Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="Susan BBPM, post: 253199, member: 17711"] I think it's very poorly understood. Yet it has the potential to be hugely powerful. I think this is why so many permaculture approaches are a bit of a black box - 'just set up the right environment and let nature get on with it'. I've sown/seeded 'Garden Giant' (King straphoria) in my garden and one of the reasons for this variety is that they dominate other varieties. So you can be sure you aren't getting a poisonous variety of mushroom taking hold rather than your eddible mushrooms. But for all I know that could be doing harm by killing off important parts of the fungal network. My control is big tubs fed with chemicals. The tubs are in a perfect location in terms of amount of sun, protection from wind. I know that beans, squahs etc grow brilliantly in them. Can I get them growing equally well or better in garden beds. So far I haven't. Everything else grows better in the ground, but not the squash and beans. They grow in the ground - but not as well as chemically fed, perfectly watered and tended, tubs. [/QUOTE]