Questions about mycorrhizae

Thought I'd get everyone's opinion on this, what’s more important, having a diverse selection of mycrohrazine types and different bacterial types too(the great white), OR having a little bit of myco but with some other stuff added (in this case humic acid, biochar, and worm castings - (I.e. Bigfoot)). Thoughts??

I use great white and I think it's pretty beneficial! I see plenty of new root growth and side branching every day! I've never used any other benies so I can't speak on them, but I do like GW and will probably keep using them!
I like the more diverse mychorizal bacteria!

I get massive healthy root growth in soil without adding any products.

Should've mentioned I'm hydro and used it as something to fight off the nasty bacteria and a preventative!!

I believe Mycorrhizae allows the plant to use nitrogen more efficiently.
so you’d use this in addition to other organic nutrients so those additions could be used better

in simple terms that is

JCGreen81 said:

I believe Mycorrhizae allows the plant to use nitrogen more efficiently.
so you’d use this in addition to other organic nutrients so those additions could be used better

in simple terms that is

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Kind of, mycorrhizae allows for better uptake of all nutrients! Mycorrhizae is a symbiotic bacteria that feeds off the roots but allows for more root growth through branching! So in short it helps in the uptake of all nutrients.

The mycorrhizal mutualistic association provides the fungus with relatively constant and direct access to carbohydrates, such as glucose and sucrose.[29] The carbohydrates are translocated from their source (usually leaves) to root tissue and on to the plant's fungal partners.

In return, the plant gains the benefits of the mycelium's higher absorptive capacity for water and mineral nutrients, partly because of the large surface area of fungal hyphae, which are much longer and finer than plant root hairs, and partly because some such fungi can mobilize soil minerals unavailable to the plants' roots. The effect is thus to improve the plant's mineral absorption capabilities.[30] Unaided plant roots may be unable to take up nutrients that are chemically or physically immobilised; examples include phosphate ions and micronutrients such as iron.

I swear by Great White. It works but its basically as expensive as the nutrients I use...so I cut it out and Im trying Mykos WP (only Mycorrhizae and very cheap compared to GW) for hydro.

If it works just as well...Ill stick with it. If not Ill probably go back to GW and just chill out on giving it so often. Every 1-2 weeks you pour the GW in....youre going to run out pretty damn quick and Ill probably just not give it anymore after a few weeks in flower.

Im not sure exactly the science behind beneficials but theres people on forums saying alot of the GW bacteria strains are useless and some of the strains like trichoderma dont interact well with the Mycos....stuff like that.

I just see crazy root growth when I use the product while my friends who dont use any bennies have very little roots but theyre plants look just as healthy.

Another 24hr and I should be able to like some of these posts !! Thanks for elaborating guys - helps me too

Okay guys so I think that I should probably take this back around to the original question...which is more beneficial? Having a diverse selection (granted it was just mentioned above that having a diverse selection may not actually be a good thing) and being dosed higher (because let's be realistic...nobody is dosed high overall than great white) OR is it more important to have all those other great things in addition to the mycorrhizae (albeit dosed far less with a far smaller selection too) see pictures?

Chris Chris 55 said:

OR is it more important to have all those other great things in addition to the mycorrhizae

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I pick what's behind door #2. Not sure about Bigfoot. Myco is good to have.

Chris Chris 55 said:

Okay guys so I think that I should probably take this back around to the original question...which is more beneficial? Having a diverse selection (granted it was just mentioned above that having a diverse selection may not actually be a good thing) and being dosed higher (because let's be realistic...nobody is dosed high overall than great white) OR is it more important to have all those other great things in addition to the mycorrhizae (albeit dosed far less with a far smaller selection too) see pictures?

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They look like 2 completely separate things to me my friend! Big foot looks to have myco and other nutes! So I guess it's all based on your preference!

I think it depends on what other nutes you are feeding already. If you are not providing any humic acids or organics for the myco to feed on then Big Foot covers everything. If you're already giving it similar extra stuff in your base nutes then Great White is probably the way go. Haven't had personal experience with these brands though.

WintersBones said:

I think it depends on what other nutes you are feeding already. If you are not providing any humic acids or organics for the myco to feed on then Big Foot covers everything. If you're already giving it similar extra stuff in your base nutes then Great White is probably the way go. Haven't had personal experience with these brands though.

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Yeah that makes sense. I've been giving them Roots Organics Terp tea grow and bloom...which I mean it has some of the same stuff...but not remotely all...no humic acid, no biochar, or worm castings either! It does have SOME mycorahazine in it though...

Chris Chris 55 said:

Thought I'd get everyone's opinion on this, what’s more important, having a diverse selection of mycrohrazine types and different bacterial types too(the great white), OR having a little bit of myco but with some other stuff added (in this case humic acid, biochar, and worm castings - (I.e. Bigfoot)). Thoughts??

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We produce DYNOMYCO which contains ONLY fungi and no other additives to it and at a concentration far higher than the products mentioned above. In trials we've we've seen that a high concentration of our fungi outperform packs with multiple species at low concentrations.

Chris Chris 55 said:

Yeah that makes sense. I've been giving them Roots Organics Terp tea grow and bloom...which I mean it has some of the same stuff...but not remotely all...no humic acid, no biochar, or worm castings either! It does have SOME mycorahazine in it though...

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These products do not really contain mycorrhizal fungi in them. Due to the fact that there is no standard to what amount is eligible to be called a mycorrhizal inoculant, you can write mycorrhizae on your bag even though it contains 0.04 propagules per gram on it. For reference a spore is roughly the size of a trichome. So having 0.04 of that is basically non-existent and will not do a thing to a plant. Food for thought.