What is the best Bio-inoculant you have used or heard of???

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living gardening

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I have some pi$$ poor soil and I need help getting some life back into it!
I have started to inoculate with em1, some compost extracts, earthworm castings, and compost. My compost has a ton of root feeding nematodes though!!
I have treated with predatory nematodes but I am growing some REALLY EXPENSIVE plants (15-25 bucks PER seed). I am looking to ramp up my fungal to bacterial ratio. I moved from zone 4b to zone 9b and am kinda starting over with some knowledge. Maybe someone knows how to really jump start the fungal colinization of the woody compost I have. I don't have mushroom substraight I used to have. . .
Any suggestions??
 
weedstoner420

weedstoner420

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living gardening said:
I have some pi$$ poor soil and I need help getting some life back into it!
I have started to inoculate with em1, some compost extracts, earthworm castings, and compost. My compost has a ton of root feeding nematodes though!!
I have treated with predatory nematodes but I am growing some REALLY EXPENSIVE plants (15-25 bucks PER seed). I am looking to ramp up my fungal to bacterial ratio. I moved from zone 4b to zone 9b and am kinda starting over with some knowledge. Maybe someone knows how to really jump start the fungal colinization of the woody compost I have. I don't have mushroom substraight I used to have. . .
Any suggestions??
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Are you sure they are root-eating nematodes tho? I feel like it would be unusual to see them in compost, where there are no living roots for them to feed on...?
 
go go kid

go go kid

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living gardening said:
I have some pi$$ poor soil and I need help getting some life back into it!
I have started to inoculate with em1, some compost extracts, earthworm castings, and compost. My compost has a ton of root feeding nematodes though!!
I have treated with predatory nematodes but I am growing some REALLY EXPENSIVE plants (15-25 bucks PER seed). I am looking to ramp up my fungal to bacterial ratio. I moved from zone 4b to zone 9b and am kinda starting over with some knowledge. Maybe someone knows how to really jump start the fungal colinization of the woody compost I have. I don't have mushroom substraight I used to have. . .
Any suggestions??
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your going to need some extra nitrogen, as the nitrogenus bacteria will be buisy chomping away on your woody compost, instead of being available to your plants,
 
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