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Bio-Soil FAQs
Q. What is biological control?
A. Biological Control is defined broadly as "the use of natural organisms to reduce the effects of pests and diseases".
Q. What is the history of biological control?
A. Biological control was discovered by trial and error and then practiced in agriculture long before the term came into use (Baker and Cook, 1974). One example is the ancient practice of not growing the same crop species in the same field more frequently than every second or third year, or even longer. Crop rotation allows time for the pest or pathogen population in the soil to decrease below some economic threshold because of the predatory, competitive and other antagonistic effects imposed by microorganism in the soil. This process also allows time for the natural soil microbrobes to sanitize the soil, especially with regards to the more specialized plant parasites and insect pests that are highly dependent on their host crop to maintain populations. (R. James Cook, American Journal of Alternative Agriculture)
Q. Why add bacteria to the soil?
A. Adding beneficial bacteria to the soil will help regulate the pest population at an acceptable threshold. Soil sterility and years of field use often deplete the beneficial bacteria that usually exist in growing soil. Root colonizing bacteria added to the soil will help the plant better absorb added nutrients and improve the plants overall self-defense.
Q. What is Bio-Soil?
A. A highly concentrated blend of live, patented strains of lyophilized (freeze-dried) bacteria organisms that occur naturally in the earth's ecosystem. These cultures are free of pathogens and no artificial mutation or genetic engineering involved. Extracted from nature and isolated under controlled laboratory conditions, these bacteria have only one main purpose in life: to grow in soil around the root system of plants. These bacteria grow strong and operate under competitive exclusion. When Bio-Soil grows it will over power the current micro flora and therefore will not allow what may be harmful microorganisms to grow to a number that will harm the plants.
Q. How does Bio-Soil help the soil?
A. Some of the bacteria in Bio-Soil are so strong and diligent that they have been used in some of the most contaminated soils to help clean the soil. They are able to seek and destroy contaminated waste at its source, and then quickly convert it into harmless, naturally recyclable by-products. These special bacteria have been studied all over the world for their remarkable abilities.
Q. When is the best time to treat the soil with Bio-Soil?
A. The soil should be treated simultaneously to planting (plus or minus one day). It can also be treated again in 3-4 weeks, before the plants close the rows.
Q. Why purchase Bio-Soil verses other products on the market?
A. Bio-Soil is produced under the strictest quality control guidelines. The products are test for human pathogens. No human pathogen in the product is accepted. The products are also tested for contamination or other extraneous bacteria. Each bacterium in Bio-Soil is produced separately so that the amount in the product is identical every time. The separate bacterium are then added together and packaged. Each batch of Bio-Soil is identical. That can’t be said about many products on the market. Bio-Soil contains an extremely high level of bacteria. When added to soil at label rate, there are 1000 colony forming units of each of the Bio-Soil bacteria present in every gram of treated soil. This is 100 times greater than any other product on the market.
Q. How to mix and apply Bio-Soil?
A. Bio-Soil is a freeze-dried powder. Once the product has arrived it should be kept refrigerated until usage. This will keep the organism counts at their highest levels. Add Bio-Soil to water and premix. The product will become a suspension of bacteria and therefore not dissolve. At this state there is no concern for irrigation clogging. Additional water will then need to be added. Three hundred grams of Bio-Soil treat one acre or 9000 gram (5-gallon pail) will treat 30 acres. Larger containers are being evaluated.
