In this video I applied a product to my lawn that many gardeners use in their beds to promote nutrient and water availability. This is particularly helpful for perennial plants like grasses which may have trouble accessing vital trace elements and moisture that may reside well below the root zone of the lawn.
Although you can easily find granular mycorrhizae I find that the soluble version s far easier to spray onto a lawn through a hose end sprayer.
In this application I applied less than 1oz of Wild Root Mighty Mycorrhizae to my 1000 sqft front lawn. I will apply this same product to rest of my lawn spaces this Spring after I prepare the spaces and seed them.
Soluble Mycorrhizae: https://www.amazon.com/Wildroot-Organic-Mycorrhizal-Concentrate-Mycorrhizae/dp/B077CS6B18/?tag=turfmechanicyt-20
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You live about a mile or two away from extended family 😂 such a great area! I thought it looked familiar. Hope you are enjoying the move.
Very informative Brian, as usual! I have a 10,000 sq.ft. lawn area and will be spraying this with a battery pack sprayer. Any directions on application rate/ 1000 sq. ft?
Hey Brian. Haven't watched in a while. Spring just starting and the trees are starting to bud and the grass is starting to come out of dormancy. I'll start watching more. Great video.
as I understand it – plant roots on their own only have access to 4% to 7% of the soil(and thus the water and nutrients held in it), but the growth of Mycorrhizal fungi greatly extends the root transport system something like 7 times more, with much finer filaments into areas that roots can't reach where water and nutrients are held in the soil
Is adding this to a lawn without aeration a waste of money? IE, if my lawn is not aerated, will it take longer for the mycorrhizae to reach the roots or will they never reach them at all?
Very interesting information.
The label says 1 ounce mixes with 50 gallons to treat 100 sq ft of lawn. Is that right. Sounds like a lot of water on 100 sq ft. My 6000sq ft lawn would require 60 ounces and 3,000 gallons of water.
Great information! I've never been sure on the best time to apply the spores. I've been mixing it with kelp and backpack spraying it. I've pulled cores and have found it attached to the root zone.
I apply it with the expectation that I'm not going to see immediate results, but that my lawn will have better vitality in the long run.
Is temperature a factor in this application?
Won’t chlorinated city water kill the fungi?
Can this be mixed with something like RGS?
Nice video as usual. Did you mix the mycorrhizal with warm water? I saw a kettle.
I’m curious how suppliers propagate the fungi if it requires a plant to support it. I ask, because I wonder if I can multiply the fungi in a compost tea first.
Would this work for running just a scarifier, during an over seed? Or would a aeration be more beneficial?
Nice video the only thing I have to ask is how often does this need done . Once a year or will this stay in the soil from season to season.
"Honey, our new neighbor is out in the rain watering his lawn"
Welp, one more thing I need to order for my lawn.
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Would Andersons Dirt Boostee Plus be the same as all these products?
I want to try some greensand and usually was looking at the Espoma brand New Jersey greensand carried by a garden center that I can drive to easily, but I saw "Super Greensand" and researched that it has more potassium (like 10%) but not as much iron, but it's really expensive, looks like Amazon has it for $90 for 44 lb, but you can get it in micronized, powder, or granular, which is made from powder it says. It's not as green or dark a color as typical greensand due to that lower iron than NJ or TX greensand. I'm interested in the broadcast or even drop spread-ability of the granular version though. I read it's mined from Brazil, so I can assume that affects the price point to a large degree.
I bought the 8 oz. Recharge mycorrhizae that also has some other beneficial bacteria, and mixed the whole bag into 30 lbs of worm castings, then Scotts hand crank spread it 50/50 with game bird starter feed, which is mostly soybean meal, a dry course granular 'crumble' that broadcasts out of that type of spreader pretty nice.
I had build a makeshift greenhouse around Halloween last fall, and just took it down now, it has also received artificial heating and lighting over the course of the winter and got a good 4 months of well establishment. The regular outside soil temps are above average and was having issues with fungi growing over the grass in the enclosed poorly ventilated space, and felt it needed more air. Even if it goes dormant for a month or 2 until spring, it looks so nice and dark green right now but out of place for this time of year. That was my wintertime hobby project to create a grass sanctuary in a greenhouse-like environment for a while, but now just got an old Toro aerator I am restoring and sinking a ton of money into to only use twice a year, but it gives me enjoyment working on it in the garage right now when there isn't much intense activities to do outside.
I appreciate your videos, and hope you are always growing the subs and views.
What is the approx spray application rate on the hand sprayer?