Landscaping, plants, gardens and crops cannot live on water alone. They need organically rich nutrients to survive. The life cycle of beneficial microbes plays an important factor in the plant’s ability to absorb nutrients and water. Chemical fertilizers don’t maintain these healthy microbes or encourage the natural growth of plants, leaving your soil dead. On the other hand, feeding your soil organically with black worm castings and Vermaplex create healthy soil and bountiful crops.
Have you wondered why your tomato plants have suddenly stopped producing or never really produced as much as you thought they should, or the leaves started curling, turning yeller or even brown.
The answer is probably the soil
Years of chemicals and fertilizers has damaged the soil. In an article in Green America, Living Soil vs. Dead Dirt, it explains, “95% of our food is grown in soil. But one third of the work’s soils have become degraded, turning them from living soil to degraded dirt. Through sustainable soil management, restring and protecting living soil, the world could produce up to 58% more food.”
Many consider J.I. Rodale the founder of the organic gardening movement. He wrote a book called Pay Dirt in 1945, in it he says, “The soil is not, as many suppose, a dead, inert substance. It is very much alive and dynamic. It teems with bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi, molds, yeasts, protozoa, algae and other minute organisms. This microbial population of the soil is concentrated mainly in the upper four or five inches where the bulk of the organic matter, their food, is to be found.”
The addition of new microbes and organisms into the soil may be easier than you think. The application of organic black worm castings has numerous benefits.
Short term benefits of black castings include, increasing the amount of microorganisms which naturally protect the plant’s leaves and roots from foreign pathogens, stimulate plant growth and suppress disease. Increases the soil’s capacity to hold water, while improving the soil aerated. Enhances germination and crop yield.
Long term benefits include the depleted soil is rebuilt with microbial life, a crucial step to nutrient recycling, without burning the roots of your plants. Rich in humid acids to help balance the soil’s PH. Improves the structure and growth of plant roots.
Orlando’s Vermitechnology is a popular organic alternative to the ill-effects of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, for both people and the environment. Our Black worm casting and other organic products help boost soil through the introduction of micro-nutrients and beneficial soil organisms, increasing the uptake of nutrients by the plant and improving the health of the plants themselves.
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