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  • From: Marty Kraft <martyk@allspecies.org>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Growing Micorizzal Fungi for Inoculant
  • Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 15:26:49 -0600

Paul

I'm going to keep an open mind a little while longer.

I understand that micorizzal fungi need to be in association with plants to exist. In the city people grow on land that has been very disturbed and often chemically treated. When land is tilled or no cover crop grows on it I believe that these fungi die out. So I'm not sure just what is in the soil that we have on our lot or others around our city. If potato yields are increased by 30% through inoculation then I'm willing to try it. Maybe if people in the city learn to do organic no till well they won't over run you folks when the manure hits the ecofan.

The work of David Douds is to help people find a very economical way to produce micorizzal inoculants instead of buying expensive ones. See
http://www.newfarm.org/depts/NFfield_trials/0404/mf_update.shtml

Marty


On Mar 8, 2007, at 11:57 AM, TradingPostPaul wrote:


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




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