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  • From: Ann Sherrington <annsherrington AT gmail.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] T-22
  • Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:57:56 -0400

Etienne,

Where do you get your AFM innoculant?

Thanks,

Ann Sherrington
Port Hood, NS

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Etienne Goyer
<etienne AT lejardinduvillage.ca> wrote:
> Hi Vern,
>
> Yes, I do. My potting mix (Premier Pro-Mix Organic Ultimate) is
> pre-inoculated with AMF, but I also use powdered AMF inoculum.  The
> brand is Mykes, I do not know if it is available in the US.  I inoculate
> pretty much everything, including potatoes, except chenopod (beets and
> friends) and brassica, since these do not form association with AMF.
>
> With most transplant, we "dip" the root ball in a plate of inoculum we
> carry along when transplanting.  It's a bit troublesome, and it make
> transplanting slightly longer.
>
> With peas and beans, which we sow my hand, we put the seeds in a jar
> along with AMF and rizobium inoculum and a spoonful or two of water, and
> shake to coat the seeds.
>
> I chit (green sprout) potato seeds, which I plant by hand.  We quickly
> dip the seed potato into a plate of inoculum before dropping it in the
> trench.
>
> Carrot and green onion are the only two crops that would benefit from
> AMF that I do currently inoculate, because they are directly sown.  I
> could add the inoculum in the seed hopper, but I would not want my
> pricey Jang to jam because of that.
>
> I had very good yield last year, which was my first season.  I have not
> made side-by-side comparison with non-inoculated crop, so it hard for me
> to judge whether AMF inoculation actually improve yield.  But since the
> inoculum is fairly cheap (about 20$ for the season), and since it is not
> much trouble, I do it on faith.
>
> I weed mostly by hand and with a hoe and a wheel hoe. It's pretty
> shallow, so I do not think I disturb the AMF much when weeding.  I do
> rototile though, and that must be pretty hard on the fungus population.
>
> >From what I gather, the benefit of AMF inoculation is inversely
> proportional to the soil available P.  My soil has a fairly good P
> level, so perhaps I am doing all that for not much.  At some point, I
> will stop pro-actively inoculating, and assume AMF will be well
> established in my parcel.  I guess, I will inoculate when growing on new
> parcel, and that's it.
>
> Hope that help!
>
> Etienne
>
>
> On 12-02-20 11:11 PM, Vern and Amy wrote:
>> *Etienne,*
>>
>> That is a good question.  Do you use AMF?  Tell me about it--where you
>> get it, how you use it, and how much it does for you.  I get the
>> impression that cultivation hinders mycoryzial fungi, but I don't know
>> much about it.
>>
>> Vern
>>
>>
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