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  • From: Kevin Moore <aleguy33@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] mycorrhiza
  • Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 11:08:09 -0700 (PDT)

My point is not simply to achieve mycorhizal associations, but specific associations with fungi that also produce edible (and preferably delicious) fruiting bodies. Why not make them do double duty? Not only do they benefit the plant, but you also gain a valuable crop, though they can take a decade or more before they start to produce, as in the case of Chanterelles. (My favorite.)


From: Stephen Sadler <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 12:56:48 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] mycorrhiza

That’s exactly how I use mycorrhizal inoculants; I add them after solarizing the soil, to try to establish a presence of beneficial organisms in the sterilized soil before pathogens can find their way back.

 

~ Stephen

 

From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lee Reich
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 8:40 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: [NAFEX] mycorrhiza

 

Alan Haight recently cited a reference by Wiseman and others that showed some benefit of mycorrhizal inoculation. Two important point emerge if you read the actual publication:

 

1. The experiments were conducted in sterilized soil so the results would not necessarily apply to field soils. Mycorrhizal inoculae generally exist in sufficient amounts in such soils.

 

2. The benefits seen from inoculation was not related to the actual amount of infection seen in roots. Something else may be going on.

 

Mycorrhizal associations are, no doubt, beneficial to plants. Deliberate inoculation, especially with commercially available inoculae, are not necessarily so.

 

Lee Reich, PhD

 

Books by Lee Reich:

A Northeast Gardener's Year

The Pruning Book

Weedless Gardening

Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden

Landscaping with Fruit

 





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