Have the full biological profile of your soil, compost or liquid additives assessed in our Soil Food Web Laboratory.

Soil can and should be viewed collectively as a living, breathing organism. In reality, soil pH and all nutrient availability are in constant flux as plants and soil microflora work together to thrive in any setting. Plants swap about 50%the energy they get from photosynthesis with microbes in the form of sugary exudates that come from the plant's root systems. These exudates are not just random sugars, but are specifically tailored to attract the right microbiology plants need to extract any kind of nutrients from the soil - nutrients that would otherwise be trapped in the form of sand, mud, and clay particles . Just as our health depends on a lively and diverse intestinal flora, so do all plants! It's just that your "belly" is the ground itself.

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Conventional soil surveys are not only prone to error, they are also based on a false premise. In contrast, biological soil tests based on  Dr. Elaine Inghams Soil Food Web Method elegant solutions as they focus on the presence of the basic groups of microbial life that make the natural system of nutrient cycling possible. In addition to the nutrient cycle, a complete and active soil microbiome is also the key to proper soil structure and carbon sequestration. Using pure, synthesized nutrients as dictated by conventional soil testing, it is difficult to establish correlations with crop yields, especially in the long run.

In contrast, practical case studies and increasing research show clear correlations between plant yields and healthy, aerobic onesMicrobial populations. This is especially the case when the biology, in particular the ratio of fungi to bacteria (P: B), is suitably matched to the succession stage of the desired plants and when care is taken in the production and use of compost and compost fluid that this balance is maintained from start to finish.