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Includes ericoidmycorrhiza and complete biostimulant and beneficial
bacteria package. For use with Azalea, Blueberry, Camelia,
Cranberry, Heather, and Rhododendron.
DIEHARD™
Ericoid Root Dip
is formulated as a bare root treatment with live beneficial
mycorrhizal fungi to inoculate the roots of bare root plants before
planting. For 2008, this product is available in limited supply
for experimentation with plants that respond to this type of
mycorrhiza. These plants have a reputation of being somewhat
harder to establish when transplanted than most plants. It is
very possible that the reason these plants are hard to transplant is
because the plants grown using typical nursery practices do not have
a vital need for the mycorrhizal symbiosis. When transplanted
the plants rely upon the symbiosis but the abundance of this type of
mycorrhiza is much less than endo and ectomycorrhizae. Perhaps
inoculated roots will transplant better. Time will tell. The
mycorrhizal inoculant is combined with humic acids, biostimulants,
beneficial bacteria, soluble sea kelp, yucca plant extracts, to
promote rapid root development. The mycorrhizal inoculant is
managed with Horta-Sorb® SM which also protects the roots from
drying out. The results are better survival and growth rates and
less watering for all transplants.
Mix
contents of bag with water to form a mixture the consistency of
thick gravy. Let stand for 15-20 minutes. Dip or spray
roots and plant, or package seedlings for shipment or storage.
Adjust thickness of mixture to insure that the gel adheres to the
roots when dipping. (The 1 lb. package of this product will treat
500 seedlings.
If your dip mixture gets too hard add water. If you add too
much water add some Horta-Sorb SM to get the gel again.)
An added benefit when using this product is that
when roots are dipped into the gel they become heavy and tend to
drop nicely into our container mixes. Before we were always
trying to arrange the roots so that they dropped down into the hole
without wrapping. Now we do not spend time even thinking about
this as all of the roots are nicely arranged to go immediately into
a soil mix without further manipulation. The labor savings
here can be significant.
DIEHARD™ Ericoid Root Dip is formulated as a bare root treatment with live beneficial mycorrhizal fungi to inoculate the roots of bare root plants before planting.
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