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maine USA

I intend to use myco in my patch in 07. One thing that I picked up on this website is that in order for the myco to kick in you must cause some "stress" to the plant. Could someone clue me in on how much stress this entails? This makes me a little nervous since these will be young developing plants, over doing it could obviously devistating. thanks KathyT

1/25/2007 1:38:13 PM

ummm,,,not thinking stress is required here

I used mycro products last year on AG's as well as other veggie's with great success and I always try to avoid "any" stress on all my plants. It's a bacteria that affixes itself to the roots as soon as a root makes contact. I used it in the starter mix and a small amount in the planting holes(probably not necessary because the roots were already carrying the bacteria).

1/25/2007 2:35:13 PM

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no stress as far as i know, roots need to come in contact with mycorrhiza.

1/25/2007 3:21:41 PM

President - GPC

I've read that it helps reduce stress in plants- Check it out:

http://www.mycorrhizal.com/index.html

1/25/2007 3:22:04 PM

maine USA

My understanding is that the person who mentioned that the plant needs to be stressed a little is as following: the plant becomes stressed which causes the already attached myco to recieve this stress "signal" from the plant causing the myco to increase its growth, in order to have the ability to bring in more water, and nutrients to the plant, its host. Maybe on the other hand, maybe I misunderstood what was being said. I wish I could remember where I saw this information. That certainly is possible. KathyT

1/25/2007 5:05:40 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Something got mixed up in there Kathy.

Messenger (Harpin) is similar to using aspirin which signals plants to begin defending themselves in advance of a stress event the same way they would react to a stressful event.

Mycorrhyza may make a plant handle stress better only because the plant is healthier. No stress is needed to make mycorrhyza work.

1/25/2007 10:10:06 PM

maine USA

Well thank you for setting me straight LOL! I understood the part about once it got established that it could really help the plant withstand stress, and could go a long way towards defending the plant from soil pathogens. My misunderstanding was getting it to push into high gear in the first place. I am quite relieved. thanks a bunch all. KathyT

1/25/2007 11:29:01 PM