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Recently the San Diego Urban Growers Society began trials with Plant Success Great White and Plant Success Granular products. To no surprise the testers were blown away with the results. "This root system is massive! This may be the first product that I've ever seen affect roots in this manner this quick."

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Fiend to Friend - Fungus and the Hydroponic Grower

The ancient Romans had a legend regarding a malicious boy who tormented a fox by tying wheat straw to its tail and then setting the straw on fire. The Roman god Robigus was so irritated that he penalized humanity with wheat rust, the fungal disease that leaves a farmer's field looking as though it had been burned. For hundreds of years afterward, the Romans sought to pacify Robigus through sacrifices of dogs and cows with the misfortune of being born with rust-colored fur.

Modern hydroponic growers sacrifice too.  Increasingly by sacrificing plant quality and profits to prevent damage from a host of fungal "fiends" with names like black rot, club root, sclerotina blight, wire stem, sudden death syndrome, brown spot, and charcoal rot.  Opportunities for using beneficial fungi as "friends" exist for the grower as well. The best documented friendly use is mycorrhizal fungal inoculum for improving plant nutrient, uptake, plant quality and yields and disease resistance.  Whether fiend or friend, growers are increasingly aware of the fungus among us".  (Figure 1 Growth of tomatoes with and without mycorrhizal fungi)

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Declaration of "Interdependence" for the Urban Garden

Mycorrhizal fungi are the 'tiny little secrets" for superior plant performance

By Mike Amaranthus Ph.D and Tim Eagan

The more we learn about life on Earth, the more we learn about the mechanics of superior plant performance. We now realize that in natural systems, organisms work not INDependently but INTERdependently.  There is no doubt that nature is less a battleground and more a marketplace. Symbiotic organisms that exchange materials and services in a mutually advantageous living arrangement can be the key to successful planting and growing. Hydroponic growers are gaining increased appreciation of the living soil and more frequently incorporating soil biology and mycorrhizal products into their practices.

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It is always nice to see real people getting great results with our product. One such happy gardener is the author of the blog Red-iculos.com. "I didn’t think the results would be dramatic after just 2 weeks, but the foliage is fuller on the innoculated plant and is more than a leaf set ahead in growth."Check out the full article and see how you too can improve your plants nutrient uptake.

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