Author: Trevor Galletly
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Carbon and Minerals in air, soils and plants
Over 500 million years, a complex symbiosis between plants and soil microorganisms has put Oxygen into the air, Carbon into the soil, and given us Healthy Plants. The Sun is the Driving Force Green chlorophyll in leaves, algae and some bacteria use energy from the sun to split Carbon Dioxide (CO2) from the air into…
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Saving Macadamia Trees, the deadly cost of transplanting trees without their soil biology
In mid-April 2020, 11 young macadamia trees had been transplanted to the Bundaberg Botanical Gardens. These trees are a subspecies of Macadamia jansenii, as are the commercially grown ones. They are being grown to ensure that all genetics of the native macadamia tree are preserved, not just the commercial ones. Holes were dug, the trees…
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Known Functions of Sea Minerals
As a society, we are still learning the roles and functions of Sea Minerals in both plants and soil biology. The list below shows the ones we are aware of, but there are many publications that we are not aware of. If you want to find out more, check out our introduction to sea minerals.…
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Growing Avocados, a demonstration of increasing bin weight with Humic Acid and Sea Minerals
Building Soil Carbon Nature’s way is, amongst other things, about diversity in the soil biology and feeding it with what that needs. They require more elements than what artificial fertilisers provide. One source of the most complete range is the sea where anything that has been washed away finishes up. Sea minerals are being harvested…