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[@priayief]

I've been a lifelong gardener and 10 years ago I moved into a semi-rural area. I got to know several commercial vegetable farmers (a couple of whom grow "organically") quite well and I constantly ask them questions about their methods. What an informative experience this has been! My approach to my home garden has totally changed. One of my best lessons came from a lady who has been growing veggies for more than 30 years. When I asked her about a particular piece of gardening advice I saw on the internet (I can't remember the topic), she sighed (possibly a sign that she was getting tired of all my weird questions) and said: Think of it this way: we are a business and if there is some way we can increase our production by even 2 or 3 percent and do so with cost-savings, we would jump at the opportunity. On my scale, that is a big number. On your scale, with the relatively few plants you are growing, it's almost nothing.

[@trophypages]

Sooo whats the lesson?

[@priayief]

@@trophypages The lesson is that most gardening advice for home gardeners will not give you improvements that justify the extra effort.

[@blackcyklops]

@@priayief that's not the point. I don't know about the others, but I personally want to know what's the best way to grow a plant. I mean I don't even have any vegetable plants, I mostly have flowering ones but I want to know what's the best soil, what to add to it etc. to make it grow the fastest and flower a lot. For home gardeners, it's usually just a hobby and we want to have some fun with it.

[@richardvillanueva8786]

@@blackcyklops 💨💨💨

[@wj7495]

@@priayief taste

[@drmick3423]

When you dropped the “they’re all the same!” Bomb, I was half expecting banging on your door (in a polite Canadian way) with the men in black (fungi division) wanting a word! 😂

[@GardeningInCanada]

Thanks for watching! Checkout the first video kzbin.info/www/bejne/ramloKKYeJKkqdE

[@scottsmith507]

I hesitantly purchased some endo mycorizal fungi.after watching your video I dug deeper into what strains were in product. Found out there is 9 different strains being used. The only one they referred to as being "the best one" was the glomus intraradices. I ordered in December because of the heat issues with this fungi. I contacted "the smiling gardener" where I purchased product from to get his take on heat tolerance. He assured me spores could handle temps as high as 130 degrees and sub zero temps. Also said best to keep at room temperature. Well I'm going with the soil scientist on this one for sure! Just hoping to actually have dormant spores in there. I found out about this fungi spring of 2020 and purchased some from Amazon. Inoculted my tomatoes with powder at transplanting time. Have had a hard time with tomatoes for last several years. Blight was destroying them every year. It was getting worse and worse. I ended up putting them in separate garden bed where I could use drip irrigation and never get leaves wet unless it rained. I didnt do a control group but I had the best by far tomato crop ever. Absolutely no disease, no blemishes, loads of perfect one pound better boys and stayed healthy 6 foot plants till end of September. I'm in zone 4. Stopped watering completely in july. I am a believer in this way of gardening. No more fungusides, pesticides or chemical fertilizers again!

[@GardeningInCanada]

That’s amazing! And 9 strains is a lot!

[@mariusadam4429]

which brand did you buy?

[@JesusMoreno-jq8ys]

Where can I find this product?

[@flatsville1]

In the fall I grow out endo-myco "plugs" for my new garden areas by using native endo-myco from an undisturbed perennial area (spade down to get a bit of soil, plant roots & duff/humus) chop it up & put it in forrows to grow out a winter kill mixed cover crop. In the spring I spade up covercrop plugs with a sharp narrow spade & "plant" them in new garden prepared area next to seedlings or direct sown crops. I don't think I lose much to heat since this is all done in the cooler fall & spring. I may start using double buckets or trays with ice in the bottoms. Yikes!

[@chippsterstephens6800]

Even In an old growth Forrest, fungi will dominate at times and be almost wiped out at others, not so sure heat outright kills all spores, if that was the case, it wouldn’t have survived this world, many old growth conifer forests get plenty hot. And when things cool down, the fungi dominate yet again, year after year, and have been doing so longer than anyone alive.

