Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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In a message dated 3/28/2006 4:48:58 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, tradingpost@riseup.net writes:

It is impossible for man to produce stable humus synthetically. Man can properly cultivate the field, supply organic matter and so encourage the development of stable humus in the soil. Soil with stable humus must always be protected to maintain the fertility and productivity of the soil.

This may have been true when it was originally quoted by an unknown source, but is no longer accurate.  We have been manufacturing Humus at Soil Secrets in New Mexico for over 10 years now.  The final product we call Cultured Humus which we use as a carrier for our inoculum products such as the propagules of mycorrhizae and the endospores of the helper bacteria.  This humus product is constantly being analyzed for it's percentage of Humic substances by doubtful potential clients such as golf courses and large architectural design firms and it always tests out at whatever percentage of Humic acids that we choose the final product to have, up to 80%.  When we make it and it's coming out of the culture tanks it is nearly 100% Humic substances, but we use this product as a carrier adding many other ingredients to it which dilutes the percentage down. 

 

Michael Martin Melendrez Ph.D.