MYCORRHIZAE are soil beneficial fungi that form symbiotic relationships with plant roots. They produce a network of filaments that associate with the plant root system and draw nutrients from the soil that the roots would not be able to access otherwise. Mycorrhizae acts like an extension of the plant’s root system and can increase the absorptive surface area of roots by up to 700 times. Mycorrhizae can access water and nutrients in the smallest pores in the soil and can an supply up to 80% of plant Phosphorous requirements. It also makes the plant less susceptible to soil-borne pathogens and to other environmental stresses.

The quantity of mycorrhizae decreases drastically in soil that has been disturbed by human activity. Low levels of Mycorrhizae cannot provide a significant benefit on plant growth and health, hence the importance to compensate for this deficit.

KEY BENEFITS OF MYCORRHIZAE:

• Improves nutrient and water uptake
• Delivers nutrients directly to the roots
• Increases root mass.
• Enhance flowering and fruiting
• Increased plant resistance to pathogens, disease & environment pressures
• Better quality and higher crop yields

A pine seedling roots flush with mycorrhizal fungi, allowing the plant to obtain nutrients from a bigger volume of soil.

Image from David Read, author of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

AVAILABLE SIZES:

• 1 litre
• 20 litres
• 200 litres
• 1,000 litre IBC