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Mycorrhizal Network - Largest Living Organism

Season 3 Episode 26 Published 3 years, 4 months ago
Description

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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