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SkunkleDamo
SkunkleDamostarted grow question 9 months ago
I am thinking of using mycorrhiza this next grow. I’ve never used before as I grow in coco with bottled nutrients. Could you let me know what I need to know. Is it worth it. Dos and donts. Good products. All input will be app
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Sit_Ubu_Sit_Good_Dog
Sit_Ubu_Sit_Good_Doganswered grow question 9 months ago
if you are using 100% chelated, 100% available nutes (i.e. nutes for soilless/hydro context), then there is no benefit to myco. The higher levels of plant available P may even hinder its growth. it's supposed to help procure and breakdown sources of p that are not plant-ready. Proper soilless nutes already do this for you. it's ready.. it enters the roots, it's readily used in the plant as-is. So you'd get the parasitic effect (it definitely damages roots) with zero or extremely reduced benefit. even in a better context it's not 100% certain this stuff helps. I've always grown in a soilless. When i've used myco, it didn't do much in any noticeable way relative to the typical variance of one plant to the next. if you fortify it with amendments and treat it like soil and buy soil fertilizers, you want to put the myco in with the seed when you plant it.. then probably line the hole for your first transplant with it... after that it will grow in on its own. you want it growing with the roots early on. if you don't transplant, just that first inoculation. it needs roots to flourish.
Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 9 months ago
After discovering mycorrhizae some 10 years ago and having done many experiments with and without it/them, there is no way I would ever grow ever again without them/it. I am a true believer of the benefits. "Mykos" from Xtreme Gardening is my favourie brand, but there are others, like Great White Shark. When adding it to your grow set up, the powdered mycorrhizae need to come into contact with the roots for the relationship to begin. The easiest way of achieving this is to put some in the hole when you transplant your seedling. Once established, you will find nutrient uptake is vastly improved, overall plant health and vigor is improved and the need for feeding reduced.
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Belgiums_basement_budz
Belgiums_basement_budzanswered grow question 9 months ago
You can but in my opinion I think it’s useless because you are feeding bottled nutrients so probably you feed at ph range of 5.5-5.8 and this will kill the myco and other beneficial microbes and bacteria Adding it in won’t harm your plants but it’s not very beneficial Also bottled nutrients are made for direct application to the roots and coco is an inert medium so the myco has no material to break down in nutrients for your plant like it would have on soil so the even the myco cant thrive.so the gains you get aren’t worth the cost I only use myco on soil grows Happy growing 🌱✌️
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 9 months ago
I use to use it in coco grow. But I would only use a tsp per gallon to start. Then I would again add it when plant started stretching. I didn't use much with coco being Hydro based and having lots of run off.
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