Soil is alive!

Let's dig a little deeper...

One teaspoon of healthy soil contains more microbes than there are humans on Earth

Microbes build the soil

Microbes and especially bacteria stick the soil particles together and form microaggregates.

Fungi hold the soil particles together

Fungal hyphae connect those microaggregates and form macroaggregates. They will give the soil its structure.

Here you can see fungal hyphae holding the soil particles together, like mortar holding a brick wall.

Up to 80% of soil carbon comes from microbes

According to a study(*) microbes, and especially fungi contribute significantly (up to 80%) to total soil organic matter.

If you want more organic matter in your soil, don't forget to help and support these wonderful creatures. Fungal rich compost for example can help reintroduce fungi into your soil.


Photo: Resoiler compost

(*)Basile-Doelsch et al. (2020)

Root colonization


Plants invest energy through their roots to feed microbes. The microbes get to work and convert unavailable nutrients into available nutrients. In turn, the plant receives nutrients back from the microbes.

When roots get colonized by microbes, they form a protective layer called rhizosheats, which is what you can see on the picture.


How can we add microbes to our roots?


A whole ecosystem

>500 species of fungi

1000s of species of bacteria

Protozoa

Nematodes

The biology determines the quality of the compost


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Our Results

Cover Crops

Doubling of above ground biomass

Cover crops

Resoiler Compost applied as a seed coating

Crops: Radish, field peas, moha, sorghum, alfalfa

Cover crops

30 days after planting

Cover crops

64 days after planting

Cover crops

64 days after planting

Total forage nutrition

75% more protein

127% more cellulose

109% more minerals mobilized

Barley

Yield increased by +4.3% by coating the seeds with 8L Resoiler compost/100kg of seeds.

Note the rhizosheat on the coated plants (left) compared to control (right).

Tomatoes

Variety San Marzano, first harvest

Increased yield on both harvests: +77%

Tomatoes

Variety Rio Grande, first harvest

Increased yield on both harvests: +72%

Tomatoes

Variety Rio Grande, second harvest

Tomatoes

Variety San Marzano, second harvest

Tomatoes

Resoiler compost as a substrate in growing trays

Left: 100% Barkmulch

Right: 50% Barkmulch, 50% Resoiler compost

Both received 70g of Maltaflor fertilizer

Special thanks

to Elsa Jeanjean and Hegau Solawi who conducted this research diligently.

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