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  • From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
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  • Subject: [gwl-g] Mycorrhizae and Peonies
  • Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 19:56:51 -0500

I have to share something wonderful.  Four years ago, I bought a 1-gallon peony plant in the spring.  I planted it and inoculated the roots with mycorrhizal fungi.  That fall I moved the plant, as the place where I put it originally didn't get enough sunlight.  The next spring, the peony sprouted and bore 3 flowers.  That was totally amazing, given I had moved the little plant and that usually peonies take at least two years to flower after planting.  I thought the mycorrhizae might be the reason.
 
Last September, Roy Klehm of Song Sparrow Farms gave me a small 'Silver Dawn Mix' peony root.  I inoculated it with mycorrhizae and planted it in a full-sun location in my perennial garden.  This week, the peony sprouted, and it has four buds on it!!  Obviously, mycorrhizal fungi is the reason for precocious blooming.
Doreen Howard
N. IL--Zone 5a



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