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  • From: Tom Volkening <volkenin@mail.lib.msu.edu>
  • To: "'nafex@yahoogroups.com'" <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
  • Subject: RE: [nafex] mycorrhizal fungi failure?
  • Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 10:47:48 -0500

My experience with mycorrhizal innoculation was not great either. I tried
it on the bare root black raspberries I planted last spring. I dusted the
roots of every other plant before planting. The plants were set about 3
feet apart and mulched but not fertilized. I did not notice any difference
between the treated and untreated plants. I am in zone 5 near Lansing
Michigan.

Tom Volkening
Engineering Library
1515 Engineering Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1226
Phone: 517-432-1498
Fax: 517-353-9041
Email: volkenin@msu.edu
volkenin@egr.msu.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: Lucky Pittman [mailto:Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu]
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 10:24 AM
To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [nafex] mycorrhizal fungi failure?


Bernie recounted his less than stupendous results with mycorrhizal fungal
inoculants on apples.

My experience with it on oaks & pecans was similar.
I used a mycorrhizal inoculant & hydrophilic gel on a dozen bareroot pecans
and about 30 bareroot oaks(red & burenglish) that I planted, lining the
driveway, in the spring of '95(or '96, I'm losing track of time). All were
in the 4' range. Most have still failed to grow to any significant extent
- with the exception of some the oaks the neighbors' llamas ate to the
ground before I put tree shelters on. Bur oak seedlings, 6" tall, planted
at the same time, without inoculation, are now 8-10 ft tall.
I'm strongly considering cutting the red oaks down to ground level and
selecting a nice, straight shoot from the root collar to become the 'tree',
replacing the crooked things I've got right now.

Despite all the 'good press' mycorrhizae have gotten, I'll have to say I'm
not overly impressed.
Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY







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