Author: George Norris, Scotland

8/21/07, Scotland

Historics, Idents and ‘Glowing Phoenix’

Thanks for the pictures Ian and everyone else.   I’m looking on with great interest as I have a garden some 200 years old.  About 8 years ago I found 23 different daffodils on site, including several historics.  Names I…

mycorrhiza and root hairs of bulbs

Hi all,   I’ve been thinking (obviously things a bit quiet today), do daffodils have root hairs.   So I Googled <mycorrhiza daffodil> and some interesting stuff came up.   Have fun,   George Norris,  Scotland

Soil fumigants and microorganisms – mycorrhiza

To Bob, Keith, Peter, Ian and all Daffnetters.   Those interested in beneficial soil microfungi in association with roots and nutrient uptake could Google <mycorrhiza>. Both endomycorrhizal and ectomyycorrizal fungi are really a means of expanding surface area of root hairs to make…