Today we’re kicking off the first part of a two-part growing experiment about soil and microbial inoculants. We’re using a product called Soil Activator from Earth Alive, who were kind enough to send me out some packets to run this test.
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Inside the packet there are three types of microbes:
– Bacillus subtilis
– Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
– Pseudomonas monteilii
All three of these are organic beneficial bacteria that work together with a plant’s roots in the rhizosphere, the small area surrounding the root zone. They consume exudates provided by plant roots and help to break down phosphates locked in the soil so they’re bioavailable to plants. They also help fix atmospheric nitrogen. You can consider these beneficial bacteria a sort of “biofertilizer” for your garden.
In this video, I go over the planting and design of the experiment. We’re growing Dwarf Blauwshokker Peas for this experiment, side-by-side, in IDENTICAL conditions except that one container is inoculated and the other isn’t.
Which do you think will outperform? Comment down below.
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