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Mycorrhizal Network - Largest Living Organism

Talking Trees with Davey Tree

English - June 29, 2023 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB - ★★★★ - 33 ratings
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Chelsi Abbott, a technical advisor and education specialist at the Davey Institute, talks about the mycorrhizal network including how it works and how it connects to plants. 

In this episode we cover:  

What is mycorrhizae fungi (1:14)The beneficial relationship between the fungi and trees (1:59)Seeing mycelium in real life (4:07)How mycorrhizae fungi finds plants (4:45)How big mycorrhizal networks can be (6:52)How to help mycorrhizae help your plants (8:16)Things you might be doing that harm mycorrhizae (9:13)Is mycorrhizae okay for vegetable plants? (10:00)How Chelsi educates through her job (11:59)What Chelsi enjoys abut educating (13:03)Chelsi's Davey Tree journey (13:40)Benefits of mycorrhizae fungi for the plants (15:56)

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