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Mycorrhizal Planet - How Symbiotic Fungi Work with Roots to Support Plant Health and Build Soil Fertility (Hardcover)
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Mycorrhizal Planet - How Symbiotic Fungi Work with Roots to Support Plant Health and Build Soil Fertility (Hardcover)
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Regenerative practices for the farm, garden, orchard, forest, and
landscape Mycorrhizal fungi have been waiting a long time for
people to recognize just how important they are to the making of
dynamic soils. These microscopic organisms partner with the root
systems of approximately 95 percent of the plants on Earth, and
they sequester carbon in much more meaningful ways than human
"carbon offsets" will ever achieve. Pick up a handful of old-growth
forest soil and you are holding 26 miles of threadlike fungal
mycelia, if it could be stretched it out in a straight line. Most
of these soil fungi are mycorrhizal, supporting plant health in
elegant and sophisticated ways. The boost to green immune function
in plants and community-wide networking turns out to be the true
basis of ecosystem resiliency. A profound intelligence exists in
the underground nutrient exchange between fungi and plant roots,
which in turn determines the nutrient density of the foods we grow
and eat. Exploring the science of symbiotic fungi in layman's
terms, holistic farmer Michael Phillips (author of The Holistic
Orchard and The Apple Grower) sets the stage for practical
applications across the landscape. The real impetus behind no-till
farming, gardening with mulches, cover cropping, digging with
broadforks, shallow cultivation, forest-edge orcharding, and
everything related to permaculture is to help the plants and fungi
to prosper . . . which means we prosper as well. Building soil
structure and fertility that lasts for ages results only once we
comprehend the nondisturbance principle. As the author says, "What
a grower understands, a grower will do." Mycorrhizal Planet abounds
with insights into "fungal consciousness" and offers practical,
regenerative techniques that are pertinent to gardeners,
landscapers, orchardists, foresters, and farmers. Michael's fungal
acumen will resonate with everyone who is fascinated with the
unseen workings of nature and concerned about maintaining and
restoring the health of our soils, our climate, and the quality of
life on Earth for generations to come.
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