Ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

[August44]

I use Mycorrhizai on all of my trees when re-potting or on a newly collected yamadori. I have not tried the above mentioned group. Anyone have thoughts on this?? Love to hear from you if you have the time. Thanks, August

 

[gschup]

I always thought that mycorrhizea spread spores through the air. They inhabit your container when the conditions of the soil are right. Ideally, the right type of fungi for native trees should appear on their own, if I am not mistaken.

 

[Shibui]

I always thought that mycorrhizea spread spores through the air. They inhabit your container when the conditions of the soil are right. Ideally, the right type of fungi for native trees should appear on their own, if I am not mistaken.

In my experience, mycorrhiza even appears in the pots of non natives.
Way back I would also seed new potting soil with pieces of the old because that's what we were told to do.
Then I found a tray of black pines well populated with mycorrhiza despite being well away from the other pots and never being inoculated. I concluded the fungi was able to move without my help and so have not bothered to inoculate or transfer but still have very healthy populations in all pine pots.

Inoculation does not seem to hurt but seems to be a waste of time and effort IMHO

 

[Tieball]

I saw the title and thought it was a creature from the Ghostbusters. Thanks for the Friday morning memory and grin.

 

[rockm]

If you're adding a myc supplement, it's a waste of money. It's ineffective for the most part.

Best inoculation for myc is using a couple of table spoons of old soil from the tree at repotting time.

Myc is species specific. The "right kind" will show up on its own with proper care.