Understanding Microbial Activity
Microbial activity in a rooting medium is determined
Microbial species found
by a complexity of interacting factors. The
in a rooting medium are
results from the addition of a compost,
primarily determined by
energy-type substance and bacteria-fungi
the plant species growing
inoculum, whether singularly or in combiin the rooting medium,
nation, will not always give consistent
since it is the organic subresults without considering those
stances sloughed off plant roots that
factors that determine what can
are the primary energy source.
occur—both beneficial and detPopulat