Aug '24 • How to: EXTREME Plant Quality
Level up with Symbiotic organisms in the garden
Whatever your business is, whether it be growing lettuce to house plants, the performance of your plants can be greatly elevated by the external help of certain fungi and microbe species.
These organisms have what is known as a symbiotic bond with plants. Some species have varieties of microbes adapted to just that plant, whereas other beneficial microbes or fungi may be more flexible as to what plants they co-exist with.
The way beneficial fungi and microbes interact with plants is similar but not quite the same. They both bond with the roots of the plants And develop some sort of symbiosis where the fungi or bacteria are able to extract nutrients from nearby soil and organic matter which the plants roots immediately are able to absorb. These microbes and fungi then consume some glucose from the plants. If the plant is in great health then there is abundant glucose available.
Some plants, like legumes, have the ability to Harbour higher amounts of beneficial microbes than most other plants. You can use their ability buy planting those types of plants in close proximity to other plants that could use the help.
Other times we can inoculate plants with beneficial microbes and fungi. One popular method is to use mycorrhiza fungi to inoculate plant roots. They bond with sites on the roots and the mycelium radiates outward through the soil. Much like a new set of roots! I’m sure you can see how that would be beneficial.
The other popular way is to use purposely bred microbes know as nitrogen fixing bacteria to inoculate plant roots. These often bond to the roots and create large swollen “nodules” where they set up camp and multiply. They have the ability to extract nitrogen from nearby soil and organic matter making it available to the plants and in turn benefiting themselves from the abundant glucose the plant can now produce.
There is a lot more to the subject and we’ll get into the details more in future follow up posts. For now I encourage you to get hold of some mycorrhiza and nitrogen fixing microbes made for home use applications, follow instructions, use some logic, test them on some plants and observe the results.
Warrick Duncan
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Level up with Symbiotic organisms in the garden
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