Mycorrhiza

Heres a basic explination of mycorrhizae. There are two basic types of mycorrhizae, ectotrophic and endotrophic... Ectotrophic only penetrate intercellular spaces while endotrophic penetrates cortical cells of the roots.

It releases certain chemicals that increase the availability of both inorganic and organic phosphorus, because plants with the fungi need less phosphate, fert applications can be reduced. It also widens the areas of new roots hairs or older "not much used roots". they improve plant health, which lower pest problems and reduce applications of various pesticides, increases uptake of water and nutrients and also protect roots from pathogens... increase water retention, and releases nutrients of organic matter by ensymic means, trapping nutrients, and in death provides organic matter.

These fungi are common in 97% of all plants in their native environment thus going out and digging up some of your forest soils will be enough to do the job. No need to go out and buy this stuff, unless your using ALL organic mix, which excludes perlite and vermaculite which are both minerals soils...

I am leaning twords the use of sand silt and clay soil with about 1/3 to 1/2 organics. Any suggestions?

i have been using cannas version "this shit aint cheap" after talking with my friend that owns the store basically the run down that i got is,it helps keep your root mass healthy by turning old dead root matter into a useful healthy environment.hmm i really dont know how to explain what he told me.seems effective though.

Hey, if you use Fox-Farms products, try mixxing your soil with the "light warrior" seedling mix. It contains the very mycorrizae you are looking for. I ran out and read the bag, and it supposedly contains bacteria that helps your other nutrients absorb into the plant (chelate). Subcool recommends 2 parts ocean forest to 1 part light warrior, to lighten up the mixture, and cool off the sometimes hot ocean forest. It works very well and takes the plants all the way.

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Originally Posted by Opie Yutts

wth? This is way out of my leage.

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yah think especially since you mispelled league. just fin with ya man. :stoned:

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Originally Posted by disrupt86

i have been using cannas version "this shit aint cheap" after talking with my friend that owns the store basically the run down that i got is,it helps keep your root mass healthy by turning old dead root matter into a useful healthy environment.hmm i really dont know how to explain what he told me.seems effective though.

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i dont know about environment?? it is supposed to dispose of dead matter keeping roots healthier. way too much hype anymore:wtf:

Last summer I went to a several vendor days at my local hydro shop. There was a scientist (looking) guy who was discussing Mycorrhiza. His company was selling a blend of 3 types of Mycorrhiza that he said was better than the 1 type of Mycorrhiza that is found in FF Happy Frog. He also said that a bag of FFHF does not have very much Mycorrhiza in it. I don't really recall many more of the technical details of that conversation from last year.:stoned:

In my experience I have found the FFHF to be the best media for starting new young plants. I have always believed that this was due to the Mycorrhiza. I was told by a friend who went to Oaksterdam U that he heard the Mycorrhiza will attach to the roots and will cause the plant to grow hardier throught the entire growth cycle. I have tried soils without Mycorrhiza and the results were shocking. The plants in the super soil were runted by comparison to plants started in FFHF. Even after transplanting the stunted ones into FFHF they never recovered and were still smaller at the end of the season.

I am not sure if this proves anything. This year I plan on putting a little packet of extra Mycorrhiza under each plant when I put them in the ground. They also sell Mycorrhiza in about a 3 or 4 ounce jar for about $50 but that is supposed to work for several holes. I don't know where rhizome got his for $10 but maybe he will let us know.

Just my 2c sorry I don't rememer more of the scientific details. I am hoping to talk to these folks again this summer.

HI
I believe I can answer some of your questions. Im new to ANY site and have never posted in a 215 forum previous. I enjoy soil science and have been working on studies to increase the nutritional content of food crop with the help of
Dr. Elaine Ingham of Soil Foodweb.

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Originally Posted by Dr. Bloor

I was in a nice store the other day a noticed they had a bag of Mycorrhiza. When i used to work in a tree farm we always knew about it. However, it was very specific to the tree. I remember one time I took a caterpillar tractor out and very carefully lifted the top 4" of soil up so it could be loaded up and transferred to another location so they would be more able to grow the same trees we were growing. It was all about the mycorrhiza. Apparently it is in the top 4' of the soil.
My question now is,and I should have asked those experts then. Is what do you think of using it?
I am thinking about it. However if the mycorrhiza is specific to a redwood tree, as this one was, how do you know what kind of mycorrhiza the stores sell in their bags? Are there mycorrhiza specific to cannabis and what are there brands?
Thanks for reading all of this. Dr. Bloor

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I have tried and like the white widow brand mycro it seems to be very benifitial to the roots and good roots equal good bud.