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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