> >> Here is one for Elaine: >> In the CTBM you have a mychrozial tea recipe. Has this tea been used >> successfully for innoculating existing growing plants? >> >> Dan Lynch > >Hi Dan - > >The tea has been used for root dips mostly, or to roll seed or potato >seed pieces through, for example. When you apply VAM spores to something >that has organic matter, the spores generally get tied-up on the OM >surface very rapidly, so they do not move far into the soil, and usually >very few spores get to the roots. Still, a few do, and they germinate, >grow and start root colonization. The more OM in the soil, the slower >the spores more, the longer root colonization takes. > >So, the answer is, yes, we have successfully gotten root colonization, >but hte results are faster in a sand than a clay soil. > >Hope this helps! > >Elaine Ingham
