#thriving plants

[scitechman]

Study: Underground Fungal Relationships Key to Thriving Plants

Study: Underground Fungal Relationships Key to Thriving Plants

For a plant to thrive, it needs the help of a friendly fungus—preferably one that will dig its way deep into the cells of the plant’s roots.

Plants live in symbiosis with root-associated, or mycorrhizal, fungi. The fungi provide up to 80 percent of the nutrients and water a plant needs to grow, and the plants produce up to 30 percent of the photosynthate—a food substance made through…

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[tinymoonco]

Will forever be buying new plants, but the best reward is to see them thriving years later. This one took over a strawberry pot about 3 years ago <3