The Roles of Fungi

hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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In regards to fungi and some of the roles they play in the ecosystem. Especially for those who minimize the impact of beneficial microbes in growing.

Regarding the expert you will hear. I’m sure a transcript is available.

“Suzanne Simard is a professor of forest ecology at the University of British Columbia. Her work demonstrated that these complex, symbiotic networks in our forests mimic our own neural and social networks. She has thirty years of experience studying the forests of Canada.”

Do yourself an incredible favor and listen to this. Truly amazing and absolutely relevant to us.


https://www.npr.org/2017/01/13/509350471/how-do-trees-collaborate?fbclid=IwAR0OAhH5I1Hl7AvLDpfiWw9VkmMezMAIhKsTcvxBqIJW7DKhjSVUEPUsjkg
 
hotrodharley

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Mushrooms in your grow? Great!

“Hidden from sight is a kingdom that rules life on land. It’s an alien world with the largest and oldest organisms alive today. It is the 5th Kingdom of fungi.

“When we think about the evolution of life on earth, what allowed plants to move out of the sea and to have roots for the first time is fungi. And it’s fungi that services those roots as plants crept from that edge into what we now think of as that normal place that we all live.” Rob Dunn””


https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/m/episodes/the-kingdom-how-fungi-made-our-world
 
hotrodharley

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raggyb said:
Hotrod, Nice show. Motivates me to take better care of my cover crop and to plant in same container. Thanks for sharing. Have you seen this BBC show?
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No I haven’t. I’ll have to try. Interior Alaska here with slow bandwidth. Heard the talk I posted the link to on the only radio station I can receive. Thanks for the tip.

Gives new insight into shrooms.
 
hotrodharley

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Xs121 said:
Been using endomycorrhizae, cut off my fertilizer use by 75% or more per feeding. Ill never grow again without the fungi. I looked at them as my little helpers. :bigjoint:
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It should be in every growers standard items. I use it after dipping cuttings in cloning gel or honey. Honey works great for it. I dust root balls with it when transplanting. And more. I get great plants. Very healthy.
 
Xs121

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hotrodharley said:
It should be in every growers standard items. I use it after dipping cuttings in cloning gel or honey. Honey works great for it. I dust root balls with it when transplanting. And more. I get great plants. Very healthy.
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It should be, nothing can compare to its efficiency in delivering what the plant needs.
 
raggyb

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hotrodharley said:
No I haven’t. I’ll have to try. Interior Alaska here with slow bandwidth. Heard the talk I posted the link to on the only radio station I can receive. Thanks for the tip.

Gives new insight into shrooms.
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If that's the only station you get it's awesome it has NPR.
 
hotrodharley

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“Both the Bray and Olsen P tests target inorganic P (Pi). This is because plants can uptake Pi directly from the soil when it is dissolved in water; hence the effectiveness of phosphate fertilizers. Get enough P into solution at the right time and your plants get bigger. Pi, however, has a fleeting life in soil. It is quickly bound to other things, runs off, or leaches away. It leaves the system and exits the natural cycles that keep the phosphorus where you want it, which is within your field. If you run these tests on soil from natural ecosystems you will discover that there is very little inorganic phosphorus available. Yet these systems produce more plant biomass than our carefully cultivated and heavily fed cropping systems. How is this possible?

P is hoarded in natural ecosystems by living organisms. It’s a limiting nutrient so nearly every little bit is scavenged and incorporated into living cells. This system is highly efficient and leaves very little Pi lying around waiting to wash away and get lost from the system. This is the organic side of the equation, and our current testing methods tend to ignore organic phosphorus (Po). Why? Because plants can’t uptake Po directly. Organisms in the soil however, can make Po available to plants.”



http://www.ecofarmingdaily.com/role-of-am-fungi-in-agricultural-ecosystems/
 
hotrodharley

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Bet money the smart guy who responded on another persons post with “oh ffs” when I suggested fungi were responsible for the healthiest and largest plants won’t read this. If the ignorant mutt does he would deny all the science and inform you his chemical soups are all that are needed. Like he did on the other post. Ignorance is not an endearing trait nor is it useful except to others who use your ignorance against you.
 
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