Mycorrhiza

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

... and to expose the hidden agenda and propaganda and PR-campaign of the producers and resellers of a product, which has no superior qualities over grinded barbecue charcoal.

 

 

no i totaly agree, there is charcoal, thats it, there isnt a posh super carlos fandango version, and if this is what these guys are trying to sell:lol:

 

silly billies:laugh1:

[erich]

Pioneering works in biochar research, Japan

 

Abstract

In Asian countries, people have a long history of using rice husk charcoal or wood ash as an agricultural soil amendment, but evidence of this has been long obscured. Since the 1980s, microbiological studies, mainly on symbiotic organisms, have been performed in Japan. Charcoal is a porous material with high water and air retention capacities and high alkalinity. Therefore, it stimulates root growth and enhances the infection of various symbiotic microbes to plant partners. The use of carbonised materials in agriculture, forestry, and construction will contribute to the sustainability of crop production, soil conservation, and carbon sequestration. Biochar-related research accumulated mainly in Japan is reviewed.

CSIRO PUBLISHING - Soil Research

 

 

Ectomycorrhizal fungi and N2O production

by MT Prendergast-MillerA - 2010

(attached)

1381.pdf

Edited July 11, 2011 by erich

[Fungus]

1. agricultural soil amendment ...

2. Charcoal is a porous material with high water and air retention capacities and high alkalinity.

3. Ectomycorrhizal fungi and N2O production by MT Prendergast-MillerA - 2010 (attached)

 

Erich,

And your point, apart from again not answering any of the before asked questions and for the fourth time showing, you have no idea what you are talking about, is ? And could you explain and elaborate on the connection between the first and the second citation ?

1. Again agricultural.

2. So are many other far less expensive artificial and/or natural media.

3. For your information : Paxillus involutus is a super generalist among the ectomycorrhizal macrofungi of the pioneer and final phases of the life cycles of lots of deciduous and coniferous trees, a species of which the mycelium has not lost its capacity to decompose dead wood when it temporarely has to live without contact to the roots of a symbiotic tree partner.

[elicokiz]

I'm far from being as well educated as the rest of you guys but like to think i'm pro active, i completely agree with hamadryads opinion

ancient woodland soils need to be protected, and unaltered IMO

 

Surely it is our responsibilty to nurture the remaining "primary" natural habitats of this planet...once the natural balance is lost it is gone forever along with all the undiscovered evolutionary interactions and synergy?

 

as for Gerrits exeptional posts and honesty all I can say, for me he ranks up there with other inspirational persons listed by members of this forum..truely awesome thread and a great read, thanks fellas

 

Dave:thumbup:

Edited July 11, 2011 by elicokiz

[Fungus]

List of endo- and ectomycorrhizal tree species.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

List of endo- and ectomycorrhizal tree species.

 

thanks for this gerrit, you efforts are as always VERY much respected and appreciated.

[Fungus]

Corrected list of endo- and ectomycorrhizal tree species : see Cedrus.

[europeantrees]

Great thread and I am very grateful for what Gerrit has been saying. This ties in closely with a lot of the work I have seen in France; whilst we have been using a mychorrizal based product in urban tree planting to success it has largely been the result of a good fertiliser mix. We will continue to use in post industrial urban situations until a new suitable product arrives, the cost is a huge factor and the mychorrizal product we have so far used is significantly cheaper than any thing else available.

 

A long time ago a UK forester told me never to use mychorrizal supplementary products in a rural or non fragmented soil situation. I have always stuck to this rigidly.

 

Pip Howard

European Trees

[Fungus]

The outcome of Dutch research on the economics of mycorrhizae and plant or tree roots.

[sloth]

The outcome of Dutch research on the economics of mycorrhizae and plant or tree roots.

 

Interesting, I wonder what the other benefits are to the fungi giving up phosphorus for no carbs is gaining, or if it is being 'fooled' into the deal somehow? Also by what biological process is the best 'exchange rate' from whom determined?