Mycorrhizal Network - Largest Living Organism

Talking Trees with Davey Tree

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)

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