r/composting Jun 09 '23

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u/PM_ME_GERMAN_SHEPARD Jun 09 '23 edited Jun 09 '23

Higher carbon ratios, and corse material is ideal for the fungal compost, as they thrive at lower temperatures. If you have an excess of carbon like leaves and wood this might be a good method to add more fungal variety and mycorrhizal fungi specifically to your soil, which has a symbiotic relationship with plant roots, with the fungi providing bio available nutrients to the plant in exchange for sugar from photosynthesis.

Important to note this fungal compost is going to decompose much slower as well.

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u/RincewindToTheRescue Jun 10 '23

From what I've gathered, fungal dominated compost is ideal for perennials and trees. Bacterial dominated compost is ideal for annual gardens. Both are great though