Andrew Tomes

Hi everyone! I'm sorry, I completely dropped off the radar. Last semester ended up being a seven-day-a-week flurry of trees and soil and measuring things. I have my results and am looking forward t...

It's the moment we've all been waiting for. I have, not 20 minutes fresh from the field, two bagged chestnut trees. I went out today to check on everything and noticed that the trees were starting ...

Time for some science!Greetings backers, readers, members of the curious public!One strange thing about this project is that between the bursts of activity and the long lulls of wai...

Greetings backers! It sure has been a while. As I write this the PCR block upstairs is doing its thing for the fourth time now, and I'm really hoping it works this time. This semester's been a bit ...

First order of business: We're almost there! We hit the 90% mark with a week to go! Thanks again to everyone who's donated, and my fingers are crossed for the last 10%.This weekend, I'll be kicking...

The first stage of the experiment having been successful - the trees that should have had mycorrhizae did, and the ones that shouldn't, didn't - it was time to take the trees to the great outdoors ...

Once the chestnuts began to grow roots, they also sent out a chemical invitation that could be picked up only by mycorrhizae. Because the soil was harvested in the winter, the majority of the funga...