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  • From: "sals3" <sals3@cox.net>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Fwd: Mycorrizal "fertilizers"?
  • Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:40:06 -0700

I just know that when people came out west with say peaches those that had the soil from home their trees did the best. better than bear root because they carried the soil life the peaches were using back home.
----- Original Message ----- From: "venaurafarm" <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Fwd: Mycorrizal "fertilizers"?


On 3/22/2013 4:46 PM, sals3 wrote:
does mycorrizal grow in compost tea? I think your right on throw what you
find under a healthy plant that your growing for most of what the plant
needs . I never knew mycorrizal was one of them . I just use to buy it and
rub it on the roots when planting. could you use that dirt to make a good
batch of compost tea for a sick plant of the same kind???

I would say so if you are familiar with making compost tea. As I
understand it you have fungal dominated compost and bacteria dominated
compost; fungal starter sourced from forests and bacterial starter
sourced from fields. Aerate the soil, apply compost, control moisture
levels.

For good answers subscribe to the list:
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and read the very excellent book (get the latest edition, well worth
having in your library): "TEAMING WITH MICROBES: THE ORGANIC GARDENER'S
GUIDE TO THE SOIL FOOD WEB" by Jeff Lowenfels and any information you
can get from Soil Foodweb's Elaine Ingham, now working for Rodale ssuch
as her publication "Compost Tea Manual" which is being updated and will
be available on the Rodale website.

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