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Subject:  RootShield, Subdue,Companion, and Mycorrhizea

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cucurbit

Indiana

Can you use all of these together with out hurting the other? Or should you just use one or the other and if so what will work the best from your experienc?
Thanks in advance

1/25/2013 6:21:08 PM

titanic

Pa

no one seems to know for sure but here's what I've gathered. Subdue will not harm most mycorrhizae as they are not Oomycetes/Phycomycetes. Subdue only works on certain fungi that are from those groups. Most mycorrhizae are Basidiomycetes or Ascomycetes which are not affected by Subdue. Companion is a bacteria, bacillis subtillis. Subdue has no effect on bacteria so subdue seems okay.

1/25/2013 6:32:25 PM

titanic

Pa

Rootshield contains trichoderma which are known to be harmful to fungi, thats why its effective at disease prevention. Myco is a fungi so they don't seem compatible. We skirt this issue and pretend its fine as long as we store them separately. The fungicide clearys is harmful to myco as well. I see no problem with companion, rootshield and subdue together. Even so, many heavy hitters use myco, clearys, rootshield together with incredible results that can't be disputed.

1/25/2013 7:02:24 PM

Pumpkinman Dan

Johnston, Iowa

I've spoken with reps from Bio Works (Root Shield) and according to them, Root Shield will not harm Myco.

1/25/2013 8:13:59 PM

sirpumpkin

Frankfort Ohio

Clearys does nock down your microbes verry little it seems to be alot but nothing that will hurt the big picture but you do want to watch how much you use threw the whole season I only use two or three times bescaue it does the job on killing and keeping diseases at bay in my area

1/26/2013 10:20:52 AM

Josh Scherer

Piqua, Ohio

Tony
I've been told not many Ohio growers use RootShield, have you heard this?

1/26/2013 10:45:54 AM

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