“Even a tiny amount moving into the mycorrhizal fungi of the seedlings could mean the difference between life and death when the little ones are small,” I said. Germinants struggling to survive in the deep shade, or during the summer dry spell, could live instead of die with the slightest boost, the smallest of advantages, if it came at the right time. Not only that, the bigger the Mother Tree, the healthier she was, the more carbon she gave.
