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This looks like a job for Plantman!

Posted on October 29, 2011 | Leave a comment

Faster than a speeding lawnmower…..more powerful than a bag of urea fertilizer…able to leap tall sunflowers in a single bound…it’s Plantman!

Plantman crosses the finish line

Thank you Alger Heights neighborhood for hosting the Halloween run on a sunny late October Saturday morning! Entre-manure superhero Plantman enjoyed his run fighting “grime” in your town…..thank you very mulch!

This looks like a job for Plantman

Permission to buzz the tower? Negative Ghostrider....the pattern is full. Maverick and Plantman....

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Root for the Loam Team

Posted on April 7, 2011 | Leave a comment

Teamwork…a key element in successful businesses, sports teams, relationships and yes……..the landscape. One such mutually beneficial and symbiotic relationship occurs between a fungi (not “fun guy”) and the roots of plants! Mycorrhizae is the name of the fungus derived from the mutual association between (Myco) the fungus and (Rhiza) roots of the plants.

Mycorrhizae

It’s a loving relationship advantageous to both! The fungi gives plants greater absorptive capacity for nutrients and water and accelerated rooting. The plant returns the favor by giving the fungi the carbohydrates and sugars it’s hungry for….a quid pro quo…….you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours….you’ve got a friend in me. Healthier plants with more drought and stress tolerance and yields is the end result from this beautiful relationship. Roots that go horizontal or lateral………perpendicular to the plant are adventitious and root…root for the loam team!

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Protecting your home with Plants

Posted on January 27, 2011 | Leave a comment

Here is a maintain your sense of “humus” you tube video that I think is a kick in the “plants”……….a couple of “entre-manures” put it together with the intention of using landscape plants to protect your home from zombies. Hope you get a laugh from the “well rooted” advice these young buds are sharing……….

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