Every growing thing takes something (nutrients) from the ground and puts something there. God created everything with a purpose. Weeds are your friends. You can analyze with a mass spectrometer a weed - its nutrient profile will match the current deficiencies in the soil in that location. Farmers are seeing 'never before seen' weeds, and this is because the chemical onslaught from the NPKs are bringing forth some dangerous times.
Biology is the workhorse in your soil. It converts macronutrients (commercial fert inputs) to micronutrients. Plants can only uptake micronutrients. The majority of any fertilizer you input, either runs off or burns off. Very inefficient. These chemical fertilizers are harsh in pH, and usually are made from extremely toxic compounds. This kills the bugs in the soil. Reduced soil biology now means even more reduced efficiencies for processing the fertilizers you apply. This is why every year farmers are having to use more and more fertilizer than they did the year before. Bugs are responsible for the breakdown of the leftovers from harvest. Its no longer biodegrading. Each year universities are researching into new tractor implements to pulverize these into the soil. Hello! Fix the biology problem!
Biology (soil ‘bugs’) are directly responsible for the organic matter in your soil. New organic matter is created through the biodegrading of harvest remains and/or dead plants through winter. An acre of soil containing only 2% of organic matter is comprised of: 40k lbs organic mater = 2.1k lbs Nitrogen at 5% release (105lbs). 140lbs Phosphate at 5% release (7lbs). 450lbs of Potassium at 5% release (21lbs). So tell me. If you properly take care of your soil biology: where in that lineup do you need to add more NPK? I have a saying: “the morons like to say ‘more on’”. lol. Take care of your soil, quit the lie of chemical NPK programs, and your soil will explode your harvest (or turf growth).
Other than nutrient deficiencies. What is the biggest thing plaguing plant and human health? Prolonged dehydration. When the organic matter in your soil is crap (chemical onslaught), it can not store water properly. Improper storage of water: dehydration. Prolonged dehydration has these symptoms: fatigue, energy loss, digestive disorders (inability to absorb nutrients), pH imbalance, premature aging, malfunctioning immune system… Does this sound familiar? Picture this: One inch of rain = 27,154 gallons of water per acre. Average soil with only 1% organic matter (remember the 2% stats mentioned above), can hold up to approx. 16,500 gallons of water per acre. (0.6 inch rainfall). Water wasted. Also now google how many gallons one acre of turf consumes in a day! But here is where it goes WOAH! Average soil with only 2.5% organic matter can hold approx. 41,250 gallons of water (1.5 inch rainfall). Would you look at that! IF you take care of your soil, it gets Better! haha
Another big thing. How many elements of the periodic table comprise your soil? Better yet. How many nutrients are in soil and required for plant life? ALOT more than three. NPK is one of the biggest Elitist schemes out there. It is killing everything and quickly bringing on plagues of biblical proportions. Each year a new pest resilient to pesticide comes about. Farmers are now making homemade cocktails of 24d, roundup, etc. Barely working. Did you know a pest doesnt have a pancreas? It can not process sugar. All plants have ‘brixx’. It is the level of natural sugar (this is a plant’s immune system!). The healthier a plant is (the more nutrients) up goes the brixx. A pest will fly over a healthy plant and attack the sick plant. Everything God made has a purpose. The pests are designed to show you what you shouldnt harvest and consume. Take care of the soil, and it will take care of the plants, and then the healthy plants will naturally repel pests. Back to the lie of the NPK…
Why would you only supply three ingredients when there are over 200? Chemical fertilizers, just like pharmaceuticals, coerce a side effect. In the beginning NPK programs gave amazing short term results. The nitrogen *pushed* super green plants. The phosphate *pushed* to seed because more phos meant more manganese can pair with it. Etc. The long term effects are deadly and this generation is well into experiencing them. I know a guy that was in several Florida citrus farms (major brand name ones). The farmer said his Grandad harvested 20 boxes. His dad harvested a dozen boxes per tree. He now farms 1 box per tree with luck on his side. You can stand at the edge of the orchard and here “plop. plop. plop plop plop. plop”. All day. All night. The citrus is dropping. The trees are so undernourished, diseased - they can not keep the fruit on the tree. Farmer said almost all US citrus farms are like this, and the US is importing almost all citrus. You could go long on citrus right now and probably make quite a bit a money. The whole citrus industry is about to collapse.
Chemical corn has only 2ppm of manganese compared to organically grown having 14ppm. Calcium, the most abundant element in your body - chemical corn has an average of 14ppm, while organically grown has avg of 6,130ppm. USDA stats, Since 1975 (Start of the NPK lie): Apples, Vitamin A down 41%. Peppers, Vitamin C down 31%. Watercress, Iron down 88%. Broccoli, Calcium and Vitamin A down 50%. Cauliflower, Down: Vitamin C 45%, Vitamin B1 48%, and Vitamin B2 47%. The list goes on, and on, and on, and on…
SO the weeds. They are your friend. But there is a trick you can do. If you pull as many weeds as you can and create a compost tea brew from these weeds, and then spray this back on your lawn it will turn off the weeds in your soil. Tricking your soil into thinking the nutrients are there.
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