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Hi , I hope you like this months newsletter.
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Soil Fungi Are The Root Of All Yields
Invisible to the naked eye, soil fungi bring nutrients and water to roots, too. IF YOU ASKED 1,000 people what part of the plant is responsible for uptake of moisture and nutrients, 999 would say it’s the roots, says Larry Simpson, director of education and training for Mycorrhizal Applications in Grants Pass, Ore. “It’s actually […]
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Mycorrhizal Spore vs. Propagule: An Attempt to Clarify
As you may have noticed, some producers and manufacturers of mycorrhizal inoculant products are currently giving mixed messages on how they represent the mycorrhizae content of their finished goods. This seems to be causing some confusion, and this confusion is not good for the horticultural industry. Mycorrhizal technology is already complex to understand, and the […]
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Making the Most of Microbes
Tiny Soil Organisms Provide Big Soil Health Benefits Here’s a shocker: The next big thing in agriculture might not be big at all. According to biologists a single tablespoon of healthy farm soil may contain up to a billion assorted microbes, a mile or more of fungal filaments plus scores of various macrofauna creatures such […]
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Light Farming: Restoring carbon, organic nitrogen, and biodiversity to agricultural soils
Imagine there was a process that could remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, replace it with life-giving oxygen, support a robust soil microbiome, regenerate topsoil, enhance the nutrient density of food, restore water balance to the landscape and increase the profitability of agriculture? Fortunately, there is. It’s called photosynthesis. The power of photosynthesis In […]
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