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Mycorrhizae

Walchit

Walchit

I was looking into growing my own Mycorrhizae and came across this info.

Its says Epsom salts aren't good for the fungi.
Also said cannabis in the presence of mycos removed heavy metals from the soil. That's cool unless your smoking it lol.

https://moldresistantstrains.com/diy-how-to-make-mycorrhizal-fungi-inoculant/#compost

I might try to grow some but I definitely need to do some more research.

What do you guys think? I know a lot of people use Epsom salts, myself included. I'm going to attempt to meet the calcium and magnesium levels needed with compost teas this year so I might lay off the Epsom
 
Oyster mushrooms are popular and the most efficient in removing heavy metals and metabolizing them thus neutralizing them. Paul Stamens has done this on toxic sites and proven theirs a difference within a few days.
Fungi are essential in nature to distribute nutrients in the soil for plants to be fed, their has been two documentaries including David Attenborough, showing the effects on the ecosystem.
Easy way to get spores is to buy fresh oyster mushrooms from the store then put them in a bag with water, shake them up, then add the water to the soil.
 
 
Ya, I don't use epsoms with living soil. I think because of the high sulfur content it's an anti fungal. But I know roots organics has a tea that contains kieserite, the raw material epsoms made from. I've been looking at langbeinite (sul-po-mag) and I read a review that said it doesn't adversely effect microlife. I know espoma products contain sulfate of potash magnesia along with their bio-tone bacterial cocktail. Maybe the key is a balanced concentration of these inputs.
Your sunflower hull ash probably has a lot of Mg. I know the raw seeds do. As for cultivating AMF, maybe you could grow a host plant on a compost heap like comfrey or something. You can harvest the roots for myco and also use dried leaves in tea.
 
Stamens is the man!

That article they were growing some grass strain in sand, then floating the spores I think. If I could grow/sell my own Mycorrhizae that would be pretty cool. I actually should see if Stamens has done any Mycorrhizae research.

I have been hearing of comfrey for years. Who's got some comfrey seed?
 
I think nettle is another one that can be found wild colonized with endo-mycorrhizae. You might be able to find some field samples to transplant and let it do its thing propagating all in your area.
 
Just started looking to use something else, and I "think" I'm going to try this   https://www.amazon.com/Down-Earth-Langbeinite-Potassium-Fertilizer/dp/B00VJN96LG/ref=pd_bxgy_86_img_2/135-0333107-4989578?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00VJN96LG&pd_rd_r=b4a38acd-29a5-11e9-96dd-17867d353d36&pd_rd_w=NMlqU&pd_rd_wg=51bHR&pf_rd_p=6725dbd6-9917-451d-beba-16af7874e407&pf_rd_r=2J0F5CQJ7ZP048WA67XF&psc=1&refRID=2J0F5CQJ7ZP048WA67XF
 
Just realized.. I use Potassium Sulfate as well..  Soon as I think I have this growing organic thing figured out, I get a slap upside the head.
 
Ugh, long day fog...  Just remembered that I started to try out Blackstrap Molasses... it's unsulphured, and it has Magnesium, calcium, and some potassium... not sure it's enough for a plant though.
 
We have nettles big time. I don't know that I want to harvest them though, they SUCK.

But I was reading about how they are good to brew into your tea, they have a ton of vitamins, maybe cal and mag too.

Ideally I would like to find free sources to feed my plants, and I have access to all the nettles I could pick. So I should probably look into harvesting methods.
 
Heavy metals are not water soluble unless the pH drops below 3.5
Your plants will die from cadmium or aluminium overdose long before you get to eat the fruit
 
As for calcium and magnesium, you have enough of this in the soil already. Provided you take good care of the soil you won't need any epsom salts
 
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