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Re: More on Doreen's tomato-growing experiment

Larry B. Breech wrote:
> 
> fungi-treated plants.
> >
> 
> > In private correspondence with me, Doreen stated that it is Don
> > Chapman's view that nitrogen overload, rather than just the use of
> > synthetic chemical fertilizers, is what kills mycorrhizal fungi.  Because
> > Doreen used small amounts of synthetics, she does not think that N
> > overload negatively affected the fungi on the plants in her test that
> > received both Chapman's stuff and some synthetic boosts.
> >
> > Bargyla has repeatedly posted that the synthetic chemical fertilizers kill
> > these valuable mycorrhizae.  She did not name N as the culprit per se,
> > however.  Nor did she imply that nutrition *overload* was the culprit.
> 
> Janet, Hats off to you for your upcoming trials, hope all goes well. My
> experience and contacts have passed along info that goes together well
> with Bargyla's. The fungi will be negatively impacted by the most
> popular chemical fertilizers. DAP-Triple Super- and Potassium chloride
> are some of the worst. The effects of DAP is outlined in a text used in
> Univ of Nebraska. Some fungicides can have a similar effect. There was a
> most interseting article about mycorrhizae and its benefits in Reader's
> Digest awhile back. Larry
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