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How do most growers fell about using mycorrhizae inoculants? And how do you apply it if you do use it? Carl

2/21/2006 8:16:22 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Carl, alot of growers use it and reccommend it. Check posts out at;

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/MsgBoard/ViewThread.asp?b=3&p=149989

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/MsgBoard/ViewThread.asp?b=3&p=143120

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/MsgBoard/ViewThread.asp?b=3&p=142124

That will get you started.

2/22/2006 12:47:52 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Depends on the form you buy. I sell every kind I think there is so I'll list the ones I remember. LOL

Some inoculants are prepared as tillable granular amendments usually on a mild all natural organic fertilizer.

Some are prepared to go into an aqueous solution. These can be bulk mixed in a tanker or small batched in a watering can.

Others come in shaker cans like a grated cheeses container & are great for small areas.

We also carry a "Media Mix" for bedding plants & greenhouse operators but any of us could this as our seed starter (though I never have).

Mini-Plugs are gaining in popularity with greenhouse growers now too. These are a deviation of the Media-Mix where the material is first blended then compressed into a tablet for insertion near the base of a plant.

How you choose to deliver the inoculant depends on the equipment available, timing, size of area, & access to materials. Use what works best for you. In reality, if the materials used are fresh & of good quality, it won't make much difference how it is applied. Just read & follow the directions especially for post application watering etc.

2/22/2006 2:35:50 PM

Montoursville, PA

Usually the cost has to do with the quality and spore content, by volume. Matt, Pumpkin Supply has a good quality product. Shelf life is generally suggested at three years although only 10% of the spore become ineffective within three years. Buy the smallest amount and reorder it every three years for the best results. You need only put a pinch sifted into the planting hole. That's it! Inoculation is complete when one root hair makes spore contact. Mycorrhizae runs away from the plant roots so fast and in all directions that developing plant roots will find spore anyplace it goes within the patch. This assumes that the patch is not poisoned, by fungicides, to the extent that the mycorrhizae spore is not poisoned, to the point, of being non-sustainable. The pumpkin roots host mycorrhizae. Re-inoculation is advised, in the following years, to be assured you do, in fact have inoculation. In ideal conditions without the use, of fungicides, mycorrhizae spore may hold over from year, to year.

4/17/2006 11:36:59 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

Hey doc..., have been told that my P, as in phos...is too high to sustain life of myco...is this true...phos is deadly to myco.??? At what level of phosphorus does myco decline. If this is true...what does phos do to the myco to destroy it? All help appreciated as always? Peace, Wayne

4/17/2006 10:54:12 PM