[@bonniebonnie7149]

I have read that the best place to get MR fungi is from the soil underneath healthy plants in our own gardens. Here in Zone9a, it’s recommended to get a handful of oak leaf mold under our oak trees and mix into other places in the garden. It might work for pots, but recently it was 111degreesF here, so those are deceased. RIP

[@christinamarie5141]

I found your channel last night while trying to gather the best info on Fungus Gnats. Again. I’m tired of trying things that don’t work. 🥺 Anyway, I’ve only had time to watch a few of your videos but I must say YOU ARE AMAZING! 👏 I love how you are delivering your videos with science FACTS. Your channel is exactly what I’ve been looking for for sooooo long! ❤️ You are a funny, down-to-earth, no nonsense woman! I think you are amazingly smart. I appreciate your thoroughness and honesty in these videos soooo much! THANK YOU! I once, about five or six years ago, read an article and I believe it was about this...or something related to it, anyway. It went over how fertilizers and pesticides, etc have “killed” our soil, etc. The article stated that the best way to get your gardens to grow well is to go into an old abandoned farm field and dig down a a few feet and dig up some of that soil. It told step by step how to “grow” the fungi/bacteria(?) by adding molasses or something to it to “feed” it and make more of it. I can’t really remember but it was FASCINATING! Have you heard of this? Anyway, I’m wondering if this might be the only way to really know if it is viable is to make/produce it yourself...? Side note...my 8 year old daughter helped me plant Impatiens in five huge pots next to my house last spring. I added mycorrhizae to each hole with each seedling. Halfway through we changed it up and she planted a pot while I ran into the bathroom. Then she watered it. We realized when I returned that she forgot to put in the mycorrhizae. She felt bad and I assured her it was ok and skipped it. That pot grew about 10% as well as the other four pots. The difference was quite astounding! I believe that fungi was still alive. Lol Thank you for these great videos! 😁

[@GardeningInCanada]

Wow that’s an amazing compliment thank you so much I’m very humbled by it. And yea actually that would work, you wouldn’t even really need to go into an abandoned farm yard/I wouldn’t a common way for preserving wooden buildings/keeping weeds down in rural areas was actually dumping used oil in those areas. But a ditch off a gravel round would definitely be a great place to start. Any form of sugar would feed the little buggers. It would definitely be a way to get microbes designed for your temperatures! That’s a hilarious story! I believe it though all the field testing I’ve done was pretty remarkable. We even ran blind trials where someone else selected the positioning of the control vs treated so we had no bias to any and everytime to treated won out.

[@Prohortico]

I suppose they had to isolate the strains, but it’s super annoying that these companies can ‘patent’ a fungi...

[@GardeningInCanada]

It is so annoying 😅 they also patent bacteria 🙄

[@bovineexcrement8635]

GE brings great things to life

[@timcook8430]

Ashley, Thank You for ALL your videos. We appreciate you and find the information incredibly useful. QUESTION: Can we make fungi for out gardens? KZbin videos show folks using rice in a process that supposedly builds some of these fungi. Is it snake oil like mhke,?

[@mkloppel]

I've been very interested in myco for a long time and understand it as well as a non expert can. Your observations raise a lot of very good questions that I think the marketing is doing a great job of covering up. I will be seriously rethinking how I go about this now.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Well said!

[@Patriotsoul]

Wow! Such great information. What is your thoughts on Dr.Earth tomato and vegetable fertilizer? It has both endo and ecto (9 strains of each) plus 6 strains of bacillus. I would love to hear your take on their product. Finally a real scientist giving info to help consumers make an educated decision. Thank you 100000%!

[@GardeningInCanada]

ill look into this i have had a few people ask

[@ThePoorStudent]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I was looking at these products and they're not cheap!

[@GardeningInCanada]

They are not at all!

[@angekfire]

I've bought Promix a number of times (kept indoors at a local grocery store) and used it in my house plants. I've noticed a few times I've had the fruiting bodies come up in my philodendrons, leading me to believe that it did survive and thrive and take up properly. That being said, I've probably seen it only 4 times in 50+ plants and repottings using the soil. Interesting though and good to know, I'll have to keep that in mind moving forward for sure.

[@GardeningInCanada]

That means they are least stored it right! So that’s a win.

[@hmfoden]

I've had " fruiting bodies" come up in regular seed starting mix that doesn't list any mycorrhizae ....

[@JoeyFatalii]

You look very pretty in this video!

[@ab_ab_c]

Realistically, for anyone to make an informed decision, they would need to know exactly how much benefit that they could get from using such a fungi (e.g. it will make their yield x% higher or whatever). If you are going to say heat kills it, you really should provide the science & state what minimum temp & exposure time kills the fungi.

[@NinyoHalo987]

Thank you for the information and for the sincerity :). One question. I've worked briefly with mycorrhiza. Arbuscular mycorrhiza btw. I was testing the benefits on inoculating plant growth promoting bacteria and mycorrhiza on a pot experiment of phytorremediation with Populus nigra. The fact is that those pots with myco actually yielded worse than no-myco (p < 0,05). While bacteria worked very well. The question is: what the heck?

