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maine USA

Will Rootshield "consider" Mycorrhizal fungus a pathogen, hence creating a hostile environment for the Myco? thanks Kathy

12/2/2007 7:39:40 PM

maine USA

oops! LOL

12/2/2007 7:40:24 PM

New Hampshire

Good question

12/2/2007 8:38:56 PM

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Tricoderma does "graze" on mycorrhyza. But the effect isn't all bad. The resulting "death" produces enzymes/amino acids(?) that are also anti-fungal. The world of soil microbiology is complex. The life inside our soil changes so fast & so regularly that it is sometimes hard to pin-point which processes are causing which effects. Soil temperature, % moisture, etc really upset the balance so much that some researchers just run away screaming. LOL

12/2/2007 11:09:27 PM

western PA

http://www.hollandsgiants.com/soil.html

The Mycorrhizae Soil Inoculant that Joel Holland sells contains both, so I would think they'd be ok together.

12/2/2007 11:19:23 PM

maine USA

Great Tremor if you are running away screaming where does that leave the rest of us! LOL KathyT

12/3/2007 11:40:29 AM

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I've always wondered why Joel packages them together but some growers swear by his preparation.

The key to not going nuts over microbiology is to accept the fact we're dealing with a siutation that is too dynamic to always predict with accuracy what is happening. Some people pay crazy money to have a biological soil test performed only to have the sample mishandled enough to alter the results,,,often greatly.

12/3/2007 10:46:48 PM