Heavy rains and microbes?

SuperNutz

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So got like 3 days of rain in the forecast after a day of rain and fog all night after, forecast says rain, rain, rain. Will microbes help prevent root rot? Have a bucket of overflowing compost tea foaming all over the barn but it's non stop rain coming. Help or hurt?
 
FresnoFarmer

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SuperNutz said:
So got like 3 days of rain in the forecast after a day of rain and fog all night after, forecast says rain, rain, rain. Will microbes help prevent root rot? Have a bucket of overflowing compost tea foaming all over the barn but it's non stop rain coming. Help or hurt?
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Try using an enzyme product everytime you water. Pond zyme is cheap and will last you forever.
 
SuperNutz

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FresnoFarmer said:
Try using an enzyme product everytime you water. Pond zyme is cheap and will last you forever.
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I've been adding liquid Orca mycorrizae with other bacteria to the tea and only watering a pint straight since they are water logged and mold is developing on the top of the soil because of the rain for a week straight with fog and dew.
 
FresnoFarmer

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SuperNutz said:
I've been adding liquid Orca mycorrizae with other bacteria to the tea and only watering a pint straight since they are water logged and mold is developing on the top of the soil because of the rain for a week straight with fog and dew.
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You using the wettable powder mycorrizhae? I hear mycorrizhae isn't of any benefit unless in direct contact with the roots. The enzymes will help keep the roots clean. Maybe you can make an sst for the enzymes? Or put a cone a little larger than the diameter of the pot around the base of each plant so that it acts like an umbrella?
 
SuperNutz

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No, stuff is liquid in a bottle. I'd think trapping moisture would be even worse though. They can't really get any wetter. Fucking Midwest shithole.
 

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SuperNutz

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FresnoFarmer said:
You using the wettable powder mycorrizhae? I hear mycorrizhae isn't of any benefit unless in direct contact with the roots. The enzymes will help keep the roots clean. Maybe you can make an sst for the enzymes? Or put a cone a little larger than the diameter of the pot around the base of each plant so that it acts like an umbrella?
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Sorry if I came across as a dick earlier, spent 4 hours in the ER just to walk out pissed off before seeing a doctor lol... Had to drink the pain away lastnight and woke up hungover and reaming out my neighbors again lol. Thanks for looking out man.
 
CanadianJim

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Mycorrhizae are a fungus, and the spores can be put into a liquid suspension, but I think that gives them an expiry date. They do need to come into contact with the roots to be of any use, but at this point you probably have the tips of roots just poking to the surface, or just below.
 
UncleBuck

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SuperNutz said:
So got like 3 days of rain in the forecast after a day of rain and fog all night after, forecast says rain, rain, rain. Will microbes help prevent root rot? Have a bucket of overflowing compost tea foaming all over the barn but it's non stop rain coming. Help or hurt?
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Didn’t you build a greenhouse though
 
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