<< From: tolenio@sentex.net (Tom Olenio)
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Hello All,
Has anyone used mycorrhizal innoculants on AG pumpkins? What were the
results?
A mycorrhizal innoculant is a fungi that lives on the roots of plants, and
reportedly;
* Plants can better tolerate stressful situations, such as lack of water
and
salty soils
* Plants can be transplanted into poor or marginal soils and do well
* Plants require substantially less fertilizing and irrigation
* Plants can bear fruit at an earlier age and support heavier crops
They claim that melons are greatly improved by having mycorrhizal
innoculants, and
they are destroyed by roto-tilling, and bare soil, as they need roots to
survive
in the soil.
Pumpkin experts, what does experience tell us regarding these things and AG
pumpkins?
Thanks,
Tom
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Thomas Olenio
Ont >>
Tom,
I used them last year, but with the high nutrient levels and extensive
soil disruption,...............not really sure. I grew a 737.6 pounder, but
tough to attribute it to any one thing. Atlantic Giants are so inconsistant
(no control to judge it against). You can plant 2 seeds from the same pumpkin
and see 2 different plants...treating both the same. It's tough to draw any
valid conclusions.
pumkinguy
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