Myconox?

[PierreR]

Has anybody here used this product? Would it be benificial? I have checked several of my trees past and present, tell-tail that its present. Is it expected in nursery stock? Or typically found in wild trees?
Myconox - Bonsai Tree Mycorrhizal

 

[Cypress187]

Not much hits on google.

 

[PierreR]

http://www.bonsaioutlet.com/myconox-bonsai-tree-mycorrhizal-inoculant/

Search "myconox" lots of info

Somehow my original post got garbled...

I have checked my roots/rootball, and have not seen any sign of the white mycorrhizal growing. Is it usually found on wild trees? Would you expect it to be found on the roots of nursery stock?

 

[PierreR]

If no users, what's your opinion?

 

[M. Frary]

It's probably there. You just might not be able to see it. I imagine if the tree didn't have any it might be dead. I only just started getting into pine trees. I know they need it. That's about the extent of the help I can give.

 

[Mr GeaRbOx]

Pierre,
mycorrhiza(s) form, or can form, in nearly all plants on earth. If its just a question of being beneficial (and not harmful) go for it. The product looks to be a mixture of different spores. Kind of a "kitchen sink" approach. There are potting mixes that have the same thing. Basically, they all become active and the one that is beneficial forms the intended relationship and the others die off. Unless you are putting this on something rare that isn't used for bonsai I'd say its probably a safe bet.

As Mike said, it may already be there. In my (albeit limited) experience; the more moist the soil, the harder it is to see.

 

[wireme]

http://www.bonsaioutlet.com/myconox-bonsai-tree-mycorrhizal-inoculant/

Search "myconox" lots of info

Somehow my original post got garbled...

I have checked my roots/rootball, and have not seen any sign of the white mycorrhizal growing. Is it usually found on wild trees? Would you expect it to be found on the roots of nursery stock?

It is usually found on wild trees, pretty much without exception. It can be hard to see or the mycelium you do see may be a nonsymbiont, wood decay fungi. But through tissue sampling on petri dishes its been found that fungi are always present in all land plants, from the roots to the tip of the foliage. All interacting in complex ways, communication pathways, nutrient transferring, pathogen suppressing, increasing drought and thermal tolerances, quite fascinating.

Its likely present to a degree in nursery stock, fairly common nowadays for nurseries to include innoculants somewhere along the line transplanting or germinating. As well its present in the environment and will find its way to a good home eventually.

I prefer to not introduce species from elsewhere such as those products but I have trees healthy and packed with the stuff and do some cross watering into trees of the same species sometimes, recipients being weak or transplants.

General rule of thumb, pathogens thrive in anaerobic conditions, and benificial organisms like aerobic. No coincidence as roots lacking oxygen are weak and more prone to infection. Provide friendly conditions and they will come.

If I lived elsewhere, city or something I would probably use a product like that.

 

[PierreR]

Gentlemen. Thank you for your responses. I appreciate it!

My thinking is most if not all nursery stock starts with seed or cutting in either a soilless growing medium, or a blend of materials from who knows where. While I have every confidence there is an ample population of the wee critters, I doubt it would be readily established on the roots of nursery stock.

Now with that said, the claims of this product, and info I've read in line, has me thinking that at worst-I have nothing to loose, at best I help my trees, maybe significantly.

 

[M. Frary]

I doubt it would be readily established on the roots of nursery stock.

You're overthinking things Pierre. Look at it this way.
If a tree needs a certain fungus to survive and your nursery stock is doing good doesn't it make sense that the beneficial fungus is there already.
Or in the words of some genius from times gone by. "If it ain't broke don't try to fix it."
You don't plan on repotting this tree just to add this stuff to it do you? If it is water soluble and can be poured in like liquid fertilizer then go for it.

 

[PierreR]

No, not potting just to add. But was thinking ahead to a point when I did repot, to have on hand and use at that time. I have no desire to rush any part of the process. For the most part, reading and trying to understand, watching videos etc. not to mention asking s lot of questions.

When I started in this great pass time, I killed 80% of my trees, mostly because I rushed, and didn't take the time to learn or understand. Paranoia is a nasty bedmate! Lol!

I appreciate your answers to my questions guys. Thanks again.