[@GardeningInCanada]

Do you know if there were any periods of temperature fluctuation after the myco was established? I’m just wondering if it’s possible you had a mass die off part way through the experiment that may have harmed the roots.

[@zokotodosiev6650]

Hi there Canada from North Macedonia...Thank you very much Ashley for unselfish sharing gold-price information.

[@Troy_Combs]

very interesting lol I just bought mykes vegetable and herb for Canabis mostly. I'll have to look it up now and see for myself. Ty for info it's much cheaper to watch your vids than college lol ty again.

[@GardeningInCanada]

HAHA yea thats fair

[@dmo848]

The stuff works great but it takes time. I realized next run I'll have the soil already ready with the fungi in it right from the start. I added it later about 30 days into a transplant. 30 days after that n it took nice. Real real nice

[@nugcraft5831]

What's your recommendation for introducing microbial life into the soil? What organic things could I layer or add to the soil? (Worm castings, compost varieties I'm guessing)?

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea exactly the more sources of organic material the better and don’t allow it to dry out too much.

[@danielrothschild4912]

I used innoculent on a lot of the potted plants I have growing and I can't definetively say that the fungus is actually doing anything but it is definetly producing fungus because on plants were I added a ton of inocculant I can actually see fungus emminating from the soil in a fiberous and almost fog like pattern.

[@GardeningInCanada]

that is pretty cool!

[@johnjude2685]

I'm excited as I'm learning more about stuff I can then learn even more listing to you young girl. But will it just die in my grow lights center and will my heat mats kill it? I'm proud that without knowing I came home and took my little investment down to store in my basement. Thanks Lady of Sience

[@GardeningInCanada]

Those aren't strong enough to do any damage really.

[@dymondwillow2]

Wow, always learning something new from you.

[@GardeningInCanada]

That’s what I like to hear!!!

[@andzeclaudia3009]

Very educative. I am so grateful.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bluejay3945]

My understanding is that mycorrhizal fungi is only effective if the fungi comes into contact with the plant roots hence watering mycorrhiza into a garden bed is fruitless. Having said that, there are companies that sell a more varied cocktail of fungi strains focusing less on mycorrhiza. This was the first year of my application to several ornamental landscape beds and a vegetable garden. I will gauge the success by how well a specimen tree in decline reacts to the combination of fungal drenches and humic acid applications Like everything in life it’s easy to get sucked in by the charlatans pushing product. I must say that since soil science is such an enigma that it’s easy to spend $ thinking you are doing the right thing. When I grew up I was taught that plants really only need NPK. Years later I was at a seminar and learned there may be 16 elements a plant needs. A friend of mine told me that it may be up to 42 necessary elements now. What we all need is reproducible tests and peer reviewed research on all facets of plant production but I fear that will happen the same time as I get my bullet train between Boston and DC

[@GardeningInCanada]

great comment lots of info!

[@deborah3783]

KZbin needs to be promoting your videos!!!!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Haha I’m too small and came to the game to late there are a lot of big guys out there

[@deborah3783]

@@GardeningInCanada But you have the most quality videos!! YT algorithm needs to do better~ XD

[@darlene4451]

Very informative video. I will review your other content. Great job!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Awesome, thank you!

[@jasontoolan3816]

Introducing a newly founded growing regenerative lifestyle. Main focus is to empower and evolve our citizens and our City’s into the future. In the effort to supply local and national farms the missing tools there soils need to grow resilient food. To help insure our fragile future food recourse. This lifestyle was created as a part of a National Biodiverse Compost initiative. According to Dr Elaine Ingam, founder of Soil food Web. Biodiverse Compost is a required ingredient in creating resilient soil life and crops. Our Nations farms need more than money. They need local made Biodiverse Compost.

[@geraldblount4159]

I can't stop watching your videos awesome

[@UtilemUnus]

I love you for making this video thank you very much!

[@GardeningInCanada]

You're so welcome!

[@OSGCourtWatch]

I have always heard that there are no mycorrhizae fungi that have associations with brassicas...

[@GardeningInCanada]

There are but not marketable ones. They have a difficult time colonizing them for resale.

[@chickenjohnny3308]

I just love the way you present this stuff. I always chuckle when I see this stuff on a shelf, or hear sommone sing it's praises. You gave me some new thoughts on it. Because it is naturaly occering in soil I always figuerd adding it was a waist, now I reolize (from your experience) if done corectly it could be good to add. Thanks much, I have a long way to go to exhaust your inventory of content but I will get there so get to work on the next episode. LOL

[@GardeningInCanada]

Ahaha! I guess I don’t realize how many videos I have....

