Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Well, it's about growing food isn't it? Of course I don't pose as an expert
but I have read that whatever micorrhizae plants need is usually in the
soil to begin with, and special inoculants are a waste of money. After all,
the earth is more or less covered with vegetation where soil and climate
permit, and Mother Nature doesn't have a problem with inoculants. I say
usually. There are certain plants and trees that do need their own brand of
inoculant because they're not native to the type of soil you have. My own
suspicion is, if you need inoculants then maybe those plants don't belong
anyway. YMMV.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 3/8/2007 at 6:06 PM John Smith wrote:

>Was the experiment a success? I went to your site and was expecting to see
>grass grown with and grass grown without to see if there was a difference.
>I'm not sure about Bahia grass but it doesn't look to be particularly
>thriving. I thought micorhizal fungi tended to be plant specific and if
>they
>are good for grass they might not be useful for other species of plant.
>
>I think this is a fascinating subject and I hope anyone who has experience
>to input will do so (no sales pitches). Is this on topic, Paul?
>;-)
>
>John Smith