2017 October
7 Keys for Developing Wonderful Soil
Maximizing carbon sequestration is the secret for developing highly structured soil full of organic matter. By cooperating with nature and putting these keys into practice, you can achieve exceptional soil health.
Key 1: Create “Friendly” Soil
To foster a thriving Soil Food Web, create a friendly living environment by removing toxins, remediating salt issues, balancing nutrients and pH, and eliminating compaction.
Key 2: Keep Grass at a Good Length
Avoid cutting or grazing grass too low to ensure a deep, healthy root system. Techniques such as rotational and mob grazing help maintain optimal grass height, fostering a favorable environment for fungi, which are crucial for carbon sequestration and nutrient uptake.
Key 3: Diversify
Crop rotation and cover crops diversify the microbial community in the soil. Deep-rooted plants help transport liquid carbon and structure the soil more effectively.
Key 4: Avoid Chemical Applications
Herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides disrupt soil biology by killing beneficial microbes. Mycorr Plus can break down these chemicals, allowing healthy soil life to flourish.
Key 5: Limit Cultivation
Tillage disrupts soil life—especially fungi—and allows valuable carbon to escape. Minimizing tillage or using no-till practices preserves mycorrhizal networks and enhances carbon sequestration.
Key 6: Keep the Ground Covered
Bare soil loses moisture and breaks down aggregates. Cover crops conserve moisture, protect the soil from sun damage, and ensure a continuous food source for mycorrhizal fungi, which are essential for forming humus.
Key 7: Mycorr Plus (GPB)
Mycorr Plus takes carbon sequestration to a new level. It devours toxins, remediates salts, restores nutrient and pH balance, inoculates the soil with mycorrhizal fungi, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and 70 aerobic bacteria, and feeds these microbes to establish robust fungal networks. This key supports all the other six keys to create optimal soil conditions.