Mycorrhizal Network - Largest Living Organism
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Chelsi Abbott, a technical advisor and education specialist at the Davey Institute, talks about the mycorrhizal network including how it works and how it connects to plants.  In this episode we cover:   What is mycorrhizae fungi (1:14)The beneficial relationship between the fungi and trees (1:59)Seeing mycelium in real life (4:07)How mycorrhizae fungi finds plants (4:45)How big mycorrhizal networks can be (6:52)How to help mycorrhizae help your plants (8:16)Things you might be doing that harm mycorrhizae (9:13)Is mycorrhizae okay for vegetable plants? (10:00)How Chelsi educates through her job (11:59)What Chelsi enjoys abut educating (13:03)Chelsi's Davey Tree journey (13:40)Benefits of mycorrhizae fungi for the plants (15:56)To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.   To learn more about the work Chelsi and the Davey Institute do, click here. Connect with Davey Tree on social media: Twitter: @DaveyTree Facebook: @DaveyTree Instagram: @daveytree YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company    Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.    Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!    
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