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anyone using mycorrhizae?
Mycorrhizae is making a fair amount of noise in the maple world
"outre pond," I'm wondering if anyone on the rational side is using it. This is symbiotic fungus, essentially, although there are many different forms available. I'm considering trying with this spring's plantings. Any experts recommend a brand available by internet? Thanks! -E -- Emery Davis You can reply to ecom by removing the well known companies Questions about wine? Visit http://winefaq.hostexcellence.com |
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anyone using mycorrhizae?
In article , Emery Davis writes: | | Mycorrhizae is making a fair amount of noise in the maple world | "outre pond," I'm wondering if anyone on the rational side is using | it. This is symbiotic fungus, essentially, although there are many | different forms available. Yes, they are used for a few plants which don't grow well without mycorrhiza, and where the fungus is relatively tractable. Blackwood (a type of eucalypt) is one, if I recall. You can also regard truffles as mycorrhiza, and some of them are cultivated. | I'm considering trying with this spring's plantings. Any experts | recommend a brand available by internet? You have been reading too much transpondian New Age drivel, haven't you? :-) Some fungi associate with many plants, and some plants associate with many fungi (birch is the classic), but only a few combinations will work. Some plants don't form mycorrhizal associations at all (e.g. yew), and some are almost impossible to induce artificially (e.g. many terrestrial orchids). The first question is to ask what you want it for, the second is whether those plants form mycorrhizal associations, the third is whether it has been induced naturally, and the fourth is whether that species is available. Only fifthly worry about the brand! Sorry, but .... Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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anyone using mycorrhizae?
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This film is in aid of pushing the companies products, but does have some interesting background on mycorrhizae. http://www.pixelsoftfilms.com/index....36&Itemi d=47 (I'm in no way affiliated with these people, nor can I vouch for the efficacy of their products. As I said, just interested if anyone over here is using the stuff.) -E -- Emery Davis You can reply to ecom by removing the well known companies Questions about wine? Visit http://winefaq.hostexcellence.com |
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anyone using mycorrhizae?
In article , Emery Davis writes: | | I could be more specific. What I want it for is to increase verticillium | resistance, via stress reduction, in various Acer taxa. These plants | are well known to form such symbiotic relationships, hence the | discussion in the maple community (including the Maple Society, | which I can attest is reasonably serious about the subject). Ah. Not, THAT makes a LOT more sense. But you should always make it clear that it is Acer you are talking about. | I'm not quite sure what you mean by "induced naturally," the fungus | is almost certainly present in the soil here in places, but I may have | introduced it via plantings. Oops. I meant "induced artificially". | By "that species" do you mean fungus or plant? Americans in the | maple trade have mentioned www.mycoapply.com as their source, | there is anecdotal evidence there that these work well with A. palmatum | anyway. ... | | And so, I am asking about the brand, and if anyone in our climate | uses the stuff! Fine. But, if I were to refer you to something that I was using for blackwood, oak, beech, or growing truffles, it wouldn't help you at all. I am not, but I thought about it and looked into it a little. Aside (not to you): God. British botanical loons, again. So ignorant that they pluralise the obviously Greek-derived word "mycorrhiza" to "mycorrhizae". And the OED confirms that it is precisely a British botanical delusion. I still remember a speeling test at my first prep. school that foxed everyone with "hippopotami" (he pronounced it "-MY". No, that is not the correct plural, as several of us (aged 7) knew. Of course, it was a common local wild animal, and not an exotic. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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anyone using mycorrhizae?
Nick Maclaren wrote:
Aside (not to you): God. British botanical loons, again. So ignorant that they pluralise the obviously Greek-derived word "mycorrhiza" to "mycorrhizae". And the OED confirms that it is precisely a British botanical delusion. Seems that mycorrhizae is in common use. Probably far more so than mycorrhizas. (Would you prefer "mycorrhizata"?) I haven't trusted the OED since "monied" was disallowed on Countdown... -- Jeff (cut "thetape" to reply) |
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anyone using mycorrhizae?
In article , "Jeff Layman" writes: | | Aside (not to you): God. British botanical loons, again. So | ignorant that they pluralise the obviously Greek-derived word | "mycorrhiza" to "mycorrhizae". And the OED confirms that it is | precisely a British botanical delusion. | | Seems that mycorrhizae is in common use. Probably far more so than | mycorrhizas. (Would you prefer "mycorrhizata"?) I think that you will find that "mycorrhiza" was both singular and plural until some, er, considerably sub-genius decided to Latinize it. The earliest plural of that form I can see is "pileorrhize". Why the hell that usage couldn't have continued is beyond me. But the whole way that the British botanical loons attempt to abuse the English language is ridiculous. After all, the very concept of singularity and plurality is completely alien to mycorrhiza - yes, there is the concept of a single species versus multiple species, but you need to say "species of mycorrhiza" to disambiguate it anyway. And then the number is associated with the word "species" :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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anyone using mycorrhizae?
In message , Jeff Layman
writes Nick Maclaren wrote: Aside (not to you): God. British botanical loons, again. So ignorant that they pluralise the obviously Greek-derived word "mycorrhiza" to "mycorrhizae". And the OED confirms that it is precisely a British botanical delusion. Seems that mycorrhizae is in common use. Probably far more so than mycorrhizas. (Would you prefer "mycorrhizata"?) About 2 to 1 on the evidence of Google. (198,000 vs 92,300.) I haven't trusted the OED since "monied" was disallowed on Countdown... -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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anyone using mycorrhizae?
Nick Maclaren wrote:
I still remember a speeling test at my first prep. school that foxed everyone with "hippopotami" (he pronounced it "-MY". Whereas all Flanders and Swann fans know that it rhymes with Army .....a regular army of hippopotami all singing this haunting refrain Mud , mud glorious mud.. -- CTC Right to Ride Rep. for Richmond upon Thames |
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