Soil health has long-term farm benefits

With its high organic matter (40 per cent) that contains no manures and derived from Seaweed makes it a great alternative replace to manures especially in crops like spinach, lettuce and other fresh consumed produce.

Synergy Earth also has the added benefit of Bacillus Subtills to help protect plants from pathogens, assist is stimulating root growth as well as putting soil microbials in to a positive state.

A good population of Bacillus colonise the root zone and suppress bad pathogens, thus creates a health root zone environment and making plants stronger against biotic stress.

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They outcompete bad pathogens by competing with them for nutrients such as iron and by producing antibiotics or bacterial-destructive (lytic) enzymes. They also produces anti-fungal enzymes.

Bacillus is considered to be a root-colonizing biocontrol bacteria. They appear in colonies.

It is capable of producing endospores allowing it to survive for extended periods of time.

It is active in the soil root zone (rhizosphere) and is commonly found in soil ecosystems worldwide. Its functions (better soil health, better yield and disease control) are particularly useful for continuous cropping practice.

Bacillus can help to improve soil structure for soils which were negatively affected by too much fertiliser input. Too much fertiliser input destroys organic and inorganic soil colloids.

These colloids play an important role in forming soil aggregate structure.

Bacillus decomposes biomass to humus (a type of organic soil colloid).

Humus binding with polysaccharide and other secondary and trace nutrients (Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe), which then form soil aggregate structure.

With improved soil structure, soil is also better at water retention and nutrient retention, better porosity and better water permeability.

The gradual increase on soil health will bring long-term benefits for the farm.

Trials have shown larger root mass, heavier lettuce heads along with a healthier crop over all.