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[IBC] mycorrhizae
Yes, I am a little curious about this fungus. Would you recommend adding this to the soil of all collected trees, or just conifers?
Also, where is a dependable place online to get this? Thanks...................Rick New England Zone 5 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Ken Rutledge++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] mycorrhizae
In a message dated 3/23/2004 8:05:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes: Yes, I am a little curious about this fungus. Would you recommend adding this to the soil of all collected trees, or just conifers? Also, where is a dependable place online to get this? There are a number of products that include the spore including Roots II I believe. It is available from a number of on line vendors. However, every species has its own fungus and usually if a tree is collected with even a few roots the fungus is already there. Billy on the Florida Space Coast BSF Annual Convention May 28 - 31, 2004 Radisson Hotel, Cape Canaveral, Florida Sponsored by The Bonsai Society of Brevard and the Treasure Coast Bonsai Society http://www.bonsaisocietyofbrevard.org/2004/2004.html ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Ken Rutledge++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] mycorrhizae
In a message dated 3/23/2004 8:05:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes: Yes, I am a little curious about this fungus. Would you recommend adding this to the soil of all collected trees, or just conifers? Also, where is a dependable place online to get this? There are a number of products that include the spore including Roots II I believe. It is available from a number of on line vendors. However, every species has its own fungus and usually if a tree is collected with even a few roots the fungus is already there. Billy on the Florida Space Coast BSF Annual Convention May 28 - 31, 2004 Radisson Hotel, Cape Canaveral, Florida Sponsored by The Bonsai Society of Brevard and the Treasure Coast Bonsai Society http://www.bonsaisocietyofbrevard.org/2004/2004.html ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Ken Rutledge++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] mycorrhizae
In a message dated 3/23/2004 8:05:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes: Yes, I am a little curious about this fungus. Would you recommend adding this to the soil of all collected trees, or just conifers? Also, where is a dependable place online to get this? There are a number of products that include the spore including Roots II I believe. It is available from a number of on line vendors. However, every species has its own fungus and usually if a tree is collected with even a few roots the fungus is already there. Billy on the Florida Space Coast BSF Annual Convention May 28 - 31, 2004 Radisson Hotel, Cape Canaveral, Florida Sponsored by The Bonsai Society of Brevard and the Treasure Coast Bonsai Society http://www.bonsaisocietyofbrevard.org/2004/2004.html ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Ken Rutledge++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] mycorrhizae
Yes, I am a little curious about this fungus. Would you recommend
adding this to the soil of all collected trees, or just conifers? Also, where is a dependable place online to get this? ============== The "purpose" (if you can assume "purpose" in living things other than humans -- and is there some doubt there, too? ;-) of mycorrhizae is to increase the ability of roots to absorb nutrients in infertile (read, almost sterile) soils. It's not at all certain that they are needed or serve any purpose at all for _any_ plant grown in pots and supplied artificially with all the food (nutrients via fertilizer) it can eat. On top of all that, application of phosphorous (one of the 3 primary nutrients) to soil adversely affects (damages) mycorrhizae. Also, mycorrhizae are quite plant specific, so the chances of you being able to find the variety of mycorrhizae that YOUR plant "needs" are quite slim. Too, if you are growing native plants, chances are good that the plants' roots will be amply supplied with the requisite mycorrhizae, even if you bare root the plant -- assuming you don't bathe the roots in Clorox or alcohol. But since I assume you fertilize your bonsai regularly, I really wouldn't worry about it. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it should have - Paul Bigelow Sears. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Ken Rutledge++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] mycorrhizae
Yes, I am a little curious about this fungus. Would you recommend
adding this to the soil of all collected trees, or just conifers? Also, where is a dependable place online to get this? ============== The "purpose" (if you can assume "purpose" in living things other than humans -- and is there some doubt there, too? ;-) of mycorrhizae is to increase the ability of roots to absorb nutrients in infertile (read, almost sterile) soils. It's not at all certain that they are needed or serve any purpose at all for _any_ plant grown in pots and supplied artificially with all the food (nutrients via fertilizer) it can eat. On top of all that, application of phosphorous (one of the 3 primary nutrients) to soil adversely affects (damages) mycorrhizae. Also, mycorrhizae are quite plant specific, so the chances of you being able to find the variety of mycorrhizae that YOUR plant "needs" are quite slim. Too, if you are growing native plants, chances are good that the plants' roots will be amply supplied with the requisite mycorrhizae, even if you bare root the plant -- assuming you don't bathe the roots in Clorox or alcohol. But since I assume you fertilize your bonsai regularly, I really wouldn't worry about it. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it should have - Paul Bigelow Sears. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Ken Rutledge++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] mycorrhizae
Yes, I am a little curious about this fungus. Would you recommend
adding this to the soil of all collected trees, or just conifers? Also, where is a dependable place online to get this? ============== The "purpose" (if you can assume "purpose" in living things other than humans -- and is there some doubt there, too? ;-) of mycorrhizae is to increase the ability of roots to absorb nutrients in infertile (read, almost sterile) soils. It's not at all certain that they are needed or serve any purpose at all for _any_ plant grown in pots and supplied artificially with all the food (nutrients via fertilizer) it can eat. On top of all that, application of phosphorous (one of the 3 primary nutrients) to soil adversely affects (damages) mycorrhizae. Also, mycorrhizae are quite plant specific, so the chances of you being able to find the variety of mycorrhizae that YOUR plant "needs" are quite slim. Too, if you are growing native plants, chances are good that the plants' roots will be amply supplied with the requisite mycorrhizae, even if you bare root the plant -- assuming you don't bathe the roots in Clorox or alcohol. But since I assume you fertilize your bonsai regularly, I really wouldn't worry about it. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it should have - Paul Bigelow Sears. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Ken Rutledge++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] mycorrhizae
Yes, I am a little curious about this fungus. Would you recommend
adding this to the soil of all collected trees, or just conifers? Also, where is a dependable place online to get this? ============== The "purpose" (if you can assume "purpose" in living things other than humans -- and is there some doubt there, too? ;-) of mycorrhizae is to increase the ability of roots to absorb nutrients in infertile (read, almost sterile) soils. It's not at all certain that they are needed or serve any purpose at all for _any_ plant grown in pots and supplied artificially with all the food (nutrients via fertilizer) it can eat. On top of all that, application of phosphorous (one of the 3 primary nutrients) to soil adversely affects (damages) mycorrhizae. Also, mycorrhizae are quite plant specific, so the chances of you being able to find the variety of mycorrhizae that YOUR plant "needs" are quite slim. Too, if you are growing native plants, chances are good that the plants' roots will be amply supplied with the requisite mycorrhizae, even if you bare root the plant -- assuming you don't bathe the roots in Clorox or alcohol. But since I assume you fertilize your bonsai regularly, I really wouldn't worry about it. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it should have - Paul Bigelow Sears. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Ken Rutledge++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] mycorrhizae
In a message dated 3/23/2004 8:05:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes: Yes, I am a little curious about this fungus. Would you recommend adding this to the soil of all collected trees, or just conifers? Also, where is a dependable place online to get this? There are a number of products that include the spore including Roots II I believe. It is available from a number of on line vendors. However, every species has its own fungus and usually if a tree is collected with even a few roots the fungus is already there. Billy on the Florida Space Coast BSF Annual Convention May 28 - 31, 2004 Radisson Hotel, Cape Canaveral, Florida Sponsored by The Bonsai Society of Brevard and the Treasure Coast Bonsai Society http://www.bonsaisocietyofbrevard.org/2004/2004.html ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Ken Rutledge++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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