Anyone tried MycoGold (mycorrhizal fungi) on bonsai's?

[ace2weather]

I've been given some of this product to test and review kind of.
Im planning on using on my container fruit trees and veggie plots and I noticed it lists a lot of trees, i then confirmed with the company it is in fact safe to use on bonsai's.
So has anyone else used it??
Thoughts experiences??

[Jarad]

Isn't that the fungi that grows around the roots system of Japanese Black Pines? And it's it only beneficial to JBP?

[ace2weather]

According to the website, it lists heaps that are compatible..
http://www.biostim.com.au/myco-gold.html

[evan]

Isn't that the fungi that grows around the roots system of Japanese Black Pines? And it's it only beneficial to JBP?

Pretty much all soil grown plants have mycorrhiza fungi.

Not sure what it'll do for Bonsai, as mycorrhiza tend to be highly specialised to certain species. But give it a go anyway, not like it's going to hurt your trees.

[Borosta]

It assist the development of the fungi, for better nutrient uptake & some conversion. I tend to sprinkle it through when I make up my potting mix. I haven't had any dramas and to date touch wood all repots are healthy & vigorous.


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[Kevin]

Hello Chris,

I have previously read this thread, however, i missed your link to the BioStim (MycoGold) Website.

This is an excellent product. I am yet to surf their entire site, however, it is unnecessary as everything you need to know is a scroll down the page PLUS, PLUS, PLUS = great information for struggling Bonsai growers like myself.

It appears many members of AusBonsai have been fortunate either via luck or prior knowledge, that is, higher intelligence than myself to be blessed every time they repot their Bonsai or dig their vege patch / garden to discover the white hyphae (white webbed growth around the root ball). This white webbing is the Mycorrhizal Fungi assisting your plant's health beyond my own comprehensions.

Personally, my garden had copped a serious setback, the weaker annuals and perennials went first, then the soft wooded plants began to decline. Over several months i had been 'doping' my few established 20 - 30 year old small trees with unbelievable amounts of extremely potent instant hits of nutrients. All to no avail, a continued slow decline in all my plants health persisted. I had been for months desperately endeavouring to rectify this problem and when i saw no results from my 'plant doping allegations' - 'they were my mother's...' I began to research, instinct leading me to the roots. Approximately 8 - 10 weeks ago i purchased a Mycorrhizal Fungi product. Just unbelievable Chris, I am in awe at how fast my plant's health/s have turned for the better and better and better.

I have worked professionally in landscape maintenance / management for the past 30 years and i have certainly worn out dozens of shovels in my time and Skid Steer buckets too. To dispel the myth that Mycorrhizal Fungi exist in all substrates is bellony. I do know Mycorrhizal Fungi is not something that has been bountiful in areas throughout the entire metropolitan areas of greater Sydney and down the coast to Wollongong. To clarify specifically my work sites were predominantly Commercial, Industrial, New Developments (Top Soils already been removed) or over used public spaces.

I am starting to babble now Chris, sorry, just extremely passionate regarding how good Mycorrhizal Fungi is to the well being of plants while trying to help people in their own Horticultural pursuits.

If you do not presently see this white webbed structure throughout your root-ball and you want healthier plants, more drought tolerant, more immune to pests and diseases, basically everything that's written in the attached page which Chris helpfully supplied for us - THIS IS A GOOD PRODUCT - multiple Myco varieties - the 'exto' and 'endo' meaning plant penetration and external varieties, plus the Trichoderma spp., plus, plus, plus.

Please note i am not trying to sell a particular commercial product to anyone.

My sole purpose is trying to help.

It's so unbelievably easier to have healthy plants when you have the Mycorrhizae on your team.

Good-luck, you won't need it though.

A link with more helpful babble from me - which you don't need to read again, however the link also contains other helpful links but please read other peoples important messages and Treemans knowledgeable and personal contributions regarding Mycorrhizal Fungi:

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=21641

Kevin

(I seriously need to practice writing one liners)

[Lane]

I dug several Eucalypts this week and I was surprised just how much Mycorrhiza was in and around the root ball, I suspect that it may be very important not to bare root these when digging or transplanting.

However, If this was the case bonsaists would be using a portion of the existing media a la Black Pines when re-potting however I don't believe they do.

Just throwing ideas around, thoughts?

[Brian]

this is a great product. I have always poked around the soil under large field grown pine trees, scraping away the old needles and collecting the white fungus for my bonsai. I mix this stuff into the soil on all my bonsai including figs, trident maples, junipers and of course pines.