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  • From: Lucky Pittman <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] mycorrhizal fungi failure?
  • Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 09:24:29 -0600

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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