Growing A Variety Of Soil Microbes

Most farmers are aware that a healthy population of soil organisms is a good thing. What many don’t understand is that the number of soil organisms is directly related to their food source.

- Bill Kerr

Most farmers are aware that a healthy population of soil organisms is a good thing. What many don’t understand is that the number of soil organisms is directly related to their food source.

Adding organisms randomly and hoping that they will increase the soil’s organic content is like leaving livestock on bare ground and expecting them to thrive.

I once witnessed an entire district of vegetable farmers conned into spending millions of rand on compost tea before they realised this fact. One farmer had his huge potato trial independently evaluated and discovered that he had suffered greater losses from rotting in the section where tea had been applied.