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- From: "Nan Johnson" <nan AT olemiss.edu>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Mychorrizal Innoculants
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:28:35 -0600
In the winter of 04/05 I inoculated our
potting mix last spring with two different products from The Green Spot (www.greenmethods.com): "Mycostop"
(streptomyces bacteria) and "Rootshield" (Trichoderma harzianum).
The two products were added to all our fresh potting mix. The mix was used
for filling pots for transplanting plants, not for the germination trays. The
plants stay in these pots for at least a year (50 different
species).
I also innoculated into the soil of the
permanent raised beds later in spring 05 when temps were higher.
We had experienced the loss of at least 1/3 of our
perennial medicinal plants that were in raised beds outdoors the
summer of 2004 to Sclerotium rolfsii (soil fungal disease that is airborne and
ever present in our area).
We chose to inoculate our potting mix in the winter
of 04/05 assuming we would face the same challenge....we also innoculated all
the raised beds that had perennial medicinal plants surviving into the spring of
2005.
Since this was not a scientific experiment, we
didn't have any control pots (of uninoculated potting mix), so whether it worked
or not, I can't say.
We had less loss to the Sclerotium rolfsii outdoors
in our beds this past summer 2005, but again, no control plots and too
many variables (there was a different species in each of the raised beds,
sometimes three different species and the weather and watering schedules were
different last summer, as was the weather).
I do think The Green Spot is a fine company, and
that we got what we paid for in terms of a living product. They are very
helpful over the phone too!
nan at dancing goats farm, n.
mississippi
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[Market-farming] Mychorrizal Innoculants,
Jeff Cantara, 01/18/2006
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Re: [Market-farming] Mychorrizal Innoculants,
Nan Johnson, 01/19/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Mychorrizal Innoculants, Allan Balliett, 01/19/2006
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Re: [Market-farming] Mychorrizal Innoculants,
David Tannen, 01/20/2006
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Re: [Market-farming] Mychorrizal Innoculants,
Allan Balliett, 01/20/2006
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[Market-farming] Food Cycler Compost Bags,
Kelly Saxer, 01/21/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Food Cycler Compost Bags, Dawn M. Ripley, 01/21/2006
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[Market-farming] kubota tractors,
Mike Emers, 01/21/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] kubota tractors, Allan Balliett, 01/22/2006
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[Market-farming] Food Cycler Compost Bags,
Kelly Saxer, 01/21/2006
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Re: [Market-farming] Mychorrizal Innoculants,
Allan Balliett, 01/20/2006
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Market-farming] Mychorrizal Innoculants, wildernessflowers, 01/18/2006
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Re: [Market-farming] Mychorrizal Innoculants,
Nan Johnson, 01/19/2006
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