[@sendoh7x]

To be fair, not all types of soil have good stuff in them.

[@ruidadgmailcanada8508]

Thank you so much for this video. The temperature sensitivity is a huge issue. Would a video on finding and growing your own colonies or making your own inoculant be worth it?

[@Batchat2352]

The potting soil one is always found outside... expensive potting mix. Better bet is to buy the powder who is always located inside in a generally cool place(A/C)

[@QuesoCookies]

Would it be plasible to buy the smallest amount possible and culture it first to find out if it's alive and then transplant innoculated soils into other pots/locations if it was discovered to still be viable? This is understandably a much longer-term solution but might keep risk and expenses down but it might be helpful in a place where fungal biomass is low. Then again, if you're only getting one strain, it feels like it'd be a lot of work for not much benefit.

[@tonigeorge3775]

I've been using Espoma BIOTONE Starter Fertilizer for 3 years- great results! I bought Mikos Xtreme Gardening. Used it when planting perennials this fall. I don't know what the effect would be. Thanks for doing the homework for us! Lots of food for thought!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Does that epsoma have myco? I keep hearing about that brand but never see it anywhere for sale where I am

[@tonigeorge3775]

Biotone has myco for sure. There are many Espoma products available in garden centers in USA and also Amazon. I've used Garden Tone, RoseTone, Plant Tone and a few others. I love the results and I don't worry of harming my plants, or soil! I just Googled where you can find Espoma products in Canada and 2 of the options it gives are Overstock and a website called Ubuy. Hope that's helpful!

[@GardeningInCanada]

I’ll have to look into that! Thanks

[@joemcgraw5529]

How about making the Fungi on your own KNF or other means ?I make teas which last year made a huge difference in production

[@MrSchmallz]

Also... would it be possible to colonize a cover crop's root system with glomus and use the tilled soil as an innoculant? Sorry if these are stupid questions.

[@dadandme]

Thanks for the details! Quick question, we live in California where it's dry and sunny during end of Spring to Fall. Can we use mycorrhizae products for cherry tomatoes in pot?

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea absolutely but just try to keep it out of direct sun

[@EmmanuelIndomitus]

Fungal spores are meant to be the mechanism to withstand unfavorable conditions such as heat, lack of humidity or other conditions. I would imagine that even if there are mostly spores in these bags, they would still spring to life once we introduce them to their prefers conditions in our soils. Do you have any sources where we can research the conditions spores can withstand and their % viability after such events?

[@GardeningInCanada]

I don’t have any of the specific strains that they are using, mostly because it’s patented so there won’t be independent studies. But I do know at a lot of agricultural supply (for producers) keep all their mycorrhiza in freezers or cold storage. The research & development I was apart of have a PHD soil microbiologist that demanded everything be carried to the field in coolers with ice. So either the people who develop the products are overkill or they know enough to determine solarization and heat will harm the spores. For example my father in law if he is working with inoculants on the farm it’s all mixed and prepped during the night. and they will stop part way through an application if it gets to warm inside the holding barrel.

[@traceybesemer7448]

This was my thought too. Nature is pretty darn good at making sure reproduction of the species keeps on keeping on. I find that as humans we get it into our heads that nature is this delicate thing, and we must adhere to XYZ protocol or it's not going to work. Fungi especially are pretty hardy.

[@GardeningInCanada]

I’m not saying they aren’t hardy but the soil is generally pretty cool and dark. If you dig down even a few inches it’s degrees cooler the the atmosphere.

[@roberttomsiii3728]

@@GardeningInCanada all this makes me curious about tropical and semi-tropical climates, "where most of the plant diversity is". As I understand it in my parts ( rough numbers here) we would be looking at average soil temperatures of about 65F/18C a few feet down. I can't imagine a position where the micro hasn't adapted so I just don't see how it wouldn't exist and thrive in hot humid places like I live in. We don't have winter we have summer and not summer 😜. Over 100f/38c are common. Over 75 days of the year with over 90f/32c Freezing temps a couple few times a year and snow maybe 3 times over twenty years.

[@koltoncrane3099]

I think it’d be worth it long term if you’re setting up a garden. I got some ibc totes made into a worm bin and going to start a compost pile. You can buy like Dr earth compost starter with fungi and bacteria or microbes. I’ve seen a few other types I might get. But I think starting a compost pile with it would be good. Then I’m going to add charcoal to hopefully capture nutrients from chicken manure that’d escape otherwise. I guess you lose a lot of nitrogen as you compost. I do think more expensive fungi like thirty or sixty bucks for a pound bag probably is better to use when you’re planting plants and just add it to the hole or root zone. I’m not so sure if like fungi that live on roots can grow without plants? Can they grow in a compost pile or worm bin? I have no idea, but heard some fungi need roots to grow.

