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Serious Challenges Facing Today's Farmers
Soil Degredation
Soil degradation is the greatest cause of erosion and plant life failure. Intensive plowing, mono-culture cropping, and chemical use break the natural bonds between plants and soil community and spur profound changes below ground. Agricultural producers became distracted from the importance of organic compound cycling when soluble acidic based fertilizers were discovered and used to stimulate plant growth. Continued use of acidic fertilizers in the absence of adequate humic substances (in the soil) has caused many serious soil ecological problems.
For soil to be healthy and productive organic matter should be at least in the 2.5 - 6% range. However, so many farmers are working with soils that are 2% or below. To regenerate soil, organic matter must be replaced. Without a healthy amount of humus the biological activity of the soil and the plants that depend on it is dramatically reduced.
A Farmer's Best Friend
Humate
The organic nature of SoilLife plays an important part in the formation of fertile soil and nutrient uptake in plants. It promotes soil development, water holding capacity and enhanced plant growth.
Humate is not a fertilizer, it acts as a soil conditioner and as a bio-catalyst for plant life. Humic and fulvic acids are an excellent and organic way to provide plants and soil with a concentrated dose of essential nutrients,
vitamins and trace minerals. Plants grown on soils which contain adequate humin, humic acids, and fulvic acids are less subject to stress, are healthier, produce higher yields; and the nutritional quality of harvested
foods and feeds are superior.
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Plant Extracts
Plant Extracts act as a natural wetting agent which helps alleviate hydrophobic conditions. It also provides fundamental sugars that stimulate microbial growth. Plant extracts aid in the movement of xylem and phloem around and through nodes and obstructions in crop roots. It helps prevent stunted plant growth caused by an irregular flow of nutrients and water essential to plant vigor. It increases photosynthetic efficiency and reduces plant stress.
Recent studies have shown that natural sugars boost soil microbes
Natural Sugars
A natural sugar mixture in water has proven to increase microbial activity in soil. Results of field studies appear to indicate that a low dose is as effective as a large application. Low dose rates appear to work better for fungi and cellulose utilizers, while others showed greater response with increased application rate. Natural sugar is an effective quick source of carbon energy for various forms of microbial life in soil. In fact, natural sugar has long been a part of common products used by organic gardeners to bring greater health to their soils and plants, because of its vast source of carbohydrates that stimulates the growth of soil beneficial microorganisms.
Soil biology plays a vital role in determining many soil characteristics
Biological Benefits
Soil organisms have an immense influence on soil fertility, plant growth, soil structure and carbon storage. SoilLife increases the microbial population that is indigenous to its surrounding area. Poor soil conditions can decimate bacteria populations to the point they are of very little use to plant growth. We know that soil organisms break down organic matter, making nutrients more available for plant uptake. The nutrients stored in the bodies of soil organisms prevent nutrient loss by leaching. Soil scientists believe that microbial life is extremely important to rebuilding the life structure within the soil matrix.