RG1000GEL Empathy RHS 1Kg Rootgrow Mycorrhizal Fungi with Gel Sachet

I had to move dwarf apple trees from one side of the garden to the other at the worst possible time of the year (May). Remember how hot it was in May/June? I wanted to give them every chance to survive so decided to use this product. Most of the leaves dropped over the Summer but a few hung on. I won't know if this stuff really worked until next Spring but three months after the operation the trees are still alive, still have green leaves fluttering in the wind. So far, so good. I also used this stuff on transplanted shrubs and they have taken off and thrived in their new positions. I will update next year. 19/04/18 So, it's nearly a year since I moved the trees and I am happy to report that they have all survived. One developed die-back but I got ahead of it with some judicious pruning over the Winter. It was a long Winter and the trees were late in breaking bud but they are all flowering now. I wont let them fruit this year so they can concentrate on settling into their new position.

This is a great product. It is suitable for dipping bare root plants into to treat them (or adding to a compost/food mix. This is the second bag I have bought - I bought the first from a local garden centre and it is significantly cheaper on Amazon. Our garden is like an amateurish pie on the Great British Bake Off (it has a soggy bottom). Amongst this part of the garden which I adoringly call 'the swamp' (in winter) is a row of conifers which are looking more dishevelled than Ian Beale on Eastenders when he lost everything. The poor conifers are waterlogged for months on end and combine the wet with compacted clay soil, I think it is slowly killing them off. I found an article online about 'vertical mulching' whereby you create 3-4 inch diameter holes approximately 3-4 foot deep and about 5ft from the tree base (being careful to avoid main/large roots). In these holes you pour a mix of soil conditioner, fine gravel (or horticultural sand - I opted for gravel because of the clay), slow release food and RootGrow. This allows air and nutrients to get to the roots and RootGrow helps build a better root structure in these better drained pockets. So far, it has been just over a week but the conifers are looking a little less 'limp' and hopefully are on the way to better growth.

Followed the instructions to the letter and everything seemed to work ok. I had to continue planting into a second day, by which time the liquid had started to separate a bit. I mixed it up a bit by stirring it several times while using it and all seems good. The longer term will tell how successful this has been but everything looks good at this easy stage in the life of a new hedge.

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Being able to mix this into a gel for dipping bare root plants makes this so easy to use. It came with two sachets of gel powder so we used one sachet with half of the bag. Seems to work well.

Brilliant product. Have used before & will continue to use. Definitely see the difference in plants. Used on a very large Fatsia Japonica which was transplanted a couple of months back and is now doing well. I use this on everything, even plug plants. It is a great product as you can't 'overdose' any plant. (Do not use this one on ericaceous plants though) Great! 😊

Handy size pack for establishing new trees or shrubs.

I bought this product as it was recommended by the supplier of my bare rooted hedging and Amazon sell it cheaper than they do. I can't comment on its effectiveness and will leave that to the scientists. What I can say is that the instructions say to mix it into a wallpaper paste consistency and dip the roots in before planting. That's pretty straightforward to do and seems to work okay but... the mix gets very dirty and unusable very quickly. I bought my hedges as bare rooted but some come with soil residue from the supplier. That makes the product unusable as it mixes with the remaining paste. I ended up just flicking the last 75% of it onto the roots as best I could. Something to bear in mind unless all your roots are spotless.