In each case the use of chemical nitrogen was reduced by 70% to as much as
85%. In the corn trials the K was made more soluble and only 35 pounds of
chemical N was used with a yield that exceeded the plots with 100% of the
normal chemical nitrogen.
I would be happy to share the research with you.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Rankin
President
BioLIFE Technologies, Inc.
6780 Abrams Road, Suite 103-139
Dallas, Texas 75231
Phone: 214-343-6408
Fax: 214-343-6902
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>Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 21:44:52 -0500
>From: Gordon Couger <gcouger@rfdata.net>
>Subject: Soil microbes
>
>Cheryl Fredericks http://www.uark.edu/~ecti/ said
>
>;We have a question we'd like to ask you. Do you believe in the ability of
>;microbial soil life to fixate N and demineralize P and K at a rate
>;necessary for healthy plant growth? Also, after 50 yrs of intensive urea
>;fertilization in the San Joaquin Valley and the Mississippi Delta areas,
>;do you see an increase in residual salts, hardpan formation and an
>;increase in soil borne plant pathogens?Maybe some of the readers on the
>;list this has been forwarded to, would also like to share their thoughts.
>
>Legumes that are properly inoculated with live innouclant with out exposure
>to sunlight general produce enough N for production. Additional N will
>usually show an increase in yield but not enough to pay for the fertilizer.
>
>P & K become more available as the soil become more acid. In most area
>acidity is a problem. I am not sure but I think that the SJV has an
>alkali/salt
>problem. The conventional way to solve the salt problem is to break the
>hard pan and wash the salts down or to plant grass that shades the
>ground and uses a lot of moisture to lower the water table so the salt
>water it not evaporating off the surface and leaving behind the salt.
>
>A lot smarter folks have worked on this problem for a long time. Some of
the
>solutions are to break the hard pan, applying less water using drip
>irrigation and
>raising salt tolerant crops.
>
>Gordon
>
>Gordon Couger gcouger@couger.com
>Owner PRAG-L PRactical AGriculture List www.couger.com/prag-l
>Stillwater, OK 405 624-2855 GMT -6:00
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