i get way better faster root growth and higher yield every time in ocean forest than pro mix with myco.
and if the spores die below 40 degrees than why would pro mix put it on their bales?
The truth is the info on all these products says “may” give the benefit and they tend to use one clinical agriculture trial from the past to justify sales.
It’s easy to sell growers. We see improvement and believe it’s from product added rather than better gardening skill. Which I have proven over and over. My results kept getting better but I didn’t add anything for years.
Plants don’t need help from myco fungus to uptake available chelated nutrients in a container. In fact the roots would grow and search more without the help
If we are talking raw organic inputs then micros are needed to break down the food.
most of the info on myco is from trees and that is different kind of fungus. And it’s outside in an ecosystem.
If I was running Hydro again or rockwool or the uni-slab I would probably run sterilized setup. As those have constant water flow or are watered multiple time a day. Any type of soil peat etc stuff that is watered once a day or less would have Mycorrhizae which are beneficial microorganisms/fungi and other soil microbes as well, as both work together.
When you mentioned organics and micros you are correct the microbes have to break it down, but talking with people at some universities studying this stuff, with some better technology things are not so black and white or what people thought. What they are seeing is even in full organic with a healthy microbial biomass, By adding a fertilizer applications its not only not killing the myco or microbes its actually promoting microbial growth and activity which is leading to greater microbial biomass and greater enzyme activity. my understanding is they are measuring the enzymes/proteins ,and the more enzyme activity is contributed to the total microbial biomass .
Now your right in a pot with synthetic fertilizer, you don't need microbes or any of that stuff , when synthetic ferts are dissolved in water the Ions are readily available for uptake. However that doesn't mean they don't lock together etc. like P ,calcium , iron etc. adding everything I said above in an earlier post about the benefits, I think its clear. one may say not needed but that doesn't mean there is not a host of benefits to using them, from warding off bad bacteria, pathogens ,insects overall cleaner healthier root zone, keeping nutrients more active/available, transporting , the amino acids, chelates , nutrient cycling.etc etc. none of those are a negative and all lead to faster bigger healthier growth. , I guess what I'm saying is, once one understands and see the differents proper use of myco fungi and microbes can fully have one will understand what I'm talking about, as my grows are far better with them then without. but hey thats just my opinion.