Mycorrhizal Root Dip

Mycorrhisal means "fungus-root" and it is a beneficial fungus for the root system of trees. There is a wonderful symbiotic relationship between the plant and the fungus. While the fungus gains sugars and carbon, the plant in turn receives nutrients and water. Other benefits include increased pathogen resistance, better soil conditions, increased success with transplanting, increased resilience, and a plant that has a higher growth rate. Mycorrizal fungus is often found in undisturbed soils, but often through site preparation or past uses of the land the mycorrhizal is no longer present.  Dipping tree and shrub roots prior to planting has been found to increase the bioavailability of nutrients to the tree from 10 to 100 times more than without the fungus.