Inoculate your soil with millions of beneficial microbes!

I have just given all the trees in the orchard (over 160 varieties) a dose of a microbial soil inoculum - all natural and organic - this is a brown powder that you mix with water and leave to brew for 48hrs.

There are different mixes around that you can buy and each will have a different combination. If you hunt around on the internet you will find someone who sells this product.

Why use this?

Commercial agricultural methods and artificial fertilisers deplete the soil of the many microbes that help set up a healthy sustainable soil system. Applying a mix like this replenishes the microbes and set up a healthy soil. It is great for fruit trees, berry fruits and vegetables. Strawberries love it.

The soil where I planted the orchard was crap, it had been gold mined and was very depleted, however with many applications of the soil inoculum and loads of compost, after 9 years the trees are going crazy.

 So what is in the mix I applied?

• Azotobacter: produces plant growth hormones
• Azosporillum: free living nitrogen fixers-converting atmosphere nitrogen into soil
• Bacilli: Lactic acid bacteria, helps soil condition and structure
• Cellulosic Fungi: one of the few decomposers of organic matter (cellulose) turning stubble into organic carbon
• Mycorrhiza: Nutrient converters and actively sources phosphorus from the soil
• Phoshobacter: Converts phosphorus into plant available "P"
• Pseudomonas: Soldier bacteria - helps protect plants against fungal attack at the root zone
• Rhizbium: Legume nitrogen fixers
• Streptomyces: Bacteria that helps control pathogenic bacteria
• Saccharomyces: Yeasts that convert carbon dioxide into sugars within the soil
• Trichoderma: Potential to control soil diseases including' Rhizoctonia, Fusarium, Amillaria, Pythium and phytophthora