Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Kathy Moore" <anichinimoore@hotmail.com>]

I'm still interested in learning more including how to obtain some to try on 
my sand in Oklahoma.
Kathy Moore


From: Soilsecrets@aol.com
Reply-To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing 
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Subject: [Livingontheland] Clay, compacted soils and Carrots
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:23:35 EDT

I'm a native of New Mexico, I'm a sixth generation farmer, the Great Grand
Nephew of Geronimo and I own the largest growing operation of plant 
mutualistic
 microorganisms in the industry.  Now with that in mind, if  allowed, I 
could
send  you a photo of carrots that were grown on  the worst of all crummy
clays typical of New Mexico's high desert region.   Low to no measurable
indigenous humus content and very little organic matter to  contribute a 
future
pipeline of humus formation.  Yet without tilling or  mixing compost and 
other
mechanical manipulations to this soil type, we were  able to grow carrots 
that
looked more like baseball bats and they tasted  wonderful.  The trick was in
Restoring the Natural biology of the soil and  to use a pure biologically 
viable
humus as the carrier of the inoculation of  these mutualistic mycorrhizal
material with their helper bacteria.  The  soils found in and about the 
community of
Eldorado, New Mexico are high desert  soils which have not seen the true
native ecotone of Oaks and grasslands for  about 300 to 400 years and 
consequently
have not had a pipeline of organic  biomass needed to replace the natural 
loss
of humus.  This results in what  is called locally caliche which is just 
bone
dry and compacted clay.  Humus  and microbes can easily fix this  problem.
If you would like to see  this photo of the amazing carrots, send me a 
personal
email.

Dr. Michael Martin Melendrez
Soil Secrets LLC
Los Lunas New Mexico
_soilsecrets@aol.com_ (mailto:soilsecrets@aol.com)


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