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How Humus and Microbes can Save you Dollars
Unfortunately almost all growers and Ag advisors around the world have a flawed view of
plant feeding. YLAD Living Soils have researched over many years how plants take up
nutrients and water and understand how to grow a healthier plant more resistant to fungal
attack, frosting, droughts, disease and pests.
Worldwide research reveals that when all plant nutrients are soluble and available within
soil water, which is almost every ‘bought’ fertiliser, the plant takes in nutrients through its
water roots. This happens 24 hours a day whether the sun is shining or not and whether
the plant is making new substances or not.
The natural reaction to this ‘free’ nutrient by the plant is to try and dilute it down to a
normal level by taking in yet more water… hang on now, it gets even more nutrients so it
takes in more water, so on and so on. The cell structure becomes bigger and bigger like
a balloon until it can expand no more.
The roots of these particular plants will be white and bare with very few microbes feeding
off the plant exudates. I call these types of roots ‘naked’. When a plant has ‘naked’ roots
it has no means of ‘feeding’ itself and must rely on you to provide ‘food’. This is a very
costly exercise because as the cost of fossil fuels increase so does the cost of man-made
fertilisers.
New research from Illinois University has been able to measure the amount of a particular
nutrient taken up by the plant in the soil water and there is very little surprise to know
that nitrogen is taken up 2.7 times more than calcium or phosphorus. It is this oversupply
of nitrogen that adds more water to this already ‘big watery plant’ and creates a plant
prone to frosting.
With the nutrient level of our plants and food dropping it is time to address how we can
reduce or ‘hang on to’ soil nutrients and allow the plant to take up its ‘food’ in balanced
ratios, producing more nutrient dense food and healthier crops.
What can farmers do to turn these phenomena around and grow a healthy plant less
prone to disease, pests and frosting?
YLAD Living Soils over the last 11 years have been promoting the essential balance of
physical, chemical and microbiology aspects in the soil with Compost Mineral Blends
containing balanced levels of beneficial microbe showing outstanding results, both
independent and farmer trials.
YLAD Humus Grow™ Compost assists plant growth and microbial growth by the production
of growth stimulating compounds encouraging root growth, making it easy for roots to
travel through the soil, take up necessary nutrients in the right balance at the right time.
The greater the microbial population in the rhizosphere, the greater the nutrient extraction
by the plant and we emphasis that soil biology not be studied in isolation, but rather
dovetailed in with existing knowledge regarding soil structure and nutrient.
Simply stated, healthy soil biology is a function of four main factors, namely soil mineral
balance, soil carbon levels, structure and absence of toxic residues. All four factors are
interrelated and each is reliant on the other for maximum soil performance.
For further information on how you can adopt and incorporate biological principals into
your program phone 1300 811 681 or email [email protected]