Soil Secrets

If you like trees, you'll love The Arboretum Tomé!              Join the Staff of Trees That Please and Soil Secrets LLC for the Arboretum Tomé Annual Open House and Garden Party. May 31 st from 9:30am to 4:30pm Free Parking and Admission!! Talks with Discussion between 10:00 & 12:30 Bring a Picnic Lunch and Enjoy Live Easy Listening Music in the Afternoon Shade! The Arboretum Tomé is available for researchers,  school field trips,  student projects, plant clubs,  photographers, and others who want to learn more about Southwestern Native Plants and Soil Restoration Techniques. The Arboretum Tomé is a private collection of trees developed by Michael Martin Meléndrez, who for 26 years has been using biological restoration techniques on the native soils of the site. Come, see and learn, how this technique can benefit our Southwestern Soils and Pla...

Knowledge Of Nitrogen Transfer Between Plants And Beneficial Fungi Expands Date:               J une 23, 2005, Science Daily Source::           USDA / Agricultural Research Service Summary:         New findings show that a beneficial soil fungus plays a large role in nitrogen uptake and                         utilization in most plants.   A microscopic view of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus growing on a corn root. The round bodies are spores, and the threadlike filaments are hyphae. The substance coating them is glomalin, revealed by a green dye tagged to an antibody against glomalin. Credit: Photo by Sara Wright New findings show that a beneficial soil fungus plays a large role in nitrogen uptake and utilization in most plants. In a recent issue of the journal Nature, Agricultural Research Service (ARS)...