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Soil Smiths "The Goop". Premium Microbial Concentrate
Soil Smiths "The Goop". Premium Microbial Concentrate
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This product delivers hundreds of species of beneficial fungi, bacteria, protozoa and nematodes into your soil. These complete soil food web are essential for your plants to grow to their fullest potential by providing your plants all the nutrients they need and when they need them without our interference. The glues that the microbes produce to prevent getting washed away, creates soil aggregates and structures that facilitate moisture retention and maintain the aerobic conditions of the soil. These aerobic conditions help to prevent the proliferation of plant diseases. Soil rich in fungi also has a suppressive effect on weeds. This product therefore allows you to grow plants in a nature-friendly way without the need of synthetic chemicals.
We do organism count on each batch of this product and ensure that it contains at least 500 micrograms of fungi per ml and at least 500 nematodes per ml. Each batch of the Goop will come with its individual certificate stating the fungal and nematode counts. We don’t provide the counts of the beneficial bacteria and protozoa as these are easier to establish than fungi and nematodes, but we can guarantee that there are plenty of them in The Goop.
BENEFITS
- Increased mineralisation rates of nutrients available in the growing substrate. Leaves grow larger with more sheen. Yields are better against controls with the same setup.
- Increased suppression of disease causing microorganisms. When the substrate is raw, disease has free reign, but when you apply hundreds of species of beneficial microorganisms from the Goop, they have less of a chance to take over
- Increased drought resistance – use less water, or water less frequently
- A chance to restore soils battered with chemicals in the past
- Faster germination and legacy effects when used as a seed coat.
HOW TO USE THE GOOP
As this is a natural based product, the application rates are flexible. As general recommendations, you can add 1 tsp of Goop in 1L of water and mix well by stirring. For any plants, use the dilution as seed coating and/or to water the soil/substrate using a watering can.
The diluted Goop can also be applied as foliar spray, if the leaves/the fruits are not for direct raw consumption (e.g. not salads or berries).
Any leftover of the diluted Goop can be poured to the soil or added to the compost.
Repeat the application every few weeks for best results.
WORD OF CAUTION
All care is taken to create conditions where pathogens don’t survive our composting process, but as with any living product, please wash your hands, avoid ingestion and contact with eyes. In case it occurs, wash with plenty of water.
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