MycoGro® Hort is an Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (AM) fungi product developed in New Zealand for the Horticulture and Nursery industries. Around 80% of the world's plant species form associations with these types of Mycorrhizae. These beneficial fungi greatly increase the effective rooting area of plants thereby enhancing plant growth, vigour, water uptake, nutrient availability, flowering, yields and production.

MycoGro® Hort can be used at all stages of propagation, planting and with compost application.  It can be applied directly to the root zone or blended into the potting mix or compost. It is beneficial for a wide range of ornamental plants including but limited to pittosporum, kiwifruit, grapes, pip fruit, stone fruit, nuts, avocado, lettuce, chilli and tomato. Plant families that cannot be colonised with arbuscular mycorrhizae include Brassicaceae, Amaranthaceae, Lupinus, Caryophyllaceae and Cyperaceae.

When used with maize, mychorrhizal fungi put down the spout with seed,  some farmers results have  shown it to be more effective than using DAP down the spout.  The reason being that mycorhizal grows into the roots and enables the uptake of nutrients directly form the soil by effectively increases root mass by up to 300%. While chemical fertilisers can burn the roots of newly germinated plants, the fungi, by contrast, form a symbiotic relationship with the new plant. Mycorrhizae are usually destroyed by the processes of preparing the soil as a seed bed, thereby limiting the potential of the crop. If fertiliser is added when the soil is prepared and MycoGro Hort added at one gram per seed, this can enhance nutrient uptake significantly. 

MycoGro Hort is suited to all crops, the use of chemicals or disturbing the soil can be highly detrimental to beneficial fungal populations and mycorrhizae are particularly vulnerable..

MycoGro Hort will have a symbiotic relationship with the microbes in EM Soil and Crop. See our blog for information of microbial relationships.

Application Rates:

• Blending into substrate 2.5 - 10%

• Blending into planting hole - up to 100 grams

• Existing plants - up to 100 grams

• Pots 10-30cm up to 25 grams

Always apply to the roots zone and close to existing roots.

Sizes Avalable: 5L, 10L. 20L, 100L & 1 tonne bags