[@GardeningInCanada]

The myco would need the roots otherwise it will stand dormant. So in a compost or worm bin they will "hiberate" as spores.

[@rulerofthelight]

Thanks for breaking my heart that the $200 bag of fungi is toast because I left it in the sun... Oh well lesson learned. Thanks for the info

[@GardeningInCanada]

OH no! that’s so sad. You could still try hopefully the centre didn’t get too warm

[@Figs4Life]

What species do I need for inground fig trees, and can you please please tell me which product I should buy? This is all new to me and English is my 2nd language. I would appreciate if you could help me out and save some me some time. Or if you can just give me a link what to buy, it will be very helpful. Thank you very much.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Just the tree or shrub one will work

[@dottmcse]

Hi Ashley, I am a small-scale cut flower grower. What is your opinion on using RootShield + along with Mycorrhize and trace elements to promote a healthy and productive plant?

[@ericknight69]

loved watching your video! Very informative.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ericknight69]

@@GardeningInCanada I am doing an experiment with Great White Mycorrhizae and from what I can tell it is a waste of money for Hemerocallis at this point. Just a few weeks in, but my treated seedlings are doing worse than the untreated seedlings so far.

[@kurtfisher1379]

Is there any research on incoluating fungi into the garden using nearby native soils as the source!

[@jamessnee7171]

I'm guessing that the list of plants that will work for Myke will also be the same for Promix HP? If its the same fungus and same company it should be an easy way to check on the Promix.

[@SeanDSarcasm]

Ive had a lot of success with powdered mychorizzal mixs in hydroponics

[@GardeningInCanada]

what do the results look like? is it mostly in the rockwool and thats all?

[@SeanDSarcasm]

@@GardeningInCanada the plants were done in deep water culture with hydroton clay pebbles........the results look like (and i will find the photos ) the 5 gallon bucket went from having a handful of hanging roots to the entire bucket mass being a huge very white root mass so much so that the next time i added water i was only able to fit a little over 2 gallons. The specific supplement was General hydroponics Sub-Culture M.

[@SeanDSarcasm]

these results were in 7 days which was my schedule for water changes at the time . With that said i did not have a control.

[@oldporkchops]

Hi Ashley, do you have a tutorial on how to increase fungi populations and fungal variety in my soil? Apologies if you've already done a video on it, I just couldn't find it. Thanks. I tried Holganix Bio 800+. It's a bacterial and fungal liquid that is temperature sensitive. I bought a 32 ounce bottle that came in early spring, insulated from the heat. The company that makes Holganix rents shipping containers with air conditioning for farmers who buy their product by the 275 gallon IBC tote. Holganix picks up the cost of the refrigerated shipping container. If fungal populations decline or die due to heat, what happens when I spray Holganix Bio 800+ on my veggies and it is left to live outdoors in the southern USA where it's hot and humid?

[@azumag4432]

What amount of heat (in °C) we are talking about? Cuz I'm thinking about getting like 1Kg of soil from the woods just for the fungi for my next no-til garden.

[@laurauhlig9333]

So glad I watched this video!

[@shakezula5636]

I’ve succumbed to great marketing several times. I’ve bought, and ultimately thrown out fungi spores, microbes, azomite, and rock dust. Without using those products I have tons of fungi and microbes in my soil mix. I’ve heard that if you want extra fungi and microbes just grab a cup of topsoil from a forest. I’m sure that you would get a ton that way, but I’m not educated enough about it to know whether or not those are the strains you’re looking for so I haven’t done it myself.

[@GardeningInCanada]

that's true you can inoculate a soil with other soils from healthy areas. the issue is you will also move over the bad stuff.

[@lanceowens5902]

Really appreciate this video girl thanks so much!!!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lanceowens5902]

@@GardeningInCanada you are super nice and it's very appreciated thank you

[@GardeningInCanada]

Absolutely anytime

[@suzannesutton5636]

I see a lot videos offering recipes to make fungal dominant brewed compost tea or fertilizer. What do you think of that method (additives include guanos, worm castings,etc.) thanks!

