Beneficial microbes, water quality, and pathogens

[GpsFrontier]

In my search for Trichoderma products today (beneficial microbes) for my greenhouse production, I came across this article and thought it would be good share it with the forum members.

Trichoderma in Hydroponic Systems

I haven't read it yet, but I saved it on my computer in a text document (as I do with all good articles), and printed it out for me to read tomorrow. It was written by Dr Lynette Morgan, so it is well worth reading. And going by the section titles, the article looks to be the about the most informative I have seen yet on using the beneficial microbes "Trichoderma" in hydroponic systems.

[CAPT38]

Originally Posted by GpsFrontier

In my search for Trichoderma products today (beneficial microbes) for my greenhouse production, I came across this article and thought it would be good share it with the forum members.

Trichoderma in Hydroponic Systems

I haven't read it yet, but I saved it on my computer in a text document (as I do with all good articles), and printed it out for me to read tomorrow. It was written by Dr Lynette Morgan, so it is well worth reading. And going by the section titles, the article looks to be the about the most informative I have seen yet on using the beneficial microbes "Trichoderma" in hydroponic systems.

Have you found any hydroponic products containing trich? If you haven't I can make you a culture, I get it in my mushroom cultures all the time.

[GpsFrontier]

CAPT38
Yes, I have, although Trichoderma products aren't exactly cheep. I think the best source I found is from Bioworks. BioWorks Inc. However because of cost, for now I'm using general hydroponics sub-culture b. Though the sub-culture B isn't a straight Trichoderma product, it does contain Trichoderma fungi spores. I can get it locally, and runs me about $40 for 7 oz. When I get some money rolling in from the greenhouse, I plan to switch to the Bioworks product for the Trichoderma. But I need to have it shipped from a vendor, and if I remember correctly I think the smallest quantity is about a pound and runs about $90+tax and shipping.

The Mycorrhizae fungi is much cheaper. A one pound container runs me about $12-$13 xtax, and I can get that from the hydro shop here in town as well. Rooters Mycorrhizae S.P. 1lb.

[CAPT38]

I haven't looked for any commercial microbial products yet, but was thinking, that they would be on the expensive side, because I'm sure they are cultured in a sterilized lab environment, flow hoods, autoclaves, and microscopes aren't cheap, not to mention the biologists salary. But I'm glad you found an affordable product. The cost of organic nutrients is the number one factor, why I am planning to start brewing my own compost tea. Happy growing !!!! P.S. I noticed that some of the links in your post are broken, I really was really interesting in reading the on*the parameters for using compost tea, and nutrient management. I keep getting a 101 error when I click the link.

[GpsFrontier]

Hello CAPT38,
Ya, I posted that about a year and half ago. In that time Maximum yield has changed their website around. So all of their archived article links changed, thus don't work anymore. But as with most good articles, I save them in text documents on my computer. So I still have it stored on my computer. If you send me a private message with a e-mail address you want me to send it to, I can send it to you in a text document. I also have other documents/articles related to compost teas and beneficial microbes I could send you as well if you want.