Continued Optimum Crop Production with Microflora

As a leading manufacturer and distributor of natural soil nutrition and liquid plant food products that enhance the effects of fertilizer and stimulate plant growth, Pro-Soil Ag Solutions, Inc. is driven by our mission to help farmers improve the health of their soils and the quality of the crops they raise. Below is some helpful information about controlling soil microflora for optimum crop production and protection.

It is noteworthy that most of the microorganisms encountered in any par­ticular soil are harmless to plants with only a relatively few that function as plant pathogens or potential pathogens. Harmful microorganisms become domi­nant if conditions develop that are favor­ able to their growth, activity and reproduction. Under such conditions, soil­ borne pathogens (e.g., fungal pathogens) can rapidly increase their populations with devastating effects on the crop. If these conditions change, the pathogen population declines just as rapidly to its original state. Conventional farming sys­tems that tend toward the consecutive planting of the same crop (i.e., monocul­ture) necessitate the heavy use of chemi­cal fertilizers and pesticides. This, in turn, generally increases the probability that harmful, disease-producing, plant pathogenic microorganisms will become more dominant in agricultural soils.

Chemical-based conventional farming methods are not unlike symptomatic therapy. Examples of this are applying fertilizers when crops show symptoms of nutrient-deficiencies, and applying pesti­cides whenever crops are attacked by in­ sects and diseases. In efforts to control the soil microflora some scientists feel that the introduction of beneficial micro­organisms should follow a symptomatic approach. However, we do not agree. The actual soil conditions that prevail at any point in time may be most unfavorable to the growth and establishment of laboratory-cultured, beneficial microor­ganisms. To facilitate their establish­ment, it may require that the farmer make certain changes in his cultural and man­agement practices to induce conditions that will (a) allow the growth and sur­vival of the inoculated microorganisms and (b) suppress the growth and activity of the indigenous plant pathogenic mi­croorganisms.
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Our products improve soil health by stimulating and feeding native microbial life in the soil which creates a higher yielding crop. To learn more about how you can increase photosynthetic efficiencies, contact us today!