does anyone remember the name of the microbe that you add to your soil to supersize your buds?

Discussion in 'Advanced Growing Techniques' started by IAMGoG, Dec 25, 2014.

  1. If so do you know if it is still on the market and where i could get some? i think it was mentioned in or around dec 2011 ht
     
  2. I don't know about it "supersizing your buds", but the fungal mycorrhizal species symbiotic to cannabis are Glomus intraradices and Glomus mosseae.
     
    Kind of pointless to use unless you're growing in organic living soil.  One of their many functions is to cycle ionic phosphorous directly to the plant root.  If you're feeding your plants with chemical fertilizers, there's no need to inoculate your grow with mycorrhizae.  They won't do anything to help, as high levels of soluble P are detrimental to their function and survival.
     
  3. #4 meatyleafeater, Jan 31, 2015
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    I disagree, inoculating the roots directly on transplant with mycorrhizae helps regulate all kinds of nutrient uptake for the plant. I use this method in neutral soil with fantastic results. Granted you
    have to continue the feed the mycorrhizae. But they act as a buffer once attached to your roots and will read what the plant needs to survive and give it accordingly. Mycorrhizae is generally associated with soil but in fact is a root fungus and grows wonderfully in even neutral medium.



    I am so open minded you should only think like me..
     
  4. Mycorrhizae like the product " great white" or "orcA"? If so YA i agree it helps with roots. I've actually done a test run on this,It was in foxfarm soil.
    I compared two Chem oG plants. 1 was giving a slight dose through its life of great white. The other did not. At the end of the harvest to be honest the one givin great white was healthier and bushier. I also pulled both root balls and found that it indeed have a bigger rootball system.




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  5. #6 waktoo, Feb 1, 2015
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    Any perceived benefit from the grand majority of "mycorrhizal inoculants" is most likely due to myriad other microbes that are included in these mixes, not the almost non existent endo-mycorrhizal species.  Spore counts of mycorrhizal species symbiotic to cannabis (G. glomus & G. intraradices) that are present in your standard inoculatants are a joke.  Especially when one considers the amounts of Trichoderma species contained in these mixes.  And that Trichoderma predates upon other forms of fungi, namely our beloved Glomus symbiots.  Take a look at the respective spore counts on the back of the inoculant bottles that you're using.  "Great White" is a perfect example.  Some good info here and in the provided links for those interested in learning more about mycorrhizae...
     
    http://forum.grasscity.com/organic-growing/976433-mycorrhizal-fungi-myths-truths.html
     
    Addressing the whole soluble P thing and why it's pointless to inoculate with mycorrhorizae...
     
    I've been looking for a link, but am having a hard time finding any that deal directly with cannabis or it's symbiotic endo species.  The following comes from my more than basic understanding of mycorrhizal/plant root interactions.  It's pretty simple if you think about it...
     
    Plants "feed" soil microbes through a series of simple sugars, proteins, and other phytochemicals through root excretions called plant root exudates.  The plant spends a considerable amount of photosynthetic energy (40-60%?) making these exudates in order to attract the particular microbes into the root zone to cycle and make available the nutrient ions that the plant needs at any particular point in time.  When plants are force fed soluble liquid fertilizers, there is no need for the plant to expend the excess energy to produce the exudates to attract microbes for nutrient cycling.  With little to no food being produced by the plant, growth and reproduction slows to a halt, and in some cases the microbes die all together.  The gardener does not "feed" the mycorrhizae, the plant does.
     
    Here are some other PDF's concerning mycorrhizae and plant root exudates...
     
    View attachment Mycorrhiza Primer.pdf
     
    View attachment Root Exudates in Low-nutrient Environment.pdf
     
    View attachment The Role of Root Exudates in Rhizosphere Interactions With Plants & Other Organisms.pdf
     

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