Mycorrhizal Test part 2 Day 7

Looks like I'll be planting corn and sunflowers very soon.

Nitro Max

Nitro Max and Mycorrhizal

Potter's Mix

Potter's Mix and Mycorrhizal

Mycorrhizal Test part 2 Day 5

Here are the  results of 5 days under the grow lights. Light is cut back to 12 hours a day. An additional 2000 ml of water are added to the tray and each was given a spray of their respective  treatments.

 

Nitro-Max

Nitro Max and Mycorrhizal

Potter's Mix

Potter's Mix and Mycorrhizal

Mycorrhizal Test part 2 Day 1

This test was started on 8/8/2012 with store bought sunflowers and sweet corn. Seeds were split into four trays. The first tray, the seeds were inoculated with Nitro-Max from J&J Agri-products. The second tray was inoculated with both Nitro-Max and Mycorrhizal. The third tray was inoculated with Potter's Mix. The fourth tray was inoculated with Potter's Mix and Mycorrhizal. The grow medium is Eco-Coir (coconut husks) and the trays were each filled with 2000 ml of de-chlorinized water.

Mycorrhizal seed test day 8

Day 8 Control Radish

Day 8 NitroMax/Mycor Radish

Day 8 SystemD/Mycor Radish

Day 8 Mycor Radish

This isn't part of the test group, but I added it in to show the results of 7 days germination for squash

Day 8 Control Cuke-Eggplant-Cabbage

Day 8 NitroMax/Mycor Cuke-Eggplant-Cabbage

Day 8 SystemD/Mycor Cuke-Eggplant-Cabbage

Day 8 Mycor Cuke-Eggplant-Cabbage

Mycorrhizal seed test Day 5

Day 5 Control (Cuke, Eggplant, and Cabbage)

Day 5 Control Radish

Day 5 Mycor Radish

Day 5 Mycor (Cuke, Eggplant, and Cabbage)

Day 5 NitroMax/Mycor Radish

Day 5 NitroMax/Mycor (Cuke, Eggplant, and Cabbage)

Day 5 SystemD/Mycor Radish

Day 5 SystemD/Mycor (Cuke, Eggplant, and Cabbage)

Mycorrhizal seed test Day 2

Day 2 Control Cucumber/Eggplant/Cabbage

Day 2 Control Radish closeup

Day 2 Control Radish

Day 2 Mycorrhize

Day 2 Mycorrhize Radish closeup (notice the fungi growing at the base helping to break down the seed husk)

Day 2 Mycorrhize Radish

Day 2 NitroMax/Mycorrhize closeup

Day 2 NitroMax/Mycorrhize

Day 2 NitroMax/Mycorrhize Cucumber/Eggplant/Cabbage

Day 2 SystemD/Mycorrhize Cucumber/Eggplant/Cabbage

Day 2 SystemD/Mycorrhize Radish closeup

Day 2 SystemD/Mycorrhize Radish

Mycorrhizal Seed tests

This seed test commenced on May 7th, 2012. The goal of this test is to check the efficiency of seed inoculation with three different soil amendments, NitroMax manufactured by J&J Agri-products and Services Inc. and System D Manufactured by AgraCo Technologies International, LLC (also known as Potter's Mix) with the addition of Mycorrhizal Applications, Inc. Mycrorize as a dusting, and a control, in this instance water only.

The points of the test will be:
1) Speed of germination
2) Heartiness of plant stalks
3) Size, and count of leaves
4) Size, and count of roots and feeder roots
5) Size and count of nodules

To assure all four tests were conducted evenly, the same seedling medium was used. Eco-co coir, a coconut husk medium was saturated with 6000 ml of warm water.
All three were started in Fast Start seed starter trays. with 24 - 2" cells per tray, in accordance with the manufacturers directions.
The eight trays were filled with 1000ml of warm water, and then sprayed with their respective inoculents.

1 seed  was added to each cell and pushed 1/4"-12" under the surface as per the packet instructions. One packet of each seed was used to assure that there were limited differences due to handling in manufacture.

Control

Mycorrize

Dusting seeds per instructions

System D and Mycorrize