PadawanWarrior
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Mycelium and Mycorrhizae are different. Both are a type of fungi though.
Earth Dust soil question
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mattman089
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Bouncing off of that and in your opinion, will transferring from large bin to fabric pot disturb the fungi?
I do plan on supplementing w micorrizae when I place the seedling into the cooked soil
Hollatchaboy
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the mycelium will grow without roots being in the soil.
Hollatchaboy
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Yes it most definitely will disturb the fungi.
mattman089
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Do you recommend against it? I literally just set it in the bin tonight, mixed in the earth dust and lightly saturated/ dampened w water (not soaked)
Would it be wise to go ahead and put the soil into the fabric pots or will the fungi bounce back quickly when I put them into the pots?
Hollatchaboy
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Go ahead and transfer if you think it's ready.
If you already had a mycelium bloom, the soil will be loaded with spores. You can always get a fungal inoculate as well, but most likely you don't need it.
PadawanWarrior
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You don't have to worry about disturbing the Mycorrhizae hyphae network until the pots of soil have roots. And it's not that big of a deal really anyways even though I try to keep my no-till pots as undisturbed as possible. I also try to always add Mykos at every transplant just because.
The mycelium during cooking is different. Bokashi, Barley, and grains like that really feed the mycelium. It's a good thing. That fungus is breaking down organic amendments and converting them into usable food for the plants.
Week4@inCharge
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No your thinking about it correctly, to my understanding once that hits above the soil line it dies. Another good reason for a mulch layer in place. I could have that mixed up with a different biological system, but that's my understanding of it so far. No till grows were meant to not disturb the fungi system. But you'd really have to have a large and healthy soil for this to take ground, I'm not saying it can't be done, but really a stretch to do in these smaller pots, compared to the 4x2 (and up) above ground living soil beds. With these smaller pots of 5 to 7 gallons, probably could be done with a good compost teas and help. I'm still learning too.
mattman089
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I appreciate the feedback.
In regards to the mulch comment, what kind should I look for?
move used earth dust in the past and there was always a phase of fighting off the gnats from the organic makeup. Thinking I may do a mulch later this time to help fend them off (or sand) but not sure what kind is appropriate.
Week4@inCharge
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Oh man..that's another can of worms..lol, We have growers here that have proven methods with their own style and flair. I'm not joking, get ready for the avalanche of methods here.. lots of input here in these threads that's been answered recently and ongoing.
Hollatchaboy
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Just about anything can work for mulch. I use barley straw, but you can use rice hulls, cannabis leaves, hell you could use cardboard if you really wanted. Mulch isn't going to help against gnats. If anything it'll help them. Let your soil dry a lil more before watering again.
mattman089
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I’ve used sticky traps in the past and they’ve always worked. I’ve always leaned on the soil staying wet side to keep the soul alive. Drip system so gravity helps do all the heavy lifting lol
Hollatchaboy
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There's a difference between moist and saturated. Using mulch will help keep it moist between waterings. Whenever I top dress, I occasionally water in a few ml, the first few days, to keep things moist. Usually I don't need to though, unless i have a thin layer of mulch.