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<blockquote data-quote="JohnGalway" data-source="post: 7604175" data-attributes="member: 204"><p>To make biologically complete compost, one must understand the biology that's present in a soil first, then what is proposed to be grown and the balance of biology that's needed to attain the optimum conditions. Randomly throwing stuff in get's the results one would expect. Where as knowing what to put in and why will save massively on volume firstly but also enable the correct biology to be present in the soils and on the plant to protect it from pests, diseases etc.</p><p></p><p>Nature has decomposers such as bacteria and fungi, but what they decompose remains in mostly plant unavailable form. Until their predators unlock those nutrients and make them plant available when they consume their prey and excrete the excess around a plants roots. Plants farm micro organisms by excreting exudates in the soil through and around their roots, they can make changes to those exudates to attract a specific species of bacteria or fungi as they need specific nutrients. The plants attract the prey, which attracts the predators which is one form of nutrient supply to the plant.</p><p></p><p>If you peg in crap compost to the soil you will likely end up with human and plant pathogens, dormant stages of pests and parasites, weed seeds and other undesirables. For example if the bacterial level is too high you can set the soil in favour of growing weeds not what you intended. What you won't end up with is, the most beneficial conditions for you pasture, vegetables, trees or whatever crop to thrive in. While that may be better in some ways than a chemically knackered soil with little to no organic matter it's a hell of a way short of where we could aim for.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I never suggested the leftovers of a vegetable crop alone would make biologically complete compost. The biology in the finished product mainly comes from the surfaces of the materials used, when used in the correct proportions, using the correct method of composting etc.</p><p></p><p>The secret to success is having the correct biology in the soil - it's not there automatically just because it's the soil or just because Farmer Jones is adamant that what he's been doing for the past fifty years is the one true way. What we are able to do is to find out what biology is in a field and add to it, or subtract in some cases, we can also provide predators and fungi, bacteria are rarely a lacking factor. With monitoring and sympathetic management with the biology in mind, and hoping we don't have a natural disaster then yes, the system is pretty much self sustaining after a few short years once the biology has been corrected. Because biology reproduces, and we're not running out of sands, silts, clays, pebbles, rocks, or bedrock any time soon.</p><p></p><p>Using the soil food web methods has been demonstrated successfully in small and large scale farms, as well as large and small scale landscape projects all across the world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnGalway, post: 7604175, member: 204"] To make biologically complete compost, one must understand the biology that's present in a soil first, then what is proposed to be grown and the balance of biology that's needed to attain the optimum conditions. Randomly throwing stuff in get's the results one would expect. Where as knowing what to put in and why will save massively on volume firstly but also enable the correct biology to be present in the soils and on the plant to protect it from pests, diseases etc. Nature has decomposers such as bacteria and fungi, but what they decompose remains in mostly plant unavailable form. Until their predators unlock those nutrients and make them plant available when they consume their prey and excrete the excess around a plants roots. Plants farm micro organisms by excreting exudates in the soil through and around their roots, they can make changes to those exudates to attract a specific species of bacteria or fungi as they need specific nutrients. The plants attract the prey, which attracts the predators which is one form of nutrient supply to the plant. If you peg in crap compost to the soil you will likely end up with human and plant pathogens, dormant stages of pests and parasites, weed seeds and other undesirables. For example if the bacterial level is too high you can set the soil in favour of growing weeds not what you intended. What you won't end up with is, the most beneficial conditions for you pasture, vegetables, trees or whatever crop to thrive in. While that may be better in some ways than a chemically knackered soil with little to no organic matter it's a hell of a way short of where we could aim for. I never suggested the leftovers of a vegetable crop alone would make biologically complete compost. The biology in the finished product mainly comes from the surfaces of the materials used, when used in the correct proportions, using the correct method of composting etc. The secret to success is having the correct biology in the soil - it's not there automatically just because it's the soil or just because Farmer Jones is adamant that what he's been doing for the past fifty years is the one true way. What we are able to do is to find out what biology is in a field and add to it, or subtract in some cases, we can also provide predators and fungi, bacteria are rarely a lacking factor. With monitoring and sympathetic management with the biology in mind, and hoping we don't have a natural disaster then yes, the system is pretty much self sustaining after a few short years once the biology has been corrected. Because biology reproduces, and we're not running out of sands, silts, clays, pebbles, rocks, or bedrock any time soon. Using the soil food web methods has been demonstrated successfully in small and large scale farms, as well as large and small scale landscape projects all across the world. [/QUOTE]
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