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Collection - If you would like to collect your trees then use this option. Note the collection is from the Wholesale Nursery office between Monday-Friday only. Please allow 1 working days for your order to be processed prior to collection date.
We are not a Garden Centre or retail Nursery. Orders can be placed via our website and the collection option can be selected at the checkout. Your order will then be ready for you to collect during our normal opening hours which are Monday-Friday 07.30-16.30. Our plants are grown in fields that can be 2 miles away from our office so it is not possible to just turn up and select your own trees.
Delivery Charges - The delivery charge is worked out from the weight and the size of the plant. We have several rates that apply to UK mainland addresses. The lower postal rates range from £2.80 - £5.70, will be applied to smaller orders of the lighter plants like currants, raspberries, gooseberries, blackberries, asparagus and strawberries although larger orders will go into the £10.00 rate. A higher rate of £18.00 - £32.00 will be charged for deliveries to European Countries and GY KW IV AB PH KW HS ZE IM BT DD JE PO30 PO31 PO32 PO33 PO34 PO35 PO36 PO37 PO38 PO39 PO40 PO41 Postcodes. Once you have put together your order the delivery charge will show before payment. All orders are despatched in one delivery.
Delivery times - Orders are despatched to you within 7 days unless there is a delay caused by the weather conditions. We shall inform you via email of the delivery day as soon as it is known closer to the time. You can add to your order at any time. If you wish to add to your order then please email us and we shall send you a ref code that can be used for free shipping. We shall let you know when your order is being shipped via email. If you change your email address at any time please change your details on your account.
To take advantage of a promotional code or gift voucher this must be entered into the redeem code box at the checkout. Discounts cannot be given once an order is completed and any codes have not been used.
Rootgrow - Mycorrhizal fungi
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Rootgrow Mycorrhizal fungi - Give your plants the best possible start. Rootgrow helps to ensure the establishment and lifetime health of your plants. Mycorrhizal fungi are critically important to those plant groups to ensure good establishment and better early growth. In the case of fruit mycorrhizal fungi are particularly good at extracting Phosphorous from clay soils.
1 Pack Will Treat Up To 4 Bare Root Plants.
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14 Jun 18 | Deborah Williams
Ordered some Rootgrow with two Hazel trees. I find mycorrhizal fungi helpful for getting trees and other plants going but one of the trees is struggling after a couple of months. So, hard to tell whether the Rootgrow has provided enough help.
5 Jul 17 | Tom C
Used with my bare root apple tree and currant bushes to get them off to a quick start!
24 Aug 16 | Simon
I have used this with most of my bare root trees and have always had very successful results with very few failures over the years. My trees always seem to do much better than my neighbors, and I put it down to this product.
7 Nov 14 | Jenay Monds
Hopefully the plants will establish well with rootgrow.
21 Mar 14 | LizM
All 9 plants received last autumn and planted with root grow seem to be thriving. Excellent service from Blackmoor.
What are mycorrhizal fungi?
Mycorrhizas are beneficial fungi growing in association with plant roots, and exist by taking sugars from plants in exchange for moisture and nutrients gathered from the soil by the fungal strands.
The mycorrhizas greatly increase the absorptive area of a plant, acting as extensions to the root system. Phosphorus is often in very short supply in natural soils. When phosphorus is present in insoluble forms it would require a vast root system for a plant to meet its phosphorus requirements unaided. It is therefore thought that mycorrhizas are crucial in gathering this element in uncultivated soils. Phosphorus-rich fertilisers are widely used in cultivated ground and not only reduce the need for this activity but are thought to actually suppress the mycorrhizas. For this reason it is best not to use phosphorous rich fertilisers in conjunction with mycorrhizal fungi.
Neither fungi nor plants could survive in many uncultivated situations without this mutually beneficial arrangement.