Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

The difference may be in interpretation of the term "synthetic".

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
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On 3/29/2006 at 8:48 AM Soilsecrets@aol.com wrote:

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