Soil Fertility — Beyond Chemicals

Description

Soil Fertility — Beyond Chemicals is a standalone field manual on biological soil fertility for South African land. Its premise is simple but it changes everything: soil is alive — a living microbiome — and fertility is biological before it is chemical. Grow and balance the living soil, and the chemistry of fertility largely takes care of itself. Across eleven chapters in two parts it turns international soil science into decisions a working farmer can make. Part One — The Soil: soil fertility, crop production potential, soil classification, soil sampling, soil analysis, soil organic matter and the carbon cycle, and soil water. Part Two — Soil Biology: the soil biome, mycorrhizal fungi, seaweed extracts and bio-activators. It closes with a complete glossary and master bibliography. 73 pages, plain-language and fully referenced, grounded in AfrEcoSoil’s field experience since 2008. Written for commercial and emerging farmers, agricultural students, and anyone done treating symptoms instead of causes.