MycorrPlus (formerly called GroPal Balance) is a highly concentrated organic fertilizer/bio-stimulant that can accomplish all of the above.
Instead of feeding the plant directly with NPK, we supply a host of microorganisms to convert tied up nutrients in the soil into available plant food.
MycorrPlus is very well balanced, containing the following:
MycorrPlus is a unique product that helps with vital functions for the rapid building of rich top soil:
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Dr. Christine Jones has written an exceptional article which was published in the March, 2015 issue of AcresUSA. This article does a great job of explaining how MycorrPlus is able to accomplish all it does. Click here to read her article.
In her interview, Dr. Christine Jones explains the best way to increase the amount of carbon (sugars) the plant exudes through the roots into the soil, and how this is a wonderful way to increase the RFV and brix of the plant.
Dr. Jones says that the formation of topsoil can be breathtakingly rapid. She explains that the reason for this is that most of the ingredients for new topsoil come from the atmosphere, including carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. Plants utilize these to produce liquid carbon, which they then exude into the soil through their roots in order to feed soil microbes. It is this flow of liquid carbon (sugars) into the soil that is the primary means by which rich topsoil is formed.
MycorrPlus helps to improve the soil
and the plants growing in it
MycorrPlus provides a host of nutrients, including a rich supply of the trace minerals found in ocean water. These nutrients supply the soil with what it needs so that it can supply plants with the energy they need to reach their maximum potential.
MycorrPlus
stimulates beneficial
strains of aerobic bacteria
and mycorrhizae fungi. These micro-organisms
help to create balance in the soil. Balance
is everything! The
balance created causes the soil to possess a
high energy level.
When this energy is made available to
plants, it energizes them
to sequester sugars to feed the
micro-organisms in the soil.
As the micro-organisms are nurtured and fed by the plant, they in turn make nutrients and energy available to the plant. This enables the plant to sequester even more sugars into the soil. This relationship between microbes and plant result in plants being able to attain their optimum potential.
The Best Way to Form Topsoil
Many scientists have confused themselves — and the general public — by assuming soil carbon sequestration and the making of topsoil occurs as a result of the decomposition of organic matter such as crop residues.
In stark contrast, Dr. Jones points out that most of the elements needed to create topsoil are found in the atmosphere and that the creation of new soil centers around carbon. Compost may help, but it is simply not the best way to create topsoil.
A plant can acquire between 85 to 90 percent of
the building materials it needs from the air to
create liquid carbon. The rest of the nutrients
are provided from the soil. Soil microbes use
this liquid carbon as an energy source to help
them convert tied up nutrients into available
plant food. In the process, the sugars emitted
by the roots act as a glue to create complex
soil structure, which includes stable forms of
carbon and humus.
New topsoil is rapidly created in this
environment. Once MycorrPlus is activated
with at least 1.1” of moisture and a soil
temperature above 45 degrees, almost immediately
plants begin to secrete liquid carbon into the
soil, and it is only a matter of weeks before
new soil begins to form.
This is superior to results seen by using a bio
stimulant, including natural plant or seaweed
extracts. MycorrPlus contains micro
and macro nutrients needed by the plant, plus
stimulates fungi and beneficial aerobic bacteria that help
the soil to convert nutrients tied
up in the soil into
plant food.
Carbon is needed for soil structuring and water
holding. As liquid carbon streams into the
aggregates via the roots or fungal linkages, it
enables the production of glues and gums that
hold soil particles together.
Establishing a good soil structure enables
nitrogen-fixing bacteria to function. You will
rarely see a nitrogen deficient plant in a
healthy natural ecosystem. Ammonia that is fixed
from the air is rapidly converted into an amino
acid or incorporated into a humic polymer. These
organic forms of nitrogen cannot be leached or
volatilized.
With rapid carbon sequestering, the growth rate
of plants can quickly increase. That is the
power of properly functioning soil.
As Dr. Jones pointed out, if plants can obtain nitrogen, phosphorus and potash easily, they will stop pumping carbon into the soil to support their microbial partners. This interruption of the carbon flow to the soil reduces aggregation and the forming of new topsoil.
Grains like corn or wheat will probably need additional nitrogen.
As Dr. Jones stated, including some clovers or
peas with your wheat or some vetch with your
corn is another way of supplying the soil with
extra organic nitrogen. As is mentioned in her
article, in biologically active soils, Dr. Jones
actually found the use of NPK to be
counterproductive.
Remember that a soil test can only tell you what
is available to plants by passive uptake of
inorganic nutrients, like those provided by NPK
fertilizers. The other 97 percent of minerals,
those made available by microbes, are not
inorganic minerals and will simply not be
visible on a standard soil test.
By nurturing the aerobic microbes in the soil,
we can increase the availability of a huge
variety of minerals and trace elements — most of
which are not contained in fertilizers.
Keep the soil covered and don’t till it
Tilling the soil or allowing soil to remain bare for a number of months disrupts soil microbial life, as well as mycorrhizae fungi. Plant a cover crop and use companion crops with cash crops.
Remember, plants colonized by mycorrhizal fungi
can grow much more robustly even though they’re
giving away as much as half of the sugars that
they make in photosynthesis through their roots.
They photosynthesize faster, producing more
sugars, which can in turn be shared with the
soil.
In regions with a hot, dry summer, evaporation
is enemy number one. Bare soil will be significantly
hotter and lose more moisture than covered soil.
Aggregates will break down unless the soil is
alive. Aggregation is absolutely vital for
moisture infiltration and retention.
Try to minimize chemical applications
This includes fungicides, insecticides and
herbicides. It is a no-brainer that something
designed to kill things is going to do just
that.
Chemical applications can inhibit the soil fungi
that are essential to crop nutrition and soil
building. When soil fungi are kept from
functioning properly, plants can no longer use
them to obtain the trace elements they need to
fight fungal diseases.
Overcoming weeds
When we spray for weeds it creates bare ground
and the weed seed that’s there means the weeds
simply come back.
Some weeds have deep roots that help to bring up
nutrients. Leaving them can mean that better
quality plants will eventually be able to grow
in the improved soil and replace the weeds. A
little patience may be needed while soils
improve.
For dry regions, perennial grasses have
incredibly deep root systems and form
mycorrhizal associations that help them survive
during dry periods. They will soon create their
own microclimate to help them overcome a lack of
water and thrive, displacing weeds.
A diversity of plants actually improves nutrient
acquisition and water retention, and helps to
fill in gaps in the soil. Multi-species pasture
cropping can help to displace unwanted weeds.
Rotational grazing can help, too. For cash
crops, multi-species cover crops and companion
crops can help with weed control and soil
improvement, as soils move toward fungal
dominance.
For most applications, just 1 to 2 quarts per acre is all that is needed.
Click here to read Dr. Jones' article highlighting the need and benefits of building more carbon in our soils.
