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treyu

January 21, 2007, 12:30:41 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by treyu
I'm trying out the MycoGrow spores from fungiperfecti and wondered if anyone had any experience with this or similar products?  I'd post this in TFF, but it really has more to do with gardening...

I'm dipping a number of seeds into sporulated water and will be sowing them this week.  I'm not sure if I should do a control group planting as well to test the efficacy, but I'm curious to hear what results others have encountered, if any.

For those who may be unfamiliar, here is a photo from Paul Stamets, one showing some california poppies - one with the endo/ectomycorrhizal fungi, and the other without. I'll let you guess which one is which...
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Can anyone comment on their own experiences and offer any tricks/tools that improved their yields?  There wasn't much in the way of supporting literature with the package of spores.

I hope the current rules permit discussion of such products if not mentioned in an advertising context.  Stamets is such an amazing guy that he should be exempted from any such policies anyway.  I highly recommend his new book, Mycelium Running: "How mushrooms can help save the world" for those who are interested in learning more about mycology, growing mushrooms and th various environmental applications for fungi.

peace,
atreyu

laughingwillow

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January 21, 2007, 01:42:03 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by laughingwillow
I've never used it on seeds, but have had great luck innoculating young plants root systems. Direct contact with bare roots works best, but don't spray onto young roots as that can cause damage. I also tend to add a half a teaspoon or so when watering the soil after transplanting to adult containers. Results can be amazing. (So is the amount of moisture a plant and its myco-system can consume.)

lw
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smokin\' pile of leather.
Nailed a retread to my feet
and prayed for better weather...

IOPan

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January 21, 2007, 09:39:11 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by IOPan
I agree hehe
"When I was five years old I saw an insect that had been eaten by ants and of which nothing remained except the shell. Through the holes in its anatomy one could see the sky. Every time I wish to attain purity I look at the sky through flesh." Dali

treyu

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January 21, 2007, 09:53:39 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by treyu
IO Pan,

I've seen the pictures of your amazing huasca vines over at erowid, and if MycoGrow can do anything remotely like that for my struggling little caapi, I'll be a very happy camper.

However, I also think the CFL and MH lights in my closet can not quite compete with the sunlight and moisture of the southern climate...

peace,
atreyu

Azarius

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February 05, 2007, 04:40:11 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Azarius
hmm thnx i've been meaning to get some of that MycoGrow stuff for a while...

ye, Mycelium Running is a great book... lets hope the mushs really r running the planet ;)
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