MYCORRHIZAL ROOT DIP

Universal Mycorrhizal Root Dip

2 oz $12.00 - treats 360 trees

16 oz $50.00 - treats 2,880

To order call (319) 573-0615 or email: timbermgmt@yahoo.com

Mycorrhizal fungi are essential to the health of all plants. They form a symbiotic, mutualistic, relationship association with the roots of the plant or tree. They act as an extension of the plant's root system by increasing their absorption of water and nutrients. Simply mix with water, dip the roots, and plant the tree.

Mycorrhizal becomes essential when you are introducing species that are not currently in or very near the planting site, especially when plantings are in recently cropped or pastured fields and in sterile soil, where the Mycorrhizal have died off.

HOW DOES MYCORRHIZAL HELP THE PLANT?

Micorrhizal fungi form a network of fungal hyphae ( long branching filamentous structures) which are finer and longer than the plant's root hairs. These hyphae attach to the roots from which they are fed carbohydrates by the plant. In return the Micorrhizal fungi benefits the plant through its higher adsorptive capacity for water and mineral nutrients by mobilizing soil minerals and making them available to the plant.
 

WHAT DOES MYCORRHIZAL DO?

 The full story of what effect roots have on plants is still evolving. We know that some plants cannot live without mycorrhizal roots. The fact is that nearly all plant life is dependent on the association with mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhizal fungi grow through the soil by extending its hyphae, which are the "roots" of the fungus, into the soil. These "roots" are extremely fibrous and engulf every tiny crack and cranny in the soil that absorb water and nutrients in solution for a more efficient uptake by the roots of the plant.

The only food source for mycorrhizal fungi comes from the plant. Thus, if anything begins to slow the food source, the mycorrhizal fungi becomes more active, and aggressive, to feed its host - the roots of the plant. This is why plants in stressed conditions benefit from mycorrhizal roots. Regardless of the cause, i.e., drought, heat, high salt, windburn, freeze, parasites, negative organisms, etc., mycorrhizal has evolved for millions of years to bring relief to the plant. Mycorrhizae are a natural phenomenon.