[@GardeningInCanada]

its possible but needs too include mostly brown leaf material

[@johac7637]

The only way this organism works well is it needs live roots to stay active, here in Arizona I keep a heat tolerant summer cover crop, cow peas, mung beans, flax, and in cooler months Diakon, peas, beans, flax, Buckwheat, marigolds, vetch, cilantro, dill, fennel, and I find even with the heat is stays around, in Sask. I'm not sure how it would survive in the frozen soils. Here we have live plants year round, in our summer home in the Okanagon of BC I till and plant rye, oats, vetch for winter cover, as we don't get much ground killing frosts, and most springs we have green cover The vineyards keep cover crops between rows, as it is mostly sandy soils, it helps with production, they reintroduce it every year thru irrigation, as their cover crops die out, as the irrigation is shut off for Brix to increase.

[@GardeningInCanada]

nice!

[@johac7637]

@@GardeningInCanada have you looked at Lacto Bacillus, Korean gardening, my mom put the whey into our rain barrel, and we syphon watered it away, no science behind it, but again Dad recalled the whey, excess buttermilk from his mom getting fed to the animals, or watering the garden, no waste, as they packed water into the dirt walled, thatched roof house, so it seem interesting. Let me know if you have heard of it.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea! I like it. I’m on a big Bokashi kick right low actually

[@michaelmarchione3408]

Big thumbs up! Good info. I didn't know that'

[@GardeningInCanada]

That’s what I LOVE to hear.

[@frederickczajka573]

Sounds like you can't buy this stuff in the summer here in Texas at all as UPS/Amazon/FedEx trucks are all gonna be hot. If you are refrigerating this stuff to keep it alive how well is it going to thrive in 100 degree soil temperatures?

[@williamjonsson7562]

I really enjoyed you presentation. Im a new blue berry grower in South Africa and I understand there is a strain of Mycorhyza specific to Ericoid plants. Scotland has I think 5 to 8 Erica, Heather, In South Africa we have over 800 species . Would it work for me to take soil samples in the wilderness and hilltops near my farm where Erica are present and make a tea for spraying the mycorhyza on my blue berries.

[@GardeningInCanada]

That is awesome!

[@aimer3042]

Hi there love your channel and love what you are doing. A quick check, at what temperature does mycrorrhizae deem ineffective or die? im living in a near the equator which is mostly sunny. You stated that such fungi are heat sensitive. Does it means Mycorrhizae products wont be effective on my plants?

[@donnahall8593]

I just came across your video on Mycorrhizae. Yesterday I found a full bag of Promix unopened in a dumpster. Not sure how long it has been in the heat. You mentioned that it should be thrown away . I hate throwing anything out but was wondering if I can put it to use for something, like adding it to my homemade compost bin etc… or still I still throw it in the trash. Thank you for all the info.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Give it a shot and see! It won’t hurt

[@dmo848]

Never in my life have I heard of dirt getting thrown out in the garbage. The woods like dirt. Your plants like dirt. Pretty sure dirt is dirt

[@michelbisson6645]

Very interesting

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad you think so!

[@michelbisson6645]

Living in New hampshire now focusing on biochar production process and wood venigar and liquid char inoculation,I my family are in canada producing apples for generations

[@wildedibles819]

Ive used pro mix and never seen mushrooms Ive used it in pots mostly and its probably been baked in the sun at the store Ive used it in the garden some too and noticed mushrooms in the yard but they already lived there for years before the pro mix Its a good potting soil but i don't think they have live mushroom mycelium in the soil you cant see it like you can see it in the soil I don't remember the roots having any mushroom mycelium in the potted ones either Your yard will have lots of mushroom spores and mycelium around you just need to feed them mulch of their liking

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea I don’t think there is anything wrong with the soil itself it’s still a good product for that. Is it more then normal potting soil? Like a sunshine mix 4?

[@wildedibles819]

@@GardeningInCanada I enjoy it better than miracle grow lol but I have a problem with Miracle grow it works great but not very good in the organic sense They have an organic products now but I don't believe them So I prefer promix over store brand potting soil it is a better product but don't know how it compares to other soil mixes

[@GardeningInCanada]

Haha I should do a video on that the organix stuff is what you’re talking about

[@wildedibles819]

@@GardeningInCanada oh is that how they get away with that lol nice try

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yes it’s partly organic in the sense that the potassium and phosphorus is in a mineral form but the nitrogen is in an inorganic form so they call it organix. Nitrogen is honestly the stubborn nutrient that is never bio available unless it’s been processed in some sense.

[@roberthodge7802]

Very good presentation regarding the main stream of myco mania. I am looking for a commercial product that will jumpstart a tree seedling nursery in the high desert in central Colorado. OR

[@GardeningInCanada]

Have you looked at the root rescue or great white shark brand? it is totally loaded with strains and species.

