Do you have to introduce new soil when first planting in desert areas, or is the sand sufficient enough for roots to take hold?
Also do you have to constantly feed the plants nutrients? Or is there enough in ground?
And how long would it take, or how much desert would have to be reclaimed for a decent mycelium network to be established for the plants to pass nutrients around for themselves?
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Do you have to introduce new soil when first planting in desert areas, or is the sand sufficient enough for roots to take hold?
Also do you have to constantly feed the plants nutrients? Or is there enough in ground?
And how long would it take, or how much desert would have to be reclaimed for a decent mycelium network to be established for the plants to pass nutrients around for themselves?