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[–] TammyTobacco@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

This isn't that much of a breakthrough, mycorrhizal fungi has been known to help shuttle nutrients across the root structures of different plants. It does sound like the Orchid attracts the myco naturally, which only a few plants do.

The cannabis and competitive growing communities are pretty big on using myco on transplant so the plants can absorb nutrients better.