The Optimum Fungal to Bacteria Ratio in the Soil - Dr. Elaine Ingham 

Well a pasture is all grass of some kind but not necessarily a monoculture. There could be a diversity of species. Still, most would prefer a higher fungus:bacteria ratio. Useful knowledge.

@@wasssssuppppppp A pasture is not all grass. Grasses are a subset of herbaceous plants. There are many herbaceous non-grass, for example legumes, that are beneficial for pasture.

Def following this. Good questions

1. Gots to put in the time with microscope to figure out if you have fungi and beneficial bacteria. 2. Yeah, she has a chart weeds like bacteria, the brassicas, then the stuff we all like to grow like a 1 to 1 ratio, shrubs like more fungi and then forests love high fungi. 3. Compost a very diverse set of plant material. Fungi like humus bacteria like sugars

@@fernandoguitizze5092 "Fungi like humus bacteria like sugars". Very interesting.

What about orange trees?​@@fernandoguitizze5092

looking for this knowledge from bio-intensive perspective too. bump~

@@wasssssuppppppp Thanks Adam

She has lectures on this on her actual soil food web channel, search her name

Microscope, learn to recognize the parts, you want 5 x the fungi and good amount of bacteria.

Microscope and either identification manually to isolate different counts of spore & cfu counts.. there is a following that are attempting to train AI to count individual strains and types but that's top of the line tech.. maybe there are open source versions? 🤷

Johnson Su Bioreactor used wood chips to make fungal dominant compost. Nicole Masters used Aspen and Cottonwood. She added a little fish hydrolyslate and pig manure. She began by giving pigs 200 cubic yards of white wood chips which she took away and added some worms. The pigs ate some of the wood chips. Su of Johnson Su said buy a shredder that makes small pieces so your worms can handle them. Nicole Masters Heals Gardens, 30 Cents An Acre. gsmgardening.wordpress.com/2021/07/01/nicole-masters-heals-gardens-30-cents-an-acre/

Start with leaves, then thin branch woodchIps....then follow Diego for nifty adjustments...

Woody materials, browns

I get whole tree mulch from my local tree trimming service. If you live close to one, they will often dump the mulch for free at the place of your choosing, especially if it will save them fuel or having to pay for a place to dump the mulch. I put about 1-2 inch layer of mulch in my raised beds as needed, typically after the plants have grown tall enough to be above the mulch after I place it in order to suppress weeds. I fill my walk paths with 6-8 inches whenever possible. I have found that this really helps reduce the soil temperature, which helps the plants uptake nutrients. In early spring, once every year or two, I rake the heavy mulch aside in my walk paths and collect the fine, broken down material and then I rake the heavy mulch aside in my beds and apply the broken down material from my walk path to my beds. Then I rake the heavy mulch back into place as it was before. It is best not to apply heavy mulch into your beds before you plant. Fungus grows naturally in this material. It may take some time for it to get established and it may take longer for your mulch to break down in the beginning, but as your fungal network develops, the breakdown process occurs faster, especially during wet years or if you can keep your mulch damp. You can also inoculate the wood chips with the fungus of your choice if you want to help the process along.

I do similar as Horse237. My understanding is that best wood chips comes from smaller branches, 2” diameter and less, as they carry more funghi capacity than the larger trunks of trees per chip.

How do you produce fungi?

​@@analyticalhabitrails9857by composting Wood and leaves.