[@roberthodge7802]

@@GardeningInCanada Thanks! I'll try those.What about the sock full of rice buried under a specific tree technique, any knowledge of that method?

[@JamesDeanDiedIn1955]

Hi Ashley, if the spores had to be kept in a freezer, would heat from the soil kill the spores on inoculated seeds? Also, would I be able to use this in tropics? We constantly hit 36-38C, too hot for the fungi?

[@BryceGarling]

In my personal side by side tests, no products produced any noticeable difference. I have seen massive side by side differences by collecting old growth forest soil and planting in that.

[@geraldblount4159]

So tap water is no good I want to ask you a question does synthetic nutrients kill the good bacteria in your medium question

[@sarahv5382]

Hi! I was wondering what your thoughts were on the brand dynamyco? Thanks!

[@GardeningInCanada]

i should do a separate video on that product!

[@sarahv5382]

@@GardeningInCanada oh cool! I’ll definitely tune in😃

[@tonystephengrayson]

I used it for all my potted berry plants on my allotment. Not sure if it's worth the money when planting in the ground. It should already have what it need there unless you've dug repeatedly

[@lanceowens5902]

By any chance does anyone out there know what spices is the best for cannabis or for those who don't know what cannabis is . WEED !!! Yayyyyy great stuff hehe

[@ankitaviradia7878]

Can i use pro mix HP with mycorrhizae mixed with succulent mix or regular potting soil for my succulents?

[@FawnBertram]

So how hot is too hot? I live in Hawaii and am not sure if they will just die at air temp lol.

[@janetsmith9380]

Thanks!

[@Tehstool]

Are they really that heat sensitive? I bought some for next year. Should I move it to the fridge? They're able to survive the year outside, so they should still be alive in my house temperature right? I don't think they were killed in the drive since it was during the winter months.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea room temperature they will be okay in

[@Tehstool]

@@GardeningInCanada Ok thanks

[@outinthebackyard7579]

The bigger message here is it is about developing soil health over time and not buying a magical cure for your soil. It can take years to develop strong soil and that can not be replicated quickly with products off the shelf.

[@GardeningInCanada]

absolutely

[@matthewcooke1742]

The tree and shrub product has a strain of ectomycoryzae

[@apextroll]

Seems like they are praying on the ignorance of the non-commercial user. I recently watched a few podcast videos of In search for Soil and I know enough to think the three types of product with the same fungus is a scam. Each plant needs something different, bacteria and fungal to do well.

[@GardeningInCanada]

It’s so true! And it does feel that way.

[@apextroll]

@@GardeningInCanada It also seems like people want a short cut to good results but are unwilling to put all of the pieces in place and let nature and time do the rest, as good permaculture stewarding suggests.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea that’s true two unfortunately there is no quick Fix if there were quick soil fixes then remediation company’s would be out of a job

[@lanceowens5902]

I was told not to order in the winter because it would kill it so this is wrong? Thanks 😊

[@thedealer799]

Love your videos but this video was kind of a let down. Some of us understand endo/ecto mycorrhizae relationship pretty well. It would be nice to see some "myco" products under a microscope and know which products are quality and which ones are just marketing. Temperature effect as well would love to see before and after under a scope not just saying if it got hot they're all dead. Love soil science ❤️✌🏻

[@GardeningInCanada]

I have to make foundational videos

[@EXTREMERC416]

The myke tree and shrub now says it has 2 strains

[@kurtcurtis2730]

Being in the SW US, I’m wondering how deep below the soil surface Mycorrhizae fungi have been found? Any info ?

[@jamesfrank505]

Hi --- interesting videos. I am looking for types of mycorrhizae that work with blueberries and huckleberries. Are there any commercial products that have this type of fungi? I look forward to your reply Jim Frank

[@GardeningInCanada]

Have you looked into root rescue? that has 18 strains

[@jamesfrank505]

@@GardeningInCanada Hi and thanks for the answer . Root Rescue looks like a great product but unfortunately it does not have the type of mycorrhizae that huckleberries need - which are of the erocoid species. The only place I have found that makes them is in the Czech Republic.

[@lanceowens5902]

I know you're so right about the companies that make this stuff I purchased recharge and have asked the guys who own this company some simple questions about the product an zero answer from Scottie Real hard to reach I suppose hahaha 😂 growing bamboo and got lost.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Thanks for sharing

[@tombryant4518]

What do you want to know about Recharge? Scotty is very open and honest about all his products.

[@theresahubert5099]

Thank you for the truth!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Even if it’s a boring truth 😂

[@lanceowens5902]

Thank you so much for this video and part one.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad you’re enjoying personally I have never done Hydro. But I am excited for this

[@Lizfizsparc8]

ahh, please turn on automatic captions!

