Trichoderma is absolutely harmless to humans and animals. And it brings great benefits to plants. This is a soil fungus. In nature, it lives in forests, and not only in the ground, but also on a woody substrate - dead trunks. In addition, its spores are found in large numbers on tinder fungi.
Trichoderma secretes special antibiotics: gliotoxin, satsukkalin, trichodermin, viridin, which kill pathogens of many diseases. It easily deals with late blight, powdery mildew, downy mildew, gray rot, brown spot. Destroys mildew and oidium on grapes. Copes with potato rhizoctoniosis.
Experiments have shown that, for example, the use of Trichoderma on cucumbers reduces their infection with white rot and increases yield.
Reproducing in the soil, this fungus actively decomposes organic matter, releasing nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. And in a form accessible to plants.
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