Description:
RootGrow Mycorrhizal Fungi
This professional size of of rootgrow is produced under license from the The Royal Horticultural Society and comes in a 2.5 litres tub. The RHS fully endorse the use of rootgrow when planting out and it is the first product of its type to receive such an endorsement. The size would make a perfect gift for the hobby gardener. Long shelf live as along as closed and sealed after use.
This amazing new product supports new planting, reduces repotting problems in bonsai, supports plants during dry periods and actively extends the plants natural root system and nutrient absorbsion.
Pine Bonsai Trees need mycorrhizal fungi to survive; this product replaces the fungi lost in repotting.
How do mycorrhizal fungi benefit plants?
In its simplest sense mycorrhizal fungi do everything plants roots do just BETTER
When new plants are planted with rootgrow, it takes only 2-4 weeks under normal conditions for these fungi to start benefiting plants. In that time they attach themselves to the plant's root system and grow out rapidly into the soil, searching for nutrients and water. They essentially become part of the plant's own root system.
The benefits to plants are
Better nutrient uptake
These fungi are so much thinner and finer than the plants own roots; they can therefore find nutrients in the soil far more efficiently that the plant's own course roots. They are especially good at finding nutrients responsible for flowering and fruiting such as Phosphorous and Potassium. As they can explore a much greater amount of soil than the plant's own roots, they are also far more likely to find trace elements and the rare nutrients that all plants need to grow well.
Drought tolerance
Mycorrhizal fungi are an essential part of a plants ability to combat drought. Leaves and stems have developed mechanisms to combat drought such as silver leaves, waxy leaves and hairy leaves but these adaptations on their own aren’t enough if the plant doesn’t have its friendly fungal partner on its roots.
Mycorrhizal fungi hold onto water in soils like a sponge.
Disease resistance
A plant treated with rootgrow will benefit from an increased nutrient uptake and therefore will develop into a stronger healthy plant, more able to resist disease.
The rootgrow friendly fungi join to the roots of a plant it fills up the niches in the roots where root pathogens can enter and acts to physically protect to the root structure.
Benefits to roses
Over the last few years the benefits of treating roses with rootgrow at planting time has been well documented. Using rootgrow with roses will not just help them to establish well and produce a good show of flowers but it will also enable gardeners to grow roses in soil that has previously had roses growing in it.
Now established throughout the UK as a standard treatment for roses rootgrow has reported to be successful in combating the problem of rose replant disease or rose soil sickness.
Establishment in difficult soils
Mycorrhizal fungi will enable plants to establish and thrive even in difficult soils. In poor sandy soils the mycorrhizal fungi will be able to find scarce nutrients and hold onto water. In clay soils these fungi will be able to unlock nutrients from the soil acting like a clay breaker.
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