Trevor and I attended an OLCA (Oregon Landscape Contractors Association) and learned about organic and man made fertilizers. It was very interesting and I learned a lot.
Many fertilizer regimens push top growth at the expense of root development, making plants vulnerable to stressful environments. Frequent, high levels of fertilizer produce an unbalanced and often unsustainable shot-to-root ration. Mycorrhizae, on the other hand, feed your plants and stimulate root growth. Unlike mycorrhizae, fertilizer cannot help prevent root disease, improve soil structure or promote other beneficial microbes. Fertilizers can lead to other side effects, such as deteriotaionof water quality, soil structure and excess soil salinity. The mycorrhizal relationship improves feeder-root production, and a mycorrhizal plant can better utilize added fertilizer.1
So that is my plug for mycorrhizae products, I have used it and it is wonderful. Over time it has proven faithful and has great results
1. Declaration of interdependence; Mike Amaranthus
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Sometimes I use the example of Chanterelle mushrooms to get some people to warm up to the idea of beneficial fungi, since it is a mycorrhizal, and an edible some cook with in-season.
Near the Oregon coast, the place to find them is under living trees, seeing they like the root zone.
Wish our grade schools would put more emphasis on soil education.
Cheers,
M. D. Vaden of OregonBeaverton / SW Portland
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Thanks.
Beckie
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