From: The Wood Wide Web: How Trees Talk Underground

Rethinking your garden

When you dig up your garden soil, you might be ripping apart ancient networks that keep your plants healthy. Leaving soil undisturbed preserves these lifelines.

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Try 'no-dig' gardening this season to let the underground fungal networks do the work for you.

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Fungi and plants do not always share resources equally.

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Underground fungal networks connect different plants together so they can share resources.

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Underground networks allow plants to send chemical warning signals to their neighbors during inse...

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The Wood Wide Web: How Trees Talk Underground

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