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Ectomycorrhiza - some are easy-to-see Showoffs

An easy-to-spot Amanita - doing good work for its tree host Here's my picture of a beautiful group of Amanita muscaria var. 'guessowii' that I s...

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Author Peter Wohlleben's new best-selling book reveals the secret lives of trees to all of us.

The Hidden Life Of Trees is a fabulous book that has jumped into the top 10 in non-fiction book lists all over the world. German forester Pete...

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How did the first land plants successfully migrate from ancient oceans?

The Epic Journey from the Ocean to Dry Land - and the Mycorrhizal Advantage We now know how important mycorrhizal fungi are to the billions of p...

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An Ectomycorrhizae - Laccaria bicolor - pops up next to Aspen and Birch in October

This unassuming little mushroom (Laccaria bicolor - the Bicolor Deceiver) pops up briefly in the fall. Its appearance means that the nearby Aspe...

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The Ontario Drought Continues - This Is The Summer to Root Rescue your Landscape Plantings!

Root Rescue's Transplanter MS-CS Gives Landscape Plants a Proven Advantage in Drought. University testing results Published in 2015. What the Un...

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Rising CO² Levels Mean Plants Need Beneficial Fungi to Acquire Nutrients - New Study Published

A New Study released in the journal 'Science' finds that as CO² levels Rise, Plants Need Soil Fungi (Mycorrhizae) to Access Soil Nutrients We al...

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The First Report on the GTA's Forest Canopy Delivered at the Grey to Green Conference 2016

"You don't know what you've got..." - Until you count it! The new report commissioned by GIO (the Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition - http:...

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Root Rescue Weather has Arrived! Throw your New Plantings a Life Line!

This is just the kind of Sunny, Hot, Dry weather that creates Dangerous Stress for New Landscape Plantings Here's the local forecast where I li...

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Phenology - Watch Nature's Signals - Your Reward? Morels!

Climate Change means the calendar may not be that useful for gardeners anymore May 24th just passed, and here in Southern Ontario, the risk of f...

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Bob Reeves Interview on CH Morning Live TV

Root Rescue's 1st(?) 5 minutes of Fame.  Bob Reeves describes the idea behind Root Rescue's new mycorrhizal plant starter in an interview on Ham...

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Mycorrhizae can Restore Life to Suburban Soils

Why is it so Difficult to Establish New Landscape Plants in Suburban Soils? The following is an excerpt from our Mycorrhizal Science web page: I...

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Earth Day is Really Soil Day

The Roots of Earth Day April 22nd, another Earth Day has arrived. Let's go back to the roots of this movement and see where it all began. Let me...

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Root Rescue Transplanter now available Online at Amazon.ca

Another big day has arrived at Root Rescue - today we launched our new online listings on Amazon.ca. We will be adding more Garden Centres and L...

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It's Opening Day. Root Rescue launches our new website!

After 12 years of research, testing, and a long regulatory journey - it's opening day at Root Rescue! But how did it all start? What were the ro...

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Transplanter's 1st packaging run comes rolling off the line in Dundas Ontario - and we'll start shipping to our vendors next week!

Well, the long wait is over. Root Rescue's new Transplanter MS-CS is packed and ready to go!   In looking out my window, I'm not sure if spring...

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Transplanter MS-CS - Now Registered by the CFIA for Sales Across Canada

Root Rescue Transplanter MS-CS gets it's brand new shiny New Product Registration Number from the CFIA!  And the long awaited New Product Regist...

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Root Rescue Enters the Marketplace at the Landscape Ontario Congress Show 2016

Root Rescue announces the Product Launch of Transplanter MS-CS at the LO Congress Show 2016!   Well, we got the green light from the CFIA on De...

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