so I switched tonight from a generic
promix hp knock off to name brand... I see the name brand has the mycorrhizae already in it... Is there sufficient amount added to it? How long before adding to it is needed? Why do most of products to bring mycorrhizae recommend repeated application throughout? If it is to create a colony are these things not self sustaining at some point? Is there any science that non-organic nutes Harm these little fellows?
There is some research indicating that high P and K levels is detrimental to Myco. Im going to ramble a bit, but this might helps you understand mycorrhizae better. If you're going to apply a product high in PK, try something plant based.
Its more or less suggested that Mycorrhizae, treatments have variable results and are still experimental. David Whiting, "The Science of Gardening". Off the top of my head he says that Mycorrhizae species are specific to certain plants and they are trees, not annuals.
If I reference Jeff Lowenfells, "Teaming with Microbes" he suggests that annuals are more suited towards bacterial teas, or soils with high bacterial activity.
So, lets look at Orca, a product put out by Plant Revolution, it says myco, but it has more bacteria species than anything else. Among other things like humics, B.. etc. .. When I look at a product like this, it confirms what Jeff says. They know that this product is likely to be used on
Cannabis spp.
So.. on to application, if you are going to apply myco, you need to put it directly on the roots, any other way I feel is a waste of the product, but if you look at what most myco products are they have bacteria in them. If you've ever done any inoculation using spores, you put that directly on the food they need, and that happens to be the exposed roots during transplant. Concentrate on the rootball/transplant hole.
So why the repeated application for the product?.. If you ever look at bacteria in a microscope, they dont move in anyway that makes sense, Fungi does "move" ever notice how fast fungus takes over?. The point is to inoculate with bacteria as most of those products have lots of bacteria, not much myco. You have to spread the product around to make it work.
One thing I need to do is look at Orca under a microscope to see whats in the bottle, I'm curious to see what liquid myco treatment actually contains. See if I can find any live critters under 2000x.