[@GardeningInCanada]

It’s showing they are on I’ll try to figure out what’s going on 😞

[@Lizfizsparc8]

@@GardeningInCanada aww, thank you so much for getting back to me!! I usually never have a problem with any of your videos but it just wasn’t working for this one for some reason...thank you so much for caring! 🥺❤️

[@GardeningInCanada]

I do care a lot about that sort of thing. KZbin does some crazy stuff sometimes and drives me crazy haha ❤️😅

[@scotthuey1981]

brilliant thank you

[@GardeningInCanada]

Well thank you so stopping in!

[@EXTREMERC416]

One retail here giving 5lbs of the tree one for free because they experied on 2/2024.🧐

[@sislertx]

So what about the kind that comes pellited? Well i THINK Ive seen a difference..but then WHAT THE HECK CAN U TELL WITH 30 VS 12 PLANTS REALLY

[@79PoisonBreaker]

What are your thoughts on great white brand ? Here is the part of description that interests me. "Description Great White is the most advanced mycorrhizal product on the market today. The cutting edge formula contains 15 different species of mycorrhizal fungi, 19 different species of beneficial bacteria, 2 species of trichoderma, plant vitamins and glycine all in one product. "

[@GardeningInCanada]

Holy moly... I’ve never heard of this product before I need to read up on this... judging about the description you sent it sounds pretty awesome!

[@79PoisonBreaker]

@@GardeningInCanada im glad to hear that. After seeing the price of all these things ive tried to find out as much as possible about each and want to try 1 for the great potential but also know the marketing ploys and gimmicks are vast in the home grower market. Sounds like if im gona try my luck this is one that might have a chance. Nice n cold to keep it viable right now lol. Zone 3 manitoba for me

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea this is the perfect time for shipping this stuff 😂

[@itsmrlonewolf]

@@GardeningInCanada thanks for the info, your vids are a great help! Hard to find good info! Did you ever get a chance to read up on this great white mycorrhizal product? I’m considering getting it and am doing some research now, which led me to your videos, would love to know your thoughts on this product. Any help would be much appreciated, and I also think a video opinion of this product would do very well as there’s a lot of interest in it, but not much in the way of unbiased well informed opinion videos about it! Thanks!

[@sarah6479]

@@GardeningInCanada hello! I was wondering if you have made a video update on mycorrhizae products like Great White? Because anecdotally I’ve seen some great growth on my indoor plants like Anthuriums with this product.

[@szandraszilvassy9433]

Awesome vid. My intuition lead to me feeling optimistically skeptical about myke. Thanks for sharing this info- no marketing here, serving up all of the facts. 💁‍♀️🗒

[@GardeningInCanada]

Haha yes. In an ideal world, under ideal storage and shipping conditions I’d love to get my hands on some. But after watching how we handled it in the lab/research field I can’t say with 100% certainty that anything is alive and well inside the dang box.

[@MrSchmallz]

My landscaping company is involved in a partnership between the producer of Myke and one of our main plant suppliers. They claim that it will form a symbiosis with everything but brassicas and acid-loving plants

[@theresafinn4257]

Do we need to be able to pronounce it to have our soil benefit from it? LOL! I actually learned about this when my daugjhter’s boyfriend grew pot.

[@Nrwich1]

I live in Phoenix, AZ. I will never buy fungal inoculants again. The products are all exposed to heat. What a waste of money!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea thats the unfortunate part

[@williamwaters4506]

If you don't have the right organic matter in the soil in order for this fungi to 'eat' then why buy it? Since there is no way to know when you buy a bag of this fungi if it is alive or dead, why risk it?

[@WouldyoubelieveHim]

Will not form a relationship with Brassica, beet, spinach

[@Mrs.LadeyBug]

Aww, I killed all mine, because it was all in the sun. 😢 Bye bye money…

[@GardeningInCanada]

still try it out and see!

[@josephdavis556]

UDAGIRL

[@crazysquirrel9425]

I used MF for 2 years straight. GOT ZERO BENEFIT from it. ZERO. And for multiple kinds of plants too.

[@chefe2152]

Man ,I really hate when companies filling us just to make a profit! This needs to stop! I'm soo disgusted! I know you are calling it marketing, but in this case for me is straight in your face cheating and lying

[@GardeningInCanada]

Yea I know. It feels dishonest I completely agree.

[@redkaleleaf1lastname422]

Did she just absolutely not actually use the stuff and have a video about them none the less? This channel is worthless