so if i have a problem with my citrus tree or avocado tree i should disregard advice from arborists to innoculate ?? i should "trust the air" lol. to bring the needed phos and nitro fixing microbes in quantum growth light and glomulus ???
lambs quartes = all parts
You can do whatever you like.
your strange dude...
so you do innoculate...
Exactamundo
Not sure if cover croppers have a problem with this. But I have found if I plant dutch white clover it attracts spider mites to my grow room. They always start on the clover. For anyone looking for a great alternative I recently switched to Yarrow and Roman chamomile as a cover crop/mulch/potency enhancer.
many folks plant leguems as a "canary in the coal mine" for mites .
are you not cover cropping anymore ?? or no growing??
My clovers in my aloe planters are dripping with those bastards. I've never needed neem oil until now. Never had it attract mites to cannabis planters heavy in neem and karanja meal though.
When you say myco, are you refering to mycorrhizae or just microbes in general? If you are referring to Mycorrhizae, I'd love to read about this.
BIMs are in the air everywhere. Bacteria, fungus, etc. That's how we can isolate with a simple rice water bath. Little bastards just fall in and are activated because you have them a food and water source. They'll fall all over your soil and set up shop as well. It's inevitable and unavoidable.
Your one lucky grower! I see them everywhere on clover. And even more frustrating the clover leaves act hydrophobic so getting a IPM spray down there is near impossible. Is yours innoculated? Care to pull a rhizome and check the nodules?
I do notice if I topdress with neem or karanja they settle back into the clover patches. But after a week or two when the plant has used all the meals they hop right back up. It is great to see the neem and karanja do their thing on the pests though. Do you just live with the mites? Do you topdress heavy on the meals for keeping them at bay?
Same experience with mites as long as the plants are happy and healthy. So I guess everyone has this problem with clover more or less.When you say myco, are you refering to mycorrhizae or just microbes in general? If you are referring to Mycorrhizae, I'd love to read about this.
Many thanks!
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Edit: the damn mites always go after my clover as well lol. Interesting enough, many times they never travel to the other plants. My tomato is mite free, the clover below it is covered.
You wont regret the yarrow and chamomile. Not only do they help the plant with root exduates they also have beautiful aromas! I find myself smelling yarrow and chamomile more than I do my cannabis plants! lol
