A do-it-yourself, living fertiliser, to restore productive life to unproductive soils.

The three mineral components are spread out in layers and then pushed up into a pile before addition of freshly brewed Nutri-Life 4/20 microbes. The pile is then reworked and left sitting for two weeks.

This blend provides three microbe-supportive, natural fertilisers, which serve as a home base and breeding medium for an inoculum of task specific microbes. Soft rock phosphate, Nutri-Mate Organic Humates and paramagnetic basalt are combined prior to an inoculation of Nutri-Life 4/20 (a blend of beneficial microbes).

The synergy between these four components involves the following:

• The insoluble calcium, phosphate and trace elements in soft rock phosphate and the water-retaining clay that this material comprises, act as a food and home base for the microbes, which, in turn, solubilise the phosphate component.
• The 68% organic carbon in the humates also houses the beneficial's, which solubilise the insoluble humic acid found in the humates.
• Finally, the paramagnetism of the basalt facilitates more vigorous cell division of microbes, which, in turn, solubilise the insoluble minerals in the basalt. The end result in a living fertiliser, which has proven tremendously effective in the field. The Life-Force™ blend can be supplied in its component parts for the manufacture of an inexpensive DIY fertiliser, or it can be supplied in a pre-blended form.

Benefits:

• Improves soil structure.
• Increases beneficial soil life activity.
• Builds organic carbon levels.
• Improves biological balance with all of the associated benefits.
• Improves yield and crop quality.

Packaging:

• The components are sold individually in bulk for DIY blending. The pre-mixed LIfe-Force™ Blend is sold in 40kg bags, 1 tonne bags and bulk (loose) by the truckload.

Typical Analysis:

• Phosphate - 3.3%, Calcium - 7%, Organic Carbon - 22% and 60+ broad-spectrum micro-nutrients. Contains microorganisms including Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus megaterium, Azotobacter vinelandii, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Pseudomonas putida, Rhizobium japonicum, Pseudomonas stutzeri, Rhizobium leguminosarum, Streptomyces albidoflavus, Streptomyces cellulosae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Chaetomium globosum, Trichoderma lignorum and Trichoderma harzianum.

Application Rates:

Broadacre:

• 250 to 400kg per hectare

Horticulture:

• 500kg to 1 tonne per hectare

Information:

• Total microbe counts increase markedly in the weeks following the introduction of the brewed Nutri-Life 4/20 to the three-part dry blend, ie. these organisms proliferate in a supportive environment.
• Fish, molasses and humic acid are productive additives for additional microbial stimulation.
• The most successful DIY technique involves placing the soft rock phosphate, humates and basalt in layers on the flat ground and then pushing it up into a pile with a front-end loader. The brewed microbes are then pumped on to the pile and as they are worked in with the front-loader, the mixture becomes homogenised.

© Steve Cselka 2002 - 2011