Fertilizing and Mycorrhizae
The amount of and frequency of required fertilizing depends on several factors; What the original soil is like around a new plant, how much leaf litter is added to or removed from the soil surface, how much sun the plant gets, how much water the plant gets, the season and how much the plant has been pruned. Botanescapes utilizes an organic nutrient delivery system by innoculating the soil with mycorrhizal fungi.
Mycorrhizae are the result of fungi that live in symbiosis with the roots of most plants. They provide roots with water and nutrients they could not obtain on their own and at the rate they need it. Many plants can not survive without them. Mycorrhizae will keep your plants growing strong and looking good throughout their entire lifespan provided their is mulch for the fungi to decompose.
This is why it is important to inoculate nursery grown plants (which are often grown in sterilized soil) and the soil surrounding the plants in a new landscape with mycorrhizae as well as mulching every spring. The presence of mycorrhizae is an organic solution to fertilizing that is healthier for the plant, soil micro-organisms, and the environment, than harsh synthetic fertilizers.
Mycorrhizae species
Beneficial Ectomycorrhizae species
Pisolithus tinctorius,Rhizopogon fulvigleba,Rhizopogon rubescens,Rhizopogon villosulus,Rhizopogon vulgaris
Beneficial Arbuscular (Endomycorrhizae) species
Glomus aggregatum,Glomus mosseae,Glomus intraradices
Beneficial Bacteria species
Bacillus subtilis
