[Fine Edge]

Just curious how many of you will use the micronutrients / beneficial bacteria ( M-Roots with mycorrhiza ) on your planting jobs versus fertilizer.
I've been told before that in order for the mycorrhiza to be effective, no fertilizer should ever be used since it will kill off all of the helpful bacteria. We have incorporated the M-roots into our latest annual / perennial beds but now I'm afraid to give the plants a boost with a liquid fertilizer.
Just curious to see what some of you plant experts think.

[4seasons]

We have been selling it as an extra for 2yrs now. Every job that it was used weve had tremendous results. I'm very pleased w/ it. We use the mycor plant saver.

[LandArts]

I've tried some of those products in the past and never saw any appreciable benefit. If conditions are right for microbes to thrive....they are already present in the soil.

I'm not crazy about liquid chemical fertilizers either. Plants like moderation-always having just enough nutrients and moisture. Mainlining liquid chemical ferts will kill off beneficial soil life and when that balance is upset disease organisms, which are always present, have an opportunity to thrive.

What works best for us is to fertilize twice a year with organic fertilizers. Pre-Spring and pre-Fall. Feeds the plants and soil with one application.

[site]

We have incorporated it into all of our plantings, and we see a better survival rate. Most plants seem healthier too.

[mdvaden]

I don't believe the philosophy of using no fertilizer at all.

But I lean 99% to the mycorrhizal fungi.

It's just that if soil is truly deficient in a needed nutrient, mycorrhizae cannot provide what does not exist.

My means is to apply fertilizer in minor doses over an extended period of time.

It can be the salts that hurt the microorganisms. But it's concentrations that kills things, not just any amount.

My concept is written in-full on this page...

Tree feeding the Mycorrhizae way

That and organic matter.

[r schipul]

We amend the entire planting area with compost in every new garden. That seems to do the trick.

[LandArts]

Gardenias are the one plant I have trouble growing and it seems to be because they fail to develop a strong enough root system. I might try mycorrhizae and see if it helps.